Unsure of the best steps to take in your game career? Maybe game designer Lauren Scott can help.

As part of the GDC 2016 Game Career Seminar, Scott took the stage to talk about some healthy habits she's honed to become a successful game maker.

While Scott's talk was aimed primarily at students, recent graduates and novice game developers, developers of all experience levels can likely learn something from the way she outlines the core foundation of a potentially successful career in games.

Her presentation was packed with simple, no-nonsense guidance -- everything from advice on how to deconstruct games to understand how they what they do well (or not so well) to how to think broadlya about the arc of a game career and how to weather difficult times along the way.

If you missed it in person, now's your chance to go back and watch the entire talk for free over on the official GDC YouTube channel.

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