General Discussion

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RIP Jim Marshall Off to the giant workshop in the sky for you!	2 Last	jmt Apr 2012
EA's the worst company in America for 2012 [url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-04-ea-responds-to-worst-company-label-from-consumerist[/url] [url]http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congratulations-ea-you-are-the-worst-company-in-am…	47 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Apr 2012
Congrats to Brandoom! (First job) Well, after 3 years of school, and 3 years of continually working on his portfolio after school, Brandoom (Brandon) got his first industry job! He will be starting as an enviro artist at Gameloft Tor…	44 Last	Minos Apr 2012
Modularity Dissertation Survey [FONT=Arial][B][SIZE=2]Hi everyone, if any of you have the chance, could you fill out my survey? It doesn't take long at all :) btw its only for people who have done some environment art before, w…	0 Last	richwderby Apr 2012
Career decision time! I need some advice, and I think maybe you all might have some experience with my type of situation. If General Discussion wasn't the place to put this thread, I'd appreciate someone moving it for me …	5 Last	crowscrowscrows Apr 2012
Is there a list of Maya Developers? Who is responsible for creating Maya? Out of sheer curiosity, although likely immense and incomplete, where might I go to find a list of credited contributors?	6 Last	killnpc Apr 2012
POLYCOUNT STUDIO??? I don't know if this has been spoken about or not but..has anyone attempted to jumpstart a [I]Polycount Studio[/I] in the past or has had the thought drop into your mind of one even existing.I've bee…	29 Last	Thegodzero Apr 2012
Concept:RUIN [URL="http://www.conceptruin.com/"]Concept:RUIN[/URL] beautiful CGI short, worth a watch (or two or three!) [IMG]http://www.conceptruin.com/wp-content/gallery/ruin-stills/ruin_still-1-04-16-05.jpg…	10 Last	DrunkShaman Apr 2012
Shoot 'em up kit A friend of mine has been working on a game creator kit I thought it may have been of interest to some on here. He used to work at Ubi Montreal he was an AI coder on R6 vegas. Anyway he has put out a…	0 Last	Beelzeboss Apr 2012
Closed Dmitry Parken getting ripped off... So we all remember this lovely piece correct? [url]http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/events/3/team4/preview_finals_1_5319.html[/url] Well if anyone ever wanted to have a little statue for their…	16 Last	Emil Mujanovic Apr 2012
Don't cross the streams! I'm gonna [B][I][U]try[/U][/I][/B] to stream every day around this time, and I know there's quite a few polycounters who stream too. Here's all the ones I could remember off the top of mah head. [U…	11 Last	leslievdb Apr 2012
IndieFort Bundle Launching April 5th! Hey fellow polycount minions, just wanted to give you guys the heads up, my game Wanderlust: Rebirth will be featured in an upcoming bundle! Lots of info in the link below. [URL]http://www.indiegame…	1 Last	mdeforge Apr 2012
Happy Birthday Polycount! So I guess today is Polycount's 14th birthday! Thanks Drew, Adam, and everyone that keeps this awesome community built ship running. Looking forward to the next 14. EDIT: No joke. [url]http://www.p…	63 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Apr 2012
Polycount Twitter page FYI: If you aren't a Twitter user, you might consider placing our news feed page into your daily bucket of the web. It's been pretty active and a lot of our own news on our front page comes from ther…	1 Last	jimmypopali Apr 2012
anyone brew at home? so i've been thinking that i need a hobby away from the computer since working at home can get you sucked in pretty easily. I know what i like, and its beer/wine, so i think i want to start some home…	17 Last	Tulkamir Apr 2012
Age of Empire Online I just started playing this game about a week ago, it was pretty good. Although they really took that realistic part out of the game, made it online and it can be downloaded through steam. [ame="htt…	1 Last	DrunkShaman Apr 2012
Spriter Kickstarter [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/539087245/spriter[/url] kickstarter sure has become popular lately, even people that make art tools are getting in on the action.	10 Last	R3D Apr 2012
cc-0 assets websites..? hello.. i searched in google and in the forums for this "cc-0 texture" the forum showed Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. please tell me where could i get cc-0 textures? thanks.	7 Last	r_fletch_r Apr 2012
April Fools! I love this industry! Some April fools day stuff from various studios! awesome! any more? post em!! Ubisoft - Assassins creed kinect [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NufHsmITjM"]Assassin's Creed for Kinect Annou…	24 Last	Xoliul Apr 2012
Help with modeling Hey guys. I want to start to model something on my own.but i have no idea how to start. I am only modeling while watching tutorials, but when it's time to model something on my own, i am blocked, and…	7 Last	ErichWK Apr 2012
Closed Critique Needed!	0 Last	AlanSMitchell Apr 2012
Retro Gaming Thread! So I totes haven't seen one of these threads before, and I swear to god..if someone complains that there is one i will blow up this site. Anyways! This thread is for Retro gaming, and right now I'v…	20 Last	Lamont Apr 2012
Zynga, Nimblebit, and Tiny Tower Hey, anyone knows full story behind this? [img]https://s3.amazonaws.com/nbpromo/dearzynga.jpg[/img] [url]http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/24/tiny-tower-developers-call-out-zynga-for-their-look-alike-…	63 Last	Jeff Parrott Apr 2012
Blitz Open Day For those who applied for the Blitz Studios open days, today is results day :) Who else got a place, and on which day? It would be cool to meet up with some fellow polycounters. Anyone been on prev…	40 Last	Olive. Apr 2012
CraftStudio - an oldschool collaborative game maker [URL="http://www.indiegogo.com/CraftStudio"]The IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign[/URL] [IMG]http://polyprograms.free.fr/elisee/CraftStudio/TigerOwl.png[/IMG] I tried it, it's pretty cool, even thou…	2 Last	BeatKitano Apr 2012
Project "About a Girl" [url]http://youtu.be/csLYCu8Sqck[/url] Hey Guys, i just finished a short clip! I know there are a few things that could be better, but the deadline is near so i had to render it.. There are two thi…	3 Last	Phoenix995 Apr 2012
Wizards of the Coast Art Test! [I]I don't know if I should specifically drop this in the Freelance forum or not. If it gets moved, it gets moved. Moving on: [/I] Wizards of the Coast's D&D section is having an art test! Informati…	5 Last	Asherr Apr 2012
Game (Uk Retailer) files for administration [url]http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/game-files-for-administration/093137[/url] So after rumblings a few weeks back this has finally happened! I beleive Ea Stopped sending them new titles as well, su…	32 Last	Tenchi Apr 2012
Just introducing myself Hello there Polycount Community, I've flown over this website a few times, and I finally decided to sign up. I've been interested in game programming for quite a while, but recently i discovered tha…	12 Last	Zetsubou Apr 2012
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More lay offs - SEGA America [url]http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/122/1222024p1.html[/url] Just came across this on IGN, seems like all the QA department and quite a few from the marketing and design area have been laid off at…	10 Last	biofrost Mar 2012
e6550 cpu upgrade ideas ?! I wanted to upgrade my pc. Unfortunately I'm still using 775 socket. Thought about upgrading from e6550 to q6600. My specs: Intel e6550 (oc'ed to ~2.8ghz) P5k Pro motherboard 2x2gb Corsair Ram (800…	4 Last	MrOneTwo Mar 2012
Zipper Layoffs :( [url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-05-19-layoffs-at-zipper-interactive[/url] More bad news, sorry guys.	14 Last	Vio Mar 2012
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (MS Courier defunct) [quote=Microsoft]The "Courier" project is an example of this type of effort and its technologies will be evaluated for use in future Microsoft offerings, but we have no plans to build such a device a…	51 Last	Rick Stirling Mar 2012
environment modeling references yo! ya can google out some decent modeling references/concepts,but can someone please tell me where I can find the MOST ACCURATE references,i need th complete a demoreel and get me job lol:poly142:	8 Last	MikeDunnam Mar 2012
What to charge for my blendergame?! What to charge for my game?! Hello, I'm not sure where to post this question so I put it directly here. I've made a blendergame not so long ago (still not done yet). Now I have a request from a comp…	4 Last	waynelw Mar 2012
Anyone ever heard of City of the Metronome? It looked super awesome, seriously. The art was all crazy stylized, and the buildings were all tipsy and shit. I wanted that game. Anyone know what happened to it? [url="http://screenshots.teamxbox.c…	22 Last	Jeff Parrott Mar 2012
$30 Canvas pop Voucher So i basically responded to a competition tweet and ended up getting a $30 voucher on canvas pop only to find out they dont ship to the uk - so if anyone wants it give me a shout ---- obv US only	2 Last	MephistonX Mar 2012
Dinosaurs vs Robots Hey all! So I've started a thread over on the UDK forums asking what would get you more excited as a game project and would love to get everyone's opinions. [url]http://forums.epicgames.com/threads…	3 Last	ericdigital Mar 2012
Closed Question - Camera - Filters Not a problem mate, should be useful for other peeps too. Some stuff which might help shed some light: [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/dsc0500lu.jpg/"][IMG]http://img716.imageshack.u…	0 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2012
Materials and texturing help Hallo I hope is it the right place to post, if not, kill me, aaaarrrhh just kidding ;) I could really use some help with this one, I hope you guys can help me :) Im making a house, and all the m…	6 Last	Chimp Mar 2012
Moving to London to attend Escape studios, need information Okey people, i need lot of advice of people who live in London:D I will go at Escape studios this summer in London, so i would like to ask, how much coast accommodation. Other than that is London sa…	17 Last	Chimp Mar 2012
UDK March Beta Released Autodesk 2013 stuff and a new UDK Beta on the same day :) Not too much in this release, but Snefer's badass environment is featured on the showcase page. [QUOTE] [B]Epic Games Releases March 2012…	15 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2012
Congrats Firstkeeper!!!! -> FInally a Character Artist on WOW Hell! It's About Time. [img]http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/9/2009/06/starcraft_ii_beta_time.jpg[/img]	81 Last	imijatov Mar 2012
RoboMinion; a game I've been working Hey guys, So I was wondering if I should post this in P&P since it's not finished yet, or here, because it's available today. You can preview it here on Desura: [URL="http://www.desura.com/games/ro…	9 Last	osman Mar 2012
Environment Artist Focus Hey guys, I'm here again with another question and dilemma that I'm confused about, I want to be an environment artist in the game industry. I spend a lot of time focusing on props and such …	9 Last	dpaynter26 Mar 2012
Social games "industry" vs "1 shipped title" bit of a broad debate I suppose, seems like no real answer anyway but at what point can working on Social games (browser based), without the same type of process as console/pc games, qualify in that…	8 Last	Ged Mar 2012
MoClip is Revolutionary Software for the Animation Industry [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMaC-MMGcrI&feature=colike"]MoClip Revolutionary Professional and Fast Animation Software System - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA9lqe…	2 Last	polybones Mar 2012
May Payne 3 [url]http://kotaku.com/5860506/the-glorious-guts-of-rockstars-max-payne-3[/url] The tech looks pretty damn cool. At least the character animation/freedom of movement.	21 Last	ScudzAlmighty Mar 2012
How would a Economic/ Dollar collapse affect the Game Industry? So with no real sight of recovery in the coming months/years for the US global economy, and the value of the USD dropping at a rapid decent as we plunge further into debt, its safe to say the questio…	35 Last	Mrskullface Mar 2012