Polycount contract house?

ScoobyDoofus · Apr 2005

I was just reading about all the folks at PC who've ended up working at Liquid Development, and other such contract art houses and it made me wonder...

Why not setup something like that with Polycount?

I know we have some seriously talented memebers, many of whom work in industry, be it via contract, tele-commute or in-house full time.

Just an idle thought.

Josh_Singh · Apr 2005

interesting idea.

b1ll · Apr 2005

That is interesting, but it would demand good amount of work for the people setting it up.

dedicated people that is,

Could be neat.
b1ll

rawkstar · Apr 2005

yeah it will take someone dedicated with lots of good connections to start it up.... but I'm sure it could be done...

shotgun · Apr 2005

sure thing, good idea, but like any art dev house - u need really strong management.
Its a monkey house in here.
You gonna need plenty of bananas to make the monkeys play artists.
And when you take b1ll into consideration..
like you said yesterday my man, we're all doomed..

flaagan · Apr 2005

i'd dive right in as long as noone pees in the pool.

b1ll · Apr 2005

rofl, U know it shotgun u know it
DOOM

rawkstar · Apr 2005

/me sings the doom song

Slayerjerman · Apr 2005

/flings poop

*poop lands and asks why he was thrown*

ScoobyDoofus · Apr 2005

Wow. How rapidly a thread devolves...

So, some studios have a "no contract work" clause that prevents some of the more stellar of our number from doing this sort of thing.
However a large percentage dont!

Anybody have great organizational skills, industry contacts and perhaps a business degree?

I suppose I'm just wanting to express that this is an idea I feel has merit and is worth exploration.

Malekyth · Apr 2005

Polycount is known as a gathering place for talent but certainly not for its professionalism, and wouldn't seem like a particularly good front for a contract house. If some people from Polycount wanted to get together and start a contract house, that'd be their business, but I'd think it best for them to create their own identity.

hawken · Apr 2005

maybe it would be better to make a polycount mod? at least that could be done. But setting up? OK empty your pockets everyone please...

AstroZombie · Apr 2005

how many Polycount mods would another one make? I can remember at least 2, I believe.

Michael Knubben · Apr 2005

And they're ALLL trough the drain.
I remember working on a steampunk game with godee, mte, marine, err... help me guys, my memory is dying here.
Actually, i hit my head really hard against a cardoor (long story) a few days ago, and i found out that i have a RIDGE/DENT in my head! wtf?
that might explain why i've been so confused the last week.

thnom · Apr 2005

I think polycount.com would be better served (if anything from a proffesional stadndpoint) as an agency.

Because it has so many artists naturally people will be without work and there will be companies looking for people. I think if polycount.com were to go pro (in the sense of a business) I think an Agency would be the right way to go

Pseudo · Apr 2005

I like the idea but I think creating a new identity would be best. For example, the conceptart.org guys created Massive Black and recruited most of the talent from ca.org. They seem to be doing well, but I dont know if there is as large of a demand for outsourcing asset creation as there is for outsourcing concept work.

I'm sure someone can prove me wrong though

b1ll · Apr 2005

Massive black is outsourcing for games.

ScoobyDoofus · Apr 2005

Yeah, thats really what I mean. Follow the CA.org / Massive Black paradigm and create separate, yet associated entity for contracting.

Polycount contract house?

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