Being a CG orientated forum, I see this comparison a lot. I'd like to remind people that most of these games studios that we're hearing about are not an outsourcer like VFX companies; they are usually internal studios within a larger entity. This is an important distinction in that whilst an outsourcer must work on a…
so... the game is getting outsourced (just asking out load, you probably can't/shouldn't answer :P)? coz that would be the shittiest thing to happen ever. We need more games like this getting made down here :poly118:
I think until they manage to find a publisher/funding, they're just self funding the project off money that the studio is making from their outsourcing bussiness. If anyone is interested, heres a new screenshot I found http://www.tarsier.se/attachments/switchboardman.jpg
If you guys ever need some remote staff to augment your in-house team during a crunch just drop me a line.. We're our of Montreal so it's more nearsourcing than outsourcing but we'd love to work with you in the future
Outsourcing traditionally trained artists, there aren't a lot of those in the games industry as it is. These guys are after your job!! But that's good stuff, sculpting seems like a fun thing to take up. But where do you put all the maquettes AFTER the project??
It's a clever ruse! They've all "left" Valve to start their own company called Faucet - where they're going to be working on Valves new outsourcing experiment, Half Life 3. you may all go back about your day.
solve is a very strong word :p Assuming it behaves pretty seamlessly then this would be useful when reviewing assets for technical quality/requirements etc. Very handy for outsource management etc. I assume the end user (the feedback giver) doesn't require a blender install?
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Does anyone know of any companies in the UK that specialise in this area, simply taking on excess work from developers but specialising in characters? If anyone has worked for one, what are your experiences like? Is the development environment different from what you would expect from a regular development company? Cheers.
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