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Re: Radical Entertainment Shuts Down
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/lay-offs-and-studio-closures-the-high-risk-world-of-aaa-game-development-of This is a good read on some of the worries that us as developers have to face when creating triple A titles that might not be well received. This should be an eye opener to a lot of publishers if… -
Re: Working in the video game industry
This actually made me reconsider going into the gaming industries, though I've [lightly] been into this same situation. I run a modding team, and I, too, have to work when I don't want to, but I guess working on an AAA title like ... idk, BF3, isn't comparable to free-time modding. -
Re: The future of portable/mobile gaming
I love my iphone, and i love playing games on it. but the games I play on it are not AAA games. Ive tried playing more hardcore games on it, but I couldnt get hooked in on them and found myself deleting all those games and just playing my basic time killer games. why? -
Re: A good place to start?
Indie and/or mobile projects. Some of those types of games need concept art, but it can be somewhat simple at times, if the final art style is fairly simple. If you do a few projects like that, while practicing and upping your skills, then maybe you can get a gig doing AAA game concepts. -
Re: Portfolio Dev Discussion: Quality vs. Quantity
It depends on what kind of studio you're applying at. I stick to stylized low poly stuff so I still include some 5 year old assets in my portfolio; if you're applying to snazzy AAA next gen studios you should probably get rid of everything that isn't PBR. -
Re: UK tax payers to cover 25% tax break
Yup, despite all the successes there are still many many problems for them to tackle and many risks ahead. Also I don't see studios spouting like Mushrooms here, except maybe small casual and mobile ones. There's definitely not an AAA place opening here whenever one in the west shuts down. -
Re: Do graphics actually hinder gameplay?
Compare something like Dwarf Fortress to something like Assassin's Creed Unity and you can see why people say this. If half the money AAA games spent on graphics and advertising got spent on game design and simulation stuff instead, who knows what sort of cool stuff might happen? -
Re: Dreamworks Layoffs
The Redditors talk about f2p and mobile "taking away" customers from console games as if we aren't actually making games in this field. From what I've seen, AAA console development is the suckers game with only a few top dogs and everyone else begging for scraps until they get laid off. -
Re: Airbørn
Wow well this is going to be awesome, as it already was. Can't wait for the printed version! I also wonder how big the printed version will be, but I guess if you think about the size of a AAA battery you can grasp an idea of the print size, a nice enough size, looking forward to the sculpting detail version. -
Re: Job hunting
Yeah. I probably applied to all AAA studios I could find when I was looking. Even if they didn't have a job announced. I think I've applied to some studios multiple times.With a few years in between. If you ain't the right person now you might be next year.
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