Hey guys, I am going to GDC next week and I just wanted to get some last minute crits before I head up to San Francisco. In my actual portfolio I am will have breakdowns of each e nvironment, but these are the ones that I am going to show. I am open to any suggestions or useful tips about the conference as well. Thanks…
Just got done with a conference call with a company we are doing a psp game with. They have the engine, and when I asked what the polycounts were for the levels they told me we could have a 20,000 vert level with 20,000 polys on screen at one time. That makes no sense, so if anyone has any general info for what the psp can…
It's a 10 person conference call. With VoiP and Chat, and Screen Sharing. Those are the pros. The cons is that it's capped at 10 ppl at any given time. And it's only useful if ppl are on at the same time. Meaning we need to have good bodycount for it to work. Otherwise ppl would just use Polycount Main Hangout. (which is…
Yeah one thing i have to say is: NeoGaf as a source is way too often basis for news articles. There was Rumor Articles based on people who are speculated to be a reliable source talking about stuff from the Sony conference of which close to 50% came true...at best. Thats not a good ratio. Maybe this is more related to a…
Except, that's not for the entire world. China, for instance. The other way around. Many people dont own consoles and instead have PCs. Where they can (when they don't pirate because of Chinas rules) use steam like services to buy online versus through box and store methods. Wasn't there a big speal by a ceo (god probably…
Lots of high poly stuff. I'm not gonna crit to much the modeling looks good but I will paraphrase from a conference I went to where two hiring managers for game companies were speaking about what they look for and they basically said, "Show off your low poly work as best as possible thats really important, and for the love…
It is largely pointless to complain about time paradoxes regarding the Terminator series. The very first Terminator movie set up a glaring paradox in John Conners very existence. The second movie, though obviously awesome, worsened the paradox by having the main characters attempt to change a future that had to be. (if…
Awesome, was really interested in trying these when you showed them a few years back at some conference, happy to finally get the chance. Will give them a try asap. Update 5 minutes later : These tools are awesome! Thanks alot! Now I'm really looking forward to a Maya 2011 x32 version, as that's what we use at work, and I…
There is always the conference assistant program, you get the all access pass for free, and you only have to work 20 hours during the entire week. you do things like monitor the eating line, hand out papers, check badges, really easy stuff. The deadline for the CA program is over already but its something to consider if…
I finally finished my grad research project, so now it's portfolio time. I went to GDC and the East Coast Game Conference and got some good feedback, but I would still like to know what other people think. Any advice would be appreciated. matthewvia.com FYI the site is under construction, so it may be a little buggy and I…