So I've been thinking about this for quite a while. Had conversations here at work about this as well, and it seems like people have very black and white opinions when confronted with the value of money now a days. Specially in the game industry. To me, it's just not the money, but the value of the things that you decide…
The raiders were coming close. In his short 9 years of life, the young Aspasia had never been so scared before. Her short legs could only make her run so fast. The only reason her pursuers didn't had grabbed her yet, was because everytime an arrow landed right next to the spot where she had stopped, or tripped, the fear…
Hi everyone, Redoubt: Project-X (working title) is a side-scrolling action game set around 350 years in the future. The basic premise is that humankind has finally developed faster-than-light technology and begun colonising a new planet a few thousand light years away to ease the burden of an overpopulated Earth, the…
What is Patriots? In 2020, a tyrant leader steps out from the ruins of WWIII. He leads with his own private military and promises to protect the people from danger and hunger. This promise is soon broken and the Patriots are formed. Patriots follows the story of adrenaline junkie Max "Swagger" Slade and British rock &…
Creating the environment for Outland 17 has been a fun experience. Though the production of the game has made life quite busy, I have enjoyed every second of it. Working into the wee hours and burning the midnight oil is what every environment artist anticipates. The hard work that everyone on Grenade Tree Games has put in…
He rushes through his enormous library, eager on picking up only the darkest, most forbidden tomes. He screams through the gargantuan building, his magnificent, powerful voice echoing through every corner. “Minions: Assemble!” Loading his strong, buffed arms with the books, he supersonic sprints back to the grand foyer,…
Alright so, I wanted to share my prediction of what will eventually happen to the portable/mobile games market in the next several years, and see what you guys think. It's my personal belief that around the time the iPhone 5 and iPad 3's release (1-2) years these tablets and smart phones will begin to compete directly with…
Subscirbed for marmoset because of this update, have no prior experience with toolbag though everything looks pretty straightforward. Had to spend some time figuring why textures look downscaled and blurry compared to SP. Turned out had to import roughness in tga, and activate rgba for albedo. But have a problem now a…
I've lived here in the Seattle area since I was 4 and I gotta ask....why would you want to have your honeymoon here!?!? Goto someplace tropical, stay in a resort near the beach and just chill with drinks on the beach in between fun times in your room & enjoying resort amenities! But that's just me. 1) The time to go? If…
[ QUOTE ] By fractured I mean much of the level building takes place in max or maya and a number of inhouse tools are used to composite the model assets and script the gameplay. [/ QUOTE ] while this is quite true for many aspects of development, i'm really referring to people who don't and cannot use max, maya or other…