i'm happy you guys are bringing this up, because quite frankly i'm breaking my brain trying to answer my own question. It's really important to me that I don't across as a bitter person, btw, because I'm not. I'm just genuinely interested in why we aren't further down the line than we are right now (NOT technologically!),…
Hi everyone, I am looking to join a serious indie game dev team to gain experience and build a dedicated real-time portfolio. I am offering my skills for free. About Me I have over 20 years of professional experience across 3D generalist roles, architecture, product design, and motion graphics. However, I am currently…
Serious games is a bit like saying Serious art. It's diminutive of the other games that aren't considered 'serious.' The only games that aren't serious are ones where the creator doesn't take it seriously. Which I would say are quite rare. Games are a business, a passion, and they take a whole lot of effort. It sure all…
Hello! i have a serious problem. A friend of mine put was playing arround with my graphic card, and now i cant get it to show highquality rendering or even specular maps. I really need to fix this! I have tried to fix this myself but i cant get anything to work. please help! Im running on a nvidia GFX6600 card in maya2008…
Hi everyone, How can one with a great idea can make something out of it ? And by something I DO NOT mean money. I DO mean though, seriously, how can one turn this idea into a project by gathering talented artists and producing something "community created" ? I suppose this question has been asked trillions of times since…
I am certain that there are quite a few people here to watch Top Gear ( a really well filmed and scripted British car show on BBC) Richard Hammond has apparently crashed in a jet powered racecar while filming a segment for an episode, he seems to be now in serious but stable condition and doctors expect a recovery. Richard…
Microsoft has announced that they are making a contest in which student game devs are to create games based around issues dealing with Global Warming. Basically, student game makers use XNA to make games about this huge issue, then the top 3 get all their schooling paid for and the winners get an internship with MS Game…
I'd be happy to hear anything about your life in NZ. My wife and I have lived in cities most of our lives, excluding my childhood. I really miss the remoteness of my first home and how it was buried in the woods. My brothers and I would go out for 5-6 hours just wandering around. We would like to get some place quiet with…
In Spiderman 2, Peter's neighbor chick asks him to come over for a piece of chocolate cake. Cut to her apartment, where it shows them eating yellow cake with chocolate icing. Seriously, wtf?!
sooooo my bakes are turning janky. I used that ray distance calculator thing in Xnormals and played with the ray distances in SD, got the same results. I seriously don't know what to do .