Aaaaaaahhhh!

***Marek*** · 12-03-2003, 03:00 AM

I'm tasked with managing over 500 different animation sprites for the game. Turns out the animator made a mistake in the numbering, which means I have to manually change everything I've done for the past week. I think I'm going insane. I truly am on the brink of breaking down here.

Damnit.

I guess I'll go kick a wall or something.

Or kick the animator.
Though that may not be such a good idea.

Though maybe I should do it anyway.

Meanwhile, can you guys post some relaxing images or something?

Intrepid Homoludens · 12-03-2003, 03:12 AM

This relaxing enough?

Btw, I think you and your design team should agree on a deal. Each time one of you f#&ks up major like that, he has to buy everyone dinner out. No excuses. Try that.

emma · 12-03-2003, 03:28 AM

http://www.iworkwithfools.com/

ragnar · 12-03-2003, 04:05 AM

Glad to see you have something to do Marek.

***Marek*** · 12-03-2003, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emma

http://www.iworkwithfools.com/

I love the "boss" button on that site. Reminds me of some of those really old games

mycroft · 12-03-2003, 06:18 AM

Um...Marek ?

I am seriously considering enrolling in a game design course next year.I have been interested in game design for as along as I can remember.I have a couple of games designed on paper as well.Hobby-stuff mostly.Nothing Serious.
But your remarks such as 'Game developing is hard as hell' and other stuff like the Coffee-Machine are making me reconsider.

Say it ain't so dude.Tell me that game developing is fun.That despite these little bumps ever-so often you are always happy and confident to face the challenges that the field of Game Design presents you with.

Intrepid Homoludens · 12-03-2003, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mycroft

Say it ain't so dude.Tell me that game developing is fun.That despite these little bumps ever-so often you are always happy and confident to face the challenges that the field of Game Design presents you with.

*sigh* ......how innocent we all are at first....

***tabacco*** · 12-03-2003, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mycroft

Um...Marek ?

I am seriously considering enrolling in a game design course next year.I have been interested in game design for as along as I can remember.I have a couple of games designed on paper as well.Hobby-stuff mostly.Nothing Serious.
But your remarks such as 'Game developing is hard as hell' and other stuff like the Coffee-Machine are making me reconsider.

Say it ain't so dude.Tell me that game developing is fun.That despite these little bumps ever-so often you are always happy and confident to face the challenges that the field of Game Design presents you with.

Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's not fun

emma · 12-03-2003, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco

Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's not fun

*choosing the less clean association and giggles sillily*

Intrepid Homoludens · 12-03-2003, 07:11 AM

oh god, emma

.

***Marek*** · 12-03-2003, 07:14 AM

Mycroft: it's fun!

I have to say the development has been pretty relaxed so far, except for one long day of crunch before an important presentation. Crunch time can be fun. The only truly bad day I've had was today. We're two weeks away from the deadline and that's not a nice time to find out that things are messed up. Don't let my bitching about these things scare you off. Making a quick Chit Chat post is my way of blowing off steam.

By the way, the coffee machine has been scrapped from the game.

Erkki · 12-03-2003, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco

Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's not fun

Ditto. But I still wouldn't want to be a professional game developer. At least not as long as things stay the way they currently are (from what I've read everywhere) -- in every company people do overtime work constantly. I can understand a few weeks, a month of working OT (a couple of times a year), but what the developers themselves say sounds like they are devoted to the game 24/7 the entire developement process. And right when they finish a game, they'll take a short vacation and begin working on the next one...
Then again, some people may like that kind of thing. I just don't (I know from personal experience).

Henke · 12-03-2003, 07:32 AM

I fully understand you Marek. I have been working with my game nonstop for almost a week now. I have also a test on friday and three other projects I have to work on simultenously. I haven't got any sleep at all during this time. The deadline is next friday (if I'm not truly dead by then). I think I'm slowly losing my mind here. Well, who needs a mind anyway. Back to work.

SamandMax · 12-03-2003, 10:02 AM

Just pretend if you don't do the animation, you'll fall in a huge pit of acid, and then your melting skeleton will be chopped into bits and made into a bowl of delicious soup. That should calm you down.

***tabacco*** · 12-03-2003, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erkki

Ditto. But I still wouldn't want to be a professional game developer. At least not as long as things stay the way they currently are (from what I've read everywhere) -- in every company people do overtime work constantly. I can understand a few weeks, a month of working OT (a couple of times a year), but what the developers themselves say sounds like they are devoted to the game 24/7 the entire developement process. And right when they finish a game, they'll take a short vacation and begin working on the next one...
Then again, some people may like that kind of thing. I just don't (I know from personal experience).

OT's okay when you really enjoy what you do

Erkki · 12-03-2003, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco

OT's okay when you really enjoy what you do

But I'm talking about constant overtime work that practically doesn't leave you time for anything else. Have you tried that? I have.

Erwin_Br · 12-03-2003, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erkki

But I'm talking about constant overtime work that practically doesn't leave you time for anything else. Have you tried that? I have.

Sounds like a workaholic's dream!

--Erwin

mycroft · 12-03-2003, 11:56 PM

Thanks Marek.

I really need that kind of reassurance from an insider before I sign on the dotted line.
I have always been interested to find out what goes on inside a GameDev studio.I applied for a beta-testing job but I was kicked out.But that's another story.

And I read the Behind the Game on Gamespot about PoP:SoT.It felt like the guys went through hell.Not to mention Mechner making Canada his temporary residence.And I still get shivers reading Tim Schafer's developer diary about GF on Gamespot.About how he had to convince the suits that GF would be a profitable venture...oh well..

Thanks again...

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Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	This relaxing enough? Btw, I think you and your design team should agree on a deal. Each time one of you f#&ks up major like that, he has to buy everyone dinner out. No excuses. Try that. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien Last edited by Intrepid Homoludens; 12-03-2003 at 03:30 AM.

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mycroft Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 693	Um...Marek ? I am seriously considering enrolling in a game design course next year.I have been interested in game design for as along as I can remember.I have a couple of games designed on paper as well.Hobby-stuff mostly.Nothing Serious. But your remarks such as 'Game developing is hard as hell' and other stuff like the Coffee-Machine are making me reconsider. Say it ain't so dude.Tell me that game developing is fun.That despite these little bumps ever-so often you are always happy and confident to face the challenges that the field of Game Design presents you with. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________

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*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	Mycroft: it's fun! I have to say the development has been pretty relaxed so far, except for one long day of crunch before an important presentation. Crunch time can be fun. The only truly bad day I've had was today. We're two weeks away from the deadline and that's not a nice time to find out that things are messed up. Don't let my bitching about these things scare you off. Making a quick Chit Chat post is my way of blowing off steam. By the way, the coffee machine has been scrapped from the game. Share Share this post on Twitter

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mycroft Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 693	Thanks Marek. I really need that kind of reassurance from an insider before I sign on the dotted line. I have always been interested to find out what goes on inside a GameDev studio.I applied for a beta-testing job but I was kicked out.But that's another story. And I read the Behind the Game on Gamespot about PoP:SoT.It felt like the guys went through hell.Not to mention Mechner making Canada his temporary residence.And I still get shivers reading Tim Schafer's developer diary about GF on Gamespot.About how he had to convince the suits that GF would be a profitable venture...oh well.. Thanks again... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Last edited by mycroft; 12-04-2003 at 12:06 AM.

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