Tim Ryan is a veteran video game designer and producer having worked in the industry since the early 90's. He is an irregular contributor to Gamasutra. His articles are in the design and production archives.
His website: www.FireMuse.net
Lead designers are hired to make decisions - YES for what they want and NO for what they don't want. This is my rant on lead designers who only seem to say NO.
I wonder how much of a downward cost-of-living adjustment they're making them take. If it saves EA a lot, I imagine they'll start looking at even cheaper places to move employees - Death Valley The Everglades
Here's the sad thing: Everquest is a Windows PC game, and Microsoft has provided a number of accessibility options for the Windows users, such as text-to-speech and magnifier. The APIs for these exist but Sony would rather pay a lawyer to defend this case than a programmer to implement the ...
When you're the sole income in a family of four, it's hard enough taking a risk on chasing a dream let alone someone elses' dream without pay. I've lost count of the number of inquiries I've received from dreamers who can only offer equity.
@Dave and all those against randomness: If the single most determining factor in a battle is randomness, I'd agree with you, it doesn't make sense. It would piss everyone off. Of course skill and your gear/stats grooming efforts should influence your success, but they shouldn't guarantee success 100 of the ...
This is nothing new. Once upon a time we had a phrase first playable for the milestone build that proved the gameplay and tools. Now it's become vertical slice to incorporate final-ish art and audio - which unfortunately means not enough focus on gameplay to really prove it's fun. Everyone ...
