So Anyone Here in the Gaming Industry?

[Kash Flagg]

Just a random question that popped into my head...I think because of the large number of video game threads we have on here. Thought there was someone amongst us that had some insider info that I can claim as my own to share.

If not, oh well.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I once tried out to be a big player in the Yahtzee industry. But Milton Bradley said " No Dice."


I do not apologize for that terrible pun.

[Kash Flagg]

Nor should you.

[Jay Carroll]

I know that Koda is a developer (he's got something in the Apple iTunes catalog, and I apologize for the vagueness but I don't quite remember what it is), but that's about all I know.

[Wolfaga]

My friend works for the Official Xbox Magazine if that counts, just recently done an interview with Street Fighter's Yoshinori Ono (which required him to fly to New York, lucky sod), But I'll be working towards his type of career of journalism. I know other friends who've worked for SEGA and Capcom respectively too.

[Deleted]

I go into computer game stores regularly

As for insider info...........I saw this thing called something like Wee? We-We? Why?..........anyway I'm predicting big things for it

[Insomniac]

When I was in high school, I made a few very simple games for my TI-83 graphing calculator. That counts, right?

[Deleted]

I plan to apply for a job in BioWare. I promise to make more extended more graphic sex scenes if I do get the job.

[jagilki]

I'm Peter Molyneux

[Kevin Hamilton]

I also have been living with Pac-man Fever since 1982

[Deleted]

Apr 10, 2010 18:33:16 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

I also have been living with Pac-man Fever since 1982

YOU KIDS WITH YOUR RAP MUSIC AND PACMAN VIDEO GAMES!

[Psy]

Well, for a while I worked for a copyright enforcement company, specialized in locating Warez sites and getting them shut down. That was a while back. I also have some of my character designs (artwork, really) in the Dungeon Hack game.

One of the major changes to the City of Heroes game (how the ability "Defiance" works) was made on my suggestion.


I still don't think that really makes me part of the 'industry'. IMO, you not only need to have published a game but be acknowledged by your peers and have some connections within the industry outside of your agent. Otherwise you just did some shit.

[BlackHoleMark]

Currently working for a company designing a demo to show off to developers. Unfortunately, I did sign a confidentiality agreement, so I can't say much at all. But it is a legit thing.

[theryno665]

My friend moved to Washington to attend DigiPen and hopefully get into game design. But this is just his first year.

[Deleted]

I've actually been taking some game design courses recently. I'm trying to get into a school that specializes in it and see what happens.

[thesam07]

I invented Pong.

[Convoy]

I'll be heading to Japan for 9 months to research Capcom, SNK and those in the Taito Arcade business for my scholarship next year.

I won't exactly be working in the industry, but I'll be behind the scenes with the creators and probably get a peek of what they're working on. If all goes well, I might end up with a job offer from one of the aforementioned companies.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Know C.J from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?

Based on me. Those weird guys following me around and taking notes that one week I went biking had to be for a good reason.

[Sir Woodrow]

My Dad was Pac Man.

Mario is my God father,Peach is my God Mother.

Chun Li and Sonya Blade used to baby sit me.

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

As a serious answer(not that I'm enjoying some of these joke answers, pretty good ones), I am in the industry as an independent developer.

Just about the only insider info, I got right now relates to my current platform(s) in the business, the iDevices(iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad). Right now the big news is Apple is going to be f***ing over, oh, damn near 90% of the developers of iDevice games. Their iPhone OS 4.0 update is basically going ban the development tool programs that have anything to do with Adobe/Flash, this includes things like Unity 3D, Torque, and could possibly even include the tool program I use, GameSalad. There are two main theories as for why, 1) They just REALLY hate Adobe/Flash and 2) Because supposedly apps made with Flash or something related to Flash can't be used in the "multitasking" feature of the OS 4.0. Both theories come to the same result, Apple just wants apps made with their first party Xcode coding program, C++, or Object-C.

So, as if the bullshit set up to the iPad App Store on launch day didn't piss off most of Apple's developers, this could be the nail in the coffin, cause, let's face it, almost noone who makes/made a game app for the iDevices knows how to properly code, or at least code in Xcode. Most of us used these third party dev tool programs to get around our current weakness to make games(and hopefully money).....