Posts by 2d-chris

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they let you buy a game for university? that's like if microsoft/apple came and told us we have to buy their OS. i am sorry but i don't see the point that a university is teaching tools and not concepts. for example it is up to us if we want to use what ever programming language in a research project or what ever software APIs you use. all you get is a basic understanding of what all programming languages/APIs might offer so you can decide on your own.

this behavior of "YOU HAVE TO LEARN WORKING WITH THESE TOOLS" is total bullshit. i might suspect that this is of cryteks interest that students learn working with their tools so that you either work for them and they had not to invest in your skills or that you start at a different company and purchase a license.

anyway: i don't want to spoil your fun but i get some bad taste while reading this.

Tools are no doubt half the gig when it comes to making a game. At least when you are refering to art and level design. The days of programmer based engines are gone, now the tools brings the game together. You have to start with something and what better than Unreal, CE2 and Source.

I've seen too many game colleges use really old engines that demonstrate techniques that are long gone, I think that does more harm than teaching the cutting edge tools.

Also, skilled people will quickly adapt to new tools if they are experienced enough. Lets face it the majority of level editors or even in hourse engines use the same kind of approach.

Looks rad

I think quite allot of people view forums but never post, it's weird but I can understand it

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":2piyju8b]Man, those are some really lovely photos man! What a great town! I see you had lot's of phun! Why do peris shows up on 99.9% of the photos d00d?!?!

Anyways, kidding aside, I really loved this one, gotta love that architecture:

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nah that's a screenshot from CS:S:S

Kewl, reminds me of an area in Everquest 2

Hey alex! cool site

What SKDR said and lets face it, steam has never been a cheap way to buy games.

I didnt want to be the one who said that, but you need to make really good games. It's too easy to blame the finacial crisis for closure when a the end of the day it's about making games that people will buy. In a finacial crisis (god I hate that term) the weakest will fall yes it sucks but good developers will find work in no time, the industry is oozing for experienced developers.

I hear from most people that really good developers are having a hard time recuiting experienced people because the industry has expanded so fast.

Awesome 15k is allot of money though.

I just had a look at your site, I don't think you're going to have a problem finding a good game company, if thats what you want to do

Cool character design, but yes a little too much like GoW for my taste

I'm in the banking capital of Europe, that must be why it's so hard to get money here

Yeah a little more content and it gets a solid thumbs up

On my website I found it quite useful to talk through some stages of the design process, I mean you don't have to do it but it encourages people to contact you.

lol, Merry xmas

I think the English goverment needs to kick in and help the games industry, it's currently the most expensive place in the world to make games and that can't be good for tougher times.

You should hear me speaking in a thick German accent! I get more looks than speaking in a thick English one lol

Brilliant :> Can take it to the office with ya lunch.

lol

I think, Germans need to see how free and painless banking is in the UK. I've spoken to some people here and after explaining how easy it is to get money from ANY bank in the UK (and buy online) they agree.

It's like in England, it really doesnt matter what bank you decide to use, the system work flawlessly everywhere.

I'm with Deutsche Bank who have quite a number of other banks in the group that I can withdraw money from without being charged. yet the simple fact is banks here need to come together in the very interests of the people. The system is not hard to understand, but compared to the UK it's overly complicated without any real advantages. It's not more secure; it's simply old fashioned.

On the other hand, The German economy is doing pretty well by the sounds of it (compared to the UK or USA), so ... who am I to judge the finacial methods of business ;p

Yeah well, I don't want a credit card to buy things online, thats madness! very old school, we used to restrict certain things to credit card only in the UK. Even chip-n pin isnt really working here yet so security wise if somebody steals your card they can go on a spending spree

Credit cards are the biggest problem in the finacial world, they no doubt fuck people over, debit cards in the UK are a safe way to do everything, and you can still setup direct debits for everything from phone bills to MMO subscriptions.

Give Germany a few years and they will catch up ;p The only real benifit to a credit card is that your purchases are protected, we had the german system a decade ago, but things changed for the better.