Posts by Kedhrin

  • War for the Overworld

    Quote from SpronyvanJohnson

    Well there's also Impire which is coming out next week. So far I'm not impressed by that game and given the developers trackrecord I don't have high expectations. But taste differs so maybe it's of interest to others. More info here:

    http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/impire

    I'm with you JB. I'm just glad we finally get something new. I just wonder how much they can look the same without getting into legal problems?

    this game looks interesting, but i hope it doesn't disappoint like Dungeons did :/

  • Level Designer Portfolio feedback and possible tips to get in the industry

    I can give you feedback from an employers perspective... especially when i post a job opening and i have to filter through applicants.

    My current favorite portfolio reference is how HP laid out his -> http://www.helderpinto.com/ (currently down).

    Flash is generally frowned upon, its just a bit annoying. You're an LD, not a web-designer. That doesn't mean make a shitty web-site, but it does mean don't try to woo over employers by crazy fancy flash effects and the like... a thumbnail gallery is my favorite. Right now your web-site is a broken mess, you should try to get a template. Elements are broken everywhere, fonts and presentation is poor,

    So...

    1) Videos are the last thing i'd watch. Honestly, unless I saw the most amazing portfolio of stills ever would i spend time to watch a video. Videos are for animators, and should only be used by LDs as a complimentary thing - not the primary.

    2) I always love explanations of a level from the top down, take a pic of your layout, or even draw it out in photoshop. Highlight design elements and your theory behind why you do what you do.

    3) As an LD, art isn't as important. Its important for designers to have an art perspective so they don't design something that will send artists into hell trying to make sense of a level layout. If you're applying at a studio that requires the LD to do the art as well, then it definitely does matter. All depends on where your'e trying to go there. Most studios these days are dividing LDs with set dressers.

    4) you have these extensive in depth analysis about your levels, but as an employers i'm probably not going to read these unless i'm happy with what i've saw and i'm going to interview you. You need to simplify this analysis.

    5) The content itself is something else, you need to really focus on what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are. Remove the weaknesses. Portfolios should be quality > quantity. If you did stuff 5 years ago and are still showing it off, and it looks bad, you should really remove it.

    A good start, but i do recommend you get in deep now and work with the community here. Work hard and pump your portfolio up more!

  • Elder Scrolls MMO

    Quote from Sentura

    You mean this article? http://kotaku.com/59...-you-might-fear

    Quote

    Matt Firor, ESO game director (and longtime producer on the pre-WoW Dark Age of Camelot series): " Making an MMO is making an MMO. I worked in the industry beforeWorld of Warcraft, so I can tell you that World of Warcraft had a lot of influences from a lot of games.[...]

    You have my attention

    This is exactly the bullshit i'm talking about, and yes this article.

    World of Warcraft had influence from Everquest, but that was it. Almost every mainstream MMO post WoW has been a "WoW Clone". That guy says that shit, then proceeds to describe WoW with slightly different features (RE: Age of Conan, Rift, The Secret World, Tabula Rasa, Auto Assault, Guild Wars, etc., etc., etc., etc.).

    It's a WoW clone.

    You know when an FPS is a CoD clone, and the argument can't be used that "WELL DOOM WAS OUT BEFORE THAT DERP DERP DERRRRR".

  • THQ files for bankruptcy

    I think Sega being with Relic will be awesome.

    Vigil was done because they were just starting a new IP and no one wants to buy that burden... where as these other studios are all about to release something.

    Keep in mind theres a whoooole lot of back catalog still with THQ. I have the full "shit to buy" list sitting on my desk....its at least 40 pages and in 6 point font.

    I emailed Rubin last night asking if i can just buy Nexuiz license rights off them instead of going to auction... which will be who-knows-when.

  • Zelda: Wind Waker HD

    Quote from Beck

    WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN MADE YET EITHER?!

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    because Nintendo is on an 'artistic' kick lately with Zelda.

  • Elder Scrolls MMO

    The game is a WoW clone. yet another one. Kotakus article where the designers tried to defend it as not being a WoW clone was laughable.

    it's quite sad, really.

    whatever, just leaves the gates open for everyone else who wants to do something cool.

    Neat trailer, though it was all over the place.

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from D3ads

    I just watched this:

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    I thought to myself... "Great fake trailer! I love the way they super imposed Ashley Judd and Gerard Butler into their sets! Nice model of the whitehouse blowing up and Korean terrorists... who in their mind would come up with such a thing... lol!"

    ...then I realised it was an actual film...

    Dear Hollywood: What the fucking fuck..

    Awwwwwww yeah!

  • What have you watched recently?

    watched this last night->

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758798/

    Pretty good, was definitely trying for a Snatch/Pulp Fiction but you know.. with the whole "Hey we're Canada we have crime too right guys???"

    other than that

    i watched this last night. the story of the manliest man alive

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