Posts by e-freak

  • MapCore Job Census

    Congrats everyone! Seems like Mapcore is spreading all over the place


    I changed positions and work as Product Manager at Crytek now... I traded Python, Maya and Rendering for Jira, Excel and Outlook... yay!

  • True Detective - TV Show

    Quote from FrieChamp

    I love that movie, here is my favourite scene:


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    that's from wolf of wallstreet?

  • DOTA 2

    I think that's defined in some text table files (i had a look at the last winter dire map) - would you want to modify this throughout the game or just change balance in general?


    Quote from Vilham

    Do you actually know what you want to make though? I have a fairly good idea of what would be a fun game mode that was in Warcraft 3.

    i think something like uther party from wc3 would be super fun and very extendable (publishing updates through the workshop). it's a collection of mini games and heroes vote in a 'lobby' room on what mini game they want to play next. we could start with a few puzzle and mini games and then build more in the future. would also lend it self to remote work with referencing level files from other people in.

  • Porting games to the new consoles

    I'm just surprised by how many studios started doing it, because it's a huge technical challenge. Especially looking at Last of Us, I was wondering how much effort it was to switch the entire game from a PS3 optimized engine to a PS4 optimized engine (completely different HW architecture).


    Now if you have a game on CryEngine, Unity or Unreal it's probably way easier, because they support different platforms "natively" and often have deployment tools in place already that make it easier. Even though, if the technical side is up and running you will still need to check if your assets still look good or if they need re-touching as well (lower resolutions often allowed for way more "cheated" content).

  • THQ... Next Crytek?

    Quote from FMPONE

    The challenge of it actually isn't understanding what to do, for me the formula is still the really simple $60 a pop game, the challenge is how to make a game that has broad appeal and has quality... as usual


    i'm sorry if i sound really burned here, but the formula to making a game that has broad appeal is spending 3 times the development money on marketing budgets. You can develop a great AAA game and ten people will hear about it on Steam or Reddit, but you only start making money when random kids want their moms to buy it from gamestop. And even then it's still not a guaranteed to break even.

  • THQ... Next Crytek?

    Quote from FMPONE

    Just make high quality AAA games at a $60 price point and release on Steam (or Origin if you want to be cheeky). Why is this so complicated? Why chase your dick trying to make a F2P MOBA etc etc.?


    Because 60$ AAA makes fuck no money. Wolfenstein is a positive example in a market that's been declining for years. Or rather than declining it's more and more polarized. You got the big winners like CoD (Activision), Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) and Battlefield (EA), you got a few good titles (like Wolfenstein) in the midground and then you have a ton of titles that are really good, but they aren't making their money back.


    The last Bioshock, Tomb Raider, etc were all considered flops for the publisher (even when they sold really, really well). I mean, there's even a reddit thread on this topic http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/commen…ccessful_games/


    Neither consoles nor F2P is the enemy. The truth is that it's really fucking difficult to be your own game studio outside of a massive publishing house that can market your game like crazy. And it's even more difficult trying to break out of these traditional patterns and trying to become a self-functioning developer that can both develop and publish. You get high rewards when it works, but you're also shouldering years of financial burden and all the risk.

  • [CS:GO] ar_blocks

    i think some vertical objects (like towers) that cast some shadows to break up the even surfaces might work well to make it more readable. that is without having seen this ingame, maybe it works better with movement anyway - looks awesome and props for sticking to the theme 100%!

  • Doom (4)

    Quote from Pericolos0

    Doing PBR on idtech5 would probably require about 3-5x the memory. It's no longer a single map, diffuse, normal, ao, spec, roughness etc needs to be stored separately. A game like wolfenstein would be like 200 GB doing this.. which is a little ridiculous

    isn't it using all those maps already? how would they do dynamic lighting in wolfenstein and rage?