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Posts by blackdog

  • The Steam Sale Thread

    • blackdog
    • December 27, 2015 at 9:56 AM
    Quote from LATTEH

    got elite dangerous. I've havn't played a game this much since Jedi academy.

    would have happily tried this despite not being a space games fan, but the whole "components" and additional content transactions policy kept me well off. To me looks like the biggest milking effort since forever. Can you get the additional ships by playing? Cos I saw a pack sold for 18k :shock:

    Will wait to look how the single player campaign turns out

  • Quantum Break - Remedy's next game!

    • blackdog
    • December 26, 2015 at 11:12 AM

    I don't follow Game Informer so I completely missed they have just done one of their monthly coverage and just by chance stumbled on this stuff

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    42 min interview :shock:

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  • So I have some spare games...

    • blackdog
    • December 25, 2015 at 9:54 AM
    Quote from Buddy

    I wouldn't mind the JC key.

    My contribution to this thread:

    Portal 1 x2

    Nuclear Dawn

    Portal 2

    is the Portal 2 gone?

  • The Merry Christmas Thread

    • blackdog
    • December 24, 2015 at 9:37 PM

    ♫ Jingle bells, Batman smells ♫

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    Quote from Sprony

    My wife bought me a special mug of Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I've been looking for that specific one for years (mine broke) and apparently so has she. On top of that she bought me GTA 5 for the PS4. God I'm glad that I married that woman!


    What have you guys been up to? I had 2 Christmas dinners in a row and now I'm of to a weekend away with the inlaws and family. Merry Christmas!

    naughty, not supposed to open presents until the morning!

    As my girlfriend got mad ten days ago and went on to buy herself the present I was supposed to, I went on, learnt sewing and made a donut-pillow to go along some Google Play credit to buy the donuts I spent when I played her Simpsons game

    The content cannot be displayed because it is no longer available. The content cannot be displayed because it is no longer available. hope she won't be disappointed because I spent like 20-24 hours to make that thing (and material costs half the budget we agreed)

  • The Steam Sale Thread

    • blackdog
    • December 22, 2015 at 9:10 PM

    Looks like it's happening every sale now… is it legit, I mean when it happens you can manage get at least the game for free? Maybe is like a bonus for people that follow closely?

    Anyway among the many discounts, the celebrated King's Quest chapter 1 is -90%. Uncanny Valley, Sniper Elite 3 and Remember Me -80%.

    Stasis -40%, I'm kinda tempted to get it without further discount as this couple guys pulled off a great feat… been on the fence just because I'm not too much into the point and click genre (although in the last few years I'm drawn to many of these titles)

  • Batman: Arkham Knight

    • blackdog
    • December 22, 2015 at 2:11 PM

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  • Quantum Break - Remedy's next game!

    • blackdog
    • December 22, 2015 at 10:07 AM

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  • WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

    • blackdog
    • December 21, 2015 at 9:36 PM
    Quote from FMPONE

    Still messing with this editor

    [Blocked Image: http://i.imgur.com/8YEseaH.jpg]

    Half-Life 3 confirmed

  • [WIP] de_monaco

    • blackdog
    • December 21, 2015 at 4:30 PM
    Quote from VIOLATION

    [Blocked Image: http://i.imgur.com/9y98mhw.jpg]

    Finally some work was done on the Mid - A connector and its adjacent building, turning it into a sort of elevated cafe.

    Pretty!

    Visually, like it was noted to OrnateBaboon for de_coast, in this screenshot the pointy platform should be probably softened by chopping the tip. You can very well cut it to have it the width of the "column"(?) and rotate the last column 90 deg to keep the geometry clean.

  • Franck Fitrzyk - Level Design / Game Design

    • blackdog
    • December 21, 2015 at 3:36 PM

    I've scrolled through the pdf file and just couple things:

    • the references don't have an email either clickable or plain text
    • Scorsese's name is misspelled (it's ScorSese)
    • I find heavy on the eye the use of m-dashes to separate the lists in the interests, what's wrong with commas?

    In general I think it'd be nicer to have some more line-spacing in the paragraphs, looks like you want to keep the document in the 2 pages, so I would remove the music+cinema mentions in the interests (as they are pretty varied, nothing really stands out like saying eg "fan of Korean horror movies") keep the interest one paragraph shorter (in vertical space) gaining precious space you could use to work on typography

  • How to break in the games industry - an insiders' guide

    • blackdog
    • December 21, 2015 at 11:37 AM
    Quote from Corwin

    I personally wouldn't adjust the portfolio for a single company, just for the fact that you may be applying a different ones at the same time. It's hard to know exactly what the company is going to be interested in based on their ongoing projects etc. so better mention everything in a way that's easy to browse through and get the gist of it (experience with what tools, strong points, extra skills...) and let them cherry-pick what suits them (IMO)

    I don't know about cases where employers stop at the cover letter. In my experience, who cares about cover letters? They all sound almost exactly the same, and even when the candidate gets a little original with it, it doesn't stand on its own anyway and can just maybe give you an idea of the personality of the candidate. It could go no further than the resume I guess if the experience on it is way too little compared to the needs for that position, but personally I always click the portfolio link (or LinkedIIn if there's no portfolio) out of curiosity and for the sake of being thorough.

    What I meant with this is to create subpages/subdomains eg myportfolio.com/crytek/ or bethesda.myportfolio.com, allowing for different kinds of personalization... mainly like highlighting a project created with the tech a company uses, but of course including all the rest.

    I've seen this sort of thing done by some web designers when applying to certain companies they were particularly eager to work with, like creating a resume that looks like an Amazon product page, or writing an in-depth analysis of a product, including the applicant's proposed changes.
    Of course is a different market, so just wondering if it sounds too weird to apply or just plain impractical. In terms of time, when you are unemployed or looking for a job, you virtually have all the time you want to spend on these things (of course at the base you want to work building a solid portfolio first).

    Interesting insight regarding the second question, I hope there are a lot of people like you in charge of recruiting. If you don't mind I will tag/contact you when I've adjusted some things on my own website to ask some feedback.

  • WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

    • blackdog
    • December 21, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    Seems pretty good, but I would argue there could be more player guidance through lighting, that not just because the original was dark it needs to be now… but as well I don't remember the specific areas in the original game (connective areas?), so can't judge properly.

  • Insurgency

    • blackdog
    • December 21, 2015 at 8:20 AM

    Yeah I know the feeling, I spent a good amount of hours on the original mod at the time, I really enjoyed it (was also often playing with a friend so we would give some cover to each other).

    I remember as one of the most rewarding shooters. But didn't give the same feeling when I tried the stand alone game.

    Also I remember reading somewhere that they're working on a new version, and it's not gonna be Source this time? Or I remember it totally wrong?

  • Insurgency

    • blackdog
    • December 20, 2015 at 12:46 PM

    Did the game got some substantial update in the recent past?

    I never went over the training as there were some bugs and didn't like much the feeling of the movement. should give another try

  • Neuroscience and Psychology and other fields.

    • blackdog
    • December 20, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    I found this by chance

    http://gamecareerguide.com/features/1469/…student_be_.php

    it's not directly in topic, but I thought might be interesting

  • [WIP] [CSGO] de_Amusement

    • blackdog
    • December 19, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    How come such a change in theme? (I have been collecting ideas for an amusement park theme as well during the reddit contest)

  • Kojima Productions rebooted

    • blackdog
    • December 18, 2015 at 8:21 PM

    Money never sleeps

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    • blackdog
    • December 18, 2015 at 7:42 PM

    @FMPONE changes are not so minute if so many people complain. 2% in a highly polished/iterated system sound like a lot.

    Quote from Bodd Jonar

    The AUG and SG are accurate, the hard part is the recoil. AUG and SG are just a mess to play with, no feeling what so ever

    They honestly feel like the guns in those f2p fps games, no effort put into them what so ever, just look at the SG, that thing look hideous.

    well actually that's how I feel of any weapon in CSGO, I've been banging this nail since the announce trailers, but all weapon models look like toys and animations are uninteresting. I think sounds are also less nice than in previous iterations. Grenades as well.

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    • blackdog
    • December 16, 2015 at 2:46 PM

    I understand they read the steam group topics and Reddit

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    • blackdog
    • December 16, 2015 at 10:31 AM
    Quote from Pampers

    Community is becoming as whiny as it was back in the 1.6 days, full of armchair developers

    undoubtedly, but you can't deny that there have been some updates that give the impression development has been given to interns with a license to test…

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