Posts by TheOnlyDoubleF

  • What's going on with your life?

    The great marathon to find a job at the end of this final school year has begun...

    I'd like to ask the insiders a question about this: I'll be available for hire in July. I'd like to get a junior position in one of my target companies. I think I'm a good junior if I compare myself to my school colleagues and the juniors I met in previous companies, I can do the work. I have an 8 months Xp on a AAA mobile game project and 2 released games with several million players (plus other projects including the current creation of an hunting open world game). Concidering the taks and responsabilities I had on these projects, I think I've proved myself, I think I can apply to junior positions. But can I? 'cause I'm not even gratuated yet...

    So the real point is here: several companies will finish their internship recruitment program for this summer shortly. I should probably wait a bit if I want to apply to a true position starting in july. But I'm scared to miss the summer internship programs 'cause what if I'm wrong and I can't get a job? Should I apply to everything ? Maybe I should just simply get back to Eden Games once again.
    I'm confident about my skills but I'm not sure what I am in the eyes of a recruiter between a graduated guy and a junior designer.

    Some thoughts on this?

  • ULTRAFLOW 2

    Quote from will2k

    T'as pas oublié quelque chose?...Windows Phone :D

    Congrats on the release and now hurry up for the other platforms :), can't wait to check it out

    will2k Are you French ??

    Windows Phone version will come out shortly with the iOS version ;)

  • Jonathan(John) Mausbach - Technical Artist

    Hey John

    There are several things that annoy me:

    - the home page is completely useless : put some work over here so we can get a quick overview of your work. It would be much better as a first impression. I just thought "oh ok, the site is not working."
    - The banner at the top with your name etc must bring back to your home page.
    - Scrolling menus on the tool bar are the worst: the less you have to search or click, the better it is. Just put your best work on one page for each category. Plus right now "environment art" is all alone, just like concept art and there's no need to separate 3D & 2D games in my opinion. So you'll end up with 4 buttons "3d" "2d" "tools" "games" on the left tool bar and each button goes to one page Simple.

    - For each project, would be must better that you explain what you did on the project and explain your pipeline if it's possible. The result is indeed important, but the workflow is much more important to me, especially for a technical guy.
    - Same thing in the "games" category: tell us what you did, what you achieved. We don't even no if you modeled assets, textured them or what!

    Finally, for the resume, it's really not understandable:
    - The first thing is really a personal thought: I hate resumes I can't download.
    - If you don't want to write you adress and phone number, just don't write it, you'll gain space and lighten the page to simplify the reading.
    - The "work experience" part is hard to understand. What are the first three lines for ? Nothing for me. We learn absolutely nothing interesting from it.
    - For a position, explain once more what you did, what were you tasks, you responsabilities, your achievements. Ok your were a designer on this project, what were you in charge of ? The first level ? The whole game? Explain.

    - I don't understand the thing with the school. You were student there and you were employed after that? That's not clear at all.
    - And again, I think there's a lack of details in you IT skills.


    That's it for me. Good luck!

  • Jan Huygelen - Level Designer

    Hi Squad

    The template is good but I think we miss some key informations like :

    - Your name and position at the top of your portolio => your banner is useless, you could use it for this
    - You don't explain what you actually did on your projects. You say what your colleagues did, but not what is your concern. Be more specific on your tasks and achievements.
    I would say:
    "Tasks : I did -this -this -this -this -this - this -this
    Achivement: DE_ZOO was featured on CSGO and is part of the MOTHERFUCKING Operation Bloodhound".

    The overall is really good and I think it only misses this kind of informations. The first time I saw it I thought, "well, he probably did some good work, but he doesn't feel very confident about it".


    Love

  • Happy New Year Friends !

    Hey Happy New Year folks !!!


    I just saw this from last year. Huhu. I almost respected that.

    Quote from TheOnlyDoubleF

    Good Resolution 1: Try to enjoy life and not only think about work.

    Godd Resolution 2: Learn more about 3d modelling and mostly on texturing.

    Good Resolution 3: Get my ass back to the gym!

    For this year:
    - Try to enjoy life and not only think about work. One project at a time is enough.
    - Get a job
    - Get a girlfriend
    - Even if i'm back to the gym, stop eating shit

  • Games W.I.P Thread

    GTSpirit, Eden Games' new title is now out on Apple TV :) soon on ios and android

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  • Going to the gym is like a korean MMORPG

    Quote from Tisky

    Well, i have weekends when the kids are at their mothers but only gym 3 days / week? Is it worth the money for a gym-card? I also tried eating healthy,

    but i ended up eating 1 chicken filét everyday because i had no idea what to eat instead. As you can hear i really really need a kick in the butt and pro-tips.

    EZ

    Three trainings a week can be fine. You can start back with two or three weeks of full body training to get your body back on tracks. There, mainly practice polyarticular mass exercices (ask to people at the gym or google it(don't know if you've already done bodybuilding or not)). By doing this, you'll find exercices that fit you well, the ones you like or like. Write it down and keep them in mind, you'll build your true train with them.

    After theses two or three weeks, you can start a split program on three days a week. I would split the body training like this :
    Training 1 : Pectoral / biceps / Abs
    Training 2: dorsal/triceps
    Training 3: Legs / shoulders

    For each training, first of all, warm your body up!
    Then, the two first exercices must be polyarticular mass exercices. This is the best way to gain body mass. Two warm-un exercices and the 4 series of 8 to 12 reps. It's not really useful to count the reps. This way you'll meet miss congestion, and you'll love her.

    For the big muscles groups, The second exercice must be a polyarticular mass exercice. (pectoral, dorsal, legs).
    For the little muscles groups (shoulders, biceps, triceps, calves, abs) , you can do a new polyarticular mass exercice or an insulation exercice.

    For the big muscles groups, The third exercice must be a polyarticular mass exercice. (pectoral, dorsal, legs).You can also do isulation exercices for all the muscles groupes but the big one will be more difficult to work out on isolation. 4 series of 10 to 15 reps
    Same for the fourth exercices.

    Firth series, same but you can do more reps and take less rest.

    Finally, stretch your body !!!

    For the diet, you have to decrease :
    - the salt, the white bread, white pasta and rice, dairy products, prepared dishes full of salt, sodas, biscuits, sugars etc
    Why salt? Salt causes water retention and make syou thirsty so you drink sodas or beers.

    Select : whole-wheat cerals pasta, rice and bread, eat more and more fruits and vegetables, fowl meat, meat, meat and meat, eggs and finally, fish.

    This can be progressive 'cause it can be tough to follow.

    You'r good to go. :D

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

    @Corwin @seir But to get a junior position, do you have to know exactly which way to go ? Let me explain. I've worked on several small projects as game designer or level designer, probably something like 45/55. Just like I did at Eden Games where i've been 4 months level designer and 4 months game designer. Now on school projects, I've also often been the project manager 'cause I've obtained school mates' respect.

    So, I love game design, I love level design, I like managing a small team, I love the technical side of a project. I don't have any preferences right now, I love all of it. SInce I can get a technical job, it would be fine to me. What should I do? Should I apply to both game design and level design positions? I don't want to keep working in small teams, I want to be at Epic, Ubisoft, Avalanche, Arkane, Wild, Playground, Techland and others. What does the industry need right now?

  • What's going on with your life?

    Quote from dux

    Free tip for you bro: 95% of women on dating websites are on there for a reason. They're all fucking mental.

    Quote from Sprony

    Online dating is like having your dick sucked by five extremely hungry girls. Sounds great untill your realize that four of them are cannibals.

    It wouldn't bother me right now :lol:

    Quote from FrieChamp

    Did you have a date with Marion Le Pen?

    Nope, but I suppose she gives her her votes.

    Quote from Puddy

    But that stuff is behind me now, I've been hitting it off real well with the girl I mentioned earlier, she my girlfriend now aw yeah. Just spent a few days in Greece with her, it was awesome!

    Cool! Good for you dude!