Comments on: Becoming A Game Developer (Part 3) http://blog.princeporter.com/becoming-a-game-developer-part-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-a-game-developer-part-3 The flash games industry, brought to you, by Porter. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: rosedragon http://blog.princeporter.com/becoming-a-game-developer-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-405 rosedragon Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:00:49 +0000 http://blog.princeporter.com/?p=783#comment-405 I know but we are talking possibilities for newbie, aye? :) I know but we are talking possibilities for newbie, aye? :)

]]> By: Porter http://blog.princeporter.com/becoming-a-game-developer-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Porter Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:34:42 +0000 http://blog.princeporter.com/?p=783#comment-389 As much as I would love to work for Square, or any other big company, there's a certain level of creative freedom that would likely be lost. Flash design lets us build the game, not be a coder on the side or artist taking orders from the top guy. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's a great place to be, perhaps even more fun at times, but I couldn't just be a side man, I would have to be up at the table with the head boss, planning things out, telling him how it should go. Untapped potential is a horrible thing, I feel that's where I would be in a major company such as them, although my research on the video game industry is limited, so I can't say for sure that's how it would be. As much as I would love to work for Square, or any other big company, there’s a certain level of creative freedom that would likely be lost. Flash design lets us build the game, not be a coder on the side or artist taking orders from the top guy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’s a great place to be, perhaps even more fun at times, but I couldn’t just be a side man, I would have to be up at the table with the head boss, planning things out, telling him how it should go. Untapped potential is a horrible thing, I feel that’s where I would be in a major company such as them, although my research on the video game industry is limited, so I can’t say for sure that’s how it would be.

]]> By: rosedragon http://blog.princeporter.com/becoming-a-game-developer-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-386 rosedragon Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:49:30 +0000 http://blog.princeporter.com/?p=783#comment-386 You know, some people also thinks.. 'flash is crap, you can't get to 'real' industry from flash'. Well, they always think high like working for EA or squaresoft. ;p You know, some people also thinks.. ‘flash is crap, you can’t get to ‘real’ industry from flash’. Well, they always think high like working for EA or squaresoft. ;p

]]> By: Porter http://blog.princeporter.com/becoming-a-game-developer-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Porter Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:20:33 +0000 http://blog.princeporter.com/?p=783#comment-385 I definitely agree with you. I'm definitely just going over the basics, because in all honestly, this is the sort of stuff that people thinking of going into the industry don't know yet. I didn't even know a game could get sponsored when I made my first one, letting people know the very basics of entering the industry was my goal for this one. I definitely agree with you. I’m definitely just going over the basics, because in all honestly, this is the sort of stuff that people thinking of going into the industry don’t know yet. I didn’t even know a game could get sponsored when I made my first one, letting people know the very basics of entering the industry was my goal for this one.

]]> By: rosedragon http://blog.princeporter.com/becoming-a-game-developer-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-383 rosedragon Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:44:10 +0000 http://blog.princeporter.com/?p=783#comment-383 Nice post Porter, though it still only covering the first layer of game development, just a part, in flash world. So I would like to add several points I know from my researches and people I befriend with. Being a flash developer doesn't always mean only rely on sponsorship. If you are hard working and have a creative mind on the team, soon or later opportunities open for contract jobs, partnerships, and so on. Either in flash or overall, the game business is a tough environment with a lot of crunch times and above 8 hours per day works. It is a job that blatantly says: if you don't have passion in here, you will fall. More worse than that, to be able to enter real game companies, they requires you to have experiences, they don't care if you get bachelor, master, super master or whatever in game design university. One obvious way to get this experiences is by expanding the range of tools/language/technique you can use and making your own games, even if they just small (flash) games or longer path: being a professional beta tester (that knows to code). regards, rose Nice post Porter, though it still only covering the first layer of game development, just a part, in flash world. So I would like to add several points I know from my researches and people I befriend with.

Being a flash developer doesn’t always mean only rely on sponsorship. If you are hard working and have a creative mind on the team, soon or later opportunities open for contract jobs, partnerships, and so on.

Either in flash or overall, the game business is a tough environment with a lot of crunch times and above 8 hours per day works. It is a job that blatantly says: if you don’t have passion in here, you will fall.

More worse than that, to be able to enter real game companies, they requires you to have experiences, they don’t care if you get bachelor, master, super master or whatever in game design university. One obvious way to get this experiences is by expanding the range of tools/language/technique you can use and making your own games, even if they just small (flash) games or longer path: being a professional beta tester (that knows to code).

regards,
rose

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