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Interview with a Veteran Video Game Developer #1

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I recently circulated a few questions to some veteran video game developers I know about their experience and their insight into video game development. The 1st response I received is from Stuart Harrison who has been programming games since 1995. Stuart is currently a Lead Programmer at Sony Computer [...]

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Generalist or Specialist game developer?

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Whilst researching teams, I recently came across 2 similar concepts that describe the skills of people working in your beloved game development industry – “T-Shaped” people and “Generalising Specialist”. I wanted to know more about them and how these types relate to my experience of people and if the [...]

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Victorian Video Game Production

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Is middleware replacing talented, creative developers? Is everything becoming mass produced?Our industries echos the early days of the industrial revolution where machines replaced talent and workers were inter-changeable, the cheapest people worked.During the industrial revolution businesses replaced highly skilled but slow workers with machines and cheap labour. The products [...]

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How To Improve Your Video Game Developer CV

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The way we apply for roles is still baked into the tradition of a paper CV along with the formatting that goes with it. Stop, think about it.Imagine your Resume sat in a pile with the recruiter shuffling through them at high speed, what makes your CV stand out? [...]

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Thought – Who are you talking to?

Remember, you’re always talking to your game players, the end audience. You’re not talking to the middle-man, the Interviewer, Lead Designer, Journalist or your Manager. Think about who it is you’re really addressing.

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Marketing your video game is everyone’s job

In a world of freelancers, contractors and small, tight development communities. Everyone is on the public face of their business and reputation. We are all constantly marketing something, be it our company or ourselves in one shape or another. Everything we do matters – your web-site, your comments in forums, the clothes you wear. It’s [...]

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How do you think?

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: When working with other people it’s important to consider how they see things, as their view is often very different from your own perspective. In our world of game development there are, broadly speaking, 2 high level ways of looking at things.Firstly let me put things in perspective by [...]

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Opinion – Small businesses STOP USING AUTOMATED REPLIES!

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: If there’s one thing I hate, it’s receiving an automated reply from a small business, in particular one that’s supposed to connect with me as a person. OK, I’ll confess I’m having a rant about recruitment agencies, which is a pretty dangerous thing to do when you’re looking for [...]

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Thought – How do you prefer to communicate?

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: There are many ways to communicate with people, what’s your preference? I have to admit that I find telephone conversations the hardest, they fall between the disconnection of something like email or status updates and the ‘proper’ face-to-face meetings we have with people every day. Telephone conversations also tend [...]

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Do you connect with your video game audience?

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The relationship between games and their audience has changed over the years, thanks to the internet we’re now able to reach out and touch them directly. This relationship is precious and much more important than just “cutting out the middleman” to make more money. There’s something more valuable at [...]

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