Living "The Dream"
My last blog post was 6 and a half months ago. Instead of blogging I was fervently working alongside JM and our team of 17 game design students to make AAU's first prototype game. The sum of our work can be found in the official, politically correct and gorgeously written postmortem here:
Apart from that I'll enjoy the liberty of my own webspace and say
-A good partner makes all the difference in the world. JM, thanks for the tag-teaming, the art lessons, the Subway sandwiches, and the perspective. I couldn't ask for a better Art Director, and I can't wait to see what we'll do next.
-Simple is never simple enough.
-Experience is irreplaceable.
-Bunches of stuff about modeling, rigging, animation, scripting, game engines, pipeline production... etc.
-Being a leader is not pursuing glory; for yourself or for your team. It's pursuing your passion, and welcoming those who'd like to share the experience. So, I should probably chill out and enjoy the ride next time.
A rephrasing of my previous conclusion: Cheers to you, Island Game.We'll remember you alright, and it'll take quite a few more 'cheers' to remember you fondly.
To the team:
Jean-Marie Scheid
Robert Timberlake
Jacob Stove Lorentzen
Marquis Houghton
Gary Kullar
Eric Rissler
Alex Sudderth
Chris Edwards
David Li
Dan Cooprider
Joseph Chan
Leif Peterson
Luis Garza
Manjit Kattaria
Tim Woody
Sam Hum
And our supporters:
Christopher Schenck
David Goodwine
HOLY CRAP.
This game really opened my eyes to the game production world, and sucked up a good portion of my total life energy in the process. Short and bitter-sweet, here are the things I learned:-A good partner makes all the difference in the world. JM, thanks for the tag-teaming, the art lessons, the Subway sandwiches, and the perspective. I couldn't ask for a better Art Director, and I can't wait to see what we'll do next.
-Simple is never simple enough.
-Experience is irreplaceable.
-Bunches of stuff about modeling, rigging, animation, scripting, game engines, pipeline production... etc.
-Being a leader is not pursuing glory; for yourself or for your team. It's pursuing your passion, and welcoming those who'd like to share the experience. So, I should probably chill out and enjoy the ride next time.
A rephrasing of my previous conclusion: Cheers to you, Island Game.We'll remember you alright, and it'll take quite a few more 'cheers' to remember you fondly.
To the team:
Jean-Marie Scheid
Robert Timberlake
Jacob Stove Lorentzen
Marquis Houghton
Gary Kullar
Eric Rissler
Alex Sudderth
Chris Edwards
David Li
Dan Cooprider
Joseph Chan
Leif Peterson
Luis Garza
Manjit Kattaria
Tim Woody
Sam Hum
And our supporters:
Christopher Schenck
David Goodwine
Mircea Marghidanu
Yva-Marie Scheid
Katie Anderson (soon-to-be Scheid!!! :D)
And my family!!
Dad, Mom & Lexi :) Love you guys!
posted by ShotgunFox at
11:35 PM
1 Comments:
Dani!
Not sure what happened to my last comment? Let's see if I can remember what I wrote...
Something about excellent props out to the team.
I see you've already edited the 'chill out' comment.
(A Dad has to love seeing that type of revision. :-)
Overall, excellent Post Mortem (even if it should be called a Post Vida).
Oh yeah there was a question about you catching up on your sleep but I'm guessing that you are well rested now and already on to the next game (Water Balloons).
I think there was also a question about when were going to fully develop the competencies and if it was going to be before you try this class thing again...
Love ya lots kid,
- D.A.D.
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