'You're kind of cutting out the middleman: Let's just make the game ourselves and not have to worry about all these other crazy, overpaid execs far above us, and set your own pace.' Via WIREDUK
, says Coats, could just as easily be called the Great Reprioritization. "When you're faced with a potentially life-ending global pandemic, you question why are you killing yourself for all this stuff," he says. "Because you could get sick next week and be in the hospital intubated.". Drew McCoy, game director at Gravity Well, describes himself as a "recovering workaholic." Bosses have long exploited the fact that games are a "passion industry,” he says.
This snowballing is typical. The statement "once your team size crosses 100 people, everything changes" rides near the top of Gravity Well’s website. The team believes that the single biggest shift, and a common complaint of those who have been in the industry for any length of time, is the moment that a team can no longer fit in one room.
With hundreds of developers”"nameless people on a spreadsheet," in McCoy’s words—creative control is dilutedentrenched. You may spend all your time sitting in a cubicle drawing trees, says Sands, or you’re a producer parsing Excel. You become a cog in a machine. Creative decisions trickle downhill, through layer after layer of corporate obfuscation, while there’s a sense that higher-ups hold jobs they don’t deserve.
This process plays out as you might imagine: One person, says Coats, keeps bringing up the "crazy thing." Then they get a reputation around the studio, and everybody learns: "Don't say the crazy thing." This bureaucracy almost killed some famous games–McCoy says that developers had to force Activision to bench WWII shooters for a new, contemporary reinvention of thePublishers also interfere in other, more troubling ways.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Malware Sneaks In To Windows Store Disguised As Popular GamesA new strain of malware called Electron Bot has surfaced in the Windows Store. It's already infected thousands of computers around the world.
Weiterlesen »
Political cronies are playing games with Texas electricity, adding costs to consumersEveryone who oversees the Texas electric grid is a political appointee, which is driving...
Weiterlesen »
Netflix says its new trivia show might ‘push more people into games’Netflix says its new trivia show might “push more people into games”
Weiterlesen »
Study: Playing Video Games Increases Kids’ Risk for Developing ADHD SymptomsPlaying video games may increase the risk of developing ADHD symptoms in early adolescents, according to a surprising new study that conversely found that children with ADHD are not more prone to play video games.
Weiterlesen »
PlayStation Spartacus Report Leaks Pricing and Classic GamesFor months, rumors have been circulating about PlayStation's answer to Xbox Game Pass, which [...]
Weiterlesen »
World Games medals revealed, featuring Vulcan, Sloss FurnaceThe World Games will award gold, silver and bronze medals featuring Vulcan to event winners July 7-17.
Weiterlesen »