Meet the Devs #11 : V - Skyrim

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:26 pm

Kids these days... there's more to the Imperium then the Space Marines! Which can be jettisoned out an airlock into the Eye of Chaos for all I care. Gimmie IG!

Another who sees the way I do

I remember my friends had a good chuckle when I said i was going to be the IG

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:05 pm

What game is your favorite for each of these genres? And not a game that you worked on.

1. RPG

2. First Person Shooter

3. Strategy

4. Action/Adventure

5. Super Mario Brothers (yes, they are a genre)

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:47 pm

It has already been answered that there's alot of Steelers fans among them in one of the previous threads.

:D :celebration: :foodndrink: :icecream: :thumbsup: :goodjob: :trophy: :ribbon: :angel:
The Packers have fought mudcrabs more fearsome than the Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger moves like a pregnant cow
You Steelers are all the same, all flash and no fury

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:40 pm

When you play TES games, do you prefer dungeon diving/wilderness exploring or hanging around the cities doing quests, buying and selling, stealing etc.?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:45 pm

Do you also shout "I'm EEENVINCIBULL!" after you hack the satellite uplink... Boris? :hehe:

Slughead...

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:27 am

How long takes it to compile the whole Oblivion or Skyrim code?
I'm sure no one will actually compile the whole code at once, but whats your educated guess?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:27 am

1)
Anyone in dev team from South East Asia? or East Asia at that?

Just wondering, since my cliche is that western game studios got all-western devs working for them (I was surprised to see some asian names in CoD MW credits)

2)
Ever thought of inserting credits In game? Not just in main menu? (maybe as easter egg?)

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:53 am

Slughead...

I CAN BREAK HER CODES.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:07 pm

If it's anything like Fallout 3's release party, it'll be...well, pretty epic. Much debauchery was had. We all had trouble meeting any of our co-worker's eyes for a week or so after that one...

I demand details and pictures

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:51 pm

Or the Inquisition. I'm actually DMing a Dark Heresy game for some other people at work and we have a blast.

At least I hope we do. <_<

Oh man! It's awesome to find out Devs from my favorite game studio play my favorite tabletop game!

I got to ask now, which do you think is coolest? Ordo Hereticus, Ordo Xenos, or Ordo Malleus?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:51 am

Well, here goes my question...

Along with your games, I have in my personal altar other series: Metal Gear.

So I wonder... any Metal Gear fan among you?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:31 am

these very same people complain about no longer being able to exploit core gameplay faults, so this isn't really a credible argument.

Bad argumentation to try to defend bad design implementations upon a whim ?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:12 pm

which ship do you like better? the black pearl or the flying dutchman?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:00 am

Oh man! It's awesome to find out Devs from my favorite game studio play my favorite tabletop game!

I got to ask now, which do you think is coolest? Ordo Hereticus, Ordo Xenos, or Ordo Malleus?

Coolest? I gotta go with Daemonhunters. Xenos are basically just regular imperial forces... IG, Space Marines etc, they all hunt the xenos. Witch hunters are basically just daemonhunter-lites; the really nasty witches end up as daemons anyway, right?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:59 pm

Oh man! It's awesome to find out Devs from my favorite game studio play my favorite tabletop game!

I got to ask now, which do you think is coolest? Ordo Hereticus, Ordo Xenos, or Ordo Malleus?

The stuff we're doing now is mostly Hereticus with a bit of dabbling in Malleus. I personally like Hereticus cause I think that's where you're going to get the most intrigue and it can easily spill over into the other two. Usually cause you're rooting out heresy only to find it was started by xenos cults or some daemonic artifacts.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:17 pm

Is the office disappointed that the Steelers lost.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:12 pm

what's your favorite internet meme?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:29 pm

Is the office disappointed that the Steelers lost.

Yeah, any packer fans? (that was an awesome game)

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:31 am

What are you usually doing on weekends?
What are your favourite movies?
What are your favourite books?
What type of car do you drive? (If not do you drive by bus, train or bicycle? Or do you walk?)

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:03 am

Do you like "Firefly"?
How about the movie "Serenity"?
Do you play Call of Duty 4 online (PC)?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:26 am

Do you play Call of Duty 4 online (PC)?

I dare you ;-)

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:27 pm

I will try to word this properly, forgive me if it's convoluted:

When you are working on something in a new game, how much room for personal taste and design is left up to you? Do they give you the general idea of what they want but let you put your own flavor? Or is it very strict?

(Related to my questions above) Especially for dungeons, how much of the actual dungeon "feel" is up to each dungeon laborer? Is there someone giving you pictures and dungeon designs and you are the one who puts them together? Or is it more generalized and you have some artistic freedom?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:51 pm

Well, here goes my question...

Along with your games, I have in my personal altar other series: Metal Gear.

So I wonder... any Metal Gear fan among you?

Metal Gear 4 is what sold me my PS3. I have... a very conflicted relationship with that series. It's simultaneously everything I love and everything I hate about video games. Brilliant and maddening all in one glorious mindjob.

But I will always get the next one.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:56 pm

Is the office disappointed that the Steelers lost.

Not all of us... I'm pretty sure Bruce is still ecstatic over it.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:28 am

I will try to word this properly, forgive me if it's convoluted:

When you are working on something in a new game, how much room for personal taste and design is left up to you? Do they give you the general idea of what they want but let you put your own flavor? Or is it very strict?

(Related to my questions above) Especially for dungeons, how much of the actual dungeon "feel" is up to each dungeon laborer? Is there someone giving you pictures and dungeon designs and you are the one who puts them together? Or is it more generalized and you have some artistic freedom?

It's a mix. A lot of it is driven from the actual designers coming up with ideas and getting feedback from leads, but for some quests/areas there's a strong direction from the top. It's all pretty fluid. At the end of the day, you want the person actually making it to be excited about what they're doing, so there's a lot of room for creative ownership within the overall direction.