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Sifter3000 · 9th Jul 2009, 11:34

http://www.bit-tech.net/blog/2009/07...s-i-have-made/

CardJoe · 9th Jul 2009, 12:06

Looking back, I suppose the title for this blog post should have really been "Games I Haven't Made"...

HugoB · 9th Jul 2009, 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe

It seems awful of me to critique games for a living without ever trying to actually create some myself.

Way to insult pretty much all of your contemporaries

CardJoe · 9th Jul 2009, 17:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by HugoB

Way to insult pretty much all of your contemporaries

Not really. All of the games journos that I really respect have at least made an effort to make something creative in the field, whether it be mods, maps, soundtracks or just fiddling around with game creation tools.

Claave · 9th Jul 2009, 17:51

Good luck with the game Joe (has it got anything to do with last weekend?). Hope this blog doesn't mean that you'll be expecting us to make motherboards and graphics cards in the labs though!

Arkanrais · 10th Jul 2009, 06:36

I had a few year stint with the old RPG maker 2k/2k3. even with an engine all set up for me to work around, I still found myself pouring countless hours into something that was going nowhere fast (the end tally of hours ended up in the low thousands). I thoroughly enjoyed making maps and having interactive things in it, despite the amount of grind work it took just to get a small well made village done. Bug testing events and custom scripts became a complete pain in the ass though, especially when spending over an hour debugging a treasure chest that wont work (or several days on a new menu subsystem that ends up getting scrapped). It tends to kill your passion for a project after spending days on end bug testing and fixing what turns out to be only a small party of the game, then realizing you're going to have to repeat the process at least a few dozen more times.

still, it was a lot of fun, and did give me a small idea of what kind of work and effort goes into creating a finished product.

Sheiken · 11th Jul 2009, 09:47

I completely agree on your point Joe, I think alot of pc enthusiasts who are technically inclined and interesed at some point, have tried their hand at making games or at least content (maps/mods) for existing games, and most have probably also failed miserably! :P Myself having tried making maps for UT2K3 and campaigns for NwN, it time consuming and hard making something worth playing to say the least!

Grimloon · 14th Jul 2009, 15:32

FRED 2 was probably what I used most. Putting together the AI scripts and toggles for just a small battle gave me a lot more appreciation not just for the programmers and artists but for the level designers as well.

9th Jul 2009, 11:34	#1
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Arkanrais Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wangamadness, New Zealand Posts: 331	I had a few year stint with the old RPG maker 2k/2k3. even with an engine all set up for me to work around, I still found myself pouring countless hours into something that was going nowhere fast (the end tally of hours ended up in the low thousands). I thoroughly enjoyed making maps and having interactive things in it, despite the amount of grind work it took just to get a small well made village done. Bug testing events and custom scripts became a complete pain in the ass though, especially when spending over an hour debugging a treasure chest that wont work (or several days on a new menu subsystem that ends up getting scrapped). It tends to kill your passion for a project after spending days on end bug testing and fixing what turns out to be only a small party of the game, then realizing you're going to have to repeat the process at least a few dozen more times. still, it was a lot of fun, and did give me a small idea of what kind of work and effort goes into creating a finished product. __________________ Visit my DeviantArt page or I'll make you squeal like a piggy and throw a spatula at you. FEAR THE SPATULA! What the hell part of a chicken is the nugget?! goddamn McDonalds and their LIES!

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Sheiken Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 267	I completely agree on your point Joe, I think alot of pc enthusiasts who are technically inclined and interesed at some point, have tried their hand at making games or at least content (maps/mods) for existing games, and most have probably also failed miserably! :P Myself having tried making maps for UT2K3 and campaigns for NwN, it time consuming and hard making something worth playing to say the least! __________________ Whoring Out My Hardware 1.0! Gaming Buddies : AMD Phenom II X2 550BE @ 3.6ghz X4 - Asus M4A785TD-V EVO - 4GB XMS DDR3 - Asus 4890 HTDI - NZXT Beta - Xbox 360 Premium Study Buddies: Macbook Unibody - Iphone 3Gs

9th Jul 2009, 17:51	#5
Claave You Rebel scum Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: London Posts: 210	Good luck with the game Joe (has it got anything to do with last weekend?). Hope this blog doesn't mean that you'll be expecting us to make motherboards and graphics cards in the labs though!

14th Jul 2009, 15:32	#8
Grimloon Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Licolnshire, UK Posts: 73	FRED 2 was probably what I used most. Putting together the AI scripts and toggles for just a small battle gave me a lot more appreciation not just for the programmers and artists but for the level designers as well.