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RayB:
Congratulations. Your job, which now pays less, will not be to "make a game" but to code some little "cog" in the game-making machine, like for example, maybe your job will be coding up the functions that handle loading graphics. Wheeee!!! 

Let me know when the disillusionment settles in.
 ;D

AtomSmasher:
Heh, ya I know I'll be working on smaller stuff, but we'll be using engines that are already competed, so I'll mostly be doing gameplay and graphical stuff.  For example I might do something (this is an exact example they showed me of something I'll likely be doing) like getting a fire effect to play right and do damage correctly (it's all hand drawn 2D animations, so it's just a matter of manipulating the animations and variables).

Anyways, they have done a large number of forgettable titles, but have also done a few really good ones (like Contra 4).  Now that I've seen the games they're currently working on, they have a couple new ones that look really good as well.  They're also starting to take advantage of the downloadable games and making their own original IP, such as LIT (and another one coming up I'm not sure I can talk about), which all look pretty cool.  Of course they also have one I'm not real excited about.

Regardless, it's all very cool :)  Its always nice to have an office job where I can work whenever I want, as long as I put in 8 hours a day, can wear whatever I want, and can relax playing ping pong, foosball, or playing video games in the lounge  ;D

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: RayB on January 27, 2009, 12:06:33 pm ---Congratulations. Your job, which now pays less, will not be to "make a game" but to code some little "cog" in the game-making machine, like for example, maybe your job will be coding up the functions that handle loading graphics. Wheeee!!! 

Let me know when the disillusionment settles in.
 ;D

--- End quote ---
Well I got my actual assignment today and was switched off of the initial project I thought I would be on (it's still in the design stage, which is too early in development to need programmers), and I've been handed a big load of responsibility.  Looks like I'll be solely responsible for 2 minigames in an upcoming 3D Wii game (I know what your thinking, a minigame collection is exactly what the Wii needs right now).  Okay, so technically I'll only be making 1 and a half since the first one is already half done, but I get to use the half finished one to learn the engine and how everything works.  The programmer I'm taking over for is leading up a new game they're starting, so he's also walking me through what he's done so far.

This is far more responsiblity then I expected, but it's also far cooler then I expected  ;D

Good times.

protokatie:
Looks like my beloved (IE picked on) AtomSmasher is looking at a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- wagon that not only carries ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- but is also MADE of it...

Atomsmasher; please ask for payment daily, and in cash. I do hope the best for you, but I have this niggling little feeling that you just got ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- in the long term. Best of luck.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: protokatie on January 29, 2009, 02:21:39 am ---Looks like my beloved (IE picked on) AtomSmasher is looking at a ---Cleveland steamer--- wagon that not only carries ---Cleveland steamer--- but is also MADE of it...

Atomsmasher; please ask for payment daily, and in cash. I do hope the best for you, but I have this niggling little feeling that you just got ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- in the long term. Best of luck.

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Heh, why do you think that?  This company has been around for over 15 years and had some actual hits over the years.  (Contra 4 is the highest rated DS game made by an independent developer).  I also overheard that we currently have so many projects going that we had to turn down a Batman DS game because we wouldn't be able to devote the resources to get it finished on time.  Tommorrow our company is being interviewed for the Nintendo Channel on the Wii.

Theres one upcoming game that I really want to talk about because it looks awesome, but a search online looks like theres only been speculation that this game is in development, so I'm probably not allowed to say anything about it.  Let's just say I have no worries about this companies immediate future....and if for some crazy reason it didnt work out, then I can easily go back to my old job.

Also, I said that I'd be working two jobs, but I didn't mention that the other job will only take about 4 hours a week in order for me to be making more then enough to get by.  My old job (real estate appraiser) pays really well, but business has been so slow for so long and with upcoming legislation killing the last of our business (although lawsuits have already began to overturn this legislation), it was a good time to jump ship to another profession.  I just figured out how much I made last year and it looks like I'll be making slightly more as the low paid programmer then I did last year, so the extra work I'll be doing will mainly be so that I can start paying off my credit cards instead of watching them continue to rise.

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