Marek Posted August 6, 2006 Come out, come out, wherever you are! I'm just curious how many thumbers are working in the games industry (in whatever capacity). Of course I know some of you are, and I occasionally read a passing reference to someone being a programmer on something, but I thought the topic warrants its own thread. I'll avoid speaking about myself in this first post for fear of the thread seeming like I want to talk about myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted August 6, 2006 I do write some things and I do get a certain amount of money for said writing, but I don't consider this status just yet. I am a full-fledged freelance journalist though. Damn straight. [N]Gamer, Netherlands' prime Nintendo mag! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryam BaCo Posted August 6, 2006 i'm currently programming games for touchscreen terminals --> the company i'm working for although there are a few things to learn, this all isn't enough for me and so i'm also looking for other possibilities to enhance my talents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salka Posted August 6, 2006 I am a lowly tester in some Company which most people know for having created a mediocre racing game... ...Although I am only 20, so this kind of lowly job is forgivable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted August 7, 2006 i design webpages and user interface stuff for an adventure game company! woo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted August 7, 2006 Most of the time I design (and sometimes help program) a browser-based 3D mini-MMO project that we're building internally with a small team at the company I work at. It's really really cool. I also do design doc stuff for other projects we do for external clients, most recently an advergame for a brand of running shoes, and a bunch of community-based minigames for an energy drink. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Posted August 7, 2006 I evaluate and design games for a Japanese (originally American) games company. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted August 8, 2006 I was given an 'Additional Design' credit on a brilliant game called... Gibbage! Woooo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Markus Posted August 8, 2006 I'm working for a New Media Agency in Vienna - began as graphic designer only, but doing more and more programming and development work in Flash now. Some of my work includes branded games, although this means the more or less boring kind (learning games for kids, different kinds of quizzes, memory etc.). I am experimenting with browser based (Flash, mainly) games in my free time, but i just don't seem to have enough time to finish one of them. Still, this is something i seriously want to expand, and will find a way to do so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted August 8, 2006 I'm a wannabe game programmer, currently working in financial business software. I recently turned down a job to work on some casino game backend. Actually, lately I'm not even that interested in games programming, but evolving as a software developer in general (and business software seems so much of a better place to do that) and some day I may want to try to get into the game industry or just do some game design & programming as a hobby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted August 8, 2006 Markus said: Vienna Hang on. Do you know a game company called Avaloop? (Long shot. Just curious.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Markus Posted August 9, 2006 Marek said: Hang on. Do you know a game company called Avaloop? (Long shot. Just curious.) Yes. One of my best friends has been working there for a few months. Also, I know two of their current employees, although with "know" i mean: met them once or twice in my life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted August 9, 2006 Hey, cool, not such a long shot then. Do you know Lev or Barbara over there? Good people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loonyboi Posted August 9, 2006 As of a few months ago, I'm a producer at 2K Games. I work on all the Firaxis titles. So basically if it says "Sid Meier's" on the box, it's one of mine. Prior to that I did PR for 2K/Take 2 for two years, and before that, I wrote about games for Shacknews/GameSpot/Blue's News/Next-Generation Online/loonygames etc for around seven years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Markus Posted August 9, 2006 Marek said: Hey, cool, not such a long shot then. Do you know Lev or Barbara over there? Good people. Those are the two I meant. While studying, I had Lev as a game design teacher for some time, and i know Barbara through one of my friends. Vienna is tiny Where do you know each other from - GDC probably? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted August 11, 2006 Like many people, it seems, I have made the so-called "advergames" and various other online, mostly flash, games and widgets for various people/entities (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Intel, TVOntario, Major League Baseball, Purina ) I have also made a standalone "casual" game that I had the priviledge to see boxed in a BestBuy a few months ago, which would be rather cool and would show me that "I've made it" if not for the fact that it was a crappy and generic game that I really had little to no input over. Welcome to the games industry, I guess. So I mostly stick with online media and working for advertising agencies. Fewer douchebags (And, oddly enough, the place I'm at now has Nintendo as its client! Granted, that's more on the print+tv side so it's nothing I come in contact with, but they did just launch a campaign for "The Touch Generations" and once I did point out to someone that a certain graphic was from Zelda.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Posted August 11, 2006 I started in QA for a localisation and testing outsourcing company. Then I moved to a higher position, still in QA but for a mobile games developer. Now I'm working for an MMO games publisher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcoupland Posted August 13, 2006 I graduated this spring and now am a programmer (primarily graphics) at EALA. (No snide remarks about EA please, I actually like it a lot! ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaff Posted August 13, 2006 Actually, I [Yufster] also knew a person who worked at EA and said he really enjoyed it there. Hmm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Posted August 13, 2006 The senior games designer I work with also worked at EA (including working on games like Far Cry and Cryisis before he left) and he absolutely hated it. PS - That isn't meant as a snide remark - just stating his feelings as he's expressed them to me. I'm sure there are as many people who like it, than there are those who don't - as with employees at most companies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salka Posted August 13, 2006 I liked working at the same company that Spaff hated working for. I seem to be the only one, too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpiderMonkey Posted August 13, 2006 Previously, yes; again in the future, yes; at the moment, no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted August 15, 2006 Markus said: Where do you know each other from - GDC probably? Yeah I met them there and since then became good friends with Barbara. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malkmut Posted August 17, 2006 Semi-freelance guy. Usually work with IGN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
