Comments on: A Day in the Life of a Senior Designer

By: Red92

Red92 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:05:41 +0000

Observations and rules of thumb provide valuable guidance for practice when findings are not available. ,

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:16:21 +0000

Wow! That is really interesting!!

Sounds like fun but it also seems to be a lot of serious work.

By: AipAsh

AipAsh — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:45:11 +0000

Funny, I am currently in school for game design, and love reading this from a perspective of someone who is in the business. I do have to laugh at the people who think it is all ” fun and games” however. There is so much work to this and I commend you, and look up to you as well !

By: Bryan Clodfelter

Bryan Clodfelter — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:24:21 +0000

Hey Dave,

I read the exchange between you and Derek and the need for cover. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t his argument invalidated by the fact that he picked up an object (the trash can) that already belonged in the environment?

I wrote about Bioware’s tendency to create arbitrary environments in the Mass Effect forum entitled, “Five Chronic Problems with Bioware Titles.” It generated something like 175+ comments, and if you’re especially bored, you can check it out here:

http://meforums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=675123&forum=104&sp=0

Best of luck!

By: Dave Feltham

Dave Feltham — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:06:20 +0000

Thanks to everyone who commented over the series of articles. I apologize for the delay in responding, and the fact that I couldn’t respond to everyone’s comments. Thanks for the great feedback: as always BioWare fans are the best (I know cos I was one).

By: Dave Feltham

Dave Feltham — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:04:39 +0000

A Scrum (or dogpile, which is what we call them. It’s the same thing) is a term used in Agile Software development. A lot of developers use this. And instead of me butchering the process, I’ll send you here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29
Really the idea is that you have small groups of people working together towards the same thing/feature. In this case the feature is a level (or series of levels). But it could be a game feature, the save system, that kind of thing.

By: Michael Ribeiro

Michael Ribeiro — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:23 +0000

Hey I read the coffee heart burn issues which plagued me in my early dev years.
My coffee progression to reduce rot gut from too much. I found increasing the strength helps. I’d have 3-6 12 ounce cups a day. I top it off with milk/cream and sugar.

Tims
Kenya AA
Sumatra
Americano 3 long shots of expresso topped with water
Now just 5 long shots of expresso, 6 if I really need it.

I do not know what it is but I can drink stronger coffee all day without the rot gut. In a long day I need a few waters to balance it out.

Thought I’d share.

By: lesbianstripperninja

lesbianstripperninja — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:43 +0000

‘Scram?’ ‘Dogpile?’

Could someone explain to me what these are please?

By: David Vizcaino

David Vizcaino — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:35:53 +0000

Wow. I never even considered level designer as an entry into the game industry, but I’m starting to think that level design is the nice mix between 3d modeling and programming that I want. You should start your own twitter on this stuff… seriously. Also, can you post like a really bad or hard day for you, I’d like to see how tough the job can get. Lastly, what type of skills would be required for this type of job Mr.Feltham? (Yes I want to be a game designer too. I know a little C++ but I hate math.. even though it’s my specialty, but 3d modeling just isn’t as exciting as programming lol)

By: Adio

Adio — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:54:52 +0000

Thank you for sharing your exploits, David. I look forward to any future updates you make.