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7318
i posted a few months back asking about tech systems, and the replies i got seemed to give me new insight, so i am back asking about Espionage / Spying systems...
bob
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Feb 6, 2006
10:32 pm
7319
... I've done an awful lot of this in Civ and SMAC. I think the play mechanic of sneaking your very very weak guy around on the map is good. Like, when units...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 7, 2006
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7320
Hello Group, I've been working late these past two weeks putting together the first elements of my game website. If anyone has the time or interest I would...
Bob Cleary
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Feb 19, 2006
10:03 pm
7321
Hello group- Perhaps I can find the network and answer and support system I need here; I tried to start a game design network on here and really don't know how...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 21, 2006
8:45 pm
7322
... I have a mind to look at it, but I'm kinda slammed at the moment. Will look when the dust clears. Cheers, Brandon Van Every...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 21, 2006
8:45 pm
7323
Next question from me is: How do I go about getting into motion capture work for the games and voice acting? My wife and I would like to try our hand at voice...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 21, 2006
9:32 pm
7324
... Unfortunately, it seems to be mostly about knowing the right people. I know a motion-cap studio in Atlanta, and I know some people who know the owner....
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sststr
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Feb 21, 2006
9:45 pm
7325
(I work as a management consultant - not in the industry itself, so take my comments with a grain of salt) Frankly, I think that you are asking for the near...
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Feb 21, 2006
10:01 pm
7326
Just like in film, most of the big shops use talent agencies to find stunt people and voice actors rather than hiring them directly. If you have a sample video...
Joel Davis
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Feb 21, 2006
10:04 pm
7327
I worked at Sony in San Diego for a little while as a game tester and they pulled a lot of people from there to do mo-cap work as their mo-cap facilities were...
Dan Hutchins
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Feb 21, 2006
10:20 pm
7328
I am purely at the conceptualization stages right now. Truth be told, I'm not a game designer at all, at least not in the true technical sense. But after...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 22, 2006
12:40 am
7329
... I don't try to sell it. I try to implement it all myself. It is a long hard road. Cheers, Brandon Van Every Taking risk where others will not....
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 22, 2006
9:02 am
7330
Hello Brandon, As a fellow game developer (and software developer of over two decades) I would like to help get an idea as to where you are and where you want...
Robert Cleary
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Feb 22, 2006
11:47 am
7331
Ok, so now we have two Brandons. I await the inevitable confusions with a gleeful smile. Just to stay slightly on-topic, the usual answer to most folks queries...
Wayne Imlach
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Feb 22, 2006
12:12 pm
7332
Hello Wayne, ... I have no experience in this department, but I will concede this point. This is not my goal anyway. ... Again, I have never run a business but...
Robert Cleary
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Feb 22, 2006
1:45 pm
7333
Depending on the 'style' of your game, you could submit a prototype to one of the larger 'casual' or web based gaming distributors, such as Popcap, Real etc. ...
Wayne Imlach
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Feb 22, 2006
2:49 pm
7334
The 'style' of my game at the moment is a bit fuzzy and my approach may be heavy on the holistic side, but I'm having fun (and learning stuff too!) I've got a...
Robert Cleary
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Feb 22, 2006
5:11 pm
7335
... What was being misrepresented? Guessing on the basis of another post you made: martial arts? If so - and really, for most subjects - realism is not game...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 22, 2006
7:15 pm
7336
Ah... I see what you are saying... You will forgive my ignorance on this process. I have no idea how game design/development/marketing/etc. works. To Brandon...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 22, 2006
8:03 pm
7337
... Probably. There's not much you can do about the bandwidth difference if you're trying to represent a style that makes much use of touch, for example. -- ...
Philippa Cowderoy
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Feb 22, 2006
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7338
Hello Bob - I will do my best to answer your questions. A great deal of it is on paper. Paper spread out everywhere!! I have to regroup everything and organize...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 22, 2006
8:23 pm
7339
You've read correctly... I am willing to work for FREE. Should I be doing this? I don't see a problem with it, especaially if I want to get a start at doing...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 22, 2006
8:40 pm
7340
... If you can get to the studio, then you should do it - experience counts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
John Ludlow
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Feb 22, 2006
8:55 pm
7341
... It can be done if your fighting avatar has far more domain expertise than you provide as player input. Then you get into questions of how much the player...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 22, 2006
9:06 pm
7342
... I'm a 20+ year martial artist as well, although I haven't trained consistently the whole time. I consider myself to be primarily a Russian style fighter,...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 22, 2006
9:10 pm
7343
... Try Python. It's free, open source, and is often used as a scripting language for 3D engines. It is designed around ease-of-understanding and...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 22, 2006
9:24 pm
7344
BVE - Not exactly the answer I was looking for, but it is the answer, and directness is what I appreciate, so my thanks to you, sir! What to do now? Pursue?...
Brandon Best
xiongshou
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Feb 22, 2006
9:25 pm
7345
... Download http://pygame.org and start learning the basics of game development. Walk before fly, grasshopper. Cheers, Brandon Van Every...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 22, 2006
9:35 pm
7346
... Ok, did all of that. Selected North Carolina, having spent 1/3 of my life there. I am using Netscape 8.1. Some of your images are not displaying, like...
Brandon J. Van Every
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Feb 23, 2006
6:35 am
7347
Thanks for the look, Brandon. I know what I did wrong. Bob ... http://www.bitterharvest1854.com/Community/Default.aspx ... ...
Robert Cleary
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Feb 23, 2006
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