Comments on: GDC – Day 3

By: aegisknight

aegisknight — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:49:42 +0000

Ah, sorry! I meant to put his last name, but I was following some sort of symmetry.

It was good to meet up. Hope to do it again. (Except not in San Francisco where you can get accosted by very eloquent beggars. Although he did give me directions back to my hotel!)

By: sorcy7

sorcy7 — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:43:10 +0000

That sounds great! I’m trying to get serious about game programming as well. I want to specialize on graphics mainly. Though, the “enviroment” I’m surrounded with and living in is very anti-programmish and retarded. Plus, I’m still in high school where I have a total of 0 programming classes. So that makes things a little bit more complicated. But, hey, I still have internet and Aegis who is kind of my current “professor”.

Anyway, if you don’t mind, I’ll add you to my friends list. I’m interested to see how far you’ll go in the game industry. I’m sure you’ll make a great success. Well, have a nice time at the GDC and see you later :)

By: elfric

elfric — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:36:07 +0000

Oh, beyond the common interest I share with 10 zillion other aspiring game programmers, not much =) I’ve finally gotten off my ass in the last couple of years or so and decided that it was time to get serious about programming games. Coming to GDC this year was part of that resolve as is taking a year-long class at the University of Washington extension for game development (with Steve Rabin as my current “professor”). Specifically, I’m interested in programming games (with a fond hope for MMO’s, RPG’s, or strategy games) or possibly game engines and getting some passion and challenge back into my life.

By: sorcy7

sorcy7 — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:53:13 +0000

Now I at least know who Steve Rabin is :) Thank you.

And what about you, Lee? What are your main interests in game development?

By: elfric

elfric — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:50:55 +0000

Oh, and the XBox2 stuff — yes! dead-on. I really hope they can back up their promises. If they do, I think they’ll take the lead in the console industry (and rightfully so).

By: elfric

elfric — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:49:07 +0000

Steve == Steve Rabin. The virtual memory system on the Gamecube is a relatively minor footnote in his career =) He’s the editor of Game AI Wisdom 1 & 2, has written numerous AI articles in various Gems books (including his own), and is the editor of a game development book coming out soonish? Anyway, he also was the AI programmer for Dungeon Siege and a couple of other games. But yes, he’s also a fun conversationalist at Sushi dinners =)

It was great to meet you face-to-face after reading your journal for so long. If you end up going to GDC again next year, we’ll have to get together again. The conversation was definitely great!

By: sorcy7

sorcy7 — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:27:17 +0000

I know none of the people you mentioned here :(