Is there a place for multi-skilled employees?

Ben Sizer · 2002-10-07T11:41:01

I''m asking this out of interest more than anything, as I''m unlikely to change my practices no matter what the answers are. Basically, my main skill is programming, as I''ve been doing that for about a decade and a half. But I''m also into other aspects of game development... I''ve been designing games (computer, board, card, roleplaying) for years too, with some degree of amateur success. I also write music in several genres, although the general orchestral soundtrack style is most appropriate for games. I know a bit about sound recording, microphone use, recording techniques, editing waveforms, and so on. I''m also a writer, although sadly out of practice, and would be capable of writing dialog, descriptions, user manuals, etc. Finally, I''m currently taking a 3D Studio Max course which should see me capable of doing characters, scenes, animations, and so on, which combined with my Photoshop knowledge should make me a useful (although not really talented) game artist. But is there any place for someone like me in a games company? Or would they rather just pay for different people to do more clearly-defined jobs? You''d think that, with all the schedule issues and so on, it would be useful to have people who could adapt to different teams as necessary, but I don''t seem to be getting this impression. Am I the kind of person who should be going it alone? [ MSVC Fixes | STL | SDL | Game AI | Sockets | C++ Faq Lite | Boost | Asking Questions | Organising code files | My stuff ]

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Started by Kylotan September 19, 2002 01:45 PM

10 comments, last by Kylotan 22 years, 4 months ago

Longtimeaway

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September 24, 2002 01:22 PM

Hi,
I lack just about all the skills you have and am very much in practice writing. I''m also strong on level design, write some music. Maybe we should talk. ymyrvaagnes@mindspring.com.
Best,
Yoho

irbrian

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October 07, 2002 11:41 AM

I, and the other guys at the indie gamedev company I work with (see my Sig), love to work with multi-talented people.. especially multi-talented people who have an interest in improving and redefining the games industry.

Brian Lacy
Smoking Monkey Studios

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brian@smoking-monkey.org

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