Comment Re:Or perhaps none are willing to do the hours.... (Score 1) 385
Indeed this is the biggest problem in the industry.
The only people who will apply for a gameprogramming job is the once who hasnt a clue about the gameindustry. Having a single pal who has worked as a gameprogrammer will make you never considering applying for a gameprogramming job.
The problem is the way the contracts with publishers usually are arranged, a fixed deadline - lousy paid. The only project managers that will accept this is incompetent ones. Meaning the project team will have to work their asses off, or simply go bankrupt.
Probably this is why all gamecompanies in Sweden is struggling with very bad economics and most of them more or less shutting down.
To sum stuff up; only volunteers for gameprogramming is the hardcore graphicsprogrammers who loves it. There is a big community behind this (just check flipcode.com) so the games wont stop coming, but however i think the gameindustry is generally underrated and we really should get a more serious market in the near future to get some quality games.
The only people who will apply for a gameprogramming job is the once who hasnt a clue about the gameindustry. Having a single pal who has worked as a gameprogrammer will make you never considering applying for a gameprogramming job.
The problem is the way the contracts with publishers usually are arranged, a fixed deadline - lousy paid. The only project managers that will accept this is incompetent ones. Meaning the project team will have to work their asses off, or simply go bankrupt.
Probably this is why all gamecompanies in Sweden is struggling with very bad economics and most of them more or less shutting down.
To sum stuff up; only volunteers for gameprogramming is the hardcore graphicsprogrammers who loves it. There is a big community behind this (just check flipcode.com) so the games wont stop coming, but however i think the gameindustry is generally underrated and we really should get a more serious market in the near future to get some quality games.
