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Student Game Postmortem - Chase the Chicken

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mmmm-chicken dept.

Beth A. Dillon writes "The CMP Game Career Guide website for aspiring developers and game students has been launched, with several useful resources available to people wanting an in to the games industry. As an inspiration, the Student Postmortem: Chase the Chicken details what went right and wrong for an Art Institute of Vancouver project." From the article: "In Chase the Chicken, players assume the role of Chase, the frantic chicken, who narrowly escapes the blade of an oversized and over-zealous Chef. What follows is a ridiculously chaotic pursuit through a South American village with Chef and fanatical villagers clipping at Chase's tail-feathers. Inspired loosely by the opening sequence in the film City of God (Miramax, 2002), the idea was a bit of a tough sell to a team of students... but that's a topic for later."

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  1. Re:Give it one thing. by andrewman327 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But there are plenty of games worth playing for their uniqueness. The problem is that after you play them a few times they are no longer unique.

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    Information wants a fueled airplane waiting at the hangar and no one gets hurt.
  2. "lack of respect for deadlines..." by drunken-sosage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I recently graduated from an art school and at one point was the lead of a similar game collaborative (although we had no programmers...so we had to just create a 3D "animatic" with the art assets). For any students in a similar situation, take this golden rule to heart. Prepare for the majority of your team to slack. Especially if it is an in-class collaborative (What I mean is...no one had to "apply" or "try out" to join the project...they just registered for the class and were plopped into the project). When a passing grade is all that people want, the bare minimum is all you'll be lucky to get out of them.

    For those that slack during these projects...don't. The guys/gals that end up with a sleepless semester because they are modeling/uv'ing/texturing/rigging your art assets, while you partied every night, may end up on the employee side of the table during one of your job interviews.

    Props to the Chase the Chicken folks for having something playable...some of us fail to get that far... ;)