Student Game Postmortem - Chase the Chicken

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."

Comments

Slightly OT - City of God

[Jonah Hex]

The movie was decent, but the best thing about the DVD was the documentary about the area. Some things I recall: Film of family members (mostly women) following the police as they led a suspect up the hill, then down again, in order to stop the police from beating the hell out of the guy. Shots of the "gun vault" of confiscated weapons, seems to go on forever. Plus a ton of great info on how the gangs got started, some of them as idealist organizations in prison, and how those ideals now play out in the real world. (like the woman who says she tells her local gang she needs medicine for a kid, and soon after she has it) Interviews with a woman who travels/works somewhere around 22 hours a day. On the police side of things, lets not forget them showing off their assault weapons, the only ones used by a domestic police force anywhere (their words not mine) and their constant urban warfare. So watch the movie, but definitely don't forget to watch the docu!
Jonah HEX

Re:Give it one thing.

[Voltageaav]

The thing is, I'll have already bought it and they'd have made their money. I know, I know, rent before you buy. But it turns out I'm too lazy to do that whole return them on time thing and it usually ends up costing me more to rent things than to buy them... For instance, I graduated High School four years ago, but still have several of my books and my football gear. I really should return that stuff...