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I know this is a stupid question, but what exactly is the roll of the game designers. Obviously designing the game, but which parts of it. I noticed that TLA is looking for a game designer. I also wondered, why would a game designer need MS Excel?
If this is considered spamming, I apologise.
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Game Designing What do they do?
#2
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Posted 27 June 2005 - 07:39 PM
Game desingers have to go over every single aspect of the game down to the smallest detail and document it so that the game can be made. It's an important job that figures out how the game will play and what the game will be like. One of the game designers could be more specific on this.
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Posted 27 June 2005 - 10:29 PM
Well, game design encompasses just about everything from dreaming up the concept to seeing it realized. For example, some of the things that have been discussed recently include anything from the nuances of the languages used by factions in various time periods to the political breakdown of Middle-earth during the First Age.
And yes, having Microsoft Excel is a must; just this past week I had to submit a report on the geopolitics of West Beleriand. A spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel makes arranging and read the data that much easier for everyone.
And yes, having Microsoft Excel is a must; just this past week I had to submit a report on the geopolitics of West Beleriand. A spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel makes arranging and read the data that much easier for everyone.
Eugene [ a.k.a. shinsengumi ]
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Posted 28 June 2005 - 07:11 AM
programmers make the world move and function
artists make the world look
designers make the world come alive
althou excel isn't really a must, there's a free alternative in OpenOffice.
www.openoffice.org. I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
artists make the world look
designers make the world come alive
althou excel isn't really a must, there's a free alternative in OpenOffice.
www.openoffice.org. I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
Mikael [ aka dathui ]
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Posted 28 June 2005 - 08:07 AM
Someone apparently forgot to mention that our primary task is hurling 
at each other... 
*self
for being so silly
Seriously: game designers, most of all, continuously pour a lot of ideas trying to depict Arda the best we can. A lot of research work within the professor's writings is needed of course (not only The Silmarillion, LotR, The Hobbit, but also Unfinished tales, Lost tales and, obviously the whole bunch of the History of Middle Earth volumes....). The second step involves checking the technical feasibility of the ideas proposed, and their general appeal (well, sometimes appeal takes the first place), then... ...on to another subject.
By the way: we have recently adopted a new organizational procedure: we discuss the general issues together, and divide the details' tasks among us. Work seems to flow more seamlessy in this way than it did before...
Hope this helps understanding our work, and no: your question cannot be considered spam at all... 
at each other... *self
for being so sillySeriously: game designers, most of all, continuously pour a lot of ideas trying to depict Arda the best we can. A lot of research work within the professor's writings is needed of course (not only The Silmarillion, LotR, The Hobbit, but also Unfinished tales, Lost tales and, obviously the whole bunch of the History of Middle Earth volumes....). The second step involves checking the technical feasibility of the ideas proposed, and their general appeal (well, sometimes appeal takes the first place), then... ...on to another subject.
By the way: we have recently adopted a new organizational procedure: we discuss the general issues together, and divide the details' tasks among us. Work seems to flow more seamlessy in this way than it did before...
Hope this helps understanding our work, and no: your question cannot be considered spam at all...
Matteo (aka Rohirwine)
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Posted 28 June 2005 - 09:58 AM
Ah, thank you. I have a large collection of Arda books.
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Posted 28 June 2005 - 11:46 AM
No prob. chap, you're welcome asking!
Matteo (aka Rohirwine)
TLA Game Designer ; TLA Consultant
Contact me: Rohirwine
"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!" Casablanca, 1942
"Too old for Rock'n Roll, too young to die" Jethro Tull
"Moss doesn't cling to a rolling stone" Joseph Hillstrom
TLA Game Designer ; TLA Consultant
Contact me: Rohirwine
"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!" Casablanca, 1942
"Too old for Rock'n Roll, too young to die" Jethro Tull
"Moss doesn't cling to a rolling stone" Joseph Hillstrom
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Posted 28 June 2005 - 02:24 PM
dathui, on Jun 28 2005, 08:11 AM, said:
programmers make the world move and function
artists make the world look
designers make the world come alive
althou excel isn't really a must, there's a free alternative in OpenOffice.
www.openoffice.org. I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
artists make the world look
designers make the world come alive
althou excel isn't really a must, there's a free alternative in OpenOffice.
www.openoffice.org. I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
Thanks dathui, that was just the program I was looking for :-)!
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~ Priscilla and John Tolkien, The Tolkien Family Album, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992, p. 58.
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Posted 28 June 2005 - 03:08 PM
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althou excel isn't really a must, there's a free alternative in OpenOffice.
www.openoffice.org. I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
www.openoffice.org. I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
I have both, yay!
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Posted 30 June 2005 - 01:12 PM
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I've stopped using MsOffice at home and moved to OpenOffie.
Yay! Now the only thing to complete my day is to find out 0AD and TLA aren't being compiled in VisualC++ (hopefully, seeing as I've heard Linux support is being planned).
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some of the things that have been discussed recently include anything from the nuances of the languages used by factions in various time periods
*Cries that he does not get to see the results of this.*
RL is the worst game I've ever played. The graphics may be mind blowing but it's way too difficult, you can't save your game at any point, the plot sucks and the AI is frankly the worst I've ever seen.
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Posted 30 June 2005 - 01:31 PM
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Now the only thing to complete my day is to find out 0AD and TLA aren't being compiled in VisualC++
(at least on Windows - the Linux version uses GCC. (Supporting multiple compilers on one platform is a waste of effort; and VC++ generally makes smaller, faster code than GCC, and it's still free (as in beer), so it seems to be 'best' from a pragmatic perspective.))
Philip Taylor [aka Ykkrosh]
Wildfire Games Programmer
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Posted 06 July 2005 - 05:53 AM
The great Ykkrosh has spoken!
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