on the scale of 1-100% how close is it to the realease date???

[Aametherar]

Oh chill lol, it's not like blackshot*


*which for those who don't know not only is still "delayed" (for about a year now) but the publishers have shown that they lie about information and to be honest I think it's gonna fall through.

[frankein_fish]

Here ya go jean



(might be a bit big, sry 'bout that)

[Jean=A=Luc]

Thanks. It's not too big, it needs to be relatively large in order to bring out Jean-Luc's intellectual yet tormented forehead.

[Puppeteer]

Honestly I couldn't stand being a game developer, having to be nice and "constructive" all the time, taking care not to **** off the community fearing they might not buy my game if I did. They'd probably have to restrain me from just machine-gunning the whole lot.

Heh, I thought being a moderator was hard enough, developers' have it tough.

[Aametherar]

True, but devs get paid, plus they get the extra cool bonus of getting to make what they want...til the publishers step in of course :P. Ok yeah while being a dev does have it's perks the stress level is i'm sure hell at times.

[Puppeteer]

I bet they write out 'colourful' replies, then close the page instead of posting it. I know I do...

[Jean=A=Luc]

Originally Posted by Aametherar

True, but devs get paid, plus they get the extra cool bonus of getting to make what they want...til the publishers step in of course :P. Ok yeah while being a dev does have it's perks the stress level is i'm sure hell at times.

It's mostly the publishers who get paid. With all the pressure and the hours you need to put in I doubt it's worth it to be a game developer purely for the money (unless you're working for Blizzard). A dev's greatest reward most likely comes from the creative process rather than financial gain. As I said, unless you really like developing games it's not worth doing although one would argue that if you don't like making games you shouldn't be doing it in the first place, and they'd be right.

[The_Biz]

some game developers do get paid a lot of money for the work they do

[Aametherar]

Can you guess the key word in there? I'll give you a hint..."some"

[Jean=A=Luc]

Originally Posted by The_Biz

some game developers do get paid a lot of money for the work they do

I thought I had already mentioned Blizzard. They have the luxury of being their own publisher so they can develop games however they want however long they want, it's every game developer's wet dream.

Stardock has it pretty sweet too but they do other things except game development. Tbh, I've no idea how they manage it without a WoW-like source of income. I'm still hoping they'll be Reverie's publisher.