Yeah, I mean no offense to "Post apocalyptic" ...my idea I'm developing takes place after a big war (not the apocalypse, but a HUGE war)...but it's bright/peaceful/colorful...because I kinda want to slap the cliche in the face a bit. But knowing how long these things seem to take people to make if they ever even get off the ground, chances are it will have already been done by the time I get there . I'm sure if you go back to your project if you get the proper resources, you can still make it special in it's own way. It's near impossible to have an idea someone else hasn't. For example, I thought it'd be cool to have a couple blimps surveying the event...but when I looked up vehicular combat on here, I found car combat, with themed blimps! Almost my same idea, even though I thought it before seeing it.

And as for my personal project, I have a very crisp concept, some strong characters, and some solid ideas that could make it very special. But I'm realistic and know I can't call it more than a pipe dream for now. I'm learning all I can, and have plenty of teaching help from industry pros...but I'm still only one person. I have no idea how or if I could even pull a team together. I can probably sculpt and get all the characters game ready since I need to learn that for my career anyways...but I can't program, or make cars, or do all the bug testing alone, I can't sound edit and animate! My dad does guitar (and is GREAT) and has a recording studio he made upstairs...so I'm blessed to know I can have a full soundtrack for free (twisted Metal 2 quality or better!). But I know I need a team, time, and funding. So I guess on my own what I estimate I can provide resource-wise for it is; Story, some rough 1st concept sketches, all the characters, basic structure (how many vehicles, arenas, etc.), and a professional soundtrack. But that still leaves a lot of spaces to fill. I'll see how much I can do on my own, and maybe then look into a kickstarter or something..but will definitely be doing some head hunting at some point.

And yep...Twisted Metal 2 is awesome, I still play it. I actually went and bought it on PSN right after playing the new TM demo. I went from raging disappointment, to smiling and laughing playing good ol' TM2 from 1996. The new games have lost the plot, and in trying to please such mass audiences become over polished, losing their heart and soul. Look at how FUN the atmosphere is in TM2 compared to the recent 2012 one. In the new one...it's GRAY AND BROWN only, with no physics whatsoever, so there's no FUN, and no sense of driving a vehicle with any weight or power. The music is soulless random radio rock and metal...not funny or arena themed original instrumental stuff like in TM 2 (the Paris level along with the theme tune was brilliant). And the violence is silly/comic-booky, so you don't feel like a sick twist after powering off the console. The characters were also soooo goofy and entertaining. Now everything has to be gritty, dark, and "badass"...why can't it be fun, unique and badass? lol.

It's also very concerning to me what the heck is up with the industry's employment direction, since I'm just now getting into this industry. My guy Dean...originally worked in Psygnosis, and then they were bought by Sony. He worked there 17 years on the Wipeout titles, then Studio Liverpool (what they turned into after Sony bought them out), got pretty much destroyed from the inside out after Sony teamed them up with Evo Studios (who have terrible ethics, work everyone into the ground, have a high divorce and depression rate among employees, etc.). So they got worn away slowly, from the inside out...and the amazing studio, with heart, and amazing games... just this August shut down. Dean is STILL without a job, even though he's an amazing employee and artist, with all that triple A experience. He's been accepted at Microsoft now, but the pay they're offering him is the same as his last pay..even though he'd be promoted to senior artist! he may not be able to afford to take it where the place is located. There has also been talk a horrid art Hitler works there as well, and several friends of his quit the studio and went back to being unemployed it was so bad. So he's still in a crappy position and trying to decide whether or not to take it! To me it seems like games are almost getting into a Hollywood mentality, full of greed, corruption, and becoming all too corporate. Why don't people just acknowledge the fact business/money men should not always be in charge of creativity??? lol. It's pretty obvious how much more popular Indy games are becoming...people miss the heart and soul in the mass sea of brown war shooters.

This is he and I btw, if you care to see...I visited him in England this August, and his studio closed literally a couple days after I flew home . [link] This is his DA gallery too if you'd like to see his cars and Wipeout stuff! [link] His page is a bit out of date, he's 36 now and has worked there 17 years. He wants to relocate out here, but most studios don't seem to relocate . If he ends up putting up with the Microsoft place that bump up the ladder may open doors...but seems like it'll be rough on him if he does it. I don't know why people have to be such dicks within the industry, and why so many of them get to such high positions in companies. When money is placed higher in priority than common goodness, it's just a matter of time before something falls apart.

Thanks about my sculpting!! Don't be jealous though, your cars and drawings are great! I love cars but I don't do well with non-organic stuff, and I wish my drawings were better...but each human being can only put so much time into any art form. I have spent years and years and years sculpting traditionally, and now need to spend more time and effort transferring that skill to a 3D realm! All that, and STILL there are people way better at it than me that probably haven't even put the same time in . This is my most recent sketch WIP ....as you can see it's not the best drawing skills at work in the world (and that's about my best with cars, lol!)... [link]