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Game Developer Has Been Conducting Salary Surveys for 10 Years Now tweaks and balances: tuning an open-world rpg stacking postmortem magAD_feb_final.pdf 2 1/16/12 12:39 PM POSTMORTEM 36 STACKING STACKING, a matryoshka nesting doll- and silent film-inspired adventure game, is one of the results of Double Fine's big experiment; CONTENTS.0212 VOLUME 19 NUMBER 2 to break its larger teams into smaller chunks, allowing for more directors, more (smaller) games, and more visions. This model has proved Double Fine's saving grace, but was not without its pitfalls. By Lee Petty DEPARTMENTS FEATURES 2 GAME PLAN By Brandon Sheffield [EDITORIAL] 7 10 YEARS OF SALARY SURVEYS Freedom's Downward Spiral Game Developer has been conducting salary surveys for 10 years now. With that much data, we presumed some interesting trends 4 HEADS UP DISPLAY [NEWS] might result. This feature is the result of that analysis, showing IGF finalists announced, what's new with Game Developer, ultimately that while individual disciplines have fluctuated, by and and top pirated games of 2011. large industry pay has remained relatively stable. By Ara Shirinian 44 TOOL BOX By Carey Chico [REVIEW] 19 ALWAYS ONLINE SpeedTree 6.0 In the past, some studios developed online and offline features separately, due to SDK differences and myriad other issues. With 47 THE BUSINESS By David Edery [BUSINESS] Insomniac's first multi-platform game OVERSTRIKE, the company has What's Mine Is Yours integrated its systems, and now, author Peter Kao says, "we are all network programmers." By Peter Kao 49 THE INNER PRODUCT By Ari Silvennoinen [PROGRAMMING] Chasing Shadows 27 BALANCING A BIG HUGE RPG Western-style open world RPGs have proved immensely popular in 55 AURAL FIXATION By Damian Kastbauer [SOUND] recent years. RPGs are huge undertakings on their own, but when you Dude, History? add the ability to go anywhere at any time, it's tough to know when players will be leveling up, how they will be buffed, what sword they'll 56 PIXEL PUSHER By Ryan Consell [ART] have in which battle, et cetera. Ian Frazier shares his tips for balancing Breastplate Vs. Boobplate an open-world RPG, employed in the creation of Big Huge Games' new game KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING. By Ian Frazier 61 GDC JOBS By Staff [JOBS] Recruitment at GDC 63 DESIGN OF THE TIMES By Soren Johnson [DESIGN] The Coming Storm 66 GOOD JOB By Brandon Sheffield [CAREER] Q&A with Kenan Alpay, who went where, and new studios 69 EDUCATED PLAY By Tom Curtis [EDUCATION] VOID 80 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT By Matthew Wasteland [HUMOR] Ask a Frost Dragon WWW.GDMAG.COM 1 GAME PLAN // BRANDON SHEFFIELD GAME DEveloper MAGAzINE www.gdmag.cOM UBM LLC. FREEDOM'S DOWNWARD SPIRAL 303 Second Street, Suite 900, South Tower San Francisco, CA 94107 WHY YOU SHOULD BE ANGRIER ABOUT NDAA THAN YOU WERE ABOUT SOPA t: 415.947.6000 f: 415.947.6090 By now, everyone's aware of the they could, and that should scare The ability to imprison anyone SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES U.S. House bill SOPA, the Stop Online without trial or appeal should make you. Former U.S. Marine Amir Mizra FOR INFORMATION, ORDER QUESTIONS, AND Piracy Act. And the related PIPA— you angry enough—but before Hekmati was recently sentenced ADDRESS CHANGES the Senate's PROTECT Intellectual I lose my audience, let me get to death in Iran for aiding in the t: 800.250.2429 f: 847.763.9606 Property Act. Internet denizens straight to how this relates to games. development of KUMA\WAR, which e: [email protected] have correctly rallied against these Consider COUNTER-STRIKE. One team lets players engage in “real life” FOR DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION bills, which had vague, overly plays as the terrorists, one as the scenarios, including an episode www.gdmag.com/subscribe broad language that would have titled “Assault on Iran.” The Iranian counter-terrorists. In this game, Valve EDITORIAL given the U.S. Government and allows players to take on the role of government says KUMA\WAR P UBLISHER rights-holders the means to block terrorists, and encourages them to was funded by the CIA to help Simon Carless e: [email protected] certain web sites deemed to be win. Is this supporting terrorism? "manipulate public opinion in the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF "primarily dedicated" to copyright You and I understand the concepts of Middle East." His sentence has not Brandon Sheffield e: [email protected] and trademark infringement. been carried out yet. Tommy Vietor, PRODUCTION EDITOR fiction and role play, and the power Jade Kraus e: [email protected] These would have bypassed and intrigue of imagination. But does a spokesman for the White House's ART DIRECTOR due process, and given the U.S. our government? National Security Council, says that Joseph Mitch e: [email protected] Government and giant media Laws have a very curious "The Iranian regime has a history DESI GNER Cliff Scorso e: [email protected] corporations the power to be tendency of serving whomsoever of falsely accusing people of being CONTRIBUTING WRITERS spies, of eliciting forced confessions, judge, jury, and executioner has the authority to twist them, and Tom Curtis over what U.S. internet users are governments worldwide have been and of holding innocent Americans Ari Silvennoinen in a mad race to remove freedoms for political reasons." Carey Chico allowed to access online. Ryan Consell in the name of national security. And that is precisely the power Damian Kastbauer A GREATER THREAT Under the new NDAA laws, COUNTER- that NDAA’s new language grants our Soren Johnson David Edery » The internet blacklist bills have STRIKE’s designers could absolutely own government. What if Hekmati Matthew Wasteland pretty much united everyone in be detained until the concept of had worked on a game like KUMA\WAR ADVISORY BOARD game development against them, “terrorism” no longer exists, which, that showed what might happen if Mick West Independent Brad Bulkley Microsoft and after a recent day of internet as things are going, seems a long Iranian forces landed on U.S. shores? Clinton Keith Independent blackouts, voting on them has way off. We could legally give him nearly the Brenda Brathwaite Loot Drop been postponed. But another, far Bijan Forutanpour Sony Online Entertainment How many of our games allow same treatment we're now decrying. Mark DeLoura THQ more dangerous bill passed in late players to see war from both sides, Carey Chico Globex Studios 2011, that could limit our freedom even if briefly? Quite a few, really. FREE GAME DEVELOPMENT Mike Acton Insomniac of expression in an even grander And while President Obama says » As of 2011, video games are ADVERTISING SALES scope than SOPA/PIPA ever would. that he definitely won't use this protected as free speech, but that GLOBAL SALES DIRECTOR No citizen voted for or against against Americans, even though he only goes so far as the letter of the Aaron Murawski e: [email protected] this law. Much like with SOPA, that could, who's to say situations won't law, as SOPA, PIPA, and NDAA prove. t: 415.947.6227 MEDIA ACCOUNT MANAGER opportunity was not afforded change? And even if he doesn't, what When laws are so open ended, an Jennifer Sulik e: [email protected] us. The article in question is the if the next president in line does? official with an agenda could cause t: 415.947.6227 National Defense Authorization Here's an example from another serious damage to our industry, and GOL BAL ACCOUNT MANAGER, RECRUITMENT Gina Gross e: [email protected] Act, and it is the greatest threat to angle. Tahadi Games has brought to America at large. With the outcry t: 415.947.6241 intellectual and personal freedom the Korean FPS POINT BLANK to the against SOPA and PIPA, we could GOL BAL ACCOUNT MANAGER, EDUCATION in America. Middle East. I think of the Middle be on our way to winning back the Rafael Vallin e: [email protected] t: 415.947.6223 NDAA is not new—the bill has East as the birthplace of much of freedom of the internet—now let’s been in effect in various forms for ancient culture and religion. Others fight for our freedom of expression ADVERTISING PRODUCTION almost 50 straight years. But the though, think of the Middle East as and humanity. PRODUCTION MANAGER If we want to make games Pete C. Scibilia e: [email protected] big deal is some new language a hotbed of terrorism, and would t: 516-562-5134 that was added to Title X, Subtitle D swear up and down that giving that address issues like war and sub-sections 1021–1022 of the bill, Arabic-speaking countries access to military occupation, we need to fix REPRINTS which I encourage you to check out an FPS is akin to training up a legion NDAA. I urge you to write to your Wright'S media Jason Pampell e: [email protected] for yourself. (Alternately, you can of terrorists. If you sell your game representatives, or do whatever t: 877-652-5295 read Salon.com's excellent article, in Arabic-speaking countries, are you can. Remember though; even AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT “Three myths about the detention you at risk for detention in America? if we fix NDAA and kill SOPA/PIPA, we only get back to square one. A UDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Nancy Grant bill.”) This new language allows for a) The incredibly vague law leaves that e: [email protected] the indefinite detention without trial possibility open, should someone There's lots more work to be done L IST RENTAL Peter Candito of anyone, American or otherwise, have played your game before to support our industry and our Specialist Marketing Services who is perceived to support committing some malicious act.
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