Gareth Lewis #fbpe

@fizzychicken 'on the job training is all the training you need'

Game development needs better internal training. I get asked ‘what is the career path ?’ and beyond ‘dunno, whatever you’re good at’ and dredging my memory to recall how I got here I’m drawing a blank.

My dream has come true, normally @PrincesTrust gets something like pizza in for the last day of Getting started in games but this time they are ordering in @NandosUK !!!!

@KeefJudge @IAmCodeNinja Sorry to hear that Keef, hopefully proper dev is much more enjoyable than games

@IAmCodeNinja Was pushed out of my last job, but got redundancy pay for it (bought my car with that). I was then seduced by far better pay in the autonomous vehicles industry, for doing the same sort of work.

MCV's 30 under 30 still going. Ageism still a huge problem in the games industry I see. 🙄

@KeefJudge ho ho, I was practically 30 before Develop even thought of their under 30 campaign

@Nortiest them were the days Adam ;)

#MyFirstGamesJob was at Lionhead, working on B&W: Creature Isle. I stayed at Lionhead working on B&W for 4 1/2 years, leaving just before the Microsoft buyout.

@harry_southdown Once a cheat always a cheat - the net is closing in on the #Brextremists it is becoming clear why they want to be in charge of the Law they want one for them and one for us - independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

A sandmartin who has flown thousands of miles from Africa, just trying to get home, yet @NorthNorfolkDC have netted over 1KM of Bacton cliff face. Please RT and cause an uproar for nature #NetsDownForNature.

@jonnyhopper sorry for not getting back to you Jonny. A horse would be fine. A good starting point would be to get a concept artist to draw some exemplar procedural horses to give you some idea of the scale and scope of horseness and then work the procedural model & shading around that.

@fizzychicken it's a busman's holiday. I found writing games for 12hrs a day massively diminished my interest in playing them in the remaining 12hrs.

People outside the industry would be shocked at how many established game developers don’t play games or engage in the media they create. It makes me so sad.

.@DanielJHannan has blocked me for posting this photo on his tweets and pointing out that he is a liar. It would be a shame if you all started to do the same.

@jonnyhopper I just wondered what kind of things you had, buildings, trees, horses, rocks, people?

@jonnyhopper what kind of models?

@NoIAmTonyGreen as a nation, we simply can't generate enough electricity to supply this kind of demand.

I am going to suggest we fit MPs with a device that delivers a safe but really unpleasant electric shock every time they lie.

@richgel999 I remember visiting Acclaim Austin back in 96, they did exactly the same thing before the management discovered open-plan offices and maximum occupancy algorithms :(

"Compassionate Conservatism" is an oxymoron.

@mmalex Good call Alex, I recent bought one to replace my 5 and it's a great music player with added phone

my iPhone 6s is starting to go a bit wonky but I'm wedded to the Apple ecosystem and loathe all their no-headphone no-button massive designs. so i asked for a second hand iPhone SE for bday. gotta say, this small old form factor is so nice...

@_GoesLikeThis_ @wargaming_net Congrats Russ, hope it goes great for you.

@xiotex i guess you're just waiting for the paperwork to come through now ;)

@GarethSGL Recognising it as such I replied “A 50k signing bonus ;)”

This morning a recruiter asked me what it would take to get me out of my current role. If asked now I would say “a ticket out of the UK”

@xiotex I'm impressed

So, in the last month I’ve had both Google and Apple try and recruit me. I’ve confirmed Google was for Stadia and I’m now betting Apple was for Arcade. Must admit, the Google recruiter was much more professional than the Apple one.