aaeriam (but in my unemployment era)

People on social media that talk about video games as if their sole purpose is to be consumed and generate profit sound like they've never experienced a moment of joy in their entire lives and now their reason for existence is to make everyone feel as miserable as they do.

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Really bummed out at the Obsidian news. It'll be a great loss if we never see a Pillars or Avowed game again. I looked up to them since KotoR 2 😞

Every time Obsidian is brought up, I'm reminded that most gamers don't care about the artform of making games and letting devs do new and cool things. "Didn't sell well, zero value; but please give me more of the slop I know"

@SourArmoredHero @charlieINTEL Also enjoyed Avowed! I'll be bummed if we never see another. I loved the easy character customization and the fllexible combat system too topped with excellent graphics.

@charlieINTEL I actually really liked Avowed, but an Obsidian Fallout game just hits differently.

Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment studio has canceled work on the next Avowed game as part of restructuring and is now starting to work on a new Fallout game [via Bloomberg]

balder men? builder men? boudler men? boys love dr men?

Not sure what feels more defeating, seeing the layoffs or seeing folks online cheering and celebrating that game developers are losing their jobs.

@PHRISK3D Having a pretty marmoset render is nice but I don't like to spend too much time tweaking the lighting or material just to make it look good for the still render. For me it's more fun bringing it into Unreal and playing with it there.

I almost never render my work in Marmoset. Every time I use the software I end up noodling on setup and lighting for ages, when I could have already moved on to the next project.

@FrieNDA_2 Oh John Warhammer my beloved

the start of something cool

Nothing feels more defeating than following an art tutorial except that the tutorial version looks like a masterpiece and my version looks like it was made by a deaf & blind 2 year old🥲

I don't have a horse in the Sony dropping discs race but it made me realize how subtle the shift to full digital was for me on PC many years ago. I can't recall the moment I stopped buying physical discs. I just started downloading games online and never looked back.

@ashlee3dee I'd chalk it up to blind optimism combined with the idea that I really can't see myself enjoying doing anything else as much.

no but seriously how are y'all staying hopeful that there's a real future for you in this industry? it's getting harder and harder lately

not to be a doomer but what do you do as an aspiring professional artist when literally every studio that has inspired you is committing ritualistic suicide on the altar of capital

It feels weird being laid off & unemployed in the game industry right now. Some days I feel really motivated to work on stuff and try to find a new job. Other days I look out the window (hop on twitter) and it all just feels hopeless with the state of everything right now.

Praying to whatever higher being is out there that I can get a Steam Machine in this lifetime 🙏

The tough part about my situation is that I was only under a contract with the agency SIE uses for paid work. Meaning I have no severance, this is my last paid day for myself & family of 3 young children. Any support is welcomed while I go through the journey to replace my income

I understand these are guidelines to help build mastery of your craft but it feels like a lot of folks are getting hung up over the numbers. Either saying that it's unreasonable or that they worked their 10,000 so everyone who wants the job should be able to as well.

On the topic of studying 10-4 every day to be a 3D artist - I dislike seeing these fields boiled down to metrics like that or 10,000 hours. Forget about the clock and tracking hours. Find something you're passionate about and pursue it with all of your being.

@champepro I don't have any magical insight into what GW3 will be but I hope it's not being designed to compete with the other major MMO's beat-for-beat. I want it to feel uniquely fun within the MMO space much like how their previous entries felt when they came out.

ArenaNet acaba de confirmar algo que muchos no quieren escuchar: Guild Wars 3 no parece que vaya a competir con World of Warcraft, FFXIV o ESO. Lo que están construyendo es otra cosa. Menos masivo, más social. Buy to Play. Sin suscripción. Sin Battle Pass. Sin Pay to Win. Cuanto más leo sobre GW3, más me da la sensación de que quieren recuperar el espíritu de Guild Wars 1 usando tecnología y diseño modernos. Pero no será el MMO que muchos esperan ¿Opiniones?

@The_Noxxi Totally fair outlook! Looking forward to your speculation vid when it comes out!

@aaeriam Speculations I like, I'm too working on a vid about it, as soon I have the right conditions to record it too, lol. But some vids are just really distasteful bait in my eyes where the title/thumbnail claims something that isn't fact at all and just baits people.

I love that we know nothing about GW3 beside what time is it roughly set in, but a load of people are pumping out videos claiming what the races, classes, story, etc going to be already. With all due respect, I really dislike these bait contents and hate that it became the norm.

Discussing grind culture and the games industry on X. And unsurprisingly, 280 characters wasn’t enough, so I accidentally wrote an essay instead It’s about why I think we’ve started confusing self-sacrifice with professionalism. I hope people still read😅 open.substack.com/pub/troymccron…