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When were you in the AAA world, Jonathan?

• jblow 14y ago
  I did a lot of consulting / contract work at AAA companies between 2000-2005. "Parachute in and make the E3 demo work / implement some tough feature / etc". Sometimes it was less well-defined than that.
  • confluence 14y ago
    Woah you're the guy that did Braid - glad to see you on HN :D Love to hear more about your 2000-2005 paratrooper work at the AAA shops - have you discussed that at all anywhere? I've always been interested in seeing how the really tough stuff gets done at AAA shops.
    • groby_b 14y ago
      The same way it gets done elsewhere - you find a person who's an expert at that kind of stuff and tell them to get it done :) The parachute-in often happens for teams that don't have a whole staff of low-level engineers around. Either small studios using an off-the-shelf engine (that can still be customized), or studios in a large conglomerate. (EA e.g. used to be quite happy to ship experts around. At least back in my day.)