GDC report!

Dave Gilbert · Thu 08/03/2007 11:56:22

Howdy all! Greetings from San Francisco, and the Game Developer's Convention. The Choice Awards were held tonight, and while Wadjet Eye Games was nominated for "Best New Studio", we didn't walk away with the award. However, this whole GDC thing has been a fantastic experience so far, and I've been dutifully keeping a log about the various goings on. If anyone cares to read about it, click the link to me blog: www.davelgil.com

Vince Twelve · Thu 08/03/2007 12:51:48

Hey Dave! I've been reading along with your blog for the past several days. It's a lot of fun to read! My cousin is at the conference with one of the student showcase projects and I told him to keep an eye out for you and say hi if he spotted you. I went to GDC four years ago and every year since, I read all the reports on the internet from attendees and just get really jealous! Congratulations on the nomination!

Adamski · Thu 08/03/2007 13:08:13

Top stuff Dave! While it's a shame you didn't walk away with the award, the nomination and recognition you're recieving is fantastic. Having legends like Tim and Noah giving you commendation for your games means you must be doing something right!

Redwall · Thu 08/03/2007 13:14:43

QuoteAt one point after the ceremony, Oded comes up to me with an interesting tale to tell. â€œI was just talking to Tim Schaeffer,â€ Oded said. â€œHe wants to meet you.â€

Sorry? Tim Schaeffer? The Awards host? The guy behind Grim Fandango and Psychonauts and all around God of all things? Wants to meet ME? Uh, sure.

He shook my hand, and told me that he really enjoyed The Shivah and was looking forward to playing Blackwell I shook his hand and thanked him profusely, since this was truly praise from Ceaser.

You know that Yufster's going to be after you now, right?

SSH · Thu 08/03/2007 13:40:10

See this and weep, Rusalka:

AGA · Thu 08/03/2007 14:56:55

I met Tim first

Privateer Puddin' · Thu 08/03/2007 15:15:34

Hey Dave, thanks for doing this, i've been reading it each day and it's been really good.

I want to go to GDC one day so it has too made me jealous but still a very enjoyable read.

SSH · Thu 08/03/2007 16:49:34

Quote from: AGA on Thu 08/03/2007 14:56:55
I met Tim first

But did he tell you he'd played your game?

AGA · Thu 08/03/2007 16:50:45

Of course!

Quote from: SSH on Thu 08/03/2007 16:49:34
Quote from: AGA on Thu 08/03/2007 14:56:55
I met Tim first

But did he tell you he'd played your game?

Maybe.

scotch · Thu 08/03/2007 16:51:22

AGA is being secretive because Double Fine's current project is ARE 2.

SSH · Thu 08/03/2007 16:55:34

Well, Telltale's next episodic series is Princess Marian: Season One

LimpingFish · Thu 08/03/2007 18:24:17

Excellent report, Dave.

Sorry you didn't win Best New Studio, though. Always next ye...

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Layabout · Fri 09/03/2007 01:09:09

Well done Dave. Getting praise from Tim Schaefer is amazing. I guess it would be any AGSer's dream to have that. It's looks like your venture into commercial games might lead you to places you never thought possible.

I too had been reading your blog the last few days. You never know what will happen.

Congratulations, and I hope, as probably we all do, that your networking pays off, and you become the next big game designer...

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Fri 09/03/2007 09:33:16

QuoteWell, Telltale's next episodic series is Princess Marian: Season One

This would be an improvement over the dismal sam and max games they've been churning out.

SSH · Fri 09/03/2007 13:58:17

Be careful when reading Dave's trip reports, though:

Dave Gilbert · Fri 09/03/2007 14:16:39

Ugh, I know. Google insists that something on my site is harmful, yet I've had the ISP check and recheck the server and they've found nothing wrong. I'm not sure what to do about this. Apparently there's some warning you get via Norton when viewing the site under Internet Explorer, but I can't find it. I get no such warnings myself. I have a feeling it has to do with the wordpress software (which is a spam magnet, and why I've disabled comments). If anyone knows why this happens, I'd be happy to know!

SSH · Fri 09/03/2007 16:42:27

It's probably all those zip files with dodgy EXEs in them

m0ds · Fri 09/03/2007 21:52:12

Well done Dave!

Kweepa · Sat 10/03/2007 21:04:58

The Shivah was mentioned on National Public Radio yesterday!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7812264
There's a 30 second clip from the game - part of a conversation between Josh and Stone - about 2/3rds of the way in. Cool!

Dave Gilbert · Sun 11/03/2007 09:27:27

Pretty cool! I've met the host (Heather Chapman) a few times, and she ran into me at GDC to tell me that she mentioned Shivah on her segment, but I had no idea she was giving it such play.

I just wish she didn't have to choose MY scene. Ugh. Had I known this was going to get so popular I probably would have given it a better performance.

GDC report!

m0ds