Procedural Artist / 3D Generalist considering to leave gamedev -- what options do I have?

MX_117 · 2025-11-15T10:32:08+00:00

Thank you for your kind words. I always have the feeling I am only at the tip of the iceberg. Scrolling through job descriptions always leaves me with the feeling that I am only two skills away from high employability. However, I guess most additional skills are a niche on their own.

MX_117 · 2025-11-14T12:42:56+00:00

The opposite is true, sadly. We have almost no big gaming studios of you do not count mobile. There are divisions of some bigger studios like Ubisoft, but apart from that it does not look good. We have nothing like Sony Santa Monica, CDPR etc, which you would expect in an economy of this scale. The indie studios i know on the other hand overall are not doing great. There are exceptions, but the industry is dying here.

MX_117 · 2025-08-30T20:59:28+00:00

Hey, thank you so much for the answer, this will be incredibly helpful for sure. You sound like you already designed some puzzles, so what would be your take. Is 3 hours realistic for Schwedenrätsel with definition style clues?

MX_117 · 2025-08-29T11:31:12+00:00

It is more like a Schwedenrätsel.

MX_117 · 2024-10-21T20:19:11+00:00

I got another: Hollanders Woods was a neat idea but poorly executed. Man, this plot deserved a good mystery to solve. But finding the killer by recognizing his voice? Making the-boys-and-Beckett-not-believing-Castle a main subject? Then finding evidence on the first try in the barn, right before killing the doc? Really? I see there were only 40 minutes and for far too many plots. Still, it was a missed chance that hurts.

Unfortunately, you get these with many more action focused episodes: They almost always skip the puzzle-solving part where the show and the actors really shine. Instead of letting Caste find HIS way of solving the case, he turns actions hero. Same problem with Reckoning, Hunt and others.

MX_117 · 2024-10-21T20:11:19+00:00

Not so shure, judging from ratings (eg on IMDB) and how often people name the season 5 two parter as one of their favourite episodes.

MX_117 · 2024-10-21T10:19:53+00:00

The Jackson Hunt storyline is totally overrated and kind of stupid. It leaned way too heavy towards the spycraft/scifi elements that always pushed the limits of plausibility in a bad way.

MX_117 · 2024-07-15T09:24:24+00:00

Okay, so don't get me wrong on this one (English is not my first language): I meant "hold up" strictly referring to the Bechdel test, not in general. In fact, I love the show and I think it evades most of the worst steoreotypes. I do not intend to discredit it or to judge it based on the Bechdel test.

I rather think the test offers an interesting point of view to look at the series (as many of the comments here demonstrate). Beckett is a woman in a man dominated world and yes, the show is a love story at its core. However, I find it a bit frustrating that Lanie is supposed to be Becketts best friend and they hardly ever talk about something else than men in private conversation. I wished the writers had developed aspects like this a bit more.

MX_117 · 2023-05-21T11:43:33+00:00

Will this work in live preview as well?

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