On Monday, 16 June 2014 at 18:55:11 UTC, Xavier Bigand wrote:
Le 16/06/2014 08:20, Nick Sabalausky a écrit :
On 6/15/2014 4:26 PM, Burp wrote:
I work in the game industry so I'm familiar with this type
of mindset.
Not everyone in my industry is like this, but unfortunately
many are(I
avoid working with them).
He doesn't understand metaprogramming and so dismisses it.
He also
assumes C++ is all about Java style OOP, when modern style is
wildly
different from Java.
And yes the game industry will likely *never* produce its
own language
or tools. Why? Because it is very short-term goal oriented,
focusing
almost entirely on the current project with little thought
for long term
growth. Most companies are relatively small, and even large
ones like EA
are very fragmented(although EA did produce its own version
of the STL).
Basically, this guy is a *rendering engineer*, likely good
at math and
algorithms, but not so hot with design.
Interesting to hear, thanks for sharing your perspective.
There's one thing I'd like to ask about though, not intending
to argue,
but just for clarification:
You say the industry isn't likely to produce its own tools.
While I'm in
no position to disagree, I am surprised to hear that since the
industry
is known to produce some of its own middleware. EA is said to
have a
fairly sophisticated in-house UI authoring system, and of
course they
have Frostbite. Various studios have developed in-house
engines, and
many of the big-name ones (ex, Unreal Engine, Source,
CryEngine) started
out as in-house projects.
Would you say those are more exceptional cases, or did you mean
something more specific by "tools"?
A language need to be open, it's not the case of all middle
wares and game engines. Game companies like so much let their
sources closed and sharing anything...
It's a pain for small video game companies, we can't access to
good articles,... So every body learn in his own little corner.
It is part of the culture.
Those of us that grew up in Europe and got into computers in the
mid-80s, know the demoscene culture pretty well, which grew out
of the game's development culture.
The goal was to impress other sceners how you managed to push the
hardware to the limits, beyond what anyone thought was possible
to do.
Not sharing how you managed to do it was part of the implicit
rules.
--
Paulo
