bibble Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hi all Sheffield has a few good computer games developers. I work for one of them. I just wondered if we had many forum members from our small, close knit community? Chances are we all probably know each other, or we share mutual contacts, but don't know anything beyond peoples forum identities! Cheers Bibble ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusmith Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Which one do you work for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibble Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hi I work at Sumo Digital. How about you? I bet you do too eh! hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusmith Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Nah mate. I'm a carpenter/joiner. Just curious to know where you worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvipernet Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I'm a web developer, hoping to one day make the switch to game developer... almost what you were after hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabsdabs1@ti Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Nah mate. I'm a carpenter/joiner. Just curious to know where you worked. touche and away :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accessdenied Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Hi all Sheffield has a few good computer games developers. I work for one of them. I just wondered if we had many forum members from our small, close knit community? Chances are we all probably know each other, or we share mutual contacts, but don't know anything beyond peoples forum identities! Cheers Bibble ! My ex partner used to test video games: what a nice job! Any advice on where to go to find any work like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 That would be my dream job! My first ever work placement from School was doing something similar, I remember thrashing a guy called Pete Harrap on Jonah Barrington's Squash while testing the 2 player mode on it when I worked at Krisalis Software in Rotherham, was about this time of year in 1990 iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibble Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 It can be, and generally is a very hard and high pressure job. Test in particular can be stressful due to long hours and repetetive tasks. If you liked a game before you started testing it, likelihood is that you will hate it when you finish! That said, it is a rewarding career when everything goes right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gremlin_mick Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Test in particular can be stressful due to long hours and repetetive tasks. If you liked a game before you started testing it, likelihood is that you will hate it when you finish! Listen to Bibble. He/she speaketh the truth! It's not like playing your 360 for 3 hours and having a laugh with your mates. You'll play the SAME title for three to nine months continuously, over and over again, not playing to win, but playing to break it... I can finish Jungle Strike and Nigel Mansell IndyCar on the SNES with my eyes closed as a consequence of being a tester.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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