Congrats Reed on Infamous!

[starstutter]

9.0 on gametrailers and so far an 86 on Metacritic.

Great job man, you sure tightened up those graphics! :D

(Hey, I figured somebody should give a pat on the back :P )



... god that "tighten up the graphics" commercial sill haunts me...

[Reedbeta]

Thanks :)

Hits stores (in the USA) on Tuesday!

[flux00]

Congrats!! :happy:

[vrnunes]

Yes, looking very nice indeed, which shows high-quality programming!

[rouncer]

Does this mean your gonna be rich Reedbeta?

[.oisyn]

Cheers, Reed! :)

Yes, looking very nice indeed, which shows high-quality programming!
You're being sarcastic, right? I hope you are. Because making a good game is not about good programming. Now I wouldn't say that Reedbeta is in any way incompetent :lol:, but you can't judge good quality programming just by the looks of a game.

[rouncer]

Ive only finished one demo, my next is gonna be blurring light on hi poly models.

you know it only takes 20.5 seconds to get 500,000 unique vertices off of a zbrush export obj file.

[vrnunes]

Cheers, Reed! :)
You're being sarcastic, right? I hope you are. Because making a good game is not about good programming. Now I wouldn't say that Reedbeta is in any way incompetent :lol:, but you can't judge good quality programming just by the looks of a game.


The game shows fast action, various effects, quality animations, and a lot of other 'visual' features that would not be possible even for the best artist if the engine could not deliver.

So I was not being sarcastic, I really think that it shows quality programming. =)

[TheNut]

I read a review of that game in the morning news paper today. The guy praised it like it was his second child, so I guess it's good ;)

[rouncer]

ill look it up.

[rouncer]

http://graphics.cs.williams.edu/papers/SteepParallaxI3D05/ you had something to do with this educational site too... i read it and its well written, you can even do spikey fur with it.

[Reedbeta]

Haha - I remember posting about that parallax mapping thing way back in the day. Glad to see someone actually read it. :D

[Kenneth Gorking]

Penny-Arcade strip about Infamous :lol:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/25/

[Reedbeta]

And today's, too :D

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/27/

[JarkkoL]

Reed, which bits did you work on Infamous?

[Reedbeta]

Mostly I worked on graphics, particularly: volumetric lighting, fog, haze, water, and various particle effects. I also contributed to the design of one of the powers - a lightning "spray" that automatically seeks multiple targets in front of you.

[JarkkoL]

Cool, the game looks nice. I also worked on special effects in my first game job (:

[Kenneth Gorking]

And today's, too :D

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/27/
Ahahaa! That one was nice! :lol:

[rouncer]

I make all my own models, you should get into the art side of things, youd be good at it. I hear you make music tho, great success i hope for your t00nz!

[.oisyn]

The game shows fast action, various effects, quality animations, and a lot of other 'visual' features that would not be possible even for the best artist if the engine could not deliver.

So I was not being sarcastic, I really think that it shows quality programming. =)

Well, if you think quality programming is all about performance and nothing else, then our definitions of what actually is quality programming differ. A lot. :)

[gillvane]

Congrats! I hope the game is a huge success.