At 1/24/10 07:29 PM, turtleco wrote:
quick question for you guiz
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS WRONG WITH NG?
personally I find nothing wrong with it.
but I always hear people say it is more about money, or that the standards for animation and comedy are falling drastically
meh, those kind of comments are natural because we as humans always paint a fairytale painting of memories and the past. Near the end of every year there is always a few people who comment that the reg lounge is going to shit or that all teh good people left or whatever. When in reality its not really going anywhere, and this so called golden age never really existed.
I think the one thing i dont like about ng is that its not as agile as it should be. We lost out on being first to the punch on alot of things. Part of that is because its such a small team and probably other part is that everything is meticulously done by hand, whereas other companies will subcontract India dev's to quickly get the framework up and ready and be able to launch major things with speed to market. The internet is a brutal cut throat place. If you arent acting on your vision chances are someone is already figuring out and acting upon it right that minute. Its frusterating and a natural challenge that comes with the business though.
As far as money goes, it DID change the scene quite alot. I dont need to tell you gaiz that back in the day of flash, almost nobody actually made money from animating/making games. So like fast forward a couple years, where its big business now and it naturally is going to change the scene and youll naturally have people just interested in making a buck and bitter oldies who think they are being robbed of that buck.