fear of competition and stealing: then you are either paranoid or you suck at getting original content developed or both! Having visibility or more correctly ‘transparency’ avoids paranoia, adds respect and scale and understanding between all involved in project. There are always exceptions to this such as ‘national security’ or some algorithm equivalent of KFC 11 herbs and spices but IF there is no reason to hide the task item then it should be plainly visible to those on the project and optionally to other teams in the company not of the project (if they could benefit from sharing)

everything is possible with hard work and dedication… TOTALLY WRONG! This is an ‘Epic Fail’ guaranteed! The only grand statement you could make would be ‘we can do anything given enough time and money’. Hard work and dedication do not overcome these obstacles otherwise coal miners and slaves would dominate the industry (and yes, many suffering programmers and artists feel like they are in those positions!). Also, if you can’t make Pong there is no way in the world you could make an MMORPG.

what more info does the person that draws 2D graphics need… a LOT more! Oh man you are unaware of what an artist needs to take into account. If you have them work in a hole they will produce some chunk of art that has no relation to the rest of the game! Picture 20 artists working on a game so large no one artist could complete it in five years. Now divide up the responsibilities and you will soon find all artists sharing tasks. When one artist is told to make backgrounds for one level and another for then next level you will have completely different art styles, behavior and a mess. Imagine hiring all of the top Sunday comic artists to make a comic book game staring a whole new concepts. Every artist would draw completely different work if they all did not collaborate, have style guides, check each others’ work and more.

my brother is a music producer and theres no need to tell him more than 1. and 2. to make a great music track… wow, again, way off target. Are you even aware what a music producer does? Any music COMPOSER will tell you that you are nuts and especially in video games where compositions are all chopped up to keep the gameplay interesting.

Juuso you are way too nice and political in your responses. Speak honestly without couching your words and your message will be a lot louder and clearer and far more true.

1. info about final resolution of graphics (complexity of details),
2. some examples for forms, shading, motion and atmosphere,

theres no need for that person to know exactly what is the goal of
the game, what are the mechanisms that will be used or how the
complete screenshot will look like … if designer needs way more info
than its written in 1. and 2. he is lacking the vision and could be
the source of info leakage later (if he decides to quit team) … i mean,
my brother is music producer and theres no need to tell him more
than 1. and 2. to make great music track (that might not end perfect
in the 1st try but thats where good communication skills of game
producers come very handy)

all im saying is to divide info on a matter of usefulness for each person
in the team … let everyone do their part of the work focused on really
important things for their work, no need to make their work harder by
flooding their brains with irrelevant data, right ???

not true if you know competition is sniffing your hard work and
has a team of much more experienced people that might steal
your ideas and end with game earlier than you …

Well, that might be true. I meant that he keeps project visible for the TEAM – so that everybody in the team knows what’s going on…

everything is possible with hard work and dedication … and tetris / pong
has nothing to do with mmorg anyway ;o)

I was referring to the fact that many people (like I was ;) are eager to start making their first game as MMORPG… without realising how much work is involved. Finishing first a Tetris or pong (or whatever) helps one to understand that ‘finishing’ a game is not always as easy as it sounds.

not true if you know competition is sniffing your hard work and
has a team of much more experienced people that might steal
your ideas and end with game earlier than you …

“Has never finished a title. No Pong nor Tetris clone yet wants to create the next revolutionary MMORPG.”

everything is possible with hard work and dedication … and tetris / pong
has nothing to do with mmorg anyway ;o)

Thank you.