Comments on: Interview with Jesse Smith, Firaxis Games http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/ I'm baking games. Indie style. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RinkuHero http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/comment-page-1/#comment-9825 RinkuHero Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:17:10 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/#comment-9825 I definately agree with the Triple Time principle: I had started an adventure game engine based on Princess Tomato and the Salad Kingdom (an old NES game) which I thought would take one day to code, turned out it took three days. But it might actually be a good idea *not* to keep the Triple Time principle in mind when you estimate how long something will take, otherwise it has the danger of acting on itself and becoming Nine Times Time... I definately agree with the Triple Time principle: I had started an adventure game engine based on Princess Tomato and the Salad Kingdom (an old NES game) which I thought would take one day to code, turned out it took three days.

But it might actually be a good idea *not* to keep the Triple Time principle in mind when you estimate how long something will take, otherwise it has the danger of acting on itself and becoming Nine Times Time…

]]> By: GameDevMike http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/comment-page-1/#comment-9685 GameDevMike Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:25:51 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/#comment-9685 <strong>Two Interviews...</strong> ... Two Interviews…

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]]> By: gamedevnews » Blog Archive » Interview with Jesse Smith from Firaxis Games http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/comment-page-1/#comment-9635 gamedevnews » Blog Archive » Interview with Jesse Smith from Firaxis Games Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:29:21 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/#comment-9635 [...] Jesse Smith, game producer at Firaxis Games, was interviewed by GameProducer.net. Working on the Civilization series, he bumbs into Sid Meier quite often: “Sid is a genius and truly inspires those he works with. He is very hands-on with the projects and focuses a tremendous amount of effort on making sure the game is fun and exciting. When he is involved on a project you can feel the entire company humming with excitement.“. [...] [...] Jesse Smith, game producer at Firaxis Games, was interviewed by GameProducer.net. Working on the Civilization series, he bumbs into Sid Meier quite often: “Sid is a genius and truly inspires those he works with. He is very hands-on with the projects and focuses a tremendous amount of effort on making sure the game is fun and exciting. When he is involved on a project you can feel the entire company humming with excitement.“. [...]

]]> By: Arto Ruotsalainen http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/comment-page-1/#comment-9590 Arto Ruotsalainen Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:06:29 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/08/23/interview-with-jesse-smith-firaxis-games/#comment-9590 Just had to say that : wow! :) Keep doing the good interviews! Just had to say that : wow! :)

Keep doing the good interviews!

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