[game_edu] Brenda Braithwaite's game_edu rant at GDC

[Anthony Hart-Jones]

   You mean, that is what we are meant to do.  Some studios have some 
serious issues with technological inertia once they develop in-house tools.

   I loved evaluating tech, personally.  There are few things in life 
more fun than testing engines to see which one has the best physics or 
path-finding, plus it makes a welcome break from 'real' work like AI 
scripting and tweaking mechanics.


On 10/03/11 10:35, Steven Yau wrote:

> Its a shame that they complain about as that is what we do in the

> industry before we start moving on a large project. Are all the

> projects the same complexity/brief?

>

> On 10 March 2011 03:25, Mike Reddy<Mike.Reddy at newport.ac.uk>  wrote:

>> Ian, we do a year long 2nd year module where the first assignment was team evaluation of dev software, using four contemporary tools. Programming students build simple apps to test pipeline for artists and basic 3D functionality and then choose which engine is used in the second semester, when collaborating with the artists. For the last two years Unity3D has won

>>

>> Mike

>> P.S. They hate me not just telling them which to choose, and see the evaluation as wasted time when I should be "teaching them how to use it", rather than research-led self-directed study. :-(

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