Author Topic: I need to vent (Read 1139 times)

Ladios · January 28, 2011, 12:55:47 AM

So right now I am cramming a bunch of stuff into what will be alpha for my game project.

At my school for game production, our final thesis project we are split into teams to develop high-production value flash games based on game concepts people pitch. As my class was small we were made into only one team and my pitch was chosen for our game making me lead designer.

I am also proficient at programming in Action Script 3 I would be programming. The other person in our class who has an IT background also supposedly was good at programming and was made into lead programmer for the project.
At first I thought it was cool and went on my own way programming a simple physics engine that I plan on expounding upon during beta (each milestone is a bit less than a month, alpha, beta, release(gold) )
Later after our Executive Producer (teacher assuming that role) told us we had to have a working menu system with an intro screen system in place for alpha, I 1-up'd him and created an entire system for loading and unloading swf movies that we will be able to use for full video cutscenes.

Well tomorrow Alpha is due and I was counting on him to get the level loading done (seeing as all we had to do was virtually copy paste code from our old programming class projects) However this system is unworkable. He programmed everything for only certain cases, and I can't even generate a player in any spot besides the starting location in the first level.

I volunteered to stay after class to handle importing my engine into the main code when I realized how forgeted up his system was. When I gave him the code for movie loading, he even managed to screw that up by not following how I handled updating the world while the movie was playing, which was to say I didn't because I knew it would forget things up.

I am so loving pissed and I want to go home. All I know I will have time for tonight is finishing implementing my physics system, but even then I don't know how I am going to get around all the bugs he created with his... "code".

I'm not loving lead programmer. I'm not getting any loving credit for the stuff I have to pull here. Whenever the Exec Producer is talking about programming things hes not talking to me.
This is loving bullstuff.

/rant

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keonesan · January 28, 2011, 12:59:52 AM

I feel your pain. I did a video and pretty much a bunch of other loving work for a group project in Biology. Of course I wasn't elected leader out of popularity and I wasn't awarded the bonus points even though I did all the loving work.

Ladios · January 28, 2011, 01:01:08 AM

I am now here 3 hours past when I should be. Note: I get here 2 hours early everyday out of habit, so my overtime is adding up.
Would be loving rich if I got paid for this. :/

Prince N · January 28, 2011, 01:02:40 AM

Damn. Well handicaps are handicaps. Learn to manipulate them.

Ladios · January 28, 2011, 01:03:18 AM

He's not a handicap, he just doesn't do his title's worth of work.

Smuggler · January 28, 2011, 01:04:26 AM

Very sad. It is extremely irritating when other people ruin your work.

Dodger · January 28, 2011, 01:04:33 AM

Basic Management from what I know:

Tell workers to do the work.
Take all the credit.

Prince N · January 28, 2011, 01:05:16 AM

True dat

keonesan · January 28, 2011, 01:06:07 AM

Here's another good example. We had to do a project in a 9 people group and present it to the school with the subject of work ethic. Of course me, my friend, and some girl wound up doing all the god dam work while everyone else blasted rap music through their ipods.

We were going to not include their names on the poster as payback because they wouldn't have even noticed but our conscious got to us.

We won an award for best poster as well but of course those friends got undeserved credit as well.

We also did it in Adobe Illustrator if you're wondering.

Ladios · January 28, 2011, 01:08:22 AM

Quote from: keonesan on January 28, 2011, 01:06:07 AM

We also did it in Adobe Illustrator if you're wondering.

Illustrator is a bitch

The Titanium · January 28, 2011, 01:08:51 AM

I'm sorry.
I've been playing too much.
I can only think of this whenever I see the word 'vent'.
So uh
Carry on

Damn. Sorry, man.

keonesan · January 28, 2011, 01:09:30 AM

Quote from: ladios on January 28, 2011, 01:08:22 AM

Illustrator is a bitch

I find it easy to use but it loving pisses me off when people don't use it properly.

*Person Starts Using Paint Brush To Color In Image*

GAH YOU friend! Just connect the anchor points and select the color! AHRRRRRR!!!

Ladios · January 28, 2011, 01:11:04 AM

Ah well I should stop complaining and get back to work. I don't want to be here past closing hours in case I leave for something and can't get back in.

Monocle · January 28, 2011, 01:13:36 AM

]: poor ladios. I remember I had to work with a group of 5 people to model a house with a full interiour and exterior. I was in charge of modeling the furniture that was to be sat onn (stools, chairs etc) and props (lamps, lights, candles, cups, etc) and that's it. Well I ended up doing the whole loving interior of the house, including designing it, and only 1 other person helped on the exterior/landscape :(

Tylale · January 28, 2011, 01:22:42 AM

Quote from: ladios on January 28, 2011, 01:08:22 AM

Illustrator is a bitch

Its my favorite adobe program. I don't much care for flash.