Self-approval

For those who might be looking for it, I should include a link to the Team's Blog:

http://teampriapus.blogspot.com/

Our presentations to the industry panel was pushed back another week, which I don't enjoy. I want to have a team meeting regarding organization and structure of the way that the team goes, and it doesn't make sense to do that twice in a row. Once the industry  panel cuts games from the list of games that will actually go forward, we may find ourselves with several more people on our team that will definitely need to be part of that meeting.

That reminds me: For this post, I'd like to talk about my feelings on being cut or going forward. I feel that our team has had the least amount of approval in terms of what the game is at this point. We're a 3D physics platformer where you're the character of a game thats trying to put his game back together, formal element by formal element. To be really honest, I feel as if the EPs (Roger and Bob mostly) have stopped fighting us just because we need to have a game to present.

Regardless of whether that's true or not we do need to have a game to present, so if my hypothesis is correct they're probably acting wisely. I dislike how that approach breaks the studio simulation, but this is an education first and a simulation second. Having a game they approve less of might be better than having a game that they're in love with...in March.

Whether or not their approval is coming our way, I feel that our game is exactly what it needed to be. It's exactly the intersection of almost every thing we were told needs to be in the game. That includes something that I didn't consider before: personal passion. The game now involves education about games in general, and the educational value of games is something that I've been passionate about even before I came to the EAE program. Our game is fun, in-scope, unique, student-y, and impressive.

One thing is for certain: I'm confident that our game is excellent, and I can go into the presentation a week from today feeling extremely confident that our game will be picked.