cool suit :P you look really small

Short and light, it's what foxcats are!

Hehe, high cuteness factor

lol thats alot XD I don't see too many arcades now >>

The things have become more and more difficult to find sadly.. I'm glad they are still out there though!

yeas ^^

you look liek ya had lotsa fun. cant wait till i can play in the streets lol.

Playing in the streets is a must! It's ranked right up there with chewing on power cables in fact. :D

The hotel sounds awesome. :) Looks like you had fun there. :)

*gasp*

You silly foxcat you! -points to rafter- you belong there!

*looks up* You're.. you.. Have a point! *Scurries and curls up, allowing his tail to dangle down from the rafters*

Always playing in the roads D:

*checks himself* I'm amazed I still retain all of my limbs after such endeavors o.o'

You were in Vegas? Awesome. It's about a 4.5 to 5 hour drive from me.

Getting closer.. *laughs* And I'll very shortly be living in that country of yours too!

Really? Cool.

"stoFOXCAT" what an odd thing for a parking space to say

It's one of the newest additions to road signage. Refer to page 86 of the manual :o

ahh, how could I have missed it!

I missed you, kitty. *pets you*

*mews at the pettings* Awwrr'

Waaaaiiiittttttt a seeeecooooond!..... when where you in my town? D8!

This was taken just before GDC! I think I was there until about the end of last month :o

Were you there for GDC then? I'm working on getting into the game industry myself, but it seems I keep finding out about these relevant events when it's too late for me to get involved :P

I did make it out to GDC in between visiting again this time. I highly recommend the conferences as a great place to start, both as they provide a lot of very informative panels, and also as they allow you to snag actual face time with a great many studios while making contacts to boot. GDC SF is the larger of the lot, though they do hold conferences internationally and in other corners of the country as well: http://www.gdconf.com/

Just get plotting and you should be able to make it for next time! Looking towards a code related position I'm amusing? :o

Well, in the long term I'd like to be a game designer but so would everybody. Coding would be the logical place for me to start and work my way up from. However, if I'm super lucky with sales I might not need to work for someone else; I'll run my own indie game company if possible.

Also yes you are amusing, though I'm assuming you meant to say "assuming" :P

Yes, yes.. but if I'm amusing, that's a bonus too!

A pretty coveted position though, and not a job that's usually so clear cut in terms of what one would actually do on a project. If you have a backlog of experience, coding would indeed be a good place to start from as well, but you could also spread out towards the other end of the spectrum and dabble with fields like level design, gameplay scripting, technical design, or some of those other areas that are more involved with the design aspects of a project. Getting into those usually moves towards getting a design lead position, and perhaps further alongside the game designer career path.

Of course, if you go indie, all that goes to the wind and you just need to put a project under your wing with a market in sight to get things rolling! Much more risk involved with that one, and you won't see any return at first.. but if you make the push and do it well, you'll be fairly set to continue on that path. Often enough governments/film boards even offer grants for upstart developers, so there could even be potential to snag a bit of extra funding that way.

I still dabble in both fields, one of these days I hope to see a marketable independent project all the way through, but for now I'm pushing ahead doing design work for a studio. *slaves away*

Well, I've been working on my own indie game for the last 8 months, either to be the first title from my own company or to be a portfolio piece to help me get a job. I'll try to sell it and the sales numbers will tell me which path to take :P

I do have someone else doing 3D models/textures and possibly someone else doing AI, but I'm still guiding them on exactly what I want so... I think it's fair to say this is a good test of a role as a lead designer among other things.

Sounds like you have a heck of a start there, and very true. No matter the result of that project in the end, it still makes great material to show off your skills to any potential employer. If you have a snazzy product with demand going for it, just be sure to really hit that marketing nail on the head and you should be set! It's good that you have that team leadership under your belt as well, another useful selling point you can take away from your current work and apply to the field.

Maybe I'll be able to catch you at next GDC? *Bugs you not to miss out on it*

I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to hire you to be entertainment in one of the Vegas hotels :P

*laughs* I should try signing myself up for a casting call and see what happens :)

do you come back?

I came back after! In Seattle right this moment though :D

Aww, your so cute :3

yupyup! that bowling alley was awesome. got a few pointers that day. AHH VEGAS i miss you. ;n;

That just means you'll have to go back sometime :D

this is true. ;u;