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Plan for Josh Ritter

by Prairie Games · 09/29/2004 (12:39 pm) · 8 comments

We're hard at work on Minions of Mirth. The game is coming along very nicely. I am also happy to report that I am now only wearing one hat. It says: Technical Director

I am concentrating solely on the technical requirements of our company. I am no longer creating levels, UI and character artwork, composing renders and animations, acquisitioning content, filming and editing videos, working on the website, designing the RPG system, etc.

My workload isn't any lighter, though it's now 100% focused on technology. After a couple years of swinging my axe wildly, chopping at every single piece, I am quite content to just friggin code. I don't even get notified on pre-orders any longer... and I'll tell you this ignorance is bliss!

Expect the unexpected...

-Josh Ritter
Technical Director
Prairie Games, Inc
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Torque Owner Dan MacDonald
#1
09/29/2004 (1:18 pm)
Where did the other hats go? Are you going to make it to IGC this year?

Torque Owner Prairie Games
Prairie Games, Inc.
#2
09/29/2004 (2:04 pm)
I threw the hats into the air and they promptly vanished! I will not be attending IGC this year.

Torque Owner Joshua Dallman
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#3
09/29/2004 (4:09 pm)
"massively single player RPG"

love the tongue-in-cheek humor

Torque Owner Joseph Villard
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#4
09/29/2004 (6:18 pm)
Anxiously awaiting a beta (or alpha?)...

Torque Owner Prairie Games
Prairie Games, Inc.
#5
09/29/2004 (6:29 pm)
It has been a bumpy ride and I have shed more than one tear along the road. I am looking forward to alpha most of all ;)

Torque Owner David Dougher
Pariah Games
#6
09/30/2004 (11:14 am)
LOL. I just took a similar promotion to the same title. Maybe out industry is maturing when we all start getting the same titles? One of our programmers - Claude Alain Fournier, moved up to be Lead Programmer. Which is a good thing because I was going crazy trying to schedule, track, recruit, and program. I do less programming now but the whole process is picking up momentum.

Looking forward to dissecting your new engine - the python one really helped me get an idea of the power of the language.

Torque Owner Prairie Games
Prairie Games, Inc.
#7
09/30/2004 (11:28 am)
I stole the Technical Director title from John Carmack... that's what he does at id Software, I guess :)

Glad to see you're hanging in there too... this RPG schtuff is more or less a nightmare... and it takes so darned long...

-Josh

Torque Owner Josh Williams
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#8
09/30/2004 (11:33 am)
Cool Josh, yeah sometimes it's nice to just focus in on one area.