the problem i have here is a lot of people are starting indie companies because they don’t feel like there’s any other path for them. it is very unlikely for them to get into bigger game dev companies as it is, even if they want to. either because of how bad conditions are or because what they’re interested in making is so different, or they don’t fit the mold of what’s expected. and a lot of people who are in positions of power (academia, indie publishers, festivals, etc) aren’t being honest with them about the chances because there’s an invested interest in building hype and speculation around new developers hoping one or a handful make it through. some kind of organization that isn’t completely ineffective and pointless like the IGDA could do that.
also i don’t think any organizations that help artists on a broader scale have to be limited to games per se. i think there has to be a larger push for artists to stand up against the Disneys of the world. a billion people don’t need to go through the trial by fire and flame out when that energy could be routed in a less destructive direction.
if those people wanna actually join and get involved it’s up to them! i have many problems with GWU blowing up way too fast and too soon and promising to be too many things. that’s a big reason why i stopped being involved tbh. it really was only ever intended to be a starting point and not an all-encompassing answer. that’s why i’d be perfectly happy with things splitting off into their own lanes and focusing on who they can actually help - that was the point in the first place and i def get annoyed at the people who thought everything had to exist under one roof. it may be symbolically more powerful under one roof, but if that symbolically doesn’t translate to actually being able to do anything… that obviously doesn’t matter.
would love to do that. if i get involved with organizing again in games it’d 100% be directed at taking down the IGDA by providing a better alternative… with the explicit intent of easing the transition for those younger/newer devs who get prayed on the most.
The signal out of the dock is poor especially on an unforgiving LCD. I’d hoped they’d straddle the line with a lateral move that cheats on docked quality while leaving the current spec intact because I’m perfectly happy with 720p on the screen otherwise.
the reason i would have bought one of these would be as an excuse to give my old one to somebody else to make them play monster hunter and they missed their window for that