Grazer
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My other avatar is much more flattering.
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I think the question says it all. I ordered it alphabetically so that whoever came last couldn't take offence.  This thread might also be a good place to write something about what the games industry is like in your area, especially whether there's any professional Java games development going on. |
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Mojomonkey
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Reply #1 - Posted
2004-12-07 20:23:18 » |
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Puyallup, Washington, USA. South a bit of Seattle, Washington. Games industry is very strong here (i.e. Nintendo of America, Valve, Bungie, Microsoft Game, etc). http://www.igda.org/seattle/developers.htm |
Don't send a man to do a monkey's work.
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ap_kelly
Junior Devvie
Java rocks!
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2004-12-07 23:26:24 » |
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I'm in Sydney Australia, there is a games company in Melbourne, I think they did the latest Transformers game.
Java is big over here (for business at least, no idea about games companies using it) , I see many jobs advertised for J2EE and Java skills. None for OpenGl and Java yet though, still, my fingers are crossed.
Andy.
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Games published by our own members! Check 'em out!
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cfmdobbie
Senior Devvie Medals: 1
Who, me?
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Reply #3 - Posted
2004-12-08 07:18:48 » |
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UK, near London. As you'd expect, there are a number of game dev houses in this area. The biggest concentration is around Guildford, where Bullfrog spun off numerous satellite companies like Lionhead, Big Blue Box etc. P.S. I've heard tell that some odd people come from a funny-shaped country called "New Zealand". I guess they're Australian, now?  |
Hellomynameis Charlie Dobbie.
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Bombadil
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Reply #4 - Posted
2004-12-08 07:31:36 » |
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I've been thinking the United Kingdom belongs to the continent named Europe, too... :-)
It's just that they don't want to be a full member of that thing called "European Union", for example no Euro currency, etc. But well, you can live without that (heartily greetings to Switzerland).
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Grazer
Junior Devvie
My other avatar is much more flattering.
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Reply #5 - Posted
2004-12-08 07:49:52 » |
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So much for not causing offence.  As you may know, you can only enter up to eight options for a poll, so I chose those eight as they seemed the most sensible break-up. I put USA and UK separate from their continents as I thought these might make up a high proportion of the developers in their continents and people would want to see them separate. As for New Zealanders, <insert favourite sheep joke here>. Just kidding, guys. Seriously, if your region/country doesn't fit within the bounds of the survey (e.g. Middle East? Pacific Islands? Antarctica?), just choose the closest one and then put up a post to say where you're really from - I'd love to know who's interested in game development outside these bounds! So everybody be cool. Just go with the flow.  |
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MasterDirk
Senior Newbie
Somebody set up us the bomb...
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2004-12-08 14:10:54 » |
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Norway, here. Bergen, to be exact. Look it up, should be under "rainiest city on Earth". And now it's cold, too  Anyone got a high-paying, low-stress job for me in, say, Bali or Hawaii? Didn't think so... |
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Spasi
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Reply #7 - Posted
2004-12-08 14:49:05 » |
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Alexandroupolis, northern Greece. No gaming here, no java action. Well, actually, no serious software developing at all in this weird country.  Right now we're trying to set our little start-up on its feet. And that's thanks to the good EU, it provides the only support we'll ever get. |
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weston
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Reply #8 - Posted
2004-12-09 04:00:19 » |
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Colorado, near Denver + school in Denver. I found a list with something like 40 game dev companies in colorado, so thats ok. Also, I went to a 'Colorado Game Developers' meeting a few days ago and one of the companies says they use java for all their games. I believe I've seen a person from the company on here once or twice...
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Chman
Junior Devvie
Nothing more that... Java games are cool !
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Reply #9 - Posted
2004-12-11 15:44:36 » |
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France, near Paris Chman |
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Games published by our own members! Check 'em out!
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Per_T
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Reply #10 - Posted
2004-12-12 09:27:14 » |
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Sweden. Think we have two big game companies here: DICE (Battlefield etc.) and Massive (Ground Control).
We also have Agency9 and Meqon (physics engine).
The game industry seems to be sort of dead ATM, but lots of ppl are going these game educations, so that might change...
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darkprophet
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Go Go Gadget Arms
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2004-12-12 19:42:31 » |
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Birmingham UK....Thats where i live Im originally Iraqi but i have a New Zealand passport.....so stop those sheep jokes! Seriously, your walking down the street and you start seeing sheep randomly! IIRC, theres like 72 million sheep and around 3 million people.... Im actually quite terrified of the day when sheep get some proper brains! As for game developers, not a clue! Im still at school (next year to university! :-/....no more free food!) I think ive rambled on enough here....DP |
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Hauk
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Guitar, Norse Mythology, java and women=life
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2004-12-12 20:16:07 » |
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I'm from Ireland, so I voted UK cos its the closest to home.
Ah well,
Hauk
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I was born for a reason and am not about to lie down and die like the rest of you. Anybody with me?
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bauerr
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Java!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
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Reply #13 - Posted
2004-12-13 08:37:53 » |
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Germany. |
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aNt
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Reply #14 - Posted
2004-12-13 08:43:28 » |
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london england- i think
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shawnkendall
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2004-12-13 17:38:51 » |
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WOW, USA makes up a measly 20% of the total; that is so awesome! (80s American slang, lost on international audience ;-))
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Mojomonkey
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Reply #16 - Posted
2004-12-13 19:42:39 » |
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80s American slang, lost on international audience What's scary is how many people I thought were from the US that aren't, soley based on their use of American slang. Please, people stop using American slang, it's not very good, I want more use of: Hoser, Bloody, Cheerio, Wanker, etc. |
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Matlu
Junior Devvie
Hasta La Victoria Siempre!
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Reply #17 - Posted
2005-01-01 15:57:04 » |
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Czech Republic, Prague.
Many companies offer java-related jobs here (also Sun and Borland have development here), but c++ and .net seem to prevail. I'm not sure if someone uses java for professional games here...
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gregof
Junior Devvie
in code we trust
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Reply #18 - Posted
2005-01-04 06:21:46 » |
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Sweden, Luleå for me. Here (in Luleå) we have Agency9 (which I have done some work for btw), now I work with webapplications for an other company, but if i lean out the window, I may be able to throw a rock at their office  // Gregof |
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Tomas
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Reply #19 - Posted
2005-01-04 08:26:05 » |
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Then I'll just use my super powers and throw it right back at you // Tomas |
CTO Agency9
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