Friday, September 01, 2006

Playtests, Euros and Caps oh my...

We have another playtest today; we are testing the first third of the game. Unfortunately we are not testing the complete first third, but it is close enough so I should be able to get some good info out of this playtest. The game is moving along nicely but the alpha deadline is steadily approaching…relentlessly even. I am confident we will make it, but we are cutting it close. I guess it is not to dissimilar to the first God of War. We really cut that thing close.

We had a bunch of folks European press in the other day which was a good time. Appearently God of War is huge in Spain....sweet! I got to show them the latest stuff we are working on. Well not the latest, what they got to play was actually two or three months old. It is definitely hard for me to let people play the game when I know what we have is so much better. But the old builds were the only stable ones so it iwas best to let them play that. I did a little presentation beforehand…a presentation for which I was woefully unprepared. We were so busy working towards our milestone and playtest that I did not take the time to properly prep for it. It didn’t go horribly…most likely due to the fact that the euro journalists were jet lagged and probably couldn’t follow my speedy americanspeak.

1up show was also in the studio so I got to hang with Matt a little and chat about the game. Not sure when it goes up on the site but keep an eye out for that one.

I am turning 31 tomorrow. Wild. It is not that I feel like I am getting old or anything, but I have this sinking feeling of “where the hell did all the time go?” I feel like I should have done so much more by now. But I am very happy with where I am now. I love the work I do and I would love the city I am in if it were a little freakin’ cheaper to buy a house. You can’t have everything I guess. Life will be even better I think when this game finally goes out the door…at least it will be a little more relaxing for me. I feel like my heart rate is up from the moment I get up to the time I finally fall asleep at 2am. While it is stressful I don’t think I would want it any other way. I think I would go crazy if I wasn’t constantly being creatively challenged. But who knows…maybe I will be done with story based games in a few years? :) Just kidding Dave.

I picked up a copy of Saints Row the other day...actually one of my few pre-order experiences. Still not a fan of the going to the game store thing, but I have to admit that it was quite painless. They gave me a call the day before to let me know I could come in and pick it up, which was sweet. But I would still rather download a gamestraight to my system as it would be a hell of a lot more convienent with my hectic schedule. At any rate I am hoping we get out of work early today so I can come home and pop a few caps...or in true Saints Row style...pop a fuckin' few motha'fuckin' caps. Wow...It is amazing how I seem to continually surpass the level of nerd I think I am. Oye...

All right I need to get dressed and get into work so I am not late for my own playtest. I imagine that would be a bad thing.

17 comments:

The Mother said...

Happy Birthday Cory! I love that you post on a regular basis since this is how we all learn what's happening in your SUPER BUSY life! I'm sure your playtests will go as smooth as a baby's bottom--they always do. We have your totally awesome present ready for you, but you'll have to wait for two weeks till Dad, Suzanne, Ray and I come up for our visit. Have a great weekend and we'll talk soon. M

Anonymous said...

I am guessing the 1up show will be on next friday since the next 2 shows after that are TGS specials...

-Karl

Anonymous said...

Hey Cory, I know you get this a lot but what advice would you give an aspiring game director/designer? I'm currently getting a bachelor's in Game Art (Modeling, Animation, Level Design in Unreal). What would be a good way for me to accomplish that?

Happy Birthday!!

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday, Cory. I just turned 26 on the 31st...and I was thinking about 30...well, I don't know if your there but I thought that 30 is 3 in the mirror and therefore 31 is 13 in the mirror. :) Um, age really doesn't matters as long as the playtests keep rockin', right?

Best of luck with production. Keep rockin' it.

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday Cory.

~No..I'm not going to pester you this time

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday, Cory !I wish you to find every piece of the puzzle infront and behind you, and bring them together to create the person you've wanted ; to awake the dreams you've desired.To own your time and live in your universe.
And, I wish you GoWII to be a smash success, and what's more important - to be one hell of a game !I believe it will be ; this is your chance to create your universe, and I wish you it kills the first GoW like a policeman would supposedly destroy a donut.So when you turn back and see what you've went through for this project, you could see it standing right there - where a work of art would, like a painter observing his masterpiece...
Best Wishes !!!

K.

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday, kinda late though

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday!

just wanted to tell you, what a great job you've done with God of War, and that I'm still playing it, for the 20th time I think... and I can't wait for God of War 2... make it BIG! :D

btw, there's at least one Israeli who loves god of war so much, he's obsessed. won't hurt if you come by sometime and show off a demo of gow 2 or something... ;)

Cory Barlog said...

Hey Arnaldo,

I will do a post on that question, cause if I responded in the comments it would be huge.

cory

Cory Barlog said...

Hey elessar,

I am not sure how much TGS prescence we will have. Probably not too much since I am completely clueless about it. Though my lack of knowledge really doesn't mean much.
cory

Cory Barlog said...

Thanks for the birthday well wishes everyone! I actually did not have to work on my birthday, so that was pretty freakin sweet.

Anonymous said...

Wasssup Hapyy Birthday Aloooojas fro da man

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