One the problems that we encountered during the first month of production of ROTFN, was constant requests of assets from artists by our programmers. Our level designer was constantly distracted due to different requests for assets and as the result, he could not focus on his own tasks. In order to solve this issue, we proposed two solutions. One was that, we took 15min to sit down with every single programmer and created a list of all their needed assets based on their tasks. This way, we could prioritize the tasks in such a way that nobody was blocked after that. The second solution was for minor assets. Since we always had board in our work area (i.e. classrooms) we asked all the programmers to come up to the board and list all the minor required assets (or the ones they forgot to mention before) on there instead of disturbing the artist at will. By applying those two solutions, we witnessed major improvement in our workflow and productivity of artists and programmers.
I'd like to refer to the following video of Steve Johnson's book about innovative ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU&feature=related
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
What if I'm wrong?
How often do I get it right? How often do I overlook my actions or statements? How often do I try to justify my behavior?
Throughout 25 years of my life, I have seen many wrong actions; I have made many wrong statements; I have experienced many incorrect paths. But what justifies what's right and what's wrong? To what extent do I tend to defend what I have done? What is the actual criterion for defining what's right?
Let's say I have tried a method which has given me the result I was looking for in a project; does that mean I have chosen the the right method? or even deeper than that: does that mean the result I was looking for is the right result?
What I have learned is that in any action I take, there are many variuables which justify the validity of that action. and unfortuantely, there are unlimited prespectives that could question the authenticity of those variables. The issue has become so complex in my mind that I have decided to follow what others do. I will act based on the situation and attempt to do my best. Yes, this sounds like a very straight forward answer and you might ask yourself why did I even bring up such a matter in the first place? Well, to answer that I should say let's not forget that if I do not question myself based on all those variables mentioned above, how can I say that I did my BEST?
Therefore, I believe one's mind should be always open to all the possibilities in order to produce a more accurate outcome. One must always oversee the problem from a higher stand point to better understand the existing issues and future consequences before taking any action.
I would like to reference a speech pertaining to how wrong we are as human beings about every action we have taken throughout history as well as our daily lives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8V8rtdXnLA
Throughout 25 years of my life, I have seen many wrong actions; I have made many wrong statements; I have experienced many incorrect paths. But what justifies what's right and what's wrong? To what extent do I tend to defend what I have done? What is the actual criterion for defining what's right?
Let's say I have tried a method which has given me the result I was looking for in a project; does that mean I have chosen the the right method? or even deeper than that: does that mean the result I was looking for is the right result?
What I have learned is that in any action I take, there are many variuables which justify the validity of that action. and unfortuantely, there are unlimited prespectives that could question the authenticity of those variables. The issue has become so complex in my mind that I have decided to follow what others do. I will act based on the situation and attempt to do my best. Yes, this sounds like a very straight forward answer and you might ask yourself why did I even bring up such a matter in the first place? Well, to answer that I should say let's not forget that if I do not question myself based on all those variables mentioned above, how can I say that I did my BEST?
Therefore, I believe one's mind should be always open to all the possibilities in order to produce a more accurate outcome. One must always oversee the problem from a higher stand point to better understand the existing issues and future consequences before taking any action.
I would like to reference a speech pertaining to how wrong we are as human beings about every action we have taken throughout history as well as our daily lives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8V8rtdXnLA
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