Comments on: I am a free-lance designer/producer now

By: Jurie Horneman

Jurie Horneman — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:18:11 +0000

Thanks all for your kind wishes :)

By: -=Stitched=-

-=Stitched=- — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:14:29 +0000

Hey Jurie,

Glad to hear things worked out after Vienna. The cutscene team here, in R*North, really enjoyed working on your project. I second the motion for being “risk adverse”. I find that I as get older, even if I do have the means to move to another country, another culture, and another company, I am becoming less likely to do it. It just grinds on you to have to uproot every two years after a project is completed – and those are the good memories. The bad ones just leave that industry taste in your mouth…Yeuch!

Cheers,
-=Stitched=-

By: Noah Falstein

Noah Falstein — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:11:10 +0000

Welcome to the ranks! My favorite moment as a freelancer was on one of my early jobs, when I realized the company was unlikely to ever finish and publish the game (I was right) and I caught myself thinking that since the bulk of my work and pay was up-front, the best thing would be if they cancelled it shortly after I’d done most of my work, letting me out of the boring part of my contract. Then I realized I was actually looking forward to the prospect of a game being cancelled while I was working on it, and I had finally arrived at a way to make the most frustrating parts of the industry work in my favor!

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:54:24 +0000

Congrats! You’ve been through the fire, and obviously know that it is to be feared. I’ll be really interested in how you find freelancing – I’m sure it’s its own kettle of pirahnas.

That said, best of luck!