Blog: What have I gotten Myself Into?
Let me start by introducing myself: Hi; my name is Christopher Erhardt. For the last, oh, 20+ years I have been involved one way or another in game development. From 1987-1997 I was focusing on running studios and shipping titles for PC, SEGA, Nintendo and
so on. From 1998 until 2007 I had the pleasure of instructing students in game Development and production in Redmond, Washington.
Late in the Fall of 2007 due to several circumstances I had an opportunity to evaluate my life and the world around me. To make a long story short I realized that I needed a radical change of environment and applied for (and was granted) an extended leave from my position as an instructor in the US and moved here to Hyderabad.
Insane? Yep...Oh yeah: big time. When I first landed it became apparent that I was now in a place where I could see the air I was breathing and, well, commute with my neighbors.
But as the cultural shock occurred I began to remember one of the pivotal reasons why I had decided to do all of this: to be involved in a cultural revolution. You see right now I have noticed that the youth of India are beginning to evolve from a rote-based left-brain learning system into something more inquisitive. Couple this with an amazing passion for video games (basically PC due to console cost issues, but changing) makes for an interesting nexus. And, of course, the cows.
So we packed up and (with a wife that likes adventure as much as I do) decided to do some product development out here. Within 72 hours I knew I was in trouble. Game development is in it’s infancy here and as with any embryonic entity this means that development is…really…slow compared to what I am used to. So I guess the first step (after I get done registering with the local governments) will be to determine what my studio teams know,and what they don’t know.
More later…
Posted by ChrisErhardt on April 11, 2008 01:54 PM | Comments (1)