Massive Knowledge // Senior Graphics Programmer David Farrell

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Get to know the members of the MASSIVE CHALICE development team and gain some insight on what it means to be working in the games industry with MASSIVE KNOWLEDGE, a new series from 2 Player Productions and Double Fine.

Episode 9 is an exploration of the technical side of graphics creation with senior graphics programmer David Farrell. MASSIVE CHALICE had a tight budget but still managed a unique look thanks to many clever graphics techniques adapted to the Double Fine buddha engine.

Each episode will focus on a different member of the team, exploring their individual talents and contributions to the development of MASSIVE CHALICE.

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[Gpalmer]

Thanks again. This is my favorite so far!

[veltmanflorian]

Really cool interview/job presentation, as always. Thanks for sharing! I hope to one day be able to work at a company like Double Fine, but before I can even send in resumés I decided it'd be a good idea to make a game or at least a demo first, and all the skills presented in the Massive Chalice series came around already, from game design to 3D modeling to gameplay and graphics programming. It's a real pleasure to see how things go in a *real* company! I wonder how different it is from one company to another though, toolset-wise. The Buddha engine seems great but as my only engine experience is coming from Unity, I do have a hard time understanding the whole pipeline, but I suppose that's normal without actually creating content with the engine :)

tl;dr: thanks for the awesome video!

[rockerirwin]

he starts talking really loud and at the end you have to double the volume so you can hear him. so weird. am i the only one who noticed it ?

[arsnakehert]

lol, I like how the only moment he makes full use of his voice is to talk about shaders as if they were the Force

[RealDids]

Never knew a texture atlas was known as a "megatexture" before, cool!
EDIT: Eh, duh, no idea why I said "before" there, heh. Guess it's still the same exact thing.