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Originally posted by MrQuetch
It's been asked already (I've already read this section of the forum), but just to make sure, are you definitely sure whether or not you saw or heard anything about Dinosaur Planet? I'd really like to know, but not only I for that matter - surely everyone else would like to hear. It just looks like nobody has bothered or really does not care to ask.
I recognize the 'look' of the photograph - looks like the ones in the past where that statue of Sabre and Krystal are on the back of a dinosaur with the displays of video games / systems on the side. It really is a shame Miyamoto brought up one statement changing the development for good. I love Nintendo & Rare, but Miyamoto made a bad decision on this one.
It's nice though that the people at Rare (or hopefully most of them) care about the studio. Chances are DP may still be there! That gives me hope! You didn't happen to ask Chris Marlow about the defunct game, did you?
Well, if you work hard and really care much about your work, chances are you will work at Rare. What do you like doing as a hobby (besides audio ripping, etc)? Would you like to make that become a reality?
I'm not sure if I would or not (for many legal reasons), but if I ever worked there, I would probably leak the rom if it exists. I would get the job working at Rare, get the rom, leak it, and then ultimately get fired the next day. I wouldn't really do that, but sometimes I sure feel like it.
Nice share, Hugo!
It never hurts to ask again, especially straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. Ex-devs are good for getting SOME information (and occasionally source code and assets, I'm lucky enough to have managed this a couple of times). But, current employees, and ...executives are where you'd get the information of the COMPANY still having anything. This sound about right, Hugo?
Yes, it does... raises the question what happened to the statue and such, though
I'm not sure it is the same room, though?
I would hope they care. Rare's rep really has suffered ever since MS buy-out. And even their recent things don't indicate the company is technically performing...well... ignoring any "profits", since money is used exclusively to determine "success"... But, I guess we'll see. There's plenty who lost faith in them, though. Hopefully the employees still care, but the executives still make decisions, iirc... As for DP being there or not, 'officially', it was declared the cart destroyed/disposed, allegedly... Might they still have even the source code? Quite possibly, it's clear much of the stuff from Rare's "golden age" has survived that you wouldn't think would still exist. However, Big-N likely wouldn't approve of this, since they "own" SFA/DP due to that ... unfortunate decision. If rare has it, they're NOT just going to say "yes, we have it" ... that'd be stupid, and that's the only word for it. The motives for that transformation to this day are questioned... I'll bring-up some of those maybe another time, it's a text-wall, and sure to stir controversy.
I was going to mention, the legal issues in your final point do pose an issue working for Rare. I'm not sure HOW powerful corporate contracts can be, but they can waive your rights ibn so many ways it probably should be illegal. Just speculating here, but that *could* harm projects to resurrect or hack old games if their team members signs-on to the company that was making it, or owns it. In the case of SFA/DP, that line is quite blurry in many aspects.
Honestly, I can't say I'd easily be able to agree to EVERY term, most especially on proprietary code. I also plan to if, say I were told to write a DRM, that the person ordering me to do so is made to sign an official statement/document. That way, when the DRM inevitably fails, the blame is not on me except for needing to not lose by job, thus MANDATED to add the DRM, despite it being a terrible idea. I'm also trying to think of ways to undermine the "we own all rights to what you make" Especially with me being an open-source type of guy... I don't want MS/EA/Apple owning every bit of code I write, for any reason. And oh, got sidetracked, not going to lie, the ROM is definitely something I would do what I can to get dumped or re-released, if the connections and resources became available.
Yes, it is...
Originally posted by Hugo_Peters
Thanks guys! Unfortunately I can't share too much about my time there as I'm under Microsoft NDA - but yes, I did ask them about DP, and things sounded good. Unfortunately the lead of Rare Replay wasn't in so I couldn't ask them more thorough questions.
I was there for an internship position. I was one of the last 5 candidates, out of 200+ applicants. Unfortunately I didn't end up getting the position because of some screw ups during my formal interview. A lot of it went well, but I didn't expect some of the other questions they asked, and because of the strong competition it was a matter of points. But I received a lot of great feedback from them and they said the doors are open for a future application, so who knows =)
According to Rare and other companies I asked (Quantic Dream, Gearbox Software) my portfolio / resume is excellent - so if anyone wants to check it: http://hugo.fyi/
NDAs suck... I assume it has some insane long expiration date, right?
That kinda sucks... But cool to know the door is still open to you. Good luck finding some job.
Cool! I wish my mom would quit viewing all my projects as meaningless, I am trying to establish a portfolio of stuff I've done, or am capable of. No academic recommendation or rating will ever truly reflect what I am or am not capable of. (especially since academic environments are stressful and generally non-productive for me) Anyways, maybe I'll check that out sometime...just, cuz... as long as you're sharing it.
Welp...I think I've addressed everything I can, or see need to.
Back to doing other stuff!
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