[gameprogrammer] Re: Are AO games bad for CVs?

["Charlie Lobo" <charlie.lobo@gmail.com>]

It's an interesting point, but I happen to live in a place where most people think of only two solutions to "controversial material": those who say "if there was no offer there would be no demand" and those who say "if there was no demand, no one would offer". I like to consider myself a middle guy, who thinks that in reality if there is demand there will be offer no matter what you do, but at the same time believe that the offer should be regulated. I believe that violent games don't make people violent, violent people get violent games, because they need a place to vent that off, and sometimes it's not enough. Now there is a limit though, where the game becomes distasteful, but that is relative and no one can decide for the rest, the best solution is to let democracy take this.
The moral issue I see is not in making a violent or sexual game that is only targeted at adults and should only be used by them, the moral issue of games is having an easter egg where Smurfette takes off her dress and well, you know how many male smurfs are out there vs. female smurfs. I see the moral issue with a game that is not meant for children is taken as such due to limited graphics, or an artistic issue. I could go into more detail of how I feel this.

In short: the game is for adults and adults only, you could say that SM is slighty more problematic that consesual misionary position sex, but the players are most surely into it already (or just have no idea how they found it), if anything the game offers them a safe escape. It's on an adult website, so I hope kids aren't going to be playing it. Finally this is about showing you know how to make a game. Someone will make it, even if all "game programmers" refuse to make the game on moral grounds, one of the guys who wants it will make it, and it won't be a game per se, where it's fun AND just happens to have naked ladies on various parts, it would just be a celebration of the perversion of the maker. Believe me, I didn't believe this would happen until I was shown the existence of a vorism* game.

*Vore: perversion of being eaten or eating someone else, just knowing the fact that people enjoy this is enough to make me loose a bit of faith in humanity.

On Jan 10, 2008 5:07 PM, Daniel Greeson < thecrow815@yahoo.com> wrote:

In my personal opinion I would tell you to not take the offer.  I say this on more of the moral side than anything. Have you thought about the affect you will have on others through your game? I mean look at GTA their point of view and game design is very talented however, on the moral side a very negative game.  The effects of material in games really affects those who play it.  I am not one of those people who scream all video games should be destroyed but I feel that game developers have a responsibility that they entertain with moral values.  I just wanted to give a different point of view that you might should think twice about taking the offer.  Sexually explicit material has very negative effects that can even ruin peoples lives and I wouldn't want to make any contribution on creating the medium that poisons people.  Just my perception and wanted to give you something to think about.

 

God Bless,

Draven

Hi,

 

An adult site, SM stuff, offered me some really nice money for a simple game, not bloddy, and I'm considering to make it. Since this would be the first game with my name on it and since I'm really serious about getting into game business I would like to ask the professionals here: Should I accept the offer?

It's not about money, since I have a nicely well paid part time job. But that's something I could in my free time, quickly, nice payment, nice number of users and it's not agains my religion (hehe). I WON'T do it just for the money, I would do it ONLY if I can use it on my CV.

What do you think? A nice game studio would reject my CV if I put a game like this into my application?

 

Thanks,

Dirso

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