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Inside the Vault: Larry Liberty
« am: 14. April 2010, 22:22:48 Uhr »
Diese Woche im Inside the Vault: Larry Liberty, Senior Producer von Fallout: New Vegas.

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What’s your job at Obsidian?
Put simply, I manage the production of Fallout: New Vegas. In practice, that means managing a small team of producers that in turn manage the five cross-discipline teams of developers responsible for creating the game. [We have broken the team into smaller sub-teams, each focused on a specific goal each milestone. Incidentally, these teams are all named after items found in the Fallout universe: Team Buffout, Fancy(lads), Mentats, Nuka, and Psycho.] I manage two of the teams myself and coordinate with the rest of my production crew in a relatively organic manner. My primary job is to see that Josh’s [Josh Sawyer, Project Director/Lead Designer] vision is executed to the fullest extent possible while staying within scope.

Any fun facts you’d like to share about Obsidian?
All of the owners remain involved in the day-to-day development of games, something that does not happen all that often once a company reaches a certain size. Perhaps as a result of this, there is just about nothing in the way of political intrigue, very refreshing  and unheard of in a game company with well over 100 employees.

How did you get into the industry? Do you have any tips for breaking in?
I was originally hired by Sony as a programmer – after switching majors from History to Computer Science at the behest of friend in the game business. There are several universities with game development programs that are quite strong, and have ties to the game development community. I have been impressed with SMU’s Guildhall – especially for their programmers. If you are beyond college-age and/or more interested in design or production, one way to break in to the business would be to make a game mod that shows your chops as a designer or your ability to coordinate a large group of hobbyist developers.

Are you aware you have the best name of all time?
Thank you. I do get my share of superhero jokes.  I have my dad and granddad to thank for that, since I am the third.

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