Seriously though what has Decode done that makes you say this?

Jean-Guy

Ryan, will chat with you in person. At GameON, if you’re going. Good luck at Vortex, wish I could see your pitch.

Man, I really hope I get face time with Tony Walsh. Impressing him would have made it all worth it.

i just got the email about the submission deadline extension – when i applied, i didn’t see anything on the form indicating where or how i was to submit my concept, so i didn’t have mine in yet. Not sure why payment/registration and concept submission needed to be on two separate forms …? That’s how i missed it.

- Ryan

I mistyped about the City of Toronto feature–It’s one game as far as I know.

Completely agree that Vortex is organized terribly. They just rewarded lateness by extending their submission deadline until next Tuesday. Lame.

While I may not always agree with your strong opinions,
I am glad that you have the courage to keep posting them.
They sometimes make me think.

One of the primary reason I am entering Vortex is indeed Yannis Mallat.
My thinking goes like this: It’s my only chance to ever meet the man.
Which strikes me as better than never meeting him.
Would I pay $100 to have supper with Yannis? Probably.
Luckily, Toronto has already locked him in
so when we embarrass ourselves Ubisoft can’t leave.

In many ways, Vortex is like TOJam (and maybe even GDC).
The event itself is beside the point.
i.e. Anyone can make a game by themselves, they don’t need TOJam
It’s all about meeting people and getting motivated,
and helping the amateurs/newbies around you
(something you’ve always done you big Teddy bear you).
While I hate the word, some people call this networking.

Final Thought: I can’t remember.
I was was interrupted not by a cow,
but a cat with severe diarrhea.

“Who’s gonna ride your wild horses?
Who’s gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who’s gonna ride your wild horses?
Who’s gonna fall at the foot of thee?”

We’re entering an actual, playable prototype as well. i chose that option because i figured most people would vie for the concept stream – it’s less work.

You might take offense to me calling the entrants “schmucks”, but seriously dude – i call em like i see em. Were you there in 2007? It was amateur hour. And the whole debacle had the stink of the IADT on it.

i see that this year, there seem to be many more pros entering the competition. You’re in there, we’re in there, and i think Decode might be entering something. Hopefully the bar will be raised this year.

Do you have details on the Toronto thing? How do you know that multiple games will be on the site? i thought it was a one-winner thing too. And do the games have to have anything to do with Toronto? We can actually pull this off with our game.

We’re entering for exactly the same reaons you are – not because the prize is great, and certainly not because the event is well-organized, but because it’s a good opportunity to toot our company’s horn in a press release if anything comes of it.

…AND because Yannis Mallat from Ubi-Soft will discover us and pay us millions of dollars to develop a game for him.

- Ryan

I appreciate your disdain for Vortex, it’s entrants, and participants, but… dude… why harsh on the developers. I ain’t no shmuck.