[arg_discuss] Giving credit where credit is due (ARGdb credits)

[David Flor]

I might as well mention, however odd this may seem, but I know of at
least one PM that doesn't use his real name anywhere (which also
happens to be a one word name), and is *very* adamant and cautious
about revealing his/her identity.

And, me personally, in some cases I would prefer to list my company
credentials than my individual name; I'm trying to run a business
here, and I'd rather the corporate image gets the cred rather than
little ol' me.

Tnx & Rgds...
David Flor
Darklight Interactive

"Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Brian Clark <bclark at gmdstudios.com> wrote:

> Do awards come with this? If not, you stepping into a hornets nest if you're

> setting the titles of positions: I don't think games are all staffed alike.

> I mean, how many times can you put Jan Libby's name in the entry before it

> becomes ironically hilarious? Meanwhile, we'll pit the video team against

> each other to the death to determine who gets the lone video credit (so that

> they don't instead go and murder 2 of the 3 writers credited.)

>

> Maybe you want it more freeform, but with a field of set values like

> created/produced/written etc. to categorize each one?

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On

> Behalf Of Brooke Thompson

> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:57 PM

> To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG

> Subject: [arg_discuss] Giving credit where credit is due (ARGdb credits)

>

> One of the great things about ARGdb is that it's a place to list

> credits for the various games. Now, of course, many are unpublished

> and may never be published, but it sure is nice to get credit for your

> work and this might encourage more campaigns to publish such things

> or, at least, send them to us. However, as there have been no

> standards for this stuff, I'm finding it to be quite a challenge (and

> opportunity!).

>

> For practical purposes (ie a tangle of relational databases), we need

> to have some sort of standardized system and I'm looking for your

> thoughts and suggestions. My current idea is to group them by a basic

> type and then let the actual titles be flexible. So, it might look

> something like this:

>

> Created by

> FirstName LastName --- Creator

> FirstName LastName --- CCO

>

> Produced by

> FirstName LastName --- Producer

> FirstName LastName --- Assistant Producer

> FirstName LastName --- Live Event Coordinator

> FirstName LastName --- Location Scout

> FirstName LastName --- Production Assistant

>

> Written by

> FirstName LastName --- Lead Writer

> FirstName LastName --- Story Writer

> FirstName LastName --- Copy Writer

>

> Game Designed by

> FirstName LastName --- Lead Designer

> FirstName LastName --- Puzzle Guru

> FirstName LastName --- Mind Bender

>

> Actor

> FirstName LastName --- CharacterName (blog)

> FirstName LastName --- CharacterName (video)

> FirstName LastName --- CharacterName (live)

>

> Internet

> FirstName LastName --- Technical Lead

> FirstName LastName --- Design Lead

> FirstName LastName --- Web Wizard

> FirstName LastName --- Art Geek

>

> Video

> FirstName LastName --- Videographer

>

> Audio

> FirstName LastName --- Sound guy

>

> Other

> FirstName LastName --- Whatever

> FirstName LastName --- Whatever else

>

> Thanks

> FirstName LastName --- The dude that didn't really do anything we can

> list but inspired us all

>

>

> Are there subheadings/groups that are missing? Is this too formal for

> your wacky independent sensibilities? Does it seem like a good

> approach? For those of you that deal more directly with the clients,

> would this setup be flexible enough to allow the necessary blending of

> the various teams?

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