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06 October 2009, 02:23 AM
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My game ships tomorrow!
Tomorrow, October 6, 2009, the game I’ve been working on for the last two-ish years will be available in stores.
Saw will ship. People will buy it, and play it, and hopefully like it. This is my first shipped title. It’s not the first title I’ve worked on, but the previous title didn’t ship. (That happens surprisingly often.) I’ve done everything on this from concept art to 3-d modeling to asset management to organizational duties to playtesting it until I wanted to cry. This title went from having a new, inexperienced publisher that was viewed by the media as completely incompetent, to having no publisher at all for several months when said publisher went bankrupt, to being published by Konami. This title survived layoffs, rehires, and a shortened dev cycle. We worked on it through the coldest, snowiest winter Seattle has seen in years and the hottest summer Seattle has seen in years. We worked on it through crunch time and through the goddamn Swine Flu. Tomorrow, it’s going to be real. It’s going to be in stores. I will have shipped a title, a title that has been demonized and ragged on since it was first announced. People are going to buy it. Reviewers will review it. There’s even a strategy guide! A real, official one! Me, though? I’m not going to believe it until I see it for myself. I keep thinking all the copies are going to spontaneously combust or something, and all my work will be for naught. Pretty sure that won’t happen, though. Pretty sure… That doesn’t really happen, right? Right?
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06 October 2009, 02:30 AM
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Way cool and big congratulations Aimee. Not a title I'd normally be interested in, being a big sissy when it comes to horror anything, but I'll probably check it out just cause a fellow snopester worked on it.
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06 October 2009, 02:32 AM
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Wow! Aimee! I don't have a gaming system, have not seen the movie(s?) and don't really know what it is. But this is awesome- I want to buy one anyway.
I watched the trailer- creepy, but the graphics are fantastic. Way to go!
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06 October 2009, 02:34 AM
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Add in my congratulations Aimee - its not a game I would ever play but I will certainly be telling people that an imaginary person I know worked on it.
Is it the sort of game you would play? (given your sig line and all) Dropbear
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06 October 2009, 02:34 AM
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Congratulations!
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06 October 2009, 02:51 AM
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Woah, I had no idea they were even making a Saw game. I wish you much success with it. If I had a 360 I'd certainly be picking it up.
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06 October 2009, 03:07 AM
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Congrats Aimee! I hope your new baby does well in the court of public opinion.
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06 October 2009, 03:35 AM
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Aimee, that is so totally and completely cool! The only game system we have is a Wii, but if it ever gets released on that platform I would scoop it up in a heartbeat.
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06 October 2009, 03:39 AM
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Quote:
Somehow I'm guessing my version would get an AO rating. :x
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06 October 2009, 03:45 AM
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Wow, I had no idea you were working on that game! That's awesome!! I've been wanting to pick it up ever since I heard it announced. Now I'm looking forward to it even more
 Congratulations!
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06 October 2009, 04:18 AM
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Awesome, Aimee! I just recommended the game to my little brother-- he loves the Saw movies and he loves his Xbox, so he should appreciate your work!
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06 October 2009, 04:30 AM
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Just remember to avoid Zero Punctuation for a while!
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06 October 2009, 04:34 AM
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So, would it be a good thing if Yahtzee reviewed this, or a bad thing? Personally, I'd be looking forward to it.
ETA: Ahhh, mind reading!
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06 October 2009, 05:18 AM
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Sorta gives new meaning to the series's catch phrase "The games have just begun."
Anyway, I hadn't heard much about this for a while but I'm definitely interested. Any idea if the PC version is a quality port?
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06 October 2009, 06:28 AM
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Aimee, you will be happy to know that my daughter (15) and her friend (18) were very impressed!
Congratulations! Now I can tell everyone, "I know someone who put a lot of work into that very game!"
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06 October 2009, 07:58 AM
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Whenever I finally get another Xbox 360 (long story, not suited for anywhere but rantidote) I will buy it. Until then, I'll just have to rely on my ex to play it and tell me what he thinks. I bet it's way cooler than the movies, congratulations Aimee!!
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06 October 2009, 11:46 AM
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Cool! Congrats, Aimee. I'll keep an eye for it here. Horror games are my fave.
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06 October 2009, 12:31 PM
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Awesome! Typically in our house, my SO is the Xboxer, and I stick to PC games, however, he finally finished his Halo: ODST achievements last night and unlocked his recon gear for Halo 3, maybe he will gimme some time to play the xbox as this looks very cool/creepy/AWESOME!
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