[casual_games] hey all

[Nicolás Vinacur]

I think it's not fair that you compare any country with no game industry to Gabriel's or mine. We live in countries where everything here is much cheaper. Foreign companies are trying more and more to get programmers from South America because a programmer here can cost them like 3 or 4 times at least, less than what they would be paying in other countries.

For us, working directly with american or european customers is a fast door to success, and we're in a more favorable conditions I think than other countries to start developing a company from scratch in any international business as casual games, because with a little income per month we can do much more things than most of the people I knew working here.. So, it might be not as simple I think as Gabriel says.. It is a matter of will, I'm sure of that, but it also helps a lot the conditions on what you're working.

As it is not the same thing to start your indie business while you're working part time, than to start while working full time or not working at all, it is also not the same thing to aim to much lower rates to be able to start working independent.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ryan Sumo 
  To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:44 AM
  Subject: Re: [casual_games] hey all


  Hey Gabriel,

  Thanks for the vote of confidence! I like your enthusiasm.  I'm just a little bit too careful I guess. Glad to know that game designers around the world have this kind of enthusiasm.  Good luck to you and the Uruguayan gamedav community!

  Cheers!

  Ryan

  Gabriel <mystml at adinet.com.uy> wrote:
    Hi Ryan,

    > By the way, I'm guessing most of you live and work in the US? I'm in
    > the Philippines, and let's just say it's tough to find a job in
    > gamedev (even casual gamedev) here, so I figured I'd try making games
    > on the side, and maybe put up a company sometime in the future. Maybe.

    Forget "on the side"! I live and work in Uruguay. It's not though to
    find a job in gamedev - it's *impossible* because there's no game dev
    industry here! So just do wha t we did - form a company, start making
    games, and create your country's industry :)

    --Gabriel

    -- 
    Gabriel Gambetta
    Mystery Studio - http://www.mysterystudio.com
    Gabriel on Graphics - http://gabrielongraphics.blogspot.com

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