The Beeb

That went so very, very well. The BBC pitches, I mean. You know – yesterday?

Yeah.

Even though Dad’s worked for god-knows how many years, it still surprises me how informal they can be. Maybe that’s why it surprises me; seeing how Dad’s professional life always seems so serious. Or at least, it did, when he was in England. Probably because England sucks.

Chris opened the pitch 2 minutes after we finalised the art work for presentation, which I found a bit hilarious. We should really have had a PowerPoint presentation, but it seems to have worked to our advantage that we didn’t, as we were able to just show the pictures and talk about them naturally, and I think our obvious enthusiasm and understanding of the project carried us better than any procession of automated slides could have done. So we were introduced to the guys (or more precisely, a guy and a girl) from the Beeb, with Euan and Dayna sitting in on it too.

Chris talked about the concept design and logistics of the project, Jonathon handled lead art and animation details with Ryan tackling the environment art and concept art. Which led to me discussing the audio. Now, I don’t mean to get all egotistical on you here, but I really think the work I’d done sealed the deal, so to speak. They loved the concept from the word go, completely fell for the art design and the game’s happy-go-lucky attitude, but the fact that we have an on-board dedicated audio ‘team’ kinda filled a gap. I let them hear one of the tracks I’ve created, which is actually almost finished, and I swear their eyes lit up. Even Johnny, who’s heard it so many times, couldn’t help but laugh with the hilarity of the track. It’s so retro it’s unreal. And it fits the game style so well. I’m pretty proud of it.

^_^

Anyway. Other news. I forgot my tablet pen for the Wacom today, so I’m just writing this and going home, as I can’t get any other work done. *facedesk* Should give Dean a phone tonight to see how he was on Monday morning, after our little adventure on Sunday night. Or Sunday afternoon. Bloody 6 nations – drinking solidly from 2:30pm onwards is not healthy. I’m surprised I got up in the morning for the pitch.