Session of the Week
Our highlighted session this week is from the programming track. "Shared Technology at Rare: Good and Bad" will be given by Tom Grove, a Senior Software Engineer at Rare. Grove will discuss the shared technology used at Rare for the production of Xbox 360 and earlier titles and the role of internal shared technology in the context of sophisticated middleware. Read on to learn more about his session.
Shared Technology at Rare: Good and Bad
Speaker: Tom Grove (Senior Software Engineer, Rare Ltd / Microsoft Game Studios)
Track: Programming
Format: 60-minute Lecture
Experience Level: All
Session Description
Rare has a long history of game development that extends back to the 8-bit era. It has been responsible for developing some of the best known titles on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo 64. Rare was acquired by Microsoft in 2002 and moved into the High-Def era with the release of two 360 launch titles ? PERFECT DARK ZERO AND KAMEO: ELEMENTS OF POWER. This talk discusses the shared technology used at Rare for the production of Xbox 360 and earlier titles. The problems of developing shared technology are presented and the good and bad aspects or Rare?s approach are described. The role of internal shared technology in the context of sophisticated middleware is also considered.
Idea Takeaway
Attendees will gain an appreciation of the problem of developing shared technology and an understanding of how an internal shared technology department operates.
Intended Audience
Anyone interested in the problems of developing shared technology or middleware.
For more information and links to the speaker's bio -- click here.