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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
This rule isn't all that much different from past years...
2012:
2013:
This really shouldn't be a surprise for any veteran team.
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It was a surprise last year when we were told we had to make our console shorter eventhough it easily was held up by the shelf. We were able to get a pass luckily so I kept an eye out for it this year so we wouldnt get burned again. I was hoping they would fix the rule like they did the arbitrary bumper number one color with no contrast rule last year.
When they didnt I pursued a search to try and keep my desired design approach to meet the rule.
When that did not work I tried to get the rule reevaluated through QA.
When that did not work I have now moved to a heads up to everyone to try and make sure people dont repeat our mistake from last year.
Prior to last year no one really cared how deep the console was as long as it didnt fall off the shelf. Some veteran teams were suggesting consoles that would not work on another thread and it took the GDC 4 days to answer the question when most questions are answered in a few hours. I felt it deserved a new topic and some discussion.
