Thanks for all the great responses. I would like to apologize for not knowing the extent to which the GDC was involved with the teams as mentors. I had done a few searches but couldn’t find much in terms of who makes up the GDC or how it runs and I’m glad that has been cleared up.
Can we please keep this thread on track though. We could all start posting about specific points regarding this or other years game rules that we feel need improvement, and then this would run on forever and not accomplish very much.
I completely agree with that fact that there are many facets to designing a game each year that have nothing to do with the game itself and more to do with just the logistics. Again, I don’t envy the position of the GDC in having the tough task of trying to please so many people and I completely agree that they do an amazing job each year! But as with anything else in life, there is always room for improvement.
I love the CD community for its openness, and I agree that we are already a Game Approval Committee from January-April but no matter what we say after kick-off, there is no way to make any major revisions to the game. It would just create too much havoc and even more complaints which is why I think there needs to be something before that.
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Originally Posted by dlavery
With regard to the formation of a "Game Approval Committee," that is a function that (as Rich Kressly notes) also already exists. While not using that particular sobriquet, there is a group that takes a look at the game and rules each year as they are being developed by the GDC, and provides feedback in several different areas.
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I would also be interested to know more about the current approval process that Dave mentioned. Since we have established that experienced mentors already sit on the GDC, maybe the best course of action is to form an official Game Approval Committee composed entirely of current active mentors but
only present the finished game to them 1 month before kick-off. Yes I know the game may not be 100% ready for presentation at that point but I’m sure it would be close enough.
Is anyone going to tell me that if for example on December 5th, Andy Baker, Karthik, JVN, and a few other select individuals were to get the full game announcement, that they wouldn’t be a huge benefit to its final release? They could serve as their own sort of beta team looking at the game from an open and unbiased point of view.
I am only one person with one idea, but keep the comments coming. I’m sure as a community we can move forward to create a solution here that would benefit FIRST as a whole.