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« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2010, 10:43:52 AM »

it's a possibility with me. This generator is doing a much better job than my brain  Beer!
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« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2010, 07:17:39 PM »

This is fantastic! I was just thinking the other day that I would like to see something like this.

And it seems to me like a lot of popular small-studio team names are basically pulled out of a hat to "sound cool" anyway. This generator just streamlines the process.
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« Reply #22 on: November 02, 2010, 07:21:44 PM »

Question: What is the point of having a studio name if you're just one dude? Are there any advantages to doing so?
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« Reply #23 on: November 02, 2010, 07:48:55 PM »

Broken Walrus
Men Terminal
Sad Method
Journey Day
White Year
Pie Wizard Collective

Broken Walrus is pretty great but I think
Pie Wizard Collective

wins.
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« Reply #24 on: November 02, 2010, 07:52:13 PM »

Question: What is the point of having a studio name if you're just one dude? Are there any advantages to doing so?

It makes you cool.
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« Reply #25 on: November 02, 2010, 07:53:49 PM »

Question: What is the point of having a studio name if you're just one dude? Are there any advantages to doing so?
The point is that you sound way better.
Which do you like more:
"Hey, John Sandoval made this really cool game."
or
"Hey, the Pie Wizard Collective made this really cool game."
Real men choose the second option.
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« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2010, 07:59:16 PM »

Question: What is the point of having a studio name if you're just one dude? Are there any advantages to doing so?
The point is that you sound way better.
Which do you like more:
"Hey, John Sandoval made this really cool game."
or
"Hey, the Pie Wizard Collective made this really cool game."
Real men choose the second option.

I'm not convinced that putting "collective" in a one-man studio name is a terribly good idea though.
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« Reply #27 on: November 02, 2010, 08:56:33 PM »

Hmm... What are your guy's production names?

I've come up with some over the years, for the inevitable coming of my game developing reknown:

  • Ink Incorporated
  • Infinibit Games
  • Fuckchop Studios
  • Cynical Studios
  • Beaten Path Productions
  • Rainy Day Games

The trouble with coming up with studio names is that I'll like it for the first month, then realize how stupid it sounds/get sick of it and change it. Or I'll find out it's already taken. So for now when the credits start up, it's "John Sandoval Presents".
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« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2010, 07:47:58 AM »

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Cat Prince
Digital Banana
Easy Knight

Mine are actually quite good. I love the Cat Prince, though the company will have to focus on Children's games I think.
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« Reply #29 on: November 03, 2010, 08:24:56 AM »

Some people use a neutral studio name that refers to all games they are involved in, whether it is only them or not.

E.g. Locomalito, which is both the guy and the guy + collaborators.

It's meant to simply be a more co-operative open-ended style of naming.
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« Reply #30 on: November 03, 2010, 08:51:18 AM »

I'm a philosophy major, and am always asked "philosophy? What are you gonna do with that?" Even by an HR person from Bethesda Softworks at GDC (oh yeah, I was at GDC).

So I'm thinking of naming myself/studio Philosophy Major Studios, just to stick it to 'em. And as a bonus, the acronym is PMS.

Do you guys like that?
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« Reply #31 on: November 03, 2010, 08:59:39 AM »

This is pure awesome! I got "Hard Sandwich Collective" xD
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« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2010, 09:08:13 AM »

I'm a philosophy major, and am always asked "philosophy? What are you gonna do with that?" Even by an HR person from Bethesda Softworks at GDC (oh yeah, I was at GDC).

So I'm thinking of naming myself/studio Philosophy Major Studios, just to stick it to 'em. And as a bonus, the acronym is PMS.

Do you guys like that?

I've heard that philosophy is a very good major for going into anything problem-solving related (including computer science).
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« Reply #33 on: November 03, 2010, 09:34:21 AM »

Speaking as a philosophy major about to graduate, I think that's a hilarious name.
Philosophy students are basically on the fast track for law (critical thinking, logical debate), any classics field (analysis and writing), or any computer field (logic, design philosophy), and are in high demand these days.
A BA in philosophy now says "I can read well, write well, think well" which is sadly getting rarer these days in the job market.
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« Reply #34 on: November 03, 2010, 11:17:38 AM »

Hey Hangedman,

I'm glad you think so. Also, it's great to meet another philosophy major. You workin on a game right now?

I'm finishing up my first completed project in Flash tonight.
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« Reply #35 on: November 03, 2010, 11:53:59 AM »

Yep, RUINS (link in my signature). It's on slow mode at the moment as real life has intervened. Big project.

Anyway, I've been thinking about what I would call my own tiny company if I was to select a name. There's also the possibility of collaborating under a name designed just for that specific collaboration (see: Bit Blot).

Hangedman Design will do for now.
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« Reply #36 on: November 03, 2010, 12:54:54 PM »

Ah. I didn't notice before because the internet in China has all kinds of odd restrictions. I can't see almost all of the images posted on this forum. Which means I also couldn't see any of the images from RUINS, though from the sound of people's comments, they're great.

Keep on truckin'!
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« Reply #37 on: November 03, 2010, 05:12:55 PM »

The internet in china has lots and lots of odd restrictions.  Lots and lots.


Flying King Collective did it for me.  There's something subtly terrifying about the notion.
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« Reply #38 on: November 04, 2010, 01:09:53 AM »

Voyage Man
Hallway Journey
Town Spaceman
One Doctor
Knife Everything
Fast Women United
White Possum Games

This is too fun.
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« Reply #39 on: November 06, 2010, 05:01:14 PM »

Knife Everything

Nice.
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