Offsite Development..

RTDAeter · 2008-08-18T09:43:17

I was wondering if any of the more seasoned folks could answer a question for me. I'm currently in pre-production on a tech demo that would require a relatively small team of people - a total of seven individuals, three part time. I've had a lot of experience in the past working with mod teams, and find no real obstacles aside from diminishing incentive and motivation to keep working without pay. However as long as everyone checks in via Ventrilo or other voice communication software, things tend to go well until you realize how slowly you're moving because no one is acting like creating the mod is their actual job because there is no compensation. I am now in a position to provide compensation, and need to know if this changes anything. Have any of you had any experiences you could share working with a team that is totally offsite, WITH compensation? How did it work out for you and did things go smoothly? Any pit falls to be avoided that I may have not encountered but should definitely know about before moving forward?

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Started by RTDAeter July 30, 2008 10:15 PM

12 comments, last by bitfold 15 years, 8 months ago

ruby-lang

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August 04, 2008 02:56 PM

When I used TortoiseSVN, two years ago, I found it finicky. It was impossible to merge after moving things around or deleting, and trying to force an update frequently failed, so I had to check out the whole project again to apply the changes.

d000hg

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August 04, 2008 03:37 PM

Is that down to Tortoise, or inherent problems to SVN itself?

zer0wolf

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August 04, 2008 04:52 PM

Quote:Original post by ruby-lang
When I used TortoiseSVN, two years ago, I found it finicky. It was impossible to merge after moving things around or deleting, and trying to force an update frequently failed, so I had to check out the whole project again to apply the changes.

Were you doing these moves and deletes through your explorer or through SVN? If you were using TortoiseSVN to execute these commands then you shouldn't have had an issue. SVN is a necessity for any project with multiple people and can really be useful for a single developer as well.

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bitfold

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August 18, 2008 09:43 AM

RTDAeter, you should consider having a co-located team for your project. I've been through a distributed scenario and can tell you that even though it has its advantages, it's got a LOT of problems, too.

These days it's quite easy to get an experienced dedicated and co-located team for your project. Drop me a line or two at sergey@bitfold.net, I might be able to help you.

-- Sergey Lobko-LobanovskyBitfold (http://www.bitfold.net)Unique service provider for the games industry

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