It was a very interesting company, full of brilliant people. Demis Hassabis wasn't there anymore, but Alex Evans was, and he was my demoscene programming idol at the time. I didn't hesitate to get both their autographs before going back home!
It was a very interesting company, full of brilliant people. Demis Hassabis wasn't there anymore, but Alex Evans was, and he was my demoscene programming idol at the time. I didn't hesitate to get both their autographs before going back home!
As I never was able to go to a democompo (rural west-coast Canadian upbringing), I have trouble picturing all these demoscene heroes of my youth as actual people...
Acme's 303 is one of my favourite demos of all time. Legend
It must have been amazing to intern with him!
So he called me out in the middle of a Friday all hands meeting and, well, kept his side of the deal :)
He actually just announced that he's going to take a break from working in gamedev for the first time https://twitter.com/mmalex/status/1301476401611145218