Greetings and welcome to the Bytegeist newsletter. Below are details of the Bytegeist roadmap for 2002 and also some important information for people thinking of outsourcing work.

 

- Meet with Bytegeist in L.A., San Francisco, Las Vegas, or at GDC 2002, please contact us now-

 

 

Since you last heard from Bytegeist, there has been continual innovation and a number of advancements.

 

Ron Slaughter, Bytegeist’s VP Marketing has opened our China office in Beijing for business and is currently heading up operations from Beijing. Ron has been negotiating with various established games and graphics related companies in China and is especially busy with preparing a joint venture with China’s largest games and software publisher. The joint venture is expected to put Bytegeist into the China games channel for localization of western games and software. The deal will lockup 500 software shop outlets and promotional support from the joint venture partner’s industry magazine and newspaper circulation with estimated readership of sixty million.  Media release is expected after contract inking late February 2002.  Watch our future press releases for details and get ready to license your software into China with Bytegeist – contact us now.

 

Jed Fisher, Bytegeist’s co-founder and CEO presented a lecture “Writing a Cross 3D Platform Exporter” at the Australian Game Developers Conference (AGDC) in November 2001, and has been busy working with our clients in Australia , New Zealand, and the United States, as well as carefully expanding our hand picked Sydney team to cope with increased demand for our outsourcing services. Jed remarks; “Contract negotiations demand a significant amount of resource time and it’s necessary to get it right from the start. Our clients demand this and feel reassured of the professionalism we offer”.

 

Bytegeist has been reinforcing its European operations from Bytegeist’s UK office based in London. Dan Evans recently co-authored the 2 page spread in January’s Develop magazine about Outsourcing and how attitudes are changing to accept outsourcing more in the games industry. Dan Evans, Bytegeist’s co-founder and Business Development Director, added; “Our client base in Europe has expanded ahead of projected expectations. We really feel the games industry is once again in a key transitional phase. Change in our industry – particularly maturing attitudes towards harnessing the benefits of outsourcing – are clearly evident.”

 

--Bytegeist pricing has been updated, Bytegeist is now even more competitive, reply to this email for a free initial quoting--

 

Be sure to check out our web site http://www.bytegeistsoftware.com, we’ve added lots of more information, and more plugins and libraries to our product range – including more free Bytegeist plugins for 3DSMax®, our Bytegeist MFC GUI Expansion library, and our own Bytegeist Physics middleware.

 

GDC 2002 is still top favourite with the Bytegeist team. We will be attending meetings at GDC 2002 in San Jose from the 18th to the 23rd March, we would love to meet up with you to discuss how outsourcing can help, please don’t hesitate to email us. We will also be in L.A. from 15th to 18th March and Las Vegas from 23rd to 25th March. If either of these locations are more convenient to meet at, please let us know. You can visit the schedule on our website to see when we are available to meet you.

 

 

In 2001, Bytegeist has proven once again that it’s approach is both uniquely effective and reasonably priced. We’re the only independent outsourcing company with a reliable, skilled and large enough team to implement all of the major 3rd party middleware libraries into your game or toolset path. Our client list continues to expand as the word of our past successes spreads. The range of skills that our team can provide ensures that no matter what areas of game development you require, we can provide. From Project Managing your distributed development teams and 3D Art Production to Graphics Engine and 3D Plugin Development, Bytegeist has the developers for you! For more info see our Services page. Also take a look at our Showreel for an example of projects that our artists have contributed to.

 

 

Testimonials:

 

Images Copyright (C) and courtesy of Right Hemisphere Ltd.

 

“Right Hemisphere has worked closely with Bytegeist on a number of projects and have been 100% satisfied with the results. Their work is very professional, well tested and the development reporting is excellent.  We would have no hesitation recommending them to another company for development work.”

- Mark Thomas President and Founder of Right Hemisphere Ltd

 

 

The best choice for your graphics and game software development

 

 

“Thanks once again for the services Bytegeist provided to Info-Onscreen Software Systems. The Bytegeist’s team did excellent work from their analysis of the requirements to the delivery and documentation of the final system. Their expertise in C++ and TCP/IP Comms was a great asset to our project. I’ll look forward to working with them again in the future.”

- Marc Ridey, CTO of Info-Onscreen Software Systems Ltd

 

 

 

Images Copyright (C) and courtesy of Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc.

 

“I can wholeheartedly recommend Bytegeist. During my dealings with the Bytegeist team I’ve found them to be reliable, fair, and hardworking. I can recommend them for software tools, 3D plugins, and graphics development work. The directors are clear, enthusiastic and a pleasure to work with. Over a long relationship with us, the Bytegeist team's software programming and design skills have made a significant contribution to Brilliant Digital’s technology base”

- Anthony Rose, CTO of Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc.

 

 

 

“a customized 3D engine, with blazing fast software, Direct X, and OpenGL support fully integrated. These guys are on the ball, truly amazing” 

- CTO of 3D Interactive

 

 

 

 

 

Bytegeist Software is primarily a service company for specialist game and graphics software creation.

 

Bytegeist provides a premium solution for your software development needs, delivering software on time and on budget.

 

Bytegeist covers a wide range of specialist programming areas, including strong expertise in the development of games, graphics, 3D engines and optimizations, 3D plugins & exporters, creation tools, ActiveX technology, Middleware implementation, GUI's, level/map/game editors, advanced compression technologies, web based streaming solutions, localization, Game Boy Advance, and various file format solutions.

 

Bytegeist understands product lifecycles and team dynamics, as consultants and project managers we develop procedures to help increase overall productivity and efficiencies.

 

Finally Bytegeist can provide content creation services such as modeling and animation.

 

For more info see our Services page.

 

Recent companies who have benefited from in-sourcing the Bytegeist team include: -

Right Hemisphere,

SmartVR,

Info Onscreen New Media,

Brilliant Digital Entertainment,

Kuju Interactive,

Business Change Masters,

Geobase Systems.

Multiweb Design & Development,

Studio Emotion,

3D Interactive,

and many more

 

 

We continually listen to our clients both developers and producers about the important of scheduling to the project. We understand client’s expectations of schedules in this regard. Our proven design and implementation methodologies will provide a solid and cost-effective solution tailored to your exact timeline.

 

The games and graphics industry is one of the fastest most dynamic area's of software development. Using specialist software house like Bytegeist provides a way to have a single or group of individuals solve a problem in the minimum time.

 

If you are involved with programming development, art creation or management of games and interactive entertainment, then Bytegeist can help.

 

Bytegeist key specialties include: -

·                  Project Management and Process Implementation

·                  3D Engines and Graphics Development

·                  3D Plugins and Exporters Development

·                  Application & Tool Development

·                  Game Feature Development

·                  Middleware Implementation

·                  Feasibility Consulting and Project Design

·                  3D Art Production

·                  Training, & Lecturing

 

 

Every company or team has focused areas; this expertise combined with a strong business model is one of the keys to excelling. 

 

For areas outside the core specialties a company can either try to expand into that area using time, hard work, growth, and a lot of learning. Alternatively a faster demonstrated approach is to harness the power of Bytegeist outsourcing services.  We specialize in integrating seamlessly into your workflow, this will save you time, and let your team stay focused.

 

·             Outsourcing allows Studios to concentrate on the areas that the in-house team specializes in and is best at.

 

·             Outsourcing helps to reduce employment fluctuations and allows better balance of development with the talent that is available.

 

·             Outsourcing helps reduce relearning new areas, and lets companies specialize and thrive.

 

·             Outsourcing is a way of bringing in skilled extra hands quickly without creating a long term dependency or liability.

 

·             Outsourcing allows a way to compare in house processes with other external team processes; borrow from the experience of the company that is being outsourced;

 

Even if your company wishes to expand into an area that Bytegeist specializes in - why not reduce your learning curve by working with a team of experts.

 

           

Right and Left most Images Copyright (C) and courtesy of Right Hemisphere Ltd. Bytegeist has participated in the development of the Right Hemisphere tool set - in particular Deep Exploration .

 

 

Why should your company spend years creating projects from the ground up, when Bytegeist can offer a cost effective solution with an accurate time estimate. 

 

Bytegeist Outsourcing or better known as Bytegeist In-Sourcing is the answer. Bytegeist Software can help you to avoid reinventing the wheel. Leverage the work of a team with proven expertise and a dazzling portfolio, a team who are professional yet approachable, and who will develop the most appropriate solution for you. Take advantage of Bytegeist Software, work with us to customize a solution for your preferred application.

 

 

Images Copyright (C) and courtesy of Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc.

 

 

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