Arcade Berg aka. "Learning Game Design with Arcade Berg"

My first – The Trailer

After the Terminator-game I'm working on had been announced I was indeed happy, but then the next urge presented itself.

I wanted people to SEE what I was working on!

When were we gonna release some sweet screenshots of the game, or even better; a trailer? It would take about three weeks before that happened. When we heard that the first trailer was gonna be shown at the Spike Awards I was yet again psyched!

I hadn't seen it myself untill it arrived at Gametrailers.com.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43638.html SD-version
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43637.html HD-version

(Movies available 18/12-08, embedded in "My Game - The Trailer", http://arcadeberg.com/projects/my-game-the-trailer/ )

Every morning when I get to work I browse to Gametrailers to see what's new while starting applications, during breaks, etc. When Terminator was there on the start page my smile reached from ear to ear.

After watching the trailer I was both extremly pleased and very disappointed. I was disappointed because there were moments when I thought "No, why did they show that instead of that.", "Why did they do it like that?" and "What were they thinking?!". But at the same time I was really happy with it. It looked good, showed off some enemies, some gameplay and the graphics. What more could I ask for?

Now when people want to know more about the game than the title, they watch the trailer. They can get something tangible!

It was great fun reading the comments for the trailer afterwards, as described in my post "My first - Reading the comments" (http://arcadeberg.com/causerie/my-first-reading-the-comments/ , available 18/12).

I bet that with every trailer that comes with every game I'll ever work on those good and bad feelings will reappear. Of course it could have been better and of course it's still nice to show it!

I spy... A Swedish Terminator?