July 3, 1991
It looks like we’ve got our budget. With Leila out of town, nobody had any idea what the Prince 2 graphics were going to cost – Ed Badasov estimated $17,000 – so I made my own estimate: $126,000. Brian gasped; Ed gasped; but, incredibly, Doug approved it. It’s the most graphics-intensive project in Broderbund’s history.
Dinner at Doug’s. We bought a steak, grilled it, and ate it out on the desk while getting devoured by mosquitoes. Then we sat in the living room and discussed the movie business and the software business, whether or not they’re converging, and whether there is really any overlap between the skill set required to be a filmmaker and that required to be a game designer. It occurred to me that, as of now, I’m one of the few people to have attained a reasonable proficiency at both.
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Not sure if this is a typo, but is that supposed be ‘deck’ rather than ‘desk’? Love the journey. Thanks for sharing.