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MFA Student - 3rd Year

Teddy Diefenbach (tdiefenbach)

http://www.teddydiefenbach.com


I earned my B.A. in Music & Computer Science from Columbia University, and have designed games for Microsoft Studios, Disney Online Studios, and Gameloft. Last year I was a lead on Quicksilver, a USC Advanced Game Project. In a mixture of hard work and dumb luck, my game Din was featured alongside games such as Minecraft and World of Goo in IndieGames.com's "250 Indie Games You Must Play". I am now working on my thesis, The Moonlighters http://moonlightersgame.com








  • Simon Wiscombe posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   4 months, 2 weeks ago · View

    @tdiefenbach I agree, but I’m not so sure they are. In the case of Ghost Whisperer, can they stand alone without the TV show?

  • Michael Lin posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   7 months, 1 week ago · View

    @tdiefenbach – You may have competition from Messrs. Merriam and Webster.

  • Simon Wiscombe posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   7 months, 1 week ago · View

    @tdiefenbach Yeah, I’m with you on that one. The world was built around his jumping and his jumping was built to suit the world. The same jump in CoD would be hilarious.

  • Simon Wiscombe posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   7 months, 1 week ago · View

    @tdiefenbach Yeah, it’s an amazing thing to watch. They’re selling a lifestyle. Working on the BMW project was especially enlightening in this regard. Everything we made was about matching the experience the marketing team was already selling.

  • Simon Wiscombe posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   7 months, 1 week ago · View

    @tdiefenbach Thanks, guy. And yeah, I agree. I think there’s a lot to be looked at insofar as micro vs. macro experiences.

  • Michael Annetta posted an update:   1 year, 1 month ago · View

    @tdiefenbach you may be able to make those changes to email notices in http://interactive.usc.edu/members/tdiefenbach/settings/notifications/

  • IMD Admin posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 1 month ago · View

    @tdiefenbach good suggestion — and thanks for tagging with #featurerequest

  • Juli Griffo posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 1 month ago · View

    @tdiefenbach I’ve brought this up before but I agree with Michael… it’s a sort of feature you should discuss with an admin… it’d be nice if it was more like a chat room so you know who is on and would be nice if it updated more like a chat room, I think. :)

  • Michael Annetta posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 1 month ago · View

    @tdiefenbach That would be a great #feature to talk to @admin about

  • Juli Griffo posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 1 month ago · View

    @tdiefenbach – there is a mixer tonight at the Edison. Sorry I wasn’t logged into backchannel

  • Michael Annetta posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 2 months ago · View

    @tdiefenbach I’m using my ability to spell (first initial, last name) Admittedly, yours is tougher than most. :D I’m pretty sure that the FILastName set up is common across all the people here. @admin is the exception to that rule, I believe.

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      Erin Reynolds · 1 year, 2 months ago

      You mean, Alan Dmin isn’t administrating this?

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      IMD Admin · 1 year, 2 months ago

      there are a few other exceptions from the early days, like Jen Stein, who’s just @jen or Susana Ruiz, who’s @susana — but yes, usually it’s first initial + last name

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      Joe Osborn · 1 year, 2 months ago

      You can also mouseover someone’s name and read what comes after …/members/ in the link.

  • Michael Annetta posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 2 months ago · View

    @admin Referencing @tdiefenbach’s comment: I’m having the same issue (Firefox), but it seems only the replies are not autorefreshing, but fresh posts are.

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      Erin Reynolds · 1 year, 2 months ago

      Glad it wasn’t just me. This new backchannel is new and scary

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        IMD Admin · 1 year, 2 months ago

        i think i just fixed it, please refresh

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        Michael Annetta · 1 year, 2 months ago

        If it’s scary then it’s the perfect place for you!!

  • Simon Wiscombe posted an update in the group 511 Seminar:   1 year, 2 months ago · View

    Doing what Teddy does so it’ll show up for everyone:

    @jgorham It’s a lot of tedious scheduling/time budgeting, heavy resource management, arbitrary timelines that are established. Here’s a random PDF with a work breakdown structure: http://files.asme.org/ProfessionalPractice/ProjectMgmt/ProjectMgmt/18329.pdf

    @ydai I realize that it’s a standard for large projects, but to take something that I feel should be an extremely creative process and systemize it? That’s the issue I have a huge problem with.

    @tdiefenbach The idea of pre-production, normal-, and post-production are all film, but they slap very big and arbitrary deadlines, which is very engineering. They talk about things they want players to experience, but they systematically test for it. There are more, but this note is getting long. I get it, but I don’t I like it.