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David O'Reilly is a former game developer who is best known for his work at Rockstar on GTA, RDR2 and GTA VI, yes you read that right he worked on GTA VI up until 2023 when he left the video game industry. He now has a Youtube channel where he reviews environmental art in games.

David's Youtube Channel -    / @game-world-art  

#rockstargames #gta6 #rdr2

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Having Imposter Syndrome Working At Rockstar
04:30 - Having A Good Manager
06:05 - Doing Caves For GTA V
08:29 - Doing Environmental Easter Eggs In Rockstar Games
10:11 - Rockstar Devs Dont Even Know Whats In Their Games At Release
12:53 - David’s Art On GTA 6/The Tech Process At Rockstar
15:01 - David Will Be Going Into GTA 6 As A Fan
16:13 - David Hopes His Name Is In The Credits Of GTA 6
17:34 - Character & Environmental Artists Dont Work Together/Trevor Motion Capture Sequence
18:42 - Problems With Art In Ubisoft Games
20:59 - The Houser Brothers
23:11 - Why David Left Rockstar/Burnout
27:00 - Telling People You Worked On GTA
29:00 - David’s Youtube Channel
33:00 - How David Decides What Games To Play On Youtube
35:15 - Sending Devs To U.S. To Use For Reference Footage
39:15 - Different Leads For Each Rockstar Game/Changes In Development Processes
40:40 - Art Is Becoming More Specialized
42:30 - Benefits And Drawbacks Of AI On Art/Chat GPT
47:12 - GTA 7/GTA 6 Trailer
49:00 - Difference Between Movie Trailers And Game Trailers
51:00 - How Rockstar Make Game Trailers/Reaction Internally To Trailers
53:15 - Assassins Creed/There Is More Potential For Games
57:30 - Q+A - How Great Does Your Portfolio Have To Be To Get Hired At Rockstar
1:00:31 - Why David Doesnt Have His Rockstar Art On Artstation
1:03:20 - David Wont Return To The Games Industry
1:04:46 - Q+A - What Is The Most Challenging Part Of Making Environments
1:06:53 - Q+A - How Much Freedom Are You Allowed On The Games
1:10:07 - Closing Comments/David’s Youtube Channel

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