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 - https://www.youtube.com/@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 VI/The Tech Process At Rockstar 15:01 - David Will Be Going Into GTA VI As A Fan 16:13 - David Hopes His Name Is In The Credits Of GTA VI 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 VI 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
