yeah I have to activate your account. ?Otherwise its spam bot heaven.

Which one is you?

On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Angeles wrote:

Hi Zenas,

I?ve already registered in the blog, but I can?t activate my account,? tell me what shoul I do!

a.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Zenas <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi Angel,

If you are interested, I've been telling the other folks who have contacted me about interest in a game project, is to register on my game dev blog/journal, which also has some forums, and I can set it up so that we can work together. ?The URL is http://5h0cktr00px0rz.org .

Let me know if do register and I'll grant your user access to leave comments and create topics on the forums.

-z

On Oct 14, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Angel Ramos wrote:

I'm lurking around here. :)

I'm a graphic designer/illustrator and I'd love to help out a local group of designers, especially for a 2d project. Let me know if anything is in the works.?

Thanks,

--------------------------

Angel D. Ramos

Graphic Designer ? Illustrator

[address removed]

www.angeldramos.com

On Oct 14, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Zenas <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi John,

Would you be down for a 2D game as well? ?I like to take baby steps. ?;)

-z

On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:18 AM, John Marcovitz wrote:

I'd be interested in collaborating on a game with a local group.? I have C++ and OO experience.? I have also been involved in a little development using the Irrlicht game engine.? A good book is "Beginning OpenGL game programming".

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Hi Jeff,

I've also been a long time lurker of the group but your post drew my attention. ?;)

I've read through a text called "Beginning C++ Through Game Programming" second edition by Michael Dawson and I thought it was a good primer (or C++ refresher if you already have had some experience with it). ?I'm not sure if that is the book you are referring to or not but it was a good place to start for me. ?I actually have some C++ experience from a majority of my comp-sci classes so getting back up to speed with that book was helpful. ?If you have a background with PHP/javascript, you will no doubt recognize a lot of similarities between the languages, especially when it comes to things like logic structures and basic algorithms.

I also picked up three additional books, "Beginning Game Programming" third edition, "Advanced 2D Game Development" and "Game Programming All In One" third edition, all by Jonathan Harbour. ?I'm currently working through the first book in this series, which goes over working in the DirectX SDK using C++ and the DirectX API. ?A good read and one that I recommend once you get yourself up to speed with C++.

As for Python, I don't have any experience with it. ?For a scripting language, I picked up Lua because I play WoW and wanted to work on AddOns for it. ?Lua was a good stepping stone for me because, not only is it commonly used as a scripting language for game development (most notably for WoW) but also because it was similar enough in syntax to my previous experience with C++, that I found myself spending less time getting up to speed and more time actually working on solving problems and implementing the features I had designed. ?

I'm also working with the StarCraft 2 Galaxy Editor as it allows me to quickly (relatively speaking and up to now not straying too far from the standard game) prototype game ideas rather then getting bogged down in the nuts and bolts of building something from the ground up in C++. ?So far it's been an excellent environment for me to work in, despite some annoying "features" of battle.net. ?So I would recommend working on both skill sets at the same time, designing games NOW in some prebuilt environment AS WELL AS getting some time under the hood with a language such as C++.

I'm not sure what your longer term goals may be but I've been looking for someone who is on the same level as myself (lower level that is) who would like to go through the learning and discovery process with me, work on some short term projects (like I described with the Galaxy Editor) and also work on a more longer term ground up project, possibly creating something to submit to IGF in a year or so. ?I have one fellow I've been trying to work with long distance, but he is so incredibly bogged down with his "day job" that I don't think he can put as much time and effort into what it may take to make significant progress on any long term goals at this time. ?Would you be interested in looking into working together perhaps?

I hope my insight helps you and let me know if you would like to talk further.

Good luck and have fun!

-zenas

On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Jeff Kilroy wrote:

Hey guys, long time lurker of the group. I wanted to see if anyone had any good starting points for someone looking to get into game development. Currently I only work in the dinky web scripting languages - PHP/javascript and have created actionscript flash games...Before I take the delve into the heavy duty stuff I wanted to see what you guys work in, and if you can point me to any good resources. I have the book Beginners Programming Games in C++ I am going to begin reading but wanted to see if maybe it would be better to start with python or a 'framework?' like Source.

Thanks for any help and hopefully I'll be able to join future discussions and meetups with some actual knowlege

-Jeff

--  Jeff Kilroy  "Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." -Aristotle

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