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Gaming => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: TheMinistered on December 01, 2005, 06:41 PM

Title: Interested in making a game?
Post by: TheMinistered on December 01, 2005, 06:41 PM
Anyone interested, who has atleast 2 years of programming experience, instant message me on AIM (sneakcharm) and we'll talk about it more (I already got a lot of the networking code / database code done)
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Mitosis on December 02, 2005, 06:37 AM
I'm already doing the modeling for one.
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Joe[x86] on December 02, 2005, 07:09 AM
Details on this game? Language? I'm kinda interested.
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Yegg on December 02, 2005, 12:11 PM
Quote from: Joe on December 02, 2005, 07:09 AM
Details on this game? Language? I'm kinda interested.
Why must you have atleast 2 years of experience?
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Topaz on December 02, 2005, 02:50 PM
Why are you quoting Joe if you're asking TheMinistered a question?
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Joe[x86] on December 02, 2005, 04:39 PM
Quote from: Topaz on December 02, 2005, 02:50 PM
Why are you quoting Joe if you're asking TheMinistered a question?

I'll answer that question with another question. Why are you asking something so off topic?

Yegg, probably just so we know these people know what their doing. I can't even remember when I wrote my first helloworld program (I think it was 97, on my $2 Apple II), but I've been programming for a few years, one and a half minimum.
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: QwertyMonster on December 02, 2005, 05:40 PM
I started my own game, i just don't know how to model the characters, land and other things. Can anybody help me here? What program can you suggest or what to do?

PS: Sorry to take this a bit off-topic, just need some help...
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: UserLoser. on December 03, 2005, 12:12 AM
Is this the same game as before?
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: warz on December 15, 2005, 08:52 PM
Will this game be available on xbox 360?
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Invert on December 16, 2005, 02:15 PM
Quote from: warz on December 15, 2005, 08:52 PM
Will this game be available on xbox 360?

lol
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Yegg on December 16, 2005, 02:38 PM
I forgot all about this thread. I quoted Joe by accident. Anyways, what if someone is skilled enough for the job with 1-1.5 years of programming experience?

Joe, how was it "so off topic"? It was a question on behalf of what TheMinistered had said.
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Warrior on December 16, 2005, 02:51 PM
Well Yegg, he's the judge of experience not you judging yourself (or whoever you're referring to) so I'd assume 2 years is his set minimum. Not like you ask Blizzard "Why do I need xxx years of xxx experience!?"
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Explicit on December 16, 2005, 03:29 PM
Quote from: Yegg on December 16, 2005, 02:38 PM
Joe, how was it "so off topic"? It was a question on behalf of what TheMinistered had said.

Joe just has a tendency to point out "off-topic" posts, so don't mind him.

Anyway, the most important aspect would be experience in what, and how in-depth your knowledge of it is.  Terrain rendering would be a good example.
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Yegg on December 16, 2005, 03:58 PM
Quote from: Explicit[nK] on December 16, 2005, 03:29 PM
Quote from: Yegg on December 16, 2005, 02:38 PM
Joe, how was it "so off topic"? It was a question on behalf of what TheMinistered had said.

Joe just has a tendency to point out "off-topic" posts, so don't mind him.

Anyway, the most important aspect would be experience in what, and how in-depth your knowledge of it is.  Terrain rendering would be a good example.

Ok. I wondered about the 2 years of experience because TheMinistered did not mention what type of experience. Whether it was just programming in general, or an advanced area in programming, probably pertaining to game developement.
Title: Re: Interested in making a game?
Post by: Warrior on December 16, 2005, 04:10 PM
Well I'd suspect if he asks for general programming he'd need people to do other things as opposed to game design ie implementing  a physics engine or doing some database programming. Additionally if he's really into it he might need someone to program a game engine for him from scratch which uses the DirectX (or OpenGL) APIs and wraps around them allowing you to atleast render basic meshes, dynamic lighting/texturing, bumpmapping, etc.. I mean cmon we have DX9 here :).