Goals.

Clyde · February 27, 2007

Aha, fooled you bet you thought this was going to be a footie topic. We'll its not, its about what you personally are hoping to achive this year, beit at work or at play with computers & programming.

One of my goals for this year is to learn more about 3D software rendering; which is looking quite promising I have lots of ideas for my first engine to do; just need a little precious time and also to find out a bit more info. I've also got to look into primitive mesh building within code, or loading 3D model data in via Freebasic.

I don't have a great mathmatical brain as many others do, but I get by mostly doing things the hard way, and it's great that one can study code snippets and also browse through topics to find stuff. Im more of a creative type hence why I began with Graphics on the C64, I didnt forsee me venturing into the coding side of things, which is a great hobby and I find myself doing alot more of. Also I aim to release a few more productions then last year.

Do any of you have any goals / aims for this year? Maybe you want to start a team, and for those of you who are fans of demo downloading, might want to venture into programming. My motto is, if I can do it anyone can.

Cheers and all the very best,
Clyde.

rdc · February 27, 2007

It looks like 2007 is going to be a rough year for me in the coding department, but I hope to be able to get a handle on some 3D stuff as well. One thing I have been wanting to do for a long time is to build a Wolf-style or maybe even a Doom-style engine mostly for nostalgia reasons. Wolf3D was the very first first-person shooter I played and it really blew me a way.

My wife hurt her back recently, so I have been working, taking care of the house work, cooking, laundry, watching the Grandson and the umpteen other little things that need to be done, so I don't expect I'll have an engine out this year, but I am trying to eek out a few minutes a day with some graphics tuts, and trying to get a page or two written in my Game book.

And maybe do a lame demo or two.

Shockwave · February 27, 2007

Hopefully I will have a lot more time to write tutorials now. I just have this one last production to finish and then my free time is my free time and nothing can take that away then. I've wanted to write a series of tutorials that went from the very basics of 3D, right up to rotation, rendering and eventually texture mapping. Time has always defeated me, I've never been able to start this off but now it can be done.

The best case scenario would be for someone to read what I'd written and actually understand it well enough to write something with it.

Jim is very good at writing this sort of tutorial and the internet is full of things on it, but for the programmer who is just starting off writing 3D, it can be a very daunting topic.

Clyde · March 08, 2007

Another of my goals is to make the long awaited sequel to one of my earlier Gravity releases in the world of FreeBasic. And hopefully, if the tubes thang is do-able then that would be wicked and I think you might be pleasantly surprised. If not then it's back to the drawing board for something else to try.

Any one else have anything they'd like to do, but never had the time before to do so?

Cheers and all the best,
Clyde.

Shockwave · March 08, 2007

Quote from: Clyde on March 08, 2007

Any one else have anything they'd like to do, but never had the time before to do so?

C++ .. Unfortunately my installation of this is so completely ruined that I think I will have to uninstall it and start all over again. So frustrating, all I can compile is console apps, which might keep me busy for a week while I learn how C++ syntax works, but after that when I want to use the api's I'm screwed. So I guess my goal is not to learn C++, it's to successfully install it.

ferris · March 08, 2007

To win scene.org's breakthrough performance award or at least get nominated either this year or next

Shockwave · March 08, 2007

You could well do it, Purple has done very well over at Pouet. You might hate me a little for this because I liked both Laconism and Purple a whole lot, but Laconism was just that little bit more enjoyable for me. Both demos were very cool, to the point that I almost, but not quite gave Laconism a Coup De Couer at Pouet, I decided to hang on though. I've only awarded one of those (SOTA 2004 By Equinox) so far.. Maybe your next one will get it? Your things are certainly very well written, despite having a wanker like Waffle in your group.

ferris · March 08, 2007

How do you give CDC's? I've no idea how.

Shockwave · March 08, 2007

If you log into your account at pouet and go to your account settings, if you are allowed to give a cdc it will give you boxes that you can put the product ID into.

I am not sure if they go by glops or the ammount of time you are registered at pouet, but for example I had 2 to award with something like 280 glops. So maybe its time.