Re: Game Idea

["Christian Gyrling" <d98chgy@stud.hh.se>]

About this game idea

Perhaps I could be of some assistance.
I like engine development and graphics (2D-3D).


Christian Gyrling
Soon a BSc Computer Engineer
Author of the SNES emulator TheSE (http://www.hh.se/stud/d98chgy/TheSE)
e-mail: d98chgy@stud.hh.se




----- Original Message -----
From: "Mads Østebøvik" <mads-oe@online.no>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 1:48 PM
Subject: SV: Game Idea


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Hope <phope@mcmail.com>
> To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Game Idea
>
>
> > I have a good idea everybody who can or wants to contribute to
developing a
> > game with this group, please give your name, age, and what sort of
things
> > you have experience in and then maybe we can organise this group and get
> > some work flowing.  We could then put groups of people together working
on
> > key modules ie: graphics, sound, i/o, story, OS.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Holley" <comp_brain@hotmail.com>
> > To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 6:27 AM
> > Subject: Game Idea
> >
> >
> > > Hey people-
> > >
> > > Dang, forget to check email for 1 day and I have 30 or so messages...
> > geez.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I like the idea of working cooperatively on a demo, simple
game.
> > > I would really like to see this become a success.  I hope that this
> > project
> > > can begin and end better than the AVGI (A very good idea) project did.
> > That
> > > might have been before some of you joined this list, but I digress.
> > >
> > > Anyway, writing a simple game isn't that hard.  On my webpage I have
some
> > > demo programs that I wrote doing just that in DirectX.  One is a 2D
RPG
> > > style world demo, another is an Atari style side scrolling shooter.
Both
> > > can be obtained here: http://vidgamez.iwarp.com/gameprog.html
> > >
> > > As for my position on OpenGL/DirectX... I have worked with both
relatively
> > > extensively, and you really can't compare them for what we would be
doing.
> > > OpenGL is needlessly complex if all you're doing is 2D graphics.
DirectX
> > > does have a 2D API, but is only useful to those with Windows.  Since
this
> > > project would be a 2D project (hopefully), we SHOULD NOT use OpenGL.
> > > Neither should we use DirectDraw, because many people don't have
Windows.
> > >
> > > I would suggest, instead, that we use DJGPP with the Allegro library.
I
> > > personally haven't worked a lot with it, but I've seen simple demos
and I
> > > know it can be great.  I believe it is also a cross platform API...
> > Anyway,
> > > DJGPP and Allegro can both be obtained free (they are freeware) at
> > > http://www.delorie.com/djgpp
> > >
> > > I will keep up to date on this project and would like to help as much
as
> > my
> > > limited schedule will allow.
> > >
> > > Please excuse the length of this email, but I had alot to say in one
> > email.
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Brian
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