Re: School Project

["Derold" <bro1@pmt.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duaij Al-Sabah" <house9@ncc.moc.kw>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:01 AM
Subject: School Project


> Hi-
> My name is Matthew Johnson and I live in Kuwait. I am currently in the
> 10th grade, and in my geometry class, we have been assigned a project to
> research an occupation that applies geometry. Being a video game addict,
> I immediately chose "video game programmer" as my topic. I came across
> your extremely informative website and was just wondering if it would be
> possible to answer some questions:
>
>
>
>   How many years did you attend school to be able to master video game
> programming?
>

Just high school with college trig and basic programming. ( That was all
that was offered at the time, otherwise I would have loaded up more on
programming)


> Is it really worth all of those hard years of college and schooling to
> be able to create a video game?

wouldn't know haven't tried it.


>
> How long does it take to create a video game for an 128-bit system like
> the Sega Dreamcast?
>

Depends, Some have a converter from 32-bit  86 based language and all you
have to do is tweak the sound and video outputs.


> Is it worth these hours to make a video game from scrap?
>

Yes and No, if you are doing it for a learning experience yes, if your doing
it for profit no.


> Did high school geometry; that of parallel and perpendicular lines,
> rhombus' and triangles, really help you to get where you are today?
>

sure, but Math was my favorite subject. (never did pass 8th Grade english
though)


> Are there points in your career when you want to go and visit your high
> school geometry teacher and thank him/her?
>

I'm still in contact with several of my math and science teachers, just
because I'm out of school doesn't mean they don't have anything to teach.


>     Thank you very much for your time; it is highly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Matthew Johnson
>
>
Have fun and enjoy

Derold

PS I'm glad I have this spell checker.

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