[gameprogrammer] Re: Wiki?

[Julien Pauty <jpauty@irisa.fr>]

Petri Latvala wrote:

>>Does anyone think that
>>having a game programming wiki would be a good thing? What would you use
>>it for? What level of security would be acceptable to you all? (I was
>>thinking about having people register before they could use it, nothing
>>more troubling than joining the mailing list.)
>>    
>>
>
>It would be a good thing.
>
>As to what it would be used for, I'm thinking about an encyclopedia of
>game programming. Like, a page about "fractal terrain", explaining what
>it is, how it can be done, why are fractals good in terrain generation,
>etc. Or a page about "isometric view", what it means, what does it look
>like, how to implement it
>  
>
I was thinking about doing this on a personal website. It is even better 
on a community website.

When I look at the game I am programming, I often think "this part could 
be interesting to other people, I could write a little article to 
describe it". For this, I think the wiki is perfect.

Julien


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