Look forward to adding it to the collection
Learn to program 2D games book
Fash - Thanks! 
I'll be bugging you soon enough for music on the upcoming books too!
Waffle - I don't control what goes on the distribution CD. You'd need to contact George Bray at Idigicon about that (george@idigicon.com).
-Krylar
I'll be bugging you soon enough for music on the upcoming books too!Waffle - I don't control what goes on the distribution CD. You'd need to contact George Bray at Idigicon about that
(george@idigicon.com).-Krylar
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Hey Krylar!
Nice to have you here, too (seems like a lot of us own and use both packages!)
I was starting to get a little disheartened\annoyed with Blitz because of apparent lack of updates\change. Have you had a chance to look at BlitzMax, now that it's Finally out (MacOS release, Win32 & Linux beta)? The jury is still out, but it definately has features I'd like to see in PB 4.0.
Personally, I think PB and Blitz have always made a good match. Don't you?
Russell
Nice to have you here, too (seems like a lot of us own and use both packages!)
I was starting to get a little disheartened\annoyed with Blitz because of apparent lack of updates\change. Have you had a chance to look at BlitzMax, now that it's Finally out (MacOS release, Win32 & Linux beta)? The jury is still out, but it definately has features I'd like to see in PB 4.0.
Personally, I think PB and Blitz have always made a good match. Don't you?
Russell
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Hey all,
I'd replied to this before but it looks like the messageboard downtime lost it. I don't remember what I said exactly, but it goes something like:
The book will have some of the same fundamentals covered as most any programming book will, just the nature of this type of project. But instead of a 2D Space game, I'll be doing a mini-side-scroller as the main game.
I've already converted some of my BB side-scroller code to PB and everything is working swell so far. Also, all of the fundamentals are done in the book (17 chapters done!), so now I'm working on the actual side-scroller and the text on how to code one up in PB. After that, I'll ship the book off to Idigicon for publishing.
I'm guessing it's still a couple of months away, but I'm trying to get it done as fast as possible. I just want to make sure it covers what it needs to before I send off for publication.
Thanks!
-Krylar
I'd replied to this before but it looks like the messageboard downtime lost it. I don't remember what I said exactly, but it goes something like:
The book will have some of the same fundamentals covered as most any programming book will, just the nature of this type of project. But instead of a 2D Space game, I'll be doing a mini-side-scroller as the main game.
I've already converted some of my BB side-scroller code to PB and everything is working swell so far. Also, all of the fundamentals are done in the book (17 chapters done!), so now I'm working on the actual side-scroller and the text on how to code one up in PB. After that, I'll ship the book off to Idigicon for publishing.
I'm guessing it's still a couple of months away, but I'm trying to get it done as fast as possible. I just want to make sure it covers what it needs to before I send off for publication.
Thanks!
-Krylar
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John Logsdon - Author, Musician, Geek
Book update:
The game for the book is done <whew!>. Only thing left to add is a futuristic-007 tune that Fash_FD is hooking up for it. Fash did the two songs for the game on the BB book...if you're looking for sweet tunes for your game, you should talk to him!
I'll put the game up for download as soon as the music's in, so everyone can get a taste for it.
Now it's just a matter of writing the details on how the game was made, from a-to-z. That, believe it or not, is the easy part. So I'll be switching my eve's and weekend's to writing about HOW it was done instead of coding it. Assuming I don't get hit with 50 other projects, I would imagine that I'll be handing the book over to Idigicon for publication within a few weeks. (here's hoping!)
All the best,
-Krylar
The game for the book is done <whew!>. Only thing left to add is a futuristic-007 tune that Fash_FD is hooking up for it. Fash did the two songs for the game on the BB book...if you're looking for sweet tunes for your game, you should talk to him!
I'll put the game up for download as soon as the music's in, so everyone can get a taste for it.
Now it's just a matter of writing the details on how the game was made, from a-to-z. That, believe it or not, is the easy part. So I'll be switching my eve's and weekend's to writing about HOW it was done instead of coding it. Assuming I don't get hit with 50 other projects, I would imagine that I'll be handing the book over to Idigicon for publication within a few weeks. (here's hoping!)
All the best,
-Krylar
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John Logsdon - Author, Musician, Geek
John Logsdon - Author, Musician, Geek
Thanks for the interest in the book. Hope it meets your expectations when you get it.
I don't think there's a pre-order option for it, but I'll ask Idigicon. Anyway, as soon as its released, I'll be posting here about it, so everyone will know soon enough.
All the best!
-Krylar
I don't think there's a pre-order option for it, but I'll ask Idigicon. Anyway, as soon as its released, I'll be posting here about it, so everyone will know soon enough.
All the best!
-Krylar
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