big10p: THANKS for that :P
Tricky: I'd like to take a look at your game. Your links FORBID me to access your servers (as Apache is returning)
I can appreciate anyone's work in game development. It's not easy to work within the realms that you feel uncomfortable working in (no matter where or what). Some people can code, while others have musical ability, and others can draw. I can do the first two, and on an extremely blue moon, I can whip out a good stick-figure :)
A buddy of mine and I are working on an Action/Adventure game (details not yet released) where he is doing all the graphics, while I am writing the brundt of the code. We haven't figured out anything for music yet. He has an idea of someone that has more musical abilities than either of us that might be interested in helping out :)
A few years back, I wrote a game in VB.NET 1.1, to learn VB's OOP stuff. It was actually an extremely loose remake of Tank vs UFO (same name) found in the old Commodore VIC-20 user manual/programmer's reference - I actually did it out of memory, not having a manual at hand. The music I ripped from a freeware package, and the sound-effects I actually created myself (which I believe the sounds and music are rather good). I drew the graphics, and you could tell. I laugh at them still today. They are quite nasty looking, BUT...
We have this "bring your kid to work" day each year at work. I happen to be one of the few people that have to "show and tell" about what I do. I thought I made the mistake of showing that game... I am a professional application developer. The kids saw the game, and were excited about it. That was the first year.
The next year, they came back requesting me to show the game again! This time, I was offered suggestions, Ideas for game play, and features, etc. Needless to say, I was floored!! Bossman and I joked about how I should "stop writing production code" and continue with the changes for the game. It was funny.
The sad part is the game was written using GDI+, mmplayer, and its VB. (Yes, I professionaly write with VB.NET - its primarily database work)
My point? Well, I just wanted to add my support for your efforts even if it didn't turn out how you'd have liked. IF anyone would like to take a peak at my own follies, feel free to contact me. I 'd be happy to "make your day" :)
Someday, I'll create a website of my own, and post all the fun stuff I worked on over the years. Much of it is junk. But of all that junk came knowledge, and knowledge turned into cash.
Who knows... Maybe "Tank vs UFO" would be a hit!?!? LOL
Tricky: I'd like to take a look at your game. Your links FORBID me to access your servers (as Apache is returning)
I can appreciate anyone's work in game development. It's not easy to work within the realms that you feel uncomfortable working in (no matter where or what). Some people can code, while others have musical ability, and others can draw. I can do the first two, and on an extremely blue moon, I can whip out a good stick-figure :)
A buddy of mine and I are working on an Action/Adventure game (details not yet released) where he is doing all the graphics, while I am writing the brundt of the code. We haven't figured out anything for music yet. He has an idea of someone that has more musical abilities than either of us that might be interested in helping out :)
A few years back, I wrote a game in VB.NET 1.1, to learn VB's OOP stuff. It was actually an extremely loose remake of Tank vs UFO (same name) found in the old Commodore VIC-20 user manual/programmer's reference - I actually did it out of memory, not having a manual at hand. The music I ripped from a freeware package, and the sound-effects I actually created myself (which I believe the sounds and music are rather good). I drew the graphics, and you could tell. I laugh at them still today. They are quite nasty looking, BUT...
We have this "bring your kid to work" day each year at work. I happen to be one of the few people that have to "show and tell" about what I do. I thought I made the mistake of showing that game... I am a professional application developer. The kids saw the game, and were excited about it. That was the first year.
The next year, they came back requesting me to show the game again! This time, I was offered suggestions, Ideas for game play, and features, etc. Needless to say, I was floored!! Bossman and I joked about how I should "stop writing production code" and continue with the changes for the game. It was funny.
The sad part is the game was written using GDI+, mmplayer, and its VB. (Yes, I professionaly write with VB.NET - its primarily database work)
My point? Well, I just wanted to add my support for your efforts even if it didn't turn out how you'd have liked. IF anyone would like to take a peak at my own follies, feel free to contact me. I 'd be happy to "make your day" :)
Someday, I'll create a website of my own, and post all the fun stuff I worked on over the years. Much of it is junk. But of all that junk came knowledge, and knowledge turned into cash.
Who knows... Maybe "Tank vs UFO" would be a hit!?!? LOL