thank you to those who posted in this thread. Where this stands is that both local colleges have said he is too young for admission, even non-degree. The woman at UNM also homeschools, and while sympathetic pointed out that a lot of freshmen bomb out their first semester without being 13 to add to their burdens. She suggested that a private IT institute might be an alternative, since failure in a certificate program would not go on his permanent college record. Research continues. Another idea would be to take the game design/animation classes myself.
Tribes itself does not appear to require calculus. However, I know that when I was playing a lot of games I eventually always wound up wanting to re-write them. So... maybe I will just have to think up a game with realistic artillery scenarios. Medieval warefare maybe. Dana Ben Doom writes: > : ingloriously why not let him do so? If he is doing ballistics in > : his games > : he will see the point of calculus soon enough. Alternatively I may just > > Actually -- that may be the right track. Point out that you've got to have > a good grasp of Newtonian physics to do accurate game physics modeling > (which rely on modifications of constants and fall-offs) and thus need at > least the basics of calculus. > > Of course, if you want to scare him off this forever, you could always hand > him the Pricipia and tell him to read it. :-) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
