Hi Paul, Yes, Aprone's little tutorial was well written. I have been thinking of writing something similar only with a slightly more cross-platform point of view using Python. Using VBScript was a simple starting place, which was good, but Aprone was thinking like a Windows user and didn't give Mac or Linux users a leg up. My thinking is I could take his basic idea, turn it into a Python/game programming tutorial, and write the sample games so that they would run on any platform. When we get into components like Pygame for input, audio, networking, etc again it would apply to a Mac user, Linux user, or a Windows user which would help everyone equally. :D
Cheers! On 8/24/13, Paul Lemm <paul.l...@sky.com> wrote: > Hi Thomas and cara, > > I like the idea of helping people that are trying to get into programing > for the first time, hopefully this encourages more people to try and helps > people that may be struggling to understand. Hopefully the end result > gives > us more people making audio games which helps the community . > > Like Thomas said I know different people learn better in different > situations. Personally I work well with reading the theory with examples > that I can try to write out myself to practise. One of the first articles > I > read on programming was something Aprone wrote called learning how to > code > for the absolute beginner, it only ran through some very basics of how to > program using VBS, but it was great since I only needed notepad in word > and > I could follow what he was talking about and using his examples write my > first little bit of programming and then used the knowledge learnt to > expand that program. Although it was only a very basic program I thought > it > was a great article, well written and easy to follow for someone with > absolutely no programming knowledge. The link to it is below > > http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?id=7297 > > > I like the idea of the wicki that you talked about I think it would be a > great central point for new developers to visit to see tutorials etc I > know there have been a lot of emails recently regarding programming advise > requested from john, and although some of the concepts have been a little > over my head they have been interesting and I can begin to see the > logic/thought process of some of the ideas and been storing the emails away > in a file for later use when I will find it helpful so having a wicki > where this kind of information is would be invaluable to people just > learning to program and wanting a little assistance. > > Paul --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
