yeah just writing a simple jaws script to make it do something took me a half hour or so to complete. and it was my first time and it was only 10 or so lines of code.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Acefire price > Exactly. Have fun trying and trying to get the syntax correct. It's not > just slapping a > bunch of commands together, books I read define this as programming: > A list of commands to get a computer to do something > > This is not correct. Things have to be placed in a specific order so it > all makes sense. > And an error we get all the time in vb 6: end without if or whatever. > Things have to be typed > exactly, if you forget, for example to put > end if > at the end of a check then... This is off topic, all I mean is, that it's > difficult, it's > Mr. Sadler's first game, so, cut him some slack guys! > > > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:22:29 -0000, Damien Sadler wrote: > > >>Go do some of your own randomising then if you think that's all it is! >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "nicol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 2:51 PM >>Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Acefire price >> >> >>>Ace! Fire!'s price!is! totally! Totally ridiculous! >>>Why! on! Earth!~ do! We! Have! To! Pay! For! A! little! Game! Only ! >>>consisting!of >>>! randomizing! >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Behalf Of Damien Sadler >>>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:27 AM >>>To: Gamers Discussion list >>>Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Acefire price >>> >>>OK. Let's get one thing straight here. Forget about the prices for a >>>sec, >>>forget even Acefire. Let's talk X-Sight in general. >>>Right. What about Acefire preorders? Everybody messes up! I was being >>>bombarded with comments, advice and suggestions. Confusions is one of >>>the >>>worst things to have to deal with as a beginner developer. As for >>>LightTech's free games, that's their decision to make it free, just like >>>it's my decision to charge for Acefire. >>>If you saw just how much testing this thing has been through, how much >>>money >>>I've spent on it, how stressed out I got, not only from this but from >>>all >>>other activity in my life, people nagging and pressurising me not just >>>for >>>new features, this and that, but for personal issues as well, if I >>>wasn't >>>on >>>such a limited budget, if this didn't have to come out of my own money, >>>for >>>your information, I could be thrown out of college because of my outside >>>activities. Not that it probably matters to you all who buy and play or >>>use, >>>but to a developer, it's a lot of hard work. That code is 667kb in size, >>>21512 lines, and in my honest opinion I feel that your message was >>>rather >>>rude on the subject of mistakes, messups and high prices. >>>I'm sorry Cory, but I think you need to sit down and try and develop a >>>game >>>or piece of software and tell me then what it feels like as a >>>first-timer. >>>All I can say is, for what Acefire is right now, and for what Dectalk >>>Scripter and Talking Timepiece will be in the future, I've bent over >>>backwards to add features that people are constantly requesting, and I >>>said >>>that there's more to come in 2.0. I've got about forty different >>>projects >>>I'm attempting to work on at once. When I'm working on Acefire, I've got >>>somebody contacting me about Danger City. When I work on Chopper >>>Challenge, >>>I get someone contact me about Acefire. When I finally get to work on >>>Danger >>>City, someone else will come along and ask about Dectalk Scripter. >>>No program is ever fully completed as we all know. Programs and games >>>are >>>constantly getting updated, and I've developed for free for so long now, >>>buying custom made libraries, off-the-shelf libraries, sounds, music, >>>and >>>am >>>sick of getting nothing back for it. That's how devs get broke. I can't >>>even >>>live, because I'm constantly working for X-Sight. I'm constantly roaming >>> >>>the >>>country staying at friend's house and eating their food. >>>I won't mention any names, but there's three people in particular who >>>encouraged me to sell this game, one of them himself being a developer. >>>Now >>>I get a price/game release rebellion. I was told and advised to knock >>>the >>>price down. I knocked the price down, making the pay very low for me. >>>If you'd rather I finished it there, developed for myself instead, I >>>could >>>easily flush the whole lot down the toilet, take down the whole site, >>>and >>>easily spend as much money as I've spent on X-Sight over the past two >>>years >>>on a decent Yamaha Tyros II keyboard while still being able to buy my >>>own >>>food and arrange to move over to the states to live and spend time with >>>my >>>girlfriend. >>>I'm sorry if this message appears harsh, but I feel you ought to know >>>the >>>long and short of it. >>>Thanks. >>>Regards, >>>Damien >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>--- >>>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>list, >>>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>list, >>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1283 - Release Date: 2/16/2008 > 2:16 PM > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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