Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!pro1-172.barrie.connex.net!user From: developer@woodentulip.com (Sean Kennedy) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: Will I rant, or no. Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:21:37 -0500 Organization: Wooden Tulip Ltd. Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <36812BB9.D415CDE1@vmlabs.com> <3682CCB1.23F9D4DD@datasys.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pro1-172.barrie.connex.net > Scott Cartier wrote: > > There should be a competition. There should be hype. Come on Sony, > > step up to the plate here. We need an incentive! > > Sony has always emphasized that if any game was good enough then they > would look into publicizing it somehow. Like on PlayStation Underground, > or something. In fact, PSX Underground has had quite a few NY games on > it, but as far as I know they are all non-SCEA games. > I'm hoping to change that with the SEDE project game though. I had to > put the project on the back-burner for a few days while I worked out a > few things in real life. But, now that I've finished my friend's > Christmas present, and finals are over...... Real development can start > up again on the project. *GRIN* > 'Darco Good points all around. Yes the examples from PSX Underground are from non-SCEA locations. And there was a PSX Underground edition which came out with a "Net Yaroze" edit, but the response from the issue was a bit flat. {There was also a bit of a problem with the distribution of THAT particular edition. I couldn't find one! So there might have been an external problem.} *SHRUG* Darco's SEDE project is looking quite spiffy. But a good Cohesive game pilot project that individual users can work through and edit and modify makes better programmers. And not just 2D either.It's kind of the GNU Open Source thingy that I have been getting preachy about. But it works REALLY Well! The Biggest incentive from Sony really is not a monetary one. In fact it is a Mentoring problem. I have seen really flat teaching examples in Classes, but when the instructor gets an individual from industry to come in and mentor for a while, But do you see Eyes Brighten and Heads go up. It is a case of Positive re-enforcement. Kindof like seeing Linus Torvalds show up at a Linux Users Group seminar, you see the effect pay off right there. Wonder if I can talk some industry folks into hanging out in Yaroze?? hmmm. Best thing to see is Sony Folks in my view. -sean