Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!pro1-150.barrie.connex.net!user From: developer@woodentulip.com (Sean Kennedy) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: Is anyone still here???????? Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:51:24 -0500 Organization: Wooden Tulip Ltd. Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <77n0ob$hoo1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <369FE17C.499D3B95@vmlabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pro1-150.barrie.connex.net Hi Scott. Good to hear from you. Looks like Nathan Miller was in the boat where I was at Last month... Rants aside, For January I cannot say I have been the best of showups at the SCEA Chat sessions on Saturdays. I Blame only me and the fact I am trying to win over a new Girlfriend. Sorry folks, but I do have some HUMAN priorities... > As for the people at Sony, for the most part I'm pleased. The > "people" support they give us is fabulous (Mario and James > especially). It would have been even cooler, though, to get updated > libraries every now and then. Especially for known bugs like the > track skipping thing with the CD player. The icing on the cake would > have been libraries to support the multi-tap and dual shock. But I > assume any library coders at Sony are working on other more important > things. This is a Yes and No kind of deal. I am pleased for the service I have received in an Educational Learning Experience for Game Development Content. For this to Sony I am eternally Grateful. The No side of this is the existing game plan from the SCEA staff. In North America, we all kindof like the "Coach" type of support in a program. In Europe there is a bit more groupie-ness to the Yaroze program and the content and web-site reflect this. This is the game plan from the "Blokes" out in The UK. Here at SCEA, Bill Rehboek, and Greg LaBrec, were the Coach and Assistant Coach of the NA/PSX_NY team. Trouble is, both coaches left for a different league, and we are kindof drifting around trying to put a game or two together. What we need is a coach, not the General Manager trying to run the team. Plan of action?: Find a coach. In the Meantime, the GM, has to come out and say a few words to keep our spirits up. It really does not take a lot. Even though the Libraries do not support current ane newer technologies, That type of stuff could be patched in if it was requested in a Group fashion. > What else can I say? I'm happy. I'll probably keep plunking away at > the little black box even after Sony ceases official support. > Scott > http://www.concentric.net/~dsyaroze/insider Very much same here. I started on the Vectrex before I started on the NY, and I haven't looked back. 3D is the biggest thing that the NY illustrates with very basic simplicity. I recently got a "Black art of Programming" book for MacOS game programming. Lo and Behold when I was chatting with a few folks at Apple who were the MAJOR push behind MacOS games development, THE book I have is THE bible that gets used for "Crash Coursing" game programmers to the MacOS systems. I wish to excerpt from that book on topics I see in the NY arena. I have started a ppt presentation, and hopefully will have something soon. [Famous last words...] But girlfriend aside, I am trying. -sean