Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macsuppor From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: The Great Net Yaroze Manual Project Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:11:45 +0100 Organization: Debri Productions Lines: 40 Message-ID: <1dlbkwj.z5gicg1snudj4N@a1-88-140.a1.nl> References: <36917A31.88F0DF44@parny.force9.co.uk> <3695400f.12603942@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <773his$7716@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-140.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 Peter Wright wrote: > HOWEVER, despite the requirement that you should know C before you even > start, despite the implied requirement that you should have at least a > little game experience behind you, there are a great many users out there > who have very limited experience of multimedia programming, and some with > little or no experience of C. You got that right!! > My plan is a simple one. While I think the "Great Net Yaroze Manual Project" > is a neat idea, I can definately see a need for there to be a hands on, step > by step walkthrough of the basics of the Yaroze that will lead people onto > greater things, and lead them into the tutorials out there already. It would > at the very least put people onto a common foundation of understanding when > they go ahead and try to tackle the other fantastic tutorials out there. Well, this is a different story. So it's about a pre-manual for the complete dumbo's like me.. interesting! > Aside from that, it gives me a fantastic opportunity to make sure that I > haven't missed anything in my understanding of the Yaroze, and that can only > be a good thing from the point of view of developing my own two games, as > well as moving on with my goal of switching into the games industry. > > So, for that reason, Im still going ahead with the tutorial. It won't step > on toes of the existing stuff out there, but it really is aimed at getting > someone with just a passing knowledge of C up and running in the world of > games and multimedia development with the Yaroze. If it helps others out > there new to the platform then that's great. If it only helps me make sure I > have missed nothing, then that's great too. Personally I have no lack of experiance with MultiMedia. But for the rest this manual could be a gem to me. But I still think you will have a lot of work with it. Cheers, DEnnis..