Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Frktl-X" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.profile Subject: intro me... Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:22:31 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 45 Message-ID: <7a7p8r$6p35@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-20.scandium.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 lo, I thought I should intro myself seeing as I am planning to contribute to the NY newsgroups. So: My name is Matt Verran and I am 20 years old. I come from Cornwall but am currently studying my second year of Computer Science (Bsc Hons) at Manchester Met. University. I started my programming with a zx speccy (128+) using BASIC and writing my own crap adventure games. I then got an amiga 500 (and later an A1200) after years of begging my parents and coded a few proper games in AMOS and Blitz Basic. I moved to the pc just before coming to uni and although I have mucked about with Turbo Pascal didn't really find a nice platform/environment with which to write games. And so (like all you) purchased my Yaroze. I have had my NY for about a week now and I think I have pretty much got a handle on the basic 2D stuff, the ordering table concept/implementation took a bit of head bashing before I got it, but the tutorials are pretty good. The only thing I could do with is a good discussion on the speed of different methods and commands, I suppose I can work that out myself though. My first impressions are quite similar to my preconceptions: that the hardware is well designed, the software is basic and the manuals are dry and not too beginner friendly. I didn't expect the tutorials to be so good or the community to be so alive and friendly. As well as the coding I have a small midi setup and write my own electronic music (aphex kinda ambient). This is where my FRKTL pseudonym came from. My influences/inspiration: Jeff Minter, Richard D James, MELON (the best demo group), Miyamato (predictable), Eugene and Jarvis, and anyone independant writing good stuff for themselves. mail: matt@frktl.freeserve.co.uk web: www.frktl.freeserve.co.uk NY web: www.netyaroze-europe.com/~frktlx/ cheesygrater... matt