Re: time to move up in world!!!

[dreyhau@banet.net]

Dustin, actually I have source for mario (in C). Animation can be very
easily accomplished to.

Say you have a structure called player (same can be applied to classes i
suppose:

Like:

struct player_typ {
int blah;
char etc;
};

All you would have to do is add:

int frame_num;

frame_num would be the current frame and you would display that bitmap or
somesuch accordingly

Now as for 2D vs. 3D,

3D is better than 2D because it creates extremely life like worlds.
Stories can be developed for both 2D and 3D games and i have seen many 3D
games better than 2D and visa-versa. It is the story that
makes or breaks a game, but obviously 3D-ness will sell better and is better
than 2D.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dustin McCulloch <dustin_mcculloch@yahoo.com>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: time to move up in world!!!


> Hello, here is an old message of mine, that never got
> answered in the slightest.. I dunno, maybe no one saw
> it because that has never happened before, read the
> end too, cause I got some new things to say!!!
>
> --- Dustin McCulloch <dustin_mcculloch@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello everyone, I wrote a mail just like this
> > yesterday, but i guess it didnt get through.
> >
> > I have just finished reading the Crash course in
> > computer game design and production.  It can be
> > found
> > by those in avgi under files!!!
> >
> > It tells about all the steps in making a game and is
> > very useful.
> >
> > I am at a cross roads in my programming life because
> > i
> > dont know how to animate my games or do game art!!!
> > I
> > would like to at least know how to write a 2d mario
> > type game, and what software to write it with, ex.
> > c++
> > and some art program such as agi studios...
> > whatever.
> > Iwish someone would tell me what they found was the
> > best/easiest to use for this.
> >
> > It talked about backgrounds and sprites, i under
> > stood
> > most, but still dont understand how to mask, choose
> > masking colors, choose pallets, make sure the
> > pallets
> > are compatible, etc.
> >
> > Any info on this would be appreciated.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Dustin
> >
> > p.s. those in avgi shoud read the crash course
> > thing,
> > it talk alot about organization!!!
> > __________________________________________________
>
> Here are my thoughts on 2d vs 3d
>
> What is better, 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional type
> games?  The first answer that comes to mind is 3d.
> "It has better graphics", "It is more realistic,
> lifelike!" but these people havent thought about the
> question enough.  Most new games today are heavily
> loaded with graphics, and look better than ever.  This
> does not mean the game itself is better.  So what if
> it looks better, are we playing these games for as
> long a time?  No, we play one game, then another, then
> another.  We dont stop playing different games, we buy
> games, then sell them so we can purchase NBA 2000
> instead of NBA 99!  The game has a little more
> options, and maybe some more graphics, but kids dont
> play if for a long period of time!
> The main thing is that games today lack the plot, that
> the old games had.  RPG's like Shining Force for Sega,
> and Dragon Warrior for Nintendo are still probably the
> best/most played games for any system (besides Atari,
> that was almost before me!!!).  Sure these games had
> good graphics for their time(maybe), but the plot and
> gameplay of these games, when controllers had minimal
> buttons, has never been matched.  You want sports, try
> NBA Jam, or there was this great Atari game for
> football I had, it mustve been the greatest game for
> Atari ever(I didnt sell it, I gave it to a needy
> family).  All the shareware games like the Hugo's
> didnt have good graphics, but they made you think, and
> most people eventually solved them.  You had to type
> commands, and options were limited, but almost
> everyone has played at least 2 of em.  Games like
> Myst, and the Seventh Guest (sorry, I know these are
> old now, 3 yrs) have good graphics, and even good
> gameplay, but it was too hard.  Id still rather sit
> down to a good sessions of Hugo, that to play those 2.
> Games in the old days had to have good gameplay and
> were very addicting, because there wasnt any good
> graphics for them at the time.  They relied on the
> game being fun, when I play a skiing game, or racing
> game, it looks real, but doesnt feel real anyways.
> You can do crazy stuff, and thats all the younger kids
> want, because they like extreme sports, and they want
> the biggest jump, the fastest speed, then they drop
> the game like the shit it is.
> Dont get me wrong though, im 17 and have had the
> Atari, Nintendo, Sega Gamegear(wanted something
> portable, and gameboy still sucks, even today), then a
> 486 computer, a Pentium2 computer, then a N64, and now
> for christmas I recieved a Sega(yes the orginal).  Im
> kinda bad at discarding old things, but I would still
> play at least the Atari football game, and I still
> play the Mario's on Nintendo.  All those games like
> the Hugo's jetpack, Wing Commander, Kings Quest
> (especially 6, havent yet played all of 5, 3, and any
> of the others), and many others are the most fun.
> Nothing can touch the 64 so far for multiplayer games,
> I admit that I love getting 4 guys and playing 007
> multiplayer with all those optinos, and especially a
> good round of Mariocart, and with the battle option.
> I love the Warcraft's and Starcraft, and I like
> Diablo, I think Blizzard games are really good.  I
> dont really consider these to be 3d, because the
> background is scrolling, not quite rotating like
> Mario64
> I dunno, Im in class right now just wasting time, in
> the "Nintendo" generation, im outdated now, but I can
> whip these youngin's all the way in whatever game they
> want, no matter the system.  And thats all I got ta
> say about that!!!
>
> (sorry, I just copied that from something I wrote in
> school 2 weeks ago)
>
> On another note, I want to be a programmer, preferably
> games, what courses, and where can I get a good
> education in this field?
>
> Thanks alot everyone,
>
> Dustin
>
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