The Laws of Game Programming
Post: #1"Yes, well, that's the sort of blinkered, Philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage."
Post: #2
Thats suprisingly true, most of the rules I follow by my own accord.
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Post: #3
Yeah, the first third or so of that sounds suspiciously like a Windows programmer's Xtreme Programming manifesto or something. 
Why would you have a shortcut to the registry editor, when your brain is hard-coded to Meta-R, regedit, <Enter> like mine is at this point? Those guys are the wannabes!!
5&6 are true sometimes, but there's a lot to be said for a real debugger if you know how to use it, too. It can get in your way as a crutch if you're afraid of printf debugging (which is also useful) but it's definitely a useful tool. And "Never be afraid to throw a piece of code out" ought to be supplemented with "never be too quick to throw a piece of working code out, you probably have better things to do".
But I'm probably being too serious here.
Why would you have a shortcut to the registry editor, when your brain is hard-coded to Meta-R, regedit, <Enter> like mine is at this point? Those guys are the wannabes!!
5&6 are true sometimes, but there's a lot to be said for a real debugger if you know how to use it, too. It can get in your way as a crutch if you're afraid of printf debugging (which is also useful) but it's definitely a useful tool. And "Never be afraid to throw a piece of code out" ought to be supplemented with "never be too quick to throw a piece of working code out, you probably have better things to do".
But I'm probably being too serious here.
Post: #6
PowerMacX, I disagree. Free games dont have to be bad.
Sir, e^iπ + 1 = 0, hence God exists; reply!
Post: #10Josh Wrote:I think the entire list can be condensed into:
1) begin programming
2) ???
3) Profit!
Capitalist!
"Yes, well, that's the sort of blinkered, Philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage."
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