Thanks David, As I mentioned, I selected this list for the community. Is there a preferred way to contact Elementary developers for matters not pertaining directly to the Elementary project?
I would really like to see your projects. Please do post them! Thanks again, Craig On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:24 PM, David Gomes <da...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > I've made two game prototypes using Vala - one 2D and one 3D, if you'd > like the source code I can post it here. > > Regarding the convenience of this mailing list for that post, this is not > really the place (vala-list would be more suitable), but I guess it's not a > big deal either. > > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Craig <webe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was wondering if anyone would be interested in experimenting around >> with making a simple 2D game with Vala, basically as a proof-of-concept. >> >> As it stands, C++ is the language of choice for game development, and as >> a professional C++ developer, I find this tragic. My primary goals for this >> project are to >> >> 1) help free the game development community from tedious languages >> 2) introduce Vala to a new genre of developer >> 3) learn a little more about both Vala and game development and share any >> applicable experiences with the broader community >> >> I don't have any serious expectation for this to become a real game (but >> it might)--mostly I'm interested in the experiment and having >> low-commitment fun. >> >> I know this isn't necessarily the right mailing list for this request, >> but I enjoy the feel of this community and would like to see if anyone here >> is interested before reaching out to broader audiences. >> >> At this point, my thoughts are extremely abstract and my mind is very >> open (I don't have any fixed plans for what this can look like, so you're >> welcome to help "craft the vision"). I don't expect this to be anyone's >> primary commitment (and I certainly don't want to detract from elementary >> development time), but if you're getting the programmer's equivalent of >> writer's block and you'd like to try something purely for fun (or if you'd >> like to learn to develop *so you can* start to contribute to >> Elementary), feel free to reply. >> >> Again, apologies if anyone finds this inappropriate for this list. >> >> Thanks for your time, >> Craig >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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