The final result will be something that gamers will take note of when deciding whether to buy other products from you, too. You're taking the right approach in my opinion. Keep up the good work. It'll pay off in the end. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Message to the list. > Hi Zachary, > > I'm glad to know you have found my comments helpful. I'm certainly not the > best or worst developer out there, but I do try hard to do my very best > when it comes to game development. I have very high standards, and > sometimes they conflict with others, and some find them offensive. > As a developer one of my standards is quality over quanity. A developer > could write two dozen games that are of low to moderate quality, or the > developer could write two or three games of very high quality. As for > myself I would choose to write fewer games if the games I wrote were of a > higher quality than what was available. That is not ego, superiority, etc > but just a desire to do my best and have a higher quality product and > standards. > For example, take Montezuma's Revenge. The Alchemy version was ok, and to > be honest James North was just rushing to get it done and out of his hair. > I have went back and rewritten the product, and have done all I can to up > the quality of the product. I am even working on resolving the multiuser > issues so that the game is written to coding standards for XP and Vista. > If people want to know why it is taking so long to get it done it is > because I am doing all I can to make a rock solid good game, and to > resolve problems and issues early on in the testing cycle. > > > > Zachary Kline wrote: >> Hello Thomas, >> I merely want to go on the record and say that I have never taken any >> offense at any message or topic of discussion you've brought up or >> participated in. This includes the current Windows vista discussions as >> well as all previous programming language topics. >> I am, as it happens, a CS major myself, interested in possibly taking >> up >> game programming as a hobby. I find your insights quite interesting and >> helpful. >> Yours, >> Zachary Kline. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
