Hi Sarah,
Oh, let me clarify what I meant. My intention was certainly not to
discourage people, but rather just to explain why I had chosen the
particular duration. If someone is completely new to programming, then it
may not be possible for them to enter a competition of this kind immediately
before they have at least a fundamental grasp of the concepts. How long this
takes is very different from person to person, and so if I took that into
account it would be nearly impossible to fix a deadline. So what I meant to
say was basically that in order to participate, you should have at least a
basic understanding of either BGT, or general programming. That would allow
you to pick up the tool and hopefully make something interesting within the
time frame. So in short, my intention was not to come across as negative or
discouraging in any way but merely to explain my thinking behind the
duration of the competition.
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
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From: "Sarah Haake" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Competition time was Re: BGT competition - any
interest?
^Hi Philip,
I must say that I don't completely understand what you really want with
this competition.
First you say that you want to encourage more people to use BGT to make
new games, then you say that this is nothing for complete beginners.
Well, everyone here who knows about game programming already does that
and brings games to us, no matter if they use BGT or not. So, if you
don't want to encourage newcomers with this competition, who else? You
don't need to encourage people who already know about programming to do
so, they do it already. So, what is the point here?
Btw, I think to say something like this isn't for newcomers does
discourage people, but not encourage anyone. I myself am not completely
new to programing itself, but new to game programming. But after what
you just wrote, I wouldn't be very encouraged to participate in this
competition.
Best regards
Sarah
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