On 14/10/2007, Kinshuk Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "[...] he lamented the heavy publisher resistance the studio encountered > during attempts to bring Stubbs the Zombie (PC, Xbox) to the market. > Though > the subject of zombies proved successful, publishers failed to see the > appeal in actually playing as a zombie. "What if instead of you being a > zombie," Wideload was told, "you were a big giant dude with guns who > killed > the zombies. > > "The moral of the story is indie game developers are guys who let you be a > zombie," Seropian concluded from the experience. "So if you want to kill > the > zombies, you're probably a publisher. If you want to be a zombie, you're > one > of us. That's what I think an independent developer is." > lol... rings so many bells :P > nice article.. but i still dont understand the business model akin to > prostitution... damn! i never udnerstood teh prostitution biz model, > anyway > :P > > hmmm... this is what me belies too... indie ppl will bring the innovation > in > the market... publishers mostly end up profiteering from a set forumla... > > > On 10/14/07, Yadu Rajiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 13/10/2007, Kinshuk Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i was just having a look at the whole thread.. and i just wanted to > ask > > > everyone... when we try dicuss gamedev.. why is tht the majority of > the > > > convo revolved arnd game programming? theer are other aspects to game > > dev... > > > > > > any respurces and references arnd them.. can anyone share some > > experiences? > > > > > On 13/10/2007, Sahil Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/13/07, Yadu Rajiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > some more links and things that might be useful.. > > > > > > > > gdnet reference section - http://www.gamedev.net/reference/ > > > > > > > > a 3 part series on gd on linux that came on gdnet > > > > > > http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming1/ > > > > > > http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming2/ > > > > > > http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming3/ > > > > > > > > some articles - http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/topics/linux/games > > > > > > > > the forums at gdnet are a nice place to hang out and talk about > > > > games.. have an open mind and jump in.. so many brilliant > indie/other > > > > developers are there to help u out with a lot of stuff.. ~ > > > > http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/ > > > > > > > > gamedev.net has an annual contest which runs for almost half a year, > > > > the four elements contest.. lots of good prizes to be won, a lot of > > > > respect and critiques for your work and the most important thing is > > > > you will finish writing your own game!! ~ > > > > http://www.gamedev.net/community/contest/4e6/ > > > > > > > > if you are into opengl programming, and want to get to speed, nehe > is > > > > the best web resource ever!! there is a long history behind nehe ~ > > > > nehe is hosted by gamedev.net.. the original tutorials, translations > > > > and conversions into other programming languages are being reworked > as > > > > well ~ http://nehe.gamedev.net/ > > > > > > > > now some people like me who never had anyone to tell where to go or > > > > what i can get, make the mistake of jumping into programming > tutorials > > > > and get lost in their complexity, or not! when it is really nice to > > > > know all that stuff, at the same time you need to have an idea on > how > > > > games are made.. gfx programming is just A part of the whole cycle.. > > > > > > > > > thanx for all the information..! > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sahil > > > > > > MCA(SE) > > > USIT > > > GGSIPU, Kashmere Gate > > > Delhi > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > not an answer to kinz question.. but just an interesting article.. > > > > Halo Creator Speaks on Independent Development, Prostitution Business > > Model- > > http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49404 > > > > Speaking on the current climate of independent game development during > his > > > IndieGamesCon keynote address this year, accomplished industry veteran > > Alex > > > Seropian, who helped found Bungie and created Halo before leaving the > > studio > > > to form Wideload Games, expressed his belief that now is the best time > > to be > > > involved in the field and that the best business model for indie devs > is > > > akin to prostitution. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > dA Gallery ~ http://yadu.deviantart.com/gallery > > home ~ http://www.theangrypixel.com ~ http://www.theangrypixel.com/forum > > LinkedIn ~ http://www.linkedin.com/in/yadurajiv > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > -- > Student, PGD Global Business Operations, > SRCC, Delhi University > http://www.kinshuksunil.co.nr > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
The series on Linux game development continues, the new(fifth) article was published earlier, check it out here - http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming5/ first 4 can be found here.. http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming1 http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming2 http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming3 http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/linuxprogramming4 peace, ya~dude -- dA Gallery ~ http://yadu.deviantart.com/gallery home ~ http://www.theangrypixel.com ~ http://www.theangrypixel.com/forum LinkedIn ~ http://www.linkedin.com/in/yadurajiv _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
