Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-03-02 Thread shaun everiss
Agree with that one. even in my simple programs I did in uni in pascal and even java script there was simple math for simple outputs, and the like. Unless you just wanted to print a message on the screen that was. At 08:16 AM 3/1/2014, you wrote: Hi Cara, Well put. The majority of

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-03-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, there is usually some basic math involved in any program, especially games, just because that is the way things are. However, it doesn't mean all the math has to be difficult or complex. Usually a novice programmer can get by on basic adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing if the

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Cara, Well put. The majority of programming is the logic behind how the program will work and then coming up with a design, organizing the code, so you get that functionality out of the game or program. Once a developer understands the logic and the concepts behind how a program works they

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Well, let me reiterate that the math skills you do have such as basic adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, etc is sufficient for very simple and basic games. You do however have to understand the basics of how Algebra works such as assigning and using variables in formulas

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Ian Reed
Thomas said: Just do what you can with the skills you do have, know your strengths and weaknesses, and do the best you can. I say: Very well put. Josh, I'd like to add that nobody is good at Math or programming when they are born. Becoming good at them is a process of learning and practice. It

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Josh
I asked chip orange if he would do some game programming classes on a team-talk server. His audio classes and accompanying examples for window-eyes scripting are excellent! he seems to be one of the few people who can both program, and also teach and explain things in a way with lots of

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Josh
perhaps chip's window-eyes scripting classes will help. I'll take them one class at a time I finnished class one, played around with the examples and such and its going good so far. using windows7 laptop On 2/27/2014 1:33 PM, Ian Reed wrote: Thomas said: Just do what you can with the skills

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Well, keep in mind that writing scripts for Window-Eyes is completely different from game programming. I know that Chip is a talented developer, is a skilled developer, but to my knowledge he has never written any audio games so probably is not the right person to ask about game

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Josh
oh so visual basic won't do it then? jim seems to get along good with vb6 though. using windows7 laptop On 2/27/2014 6:38 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Josh, Well, keep in mind that writing scripts for Window-Eyes is completely different from game programming. I know that Chip is a talented

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, You are confusing Visual Basic with Visual Basic Script., Those are completely two different languages from Microsoft. Visual Basic is a full fledged programming language for writing applications, games, etc. The later versions of Visual Basic are a part of Microsoft's .NET suite of

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Cara Quinn
Another consideration is that much of programming is logic and creativity. Math can come into this in the form of simpler work with variables as Thomas has said but important concepts are the logic of how a program will function and what you need to do creatively to make that happen. Once you

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Cara Quinn
Absolutely! Totally agree! Where there's a will there's a way! :) Go for it! Smiles, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Feb 27, 2014, at 10:33

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-27 Thread Josh
yes it sure does. using windows7 laptop On 2/27/2014 8:28 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Another consideration is that much of programming is logic and creativity. Math can come into this in the form of simpler work with variables as Thomas has said but important concepts are the logic of how a

[Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-26 Thread Josh
let me help you further by telling you what my math skills are in a list here... good skills 1. adding 2. subtracting 3. multiplying 4. division. 5. decimals. 6. I know pi is 3.14159. 7. percents. 8. less than and greater than. things I am bad at or don't want to touch. bad skills. 1. algebra.

Re: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have

2014-02-26 Thread Jacob Kruger
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2014 5:16 AM Subject: [Audyssey] making games with skills i have let me help you further by telling you what my math skills are in a list here... good skills 1. adding 2. subtracting 3. multiplying 4. division. 5. decimals. 6. I