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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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I have put a project on Indie GoGo to finish the book I have been writting. www.anothergames.com |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I hereby sentence you to writing the word 'writing' 500 times (with pencil and paper) so you'll never misspell it again! They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007
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The minimum I can give is $25? Good luck with that brother. In capitalist America bank robs you. |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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I think the $25 is for perks only. Less then $25, no credit. Might be a tad high though. --- |
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Vanneto
Member #8,643
May 2007
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Ah, right you are. I'll let myself out. In capitalist America bank robs you. |
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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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Thanks all for your replies! www.anothergames.com |
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Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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This whole thing would have made a lot more sense 21 days ago...
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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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Here it's 23, sorry.... www.anothergames.com |
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Paul whoknows
Member #5,081
September 2004
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Is there a PDF version available? ____ "The unlimited potential has been replaced by the concrete reality of what I programmed today." - Jordan Mechner. |
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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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If the project gets finished, there will surely be www.anothergames.com |
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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I have to agree with gnolam, the lack of knowledge evidenced in the book itself and on your forum posts shows you are far from qualified from publishing a book on Allegro 5. Unfortunately your ability to write is even worse. I know you have good intentions, but I feel your book, if published, would do far more harm to Allegro than good.
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pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012
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I feel like this world hasn't yet finished to astound me. Talk about overconfidence there, I heartily agree with gnolam...you aren't qualified to write such a book. Man, how many years on game programming have you on your back? pls share projects of your portfolio...oh wait... Please seriously reconsider....this seems more and more a joke but I fearit's not given your general attitude. It is unlikely that Google shares your distaste for capitalism. - Derezo |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Alex-G, please, don't get discouraged by everyone. But consider getting back to this project after a few years. Instead, use your enthusiasm on creating more games. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012
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Johan, while I heartily agree with your tone, I also think the guy needs a hard reality check on what he is doing. I mean: he.wants.to.write.a.book on game programming with allegro 5 I may as well write a book on Nuclear Physycs for dummies for that matter: it's a (sad) joke. Alex-G needs to focus, hone his skills and train hard. And change, seriously, attitude. So I strongly hope he gets discouraged in this project by everyone's words. He's also doing the campaign itself wrong...there's a perk for financing a bulky 83% of the project...to me this does NOT convey a professional & serious image. Would this really be spread around, he would lose credibility in front of a lot of people. But of course this is only my opinion and this is a free world after all. It is unlikely that Google shares your distaste for capitalism. - Derezo |
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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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Thanks for your replies! None sniffin OpenGL..... www.anothergames.com |
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Elias
Member #358
May 2000
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pkrcel
Member #14,001
February 2012
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AleX-G Squadron said: Also, I know a lot of people hate sharing, this is why they say bad stuff This is how you miss the whole point of discussion, completely. FAIL. Elias said: Someone did just that and was hugely successful, even spawning off a world religion. Makes my point even more valid, I guess. Let's only hope there won't be the Church of Allegrology in our future. It is unlikely that Google shares your distaste for capitalism. - Derezo |
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Specter Phoenix
Member #1,425
July 2001
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AleX-G Squadron said: Also, I know a lot of people hate sharing, this is why they say bad stuff This shows that you have a lack of understanding. People that hate sharing don't bother posting. I was going to ignore this thread as I feel the same as gnolam, LennyLen, pkrcel, and Johan. Now see, I'm far more blunt about my advice. If you can't even understand what people are telling you then how the hell do you think you are the one to write a book about game programming or allegro5. I've been here 12 years (on and off) and even I wouldn't presume to think I could write a book about either. The advice I give beginner programmers on cplusplus.com is actually the advice I was given by these guys when learning C++. I've been programming in C++ for a long time and never challenged myself so I don't consider myself an expert, but rather still just a beginner. In all honesty, if I had to chose between your book or another source I would chose the Allegro Wiki and Coding Made Easy's Youtube Tutorials.
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Paul whoknows
Member #5,081
September 2004
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Some constructive feedback: submit your book to a native English speaker for grammatical correction, after that it won't look as bad as it does now. In order to get more feedback from us, share a PDF version, this save us time. Good luck. ____ "The unlimited potential has been replaced by the concrete reality of what I programmed today." - Jordan Mechner. |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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According to this page, he is letting a native English speaker edit the book. Am I right? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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Some chapters of the book have been edited by a very good friend. (native English) @specter Please ask yourself, if you could do so much in 1.5 years of C++ programming. Oh, if I had to choose between any source, Mike Geig would be the first. @paul www.anothergames.com |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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AleX-G Squadron said: Some chapters of the book have been edited by a very good friend. (native English) Just because somebody is an English speaker does not mean they are any good at writing in English. As an example, the very first paragraph of your book contains either a grammatical error or bizarre choice of words in every single sentence. If those few pages took "a lot" to edit, then fire your editor, as it looks like they haven't even bothered. There are a lot of professionally written book already available on Game Development. Nobody is going to pay any attention to yours if it remains so poorly written. It doesn't matter what you are trying to say if you can't actually say it properly.
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AleX-G Squadron
Member #13,593
October 2011
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Yeah, but the books you are talking about cost money and the editors want money too. www.anothergames.com |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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AleX-G Squadron said: Yeah, but the books you are talking about cost money and the editors want money too. That still doesn't change the fact that most people will judge your book on first impressions and won't even bother to read beyond a few pages. There are even more free online sources available on game programming than there are commercial books.
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