Re: HELP!!! I want to make a game!!!!

From: "Walter Simpson" <walter@NOSPAMnirvana.softnet.co.uk>

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0000

MadCentral wrote in message
<19991217074240.07940.00000008@ng-fp1.aol.com>...
>>>I'd like to start an AD&D type of game.  However, while I can easy design
the
>game, I really have no idea how to program it. How do I contact someone
about
>getting this set up?<<
>
>Desiging a game is every bit as skilled as programming a game, yet
everybody
>thinks they can do it.  It's a bit like writing good novels.
This is so true!

Anybody who can write a bit *thinks* they can do it.  Nevertheless, i'll try
and answer your
>question.
>
>Getting your game programmed options:-
>
>(1)  Find a great programmer who does not also think they are a game
designer,
>who has lots of free time and who doesn't mind spending it programming your
>game.

good luck! you will nedd it?

>(2)  Hire a programmer and pay through the nose for however long it takes
to
>get your game programmed.  Be prepared for *lots* of correspondence.  A
>programmer is going to want *everything* in writing, including many things
you
>will not have even considered or, indeed, dreamed of.

trust me on this programming a game is murder!

>(3)  Learn to use a programming language yourself.

Very good luck to you
>
>(4)  Find a programmer interested in a joint venture, but be prepared for
them
>to completely usurp your ideas with their own, because everybody *thinks*
they
>can design a game.

>Most of all... have fun!

and more than likely a sore head.

Walter

References

HELP!!! I want to make a game!!!!
krogar@earthlink.net (krogar)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: HELP!!! I want to make a game!!!!
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0000