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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2006 01:33 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2006 01:40
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Anyone signed up on the GGE Beta? If so, well, pretty much like the lonely weirdos we are, post up your profile

The GGE is basically something mostly to do with Garagegames (hence I'm on there as members get the beta) Its basically a society of gamers/game fans and developers and even publishers (The only publishers at the moment is GG, so I'd assume only Torque games would be up for publication) Its where people host their games as well, I assume its a good method of advertising your works and getting people to view it, I'm signed up as a developer ready for Shadow Behinds the leaves:


http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Seppuku

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Jeku
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I'm on there too--- I'll post my member info tonight when I get home.

Just purchased TGB a few nights ago and been having a blast thus far

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Posted: 22nd Dec 2006 02:40
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I just requested a beta account.

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Posted: 22nd Dec 2006 11:41
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Cool, Cian if you don't get invited I got 2 invites, I'd be happy to send one.

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Just purchased TGB a few nights ago and been having a blast thus far"


Nice one, I haven't tried it, but TGE has been the one I've been playing with, although I yet have got to get the hang of Torque script

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Quote: "although I yet have got to get the hang of Torque script"


Yah, TorqueScript is almost too weird for me. Too many % and $ signs for a C-Scripted language. And it's not object-oriented, but that's ok I guess.

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Posted: 22nd Dec 2006 18:11
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Indeed, which is why I bought Kenneth Finney's '3D Game Programming All in One' and am hoping to get Beginners Guide to Torque for Christmas, Ken Finney's book is really good for all of the Torque script stuff, although it is a bit dated, as it was directed at version 1.2 I believe, and Torque itself has changed since then. But nevertheless it comes with a great FPS/Third Person shooting making tutorial, with Milkshape tuts as well, where you have a character in a level with different enemies, a weapon and ammo to pick up and the enemies have their own AI system, tis a great book, except I'm on about Chapter 3, a long way to go yet

In relation to TGB, I doubt it has any.

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Yes, I have that same Finney book--- it's quite good That was back when I was into the TGE more, and also purchased the RTS Starter Kit. Sadly I may abandon TGE altogether, but I can't sell and/or transfer the license

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Posted: 22nd Dec 2006 22:46
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Cool, I almost abandoned TGE, because I began to become more interested in Ogre and Irrlicht, but once again my interest has caught me again, heck I was looking at some tutorials one using Melee weapons this morning. I think I'll probably stay with it in the end with DBP, as Torque pretty much does/augments all of things I hate coding like physics, collision and placement of the object, I actually prefer coding the game play/graphical effects more than anything.

As for the RTS starter kit, never tried it, is it any good?
I'm afraid the last thing I bought when I had money was Torque and the Kenneth Finney book, having no job I've been poor since

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Cian Rice
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Well I haven't gotten invited yet, how long did it take you to receive it? I can understand awhile, but I'm just curious.

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Posted: 23rd Dec 2006 06:56 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2006 06:57
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I got an invite because I purchased one of their products.

Quote: "As for the RTS starter kit, never tried it, is it any good?"


Yah it's great--- just shouldn't have bought it without knowing absolutely anyone who can render 3D models for me. Seriously, I don't have *any* friends that are into hobby game dev--- not even one, and I suck at 3D art.

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@Jeku: Hahah, opposite for me. I have about 3 friends who know networks like the back of their hands, 2 who program, 1 who does professional 3d modelling, and a few web designers/scripters I know from work.

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Quote: "I got an invite because I purchased one of their products."


Same reason why I got one. Cian I'll send you one of my invites.

Quote: "Yah it's great--- just shouldn't have bought it without knowing absolutely anyone who can render 3D models for me. Seriously, I don't have *any* friends that are into hobby game dev--- not even one, and I suck at 3D art."


Cool, I might pick up a copy of it.

Pretty much the same, although one friend who became interested that made one post here and decided to post randomly at Ozark Games then stopped, and another was asking me about it the other day.

Which is the reason why I've tried to equalise my 3D skills and programming skills, but I'm always willing to help people get started off in the 3D world before, tips, tricks, advice, tutorials, tutorial links etc, if you are interested, email me.

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Posted: 23rd Dec 2006 17:19
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Thanks. I'm going to register now.

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Posted: 24th Dec 2006 05:06 Edited at: 24th Dec 2006 06:22
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I've joined after an invitation from Cian, heh, it's a chain reaction, my page so far:
http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Gil%20Galvanti
EDIT:
Also made a TGC/DBP group if anyone wants to join . And for some reason, the link above wont link.
http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/group/thegamecreators/

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Joined the group. Bryn, get off your ass an accept my friend request!

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Posted: 24th Dec 2006 21:20
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hey, do one of ya'll have an invites? because i think they're going to shun me

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Posted: 24th Dec 2006 22:44
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someone invite me please

chris-franklin-2k6@hotmail.co.uk

I've got a new account because all my order's go to my new e-mail.
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Posted: 25th Dec 2006 05:41
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Can anyone send me a invite? Email in my sig=)

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Quote: "Joined the group. Bryn, get off your ass an accept my friend request!"


Sorry man, net has been down, I'll accept.

If anyone wants my second invite, get your arse down to 3D chat and enter my Modelling challenge, this month the theme is 'Wii'. If you win, you'll get it .

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Posted: 27th Dec 2006 21:52 Edited at: 27th Dec 2006 21:53
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Ive got my account

http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Dared1111

A game- nvidia cancelled but preserved till ive finished the current

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Posted: 27th Dec 2006 22:05
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Okay, if anyone needs an invite, let me know.

http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Jeku

Also, please post your account link here so we can create a ring.

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Quote: "Also, please post your account link here so we can create a ring."


Go into my profile, look at my groups and you should see a TGC one, Cian started it, perhaps that's a good place to start a ring.

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Added myself to the ring.

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Nice one, there's nothing but one post at the moment, but hey its the same for the Torque Game Engine group and they got loads of members, lets see if the same thing happens if people start giving away their invites to TGCers

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No, Gil started it silly! Don't give me all the credit. I just made the logo.

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Put my game up here.

[href=http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Hobgoblin Lord]http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Hobgoblin Lord[/href]

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I joined awile back http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/ChronoLink
EDIT: by the way i still have 1 invite left..

WTF....what was that for???
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/bump, I have an invite if anyone wants one

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same here i have 2 though

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I requested an invite 2 weeks ago. I havn't seen anything yet in my e-mail so I'm now wondering if they are actually going to send me anything?

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They won't, that is if your email address has been sent to them, like mine was, because I bought a Garage Games product (Torque) and well its a little offer GGE give because it is run by Garage Games, if you're not one of those people you have to get invited, my remaining invite is going to whoever wins the TGC 3D modelling challenge I hold in 3D Chat chat, if you can't get that one, then you'll have to ask to see if anyone else is willing to give you one, as you can see Dared and Gil have offers there.

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@GameDesign er20- i sent you an invite... (though i almost didn't because you have AOL... please... get a free juno account at least )

i filled out their form and got accepted for who knows what reason, i've never bought a garage games product

what's kind of sad though is that since my site is down i can't upload any of my games yet

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I just shot them an email and they sent me a link for the beta. they may just be swamped with the holidays and all.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=73324&b=8
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They may actually send you one. A week after I got an invite from Seppuku they sent me one after all, never bought anything from them but maybe they read my mind when I contemplated purchasing that new XNA product they have?

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@Peter H
Thanks for the invite

I just set up my account. It's late so I'll have to finish it tomorrow, but here's the link anyway http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Gamedesigner20

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I asked for a beta too and I got an account for the beta.

http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/Slayer93

I bet no one cares about me or even knows me but eh...

I also have two invites for anyone who wants one. I also have to finish a game so I put it on here.

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Quote: "someone invite me please

chris-franklin-2k6@hotmail.co.uk"


noone has sent mre one yet

someone please send me one

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Sent you one Chris .

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Good 'ol Gil. Thanks

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np, if you want, join TGC group: http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/group/thegamecreators/

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sorry to bring this up from the grave, but i have a BIG announcement

the group "the game creators" is now ranked #1 in most popular groups

to top it off, devhat, the official irc network of #darkbasic is the #1 rated group

perhaps this will offer a greater incentive for people to join, come on, be part of the awesomeness
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Crikey! I did see TGC as number 3, but number one, well that's good, goes to show, we're the best Looking at that page, the only Garage Games stuff is Torque X and TGEA, and they're 4th, if I were a gloater, I'd be doing a whole lot of rubbing in now... But I'm not.

Well it is good news as not only does it advertise our profiles (I nicely did my profile favour by being one of the first friends of Nintendo, THQ and Ubisoft ) but it may possibly raise the status of TGC.

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I also seem to have a lot more popularity then everyone else. But it's steadily decreasing, and I don't know how it got that high in the first place. o_O

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Rice = Popular

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wtf

some random idiot who decides what is what on our content filter system must have been seriously confused because www.greatgamesexperiment.com is now categorized as porn and is blocked

i mean, it's not like i really liked it... but now that i can't get there i want it lol

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Oh no, we're down to number 2, oh well still good .

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I just got accepted!

http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/user/jeffsto

Not really much on it yet...

I also have 1 invite left. Anyone interested?

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Quote: "some random idiot who decides what is what on our content filter system must have been seriously confused because www.greatgamesexperiment.com is now categorized as porn and is blocked

i mean, it's not like i really liked it... but now that i can't get there i want it lol "


It's probably an automatic filter:
www.greatgamesexperiment.com


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It passes our filter, and it has 'game' and 'sex' in the title, odd that on, as it seems everything at school with the word 'game' is blocked during lessons, including this one.

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