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Geek Culture / TGC Newsletter Issue 37 is out

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Richard Davey
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Hi all,



Issue 37 of the newsletter is now out. It's a pretty packed issue and features an exclusive interview with games artist Paul LaSalle, a superb set of particles functions and tutorial from geecee3, a great FPSC level loader tutorial from BatVink, new release information, forum chatter, PlayBasic news and the usual 'more'.

Grab it from the normal place (lazy oiks go to the TGC home page and click da cover)

Cheers,

Rich

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For the lazy oiks: http://www.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_37.html


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Drew the G
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About the Typing comp,
It stinks it must be in DBP, I ordered DBP in Nov. and still haven't got it. Too bad it can't be in DBC, I have an idea I'd start now...

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*cough* nice cover... and is that pan pan I see there? Excellent!

*starts reading*


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Posted: 2nd Feb 2006 01:45
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cool!

Dont code slowly be SWIFT about it!
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2006 02:10 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2006 02:11
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Ah, so the thread's here instead of DBP Discussion, makes sense.

Great newsletter, got a top idea for the typing compo. Thanks.



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Richard Davey
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2006 02:16
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Quote: "It stinks it must be in DBP, I ordered DBP in Nov. and still haven't got it. Too bad it can't be in DBC, I have an idea I'd start now..."


I trust you've reported your order as missing then? (like back in December). Forget DBC, if you've got an idea burning away like you imply then use the trial version of DBPro. It will last long enough to get it done.

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Nice newsletter, but...
Speaking of software and newsletters, I still haven't gotten any replies to my emails for the software I won in past issues. Just wondering if you ever got them. Thanx!

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Jeku
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Looks great, Rich! A little disappointed in the high cost of igLoader, though, as they charge on a per-title basis. This software is something I've been looking for over several years.


Automaton Games website has been revamped! Check it out!
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So is the cover girl cleaning our her belly button fluff or what?

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Thanks for featuring Yahtzee 123 Rich!

Robin

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Here's some thoughts I had reading through the newsletter:

- Too bad I didn't know Paul LaSalle in real life, such beautiful artwork!
- BatVink I loved your tutorial this month!
- For some odd reason I really like the design of the french FPSC box.

[edit]

Important:

BatVink didn't mention this in his tutorial, but it should be told. If your FPSC level contains a portion of the level that is outside of the main structure then it will be necessary to copy over the skybank directory. Once that's copied over find out what the skybank object file is called to load it up. For example in my test project I tossed together it was:



The reason why this is necessary that for some reason the static object will create trails of itself (when you're outside the structure) almost completely distorting the camera view. Using the provided skybox will solve this problem.

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Yay! Another Quikly Update! Rich you rock I'll send you an email with the full version on the 14th for you to check out again - thanks so much!

Great issue to, loads of interesting stuff


Preorder EA here:http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=67575&b=8&p=0
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Chris Franklin
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WOW that compo is gonna be great i already have an amazing idea

Fps world of mayhem 10%

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I'm glad to see my first 20-liner review in it!

That compo does sound interesting! It will be interesting to see what's gonna be made from this community!

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Dallas! heh, i live like 2 hours away from Paul LaSalle...

hmm....

*starts working on the goriest possible ninja game were you mutilate poor innocent frogs who only want to jump across the river...*

that's family oriented, right?

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Of course, but I don't know what it has to do with typing!

Actually, I have quite a few interesting ideas I'd like to try out, even if I'm not going to enter them. Just want to see if they'll 'work' or not.


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LOL!
it never ceases to amaze me how people come up with completely random interpretations for art...yeha I guess she could be plucking her belly button, although maybe shes just trying to look sexy...
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Hey Paul, welcome to the forums By the way you should add http:// before your web address in your profile.

Great cover art


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... lemme check my email

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lets get paul in the 3d section, and have HIM C&C everything

and no being nice

and I can't tell if that is a 2d drawing or a 3d model, or a picture, or what (the newsletter cover..)

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Paul LaSalle,

Do you sell prints of any of your artwork? For example, the angel that is on the cover of this newsletter? If the price was right I'd be interested in buying a small print or poster size print of it.

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Nice issue- Teaching You Touch Typing eh? Haha, I could use that.

<Pecks at 60-80wpm, been meaning to learn to type correctly, heh.

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*cough* no offense, but this typing compo.. it's really quite shortsighted. Why on earth would programmers need to learn to type? coding random stuff in dbp was the thing that tought me my current 120-whatever-type-with-my-eyes-closed wpm.


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Quote: "no offense, but this typing compo.. it's really quite shortsighted. Why on earth would programmers need to learn to type"


You didn't actually read the article properly did you? (or even at all?)

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Hehe, yes I read it, I was just mouthing off...


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I see Pan Pan on the 'front cover' and a mention of Pan pan 3D in the accompanying text, but I see no mention of the game in the newsletter. Am I overlooking something obvious or was Pan Pan overlooked?


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Not overlooked, more pulled at the last minute. It was a competition to create a game using the Pan Pan character, but I didn't have the required media in time, so it'll have to come back in a later issue.

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Quote: "It was a competition to create a game using the Pan Pan character"

Another compo? Wow. There´s so many. I still hope there´s a TGC compo this summer though. No time right now.

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I'm baffled that people could have actually complained about the Hands On book. I've bought it and I think its great. Plus, what kind of people would actually complain about the book being in existence? By definition that has to be helpful.

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Hey Sorry It took me a while to respond...I seemed to have been sucked into world of warcraft...great game but highly addictive...

Torrey,
I have never sold prints before usually becxause everything I do is covered by NDA...lol
ironic the only people that ever see concept art are people that use it to build the world...
I will consider doing prints in the near future but I need to figure out the best way to go about it..
Jeku and Joel, nice to meet you and I'll see what I can do
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thats me above ,Paul LaSalle, apparently I have 2 email accounts tied to the forum...sorry
I'll try to post under this one..
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Hey, I thought the newsletter was awesome even though I was, (cough) somewhat offended by the cover--but that's just me,

LaSalle, I loved your interview, Keep up the good work, and I hope I can play one of your games in the future.

I go really interested in the compo for TTYT but got too much other stuff to do...maybe

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I was really impressed with this newsletter and the past two. I usually don't like the newsletters either.

Also on a sidenote, Paul I sent an email to your hotmail adress, did you happen to recieve it?

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I didnt see it, you can resend to my comcast address if you want
thelasalles@comcast.net
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Did Rich fall asleep before making the new Newsletter thread?

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I think so! Did you see the time on it?
My guess is, he will be dead to the world until at least 3PM.

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It's cool, guys, I've done this before:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=44843&b=1

Now let me take care of this with my abra-kadabaramo skills.


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