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Spunky sk8er
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 02:24
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Im new and still young (15) and want to have a project to start on, i need something fairly easy that wont take up to long, i have short attention spans on things im new to.... So any EASY ideas will be good since i have no real idea
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Sven B
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 18:37
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Pong

It's the programmer's life:
Have a problem, solve the problem, and have a new problem to solve.
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Big Man
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 18:56 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2006 18:57
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Yeah Pong was my first project I finished and im 15 aswell.
Although when I made it I was just starting so I was about 14.

Our aim is to keep the loo's clean, your aim can help.
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x1bwork
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 18:57
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Quote: "i have short attention spans on things im new to"



I dont mean to discourage you,Spunky,but im not so sure coding is for you if you have a
Quote: "short attention spans on things im new to"


Even if you get a pong demo,done,youre going to keep hitting walls where you need to stop and research what you dont understand. Somedays, I go on for days trying to hammer through situations I dont entirely understand in my projects.

Paitience and focus are an absolute must in programming.

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 19:54
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A fruit machine hasn't been done yet. It's not too hard.

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Spunky sk8er
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2006 23:09
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a fruit machine?? whats that?
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Qualed Entertainment
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Posted: 28th Feb 2006 15:24
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he means one of those slot machines that have the furit on it.

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Spunky sk8er
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Posted: 2nd Mar 2006 00:19
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oo gotcha... i think i could do that now if i had the images. ive been working hard the past week and can write a nice chunk of a breakout code from memory
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DB newbie
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Posted: 2nd Mar 2006 00:27
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you can find a good pong tut. on the newcomers page. (its a sticky for tuts.) it was my first game it is pretty easy and fun you also learn a lot from it.

Check out my site!(unfinished)
http://www.freewebs.com/dbnewbie/
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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 14th Mar 2006 21:04
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Quote: "Pong"


Quote: "you can find a good pong tut. on the newcomers page. (its a sticky for tuts.) it was my first game it is pretty easy and fun you also learn a lot from it."


Ugh, I hate it when people say that. Come on! I never started with pong!

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SimSmall
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Posted: 14th Mar 2006 21:31
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Quote: "Ugh, I hate it when people say that. Come on! I never started with pong!"


Nor did I - as a result I've never really finished anything, even after 4 years...
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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 14th Mar 2006 21:35
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Click on the link in my sig to see what I can do without the help of pong.

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