I got to say you have a very useful web site (East Coast Games) and I
am a very happy camper now that I have found it for it was exactly
what the doctor ordered, literally… …A long story, but the short of
it is I am an in-house graphic designer and medical illustrator in
the Chicago area working for a Java based research group of a medical
school radiology department, though what I really want to be is a
Christmas Elf, I mean dentist, I mean…

My interest has always been in illustration and visual story telling
as I trained on the east coast at Temple University's Tyler School of
Art in painting and illustration with the intention of becoming a
children's book illustrator, but as they say, the best laid plans of
mice and men- Actually I can't remember what they actually say from
that point on, all I know is it can't be good… So after a few years
of meandering through the graphics industry, learning through
experience the new tools of our age I have found my self washed
ashore in my current occupation, a virtual paradise for the Neo
Renaissance man wanting not but for one thing.

Large busted, and leggy scantily clad Amazon babes who will take me
back to their tribe to worship me for the conceptual god that I
am. !!!POP!!! Where was I..? Oh yes, so there is really only one
thing that my job has yet to offer me to make me truly happy as a
graphic artist and illustrator. A public outlet for some of my
less "professional" and certainly less conservative, if not just
wholly outrageous concepts, ideas, creations, and designs.

Basically I want to be able to draw guns, girls, spaceships and
things, and one day see them come alive on the pages of books,
magazines, TV, movies, and games- Ah, games, now there in lays the
rub. Imagine being able to design characters, mecha, and worlds and
seeing them take on lives of their own as others pick and choose
their fate, bringing them together, pulling them apart in a virtual
world where chaos is an ideal state of being as a test of one's
cunning.

But whatever shall I do… I have these ideas, but only half the
skills, I can draw and paint by hand, and I can draw and paint via
computer, but that only gives me semi perfect 2D worlds where
everything is stagnant until the next page, the next canvas, even
upon learning to create my images with the aid of 3D software I am
still trapped in a still world, one without interaction, one without
life.

I desire to set my sails, and cast myself out of this Sargasso Sea
that holds my imagination and find the oceans of knowledge that are
within my sight…

In other words, I really want to do two things, work with a group of
creative, motivated people, to supplement my own talents to create
really cool highly interactive games, and I want to learn how to
program, not because I want to become a programmer (I'm an artist,
and shall always be an artist), but because knowledge is power and
with enough power thing of the imagination can become real.

Umm I'm new to the C++ part of game programming, and wanted to know a
little about where I can find a free C++ program, that's pretty
good.  Thx-JC

http://www.darkbasic.com DarkBASIC Game Programming-Great VisualBasic
type game maker.  Top notch

Errr compiler, my bad.-JC

Check out DJGPP at www.delorie.com.  Also look at
members.tripod.co.uk/lpfglc for info on it and the
game programming library Allegro
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--- In EastCoastGames@y..., Maegwyn <kathyk77_2000@y...> wrote:
> Check out DJGPP at www.delorie.com.  Also look at
> members.tripod.co.uk/lpfglc for info on it and the
> game programming library Allegro
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Anyone know of another one where I don't have to edit my whole web
shell or autoexec file to use?-JC

Try Bloodshed or GNU.

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I hate sounding totaly ignorant, but where might I aquire these fine
pieces of software :) -JC


--- In EastCoastGames@y..., "Forest Handford" <fhandford@m...> wrote:
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>
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I think GNU comes free with most versions of LINUX as well as UNIX.  For
Bloodshed try http://www.bloodshed.net/ .

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pieces of software :) -JC


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Thx loads Forest! -JC

If you are at all interested in pascal Free pascal is
a good free compiler.  Linux distributions do come
with the built in gnu C/C++ compiler.  And lots of
other great development tools.  You can even get
delphi for linux now - Kylix.  There is a free version
available.  It's great.

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Hey Eastcoastgames :B

I have a little question:

Well, your resume example on the homepage really helped me, but I
missed the part concerning coding examples. Many firms want to have
besides the resume some samples of code.
I wonder what type of code they want and how they graduate them...
A whole project? An algorithm? An engine?

I hope you will enlighten me a bit,

greetings,
    Claw
---
www.clawsoftware.de

Hi,

Usually for coding samples they want to see an actual program, which
for a gaming company would need to be a game.  It will depend a bit
on what postion you apply for.  If you apply for an AI position don't
send a sample solitaire game.  And if you apply to be a 3D programmer
don't send a sample 2D game.

Thanks,
Forest

--- In EastCoastGames@y..., "ambclaw" <ghoul@c...> wrote:
> Hey Eastcoastgames :B
>
> I have a little question:
>
> Well, your resume example on the homepage really helped me, but I
> missed the part concerning coding examples. Many firms want to have
> besides the resume some samples of code.
> I wonder what type of code they want and how they graduate them...
> A whole project? An algorithm? An engine?
>
> I hope you will enlighten me a bit,
>
> greetings,
>    Claw
> ---
> www.clawsoftware.de

WTF is a parse error? I keep getting it when trying to use the cin>>
command.  Also is a syntax error, an error in the way I type
something or what?-JC

Errr. sorry I"m getting a parse error before, the IF (condition)
command.  WTF is this?-JC


--- In EastCoastGames@y..., "Cloud_Strife_SOLDIER"
<cloud_strife_soldier@y...> wrote:
> WTF is a parse error? I keep getting it when trying to use the
cin>>
> command.  Also is a syntax error, an error in the way I type
> something or what?-JC

Hi all.  I'm trying to get into the programming field and have had no
luck yet (worked for a couple of months for a web design company and
created an administration page and database using PhP & MySQL) I can
program using C, C++, Java,Visual Basic and some assembler.  I've
created simple apps in all five languages.  I've been dabling with
windows programming, openGL, and DirectX programming. My problem is
I'm very task oriented and need something to do or I end up trying to
do everything at once. If anyone is interested in giving an entry
level programmer something to do email me and I'll get back to you.
s_hanly@...
Thanks, SH

Want to be able to interact with programmers, artists, beta-testers,
producers.  Help build a great community with the new message board
system for Game Development!

http://gdforums.suddenlaunch.com/index.cgi

Hmm does anyone come here anymore? whered yall go?

I'm still here!

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Seems to be kinda quiet in here, and the website hasn't been updated
since 1/6/02. I'm hoping this isn't the same as what happened to my
very own site... :'( but enough bickering and reminising. Where
exactly is East Coast Games set up?
Tim

We tend to update the site every few months.  I might put up the DirectX Pong
game soon.  Define where?  City, server, sate of mind?

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exactly is East Coast Games set up?
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hi i'm trying to do some 3d progamming using C but i'm missing
mem.h.  I've looked all over the place but i still can't find it, is
there any place on the net i can download it, i have looked quite
thoroughly.

Regards Pete

Try:
http://www.kaffe.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/kaffe/config/config-mem.h?
sortby=author

--- In EastCoastGames@y..., "flobble_1" <flobble_1@y...> wrote:
> hi i'm trying to do some 3d progamming using C but i'm missing
> mem.h.  I've looked all over the place but i still can't find it,
is
> there any place on the net i can download it, i have looked quite
> thoroughly.
>
> Regards Pete

hi i'm reading the book "c++ for the absolute beginner" by dirk
henkemans and mark lee. and it told me that if i get my first
programming tutorial right in chapter 1 to skip all the way to
chapter 5. but i must have mistaken that for them assuming that i was
already experienced. wich is what i thought after i went to chapter
five. so i red on in chapter 1. and there's a section that's supposed
to teach you how to store strings in the string library. i tried to
do so but i'm afraid the section didn't have enough detailed info on
how to do this do you think that you can help me please?

laserbeak

Dirk did some writing for us so I think I still have his e-mail
address at home.  I'll write to him and see if he can help.

Thanks,
Forest

--- In EastCoastGames@y..., "laserbeak43" <laserbeak43@h...> wrote:
> hi i'm reading the book "c++ for the absolute beginner" by dirk
> henkemans and mark lee. and it told me that if i get my first
> programming tutorial right in chapter 1 to skip all the way to
> chapter 5. but i must have mistaken that for them assuming that i
was
> already experienced. wich is what i thought after i went to chapter
> five. so i red on in chapter 1. and there's a section that's
supposed
> to teach you how to store strings in the string library. i tried to
> do so but i'm afraid the section didn't have enough detailed info
on
> how to do this do you think that you can help me please?
>
> laserbeak

thanks i'd apreciate it!!!!

laserbeak