thelittleguy
Re:YC W2011 applicants chat back online
on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @01:35AM (#1863798)
No thank you xD
Re:YC W2011 applicants chat back online
on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @09:13PM (#1863172)
*with spam control
Re:Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions
on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @04:29PM (#1862199)
This could be interesting!
Re:Ask HN: why nobody talks about game development any more?
on Sunday October 17, 2010 @03:05PM (#1801102)
That doesn't even make any sense.
Ask HN: Looking for Iphone play-testers
Hi guy's, I'm wrapping up the beta of my first commercial Iphone game, and I'm looking for good play-testers.It's a deceitful little game - where you're asked to try and memorize the details of a beautiful photo while being interrupted by having to solve simple puzzles that are thrown at your face, thus making you forget what you just memorized in the first place.Once the puzzles are completed,...
Re:LazerCatz - 8-Bit Multiplayer Shooter - NodeKO Entry
on Monday August 30, 2010 @03:32PM (#1647254)
Hey, this is pretty cool!
But could you perhaps put an indicator around your character so that you can instantly see which character is yours ?
Other than that, nice job xD
Re:LazerCatz - 8-Bit Multiplayer Shooter - NodeKO Entry
on Monday August 30, 2010 @11:48AM (#1646525)
Uhm..
What exactly am I supposed to do there ?
It's just an image :/
Re:Ask HN: from zero to development
on Monday August 30, 2010 @11:24AM (#1646439)
You don't need a college degree to get started, but I do advice to start in the iphone platform right away.
Considering your friend is into multimedia design already, I would advice her to start by creating simple iphone games in order to learn programming.
Just take a look at the open-source cocos2D for the Iphone:
http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/about I'm using it myself as well, and it's completely free.
I don't know if she's is into game making already, but I do know from my own experience (I'm a Game Designer & programmer btw.) that creating a game IS the best way to learn how to program, also the most rewarding.
Here's how I would advice her to start:
0. run all the examples from the cocos2D engine on your iphone/simulator
1. learn how to create a calculator with it (using self-made buttons)
2. display an image(arrow) that moves+rotates where you tap it to go
3. re-create pong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPkUvfL8T1I
4. re-create frogger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VcS77kFRSk
5. re-create tetris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keeSEJG4XzU
6. learn how to integrate menu's + transitions on top of your game
7. expand your knowledge with SqlLite and create your OWN simple game,
and show the source to your friends and collect feedback on how to make it better.
Recreating tetris is the hardest part, but after that she'll have a solid knowledge of how programs work - and she can use this knowledge to go any direction she wants.
PS. If you need some help with getting started, just reply to my post.
Re:Poll: Where abouts are you hackers from?
on Friday August 27, 2010 @07:45PM (#1640697)
Netherlands
Re:Exit strategy required at YC?
on Saturday August 21, 2010 @12:22PM (#1623130)
So basically all the comments I saw where from people who are serial entrepreneurs? I see.
BTW, I am a programmer :)
Exit strategy required at YC?
Hi Guy's,After reading a lot about the startups at YC, I was a bit baffled to see that most people only talk about the exit strategy.. Doesn't anyone care about building a sustaining business anymore, or is this just part of the YC agreement ?