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> To address your last question, I think the propensity of communities such as this and countless others that have a lot of 'just starting out' coders is to over analyse the pros and cons of a language / implementation. You mention Optimization in your question, the first rule of good design is never prematurely optimize! Worry about writing it elegantly, then if it isn't fast enough, worry about speeding up what you have, never the other way round ;) This is very true about pre mature optimizing. 90% of your program will only run 10% of your code. No point in spending forever optimizing something that barely even gets run. Definitely good advice.

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Any plans to release it open source?

> ~~Not yet have to do that some time in the next few months :S May/June I think is when I have to~~ > > Edit; Mis read that yes I did I just haven't done taxes yet aha XD I thought they asked for a business id when setting up those forms. I didnt know that thats cool!

For a serious question, what are you working on at the moment? Why Java? I know you said where the money is but you can make a good amount in any language. I could see the cool new stuff for it for sure. But is that the only reason? What do you use it for in your day to day job?

> Does your name count as advertising? For Columbia drug lords?

> Depends on your state laws, here I didn't need a business licence to sell online. (Apple appstore) Really? Did you do your tax forms to actually receive a payment yet?

Looks pretty awesome! I have always wanted some sort of online Harvest Moon. No plans for iOS?

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Looks funny and fun! Good to see something a little bit different come out of these parts :) I like the voices.

> You need a degree to get a job in most serious places, or an awesome example that you can prove to demonstrate your skills. People can lie and cheat, to get a job, which is why diplomas are taken more seriously since they are much harder to cheat. Well that is what the interview is for, all those technical questions etc. Hard to fake that.

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Yea, that is very true. I may have sounded like that is the only language you will ever need. It is definitely good to know a few, learn the differences between them. They all have there ups and downs. Currently in the industry I have been asked to code in: C++ C# Objective C Javascript Python Java I have even been told I should learn assembly for debugging. Also to back up Crest's other point, knowing the syntax algorithms etc is definitely only part of it. There is a lot more to just writing any language in general.

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Just to make it clear Game Designer and Programmer are VERY differant things. I have many any game designers friends. It is a career, just a differant one. Oh also id like to note im from **Canada**! Things may be very different in the states!

Here is my take on the situation, though it may not be accurate just my personal experience going from school to the industry. If you want to learn how to program you take "Computer Science" almost all of the jobs I see in the industry say "Computer science or equivalent". Now that or equivalent is where most of the other courses come in. I have no idea what Computer programming is I have never heard of that. Now what I took was "Visual and Game Programming" a course offered by my school. Courses like these are a computer science equivalent. The difference is that these classes will teach you how to program for games. You will still learn how to program like anyone else, but you will most likely concentrate on game related math, (dot products, cross products, raycasting, matrixes etc). You may also learn how to use some of the current game engines while you learn to program. You also have game related examples and projects to make it more fun. The downside is that this is all the rage these days so some schools try to rip you off with terrible courses as there is no strict guidelines of what these courses need to have. If you are trying to get a job outside the game industry as a programmer and you try to cite your game related course it may not pan out so well (im guessing no facts on this). Though in gaming I labelled my course as a computer science equivalent and both EA and Ubisoft deemed this fine. Honestly a lot of people in the industry no longer care about school as long as you know what your doing. Now school is a great idea because it will not only teach you how to do it, but how to do it well and optimize it. This is what really sets you apart from everyone else applying. I learned algorithms and terms I had never even heard of before going into school, not to mention they show you exactly what to learn so your not just guessing or making random games and hoping you get all the key points. Personally, when I went to school it taught me how little I actually knew about programming. Its a good reality check, its amazing that sometimes you dont even know what you dont know. Also as a side note, if you want to be in the game industry learn c++. I dont want to start a big debate on this but from my personal experience it is the most wanted and most valuable skill. Even from a perspective of learning anything language. My first job was coding in c# and I started my first day with only c++ experience. No one even noticed I didnt know c#. C# will get you a lot of Unity jobs at the moment and some tool positions but that is about it. A lot of iOS still needs C++ or Objective c anyway. I only mention this because I know some courses only teach Java throughout the entire course. While that is still very valuable try to get some c++ in. I know a lot of people feel like they know the language but it takes many many years. I know people with 15+ years in the industry still only rate themselves a 4/10 or so in c++. I rate myself about a 2. If you plan to do only indie stuff this may be less relevant. But I noticed you said you wanted to work at the bigger studios. Anyway, I went on a bit of a badly spelled rant there. It comes down to Computer Science is the old school good programming course. Nothing wrong there it will get you what you need and not be questioned. Other courses can really be hit or miss but may be more related to gaming.

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Good luck everyone!!!

Why did you steal my old signature? Im so confused.

wat

It was supposed to be a secret, now that board can never be the same.

I support this entirely

Looks good, id continue it. Why does no one ever make per pixel movement but me? It isnt any harder really. Other then some collision checking which I an help you guys out with.

That is super wierd, someone should check for a shoutbox update. I am sure there is one out by now.