Comments on: What’s a Good Final Year Project? http://www.entertainingcode.com/archives/whats-a-good-final-year-project/ Coding and the games industry Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ray http://www.entertainingcode.com/archives/whats-a-good-final-year-project/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Ray Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:50:04 +0000 http://www.entertainingcode.com/?p=861#comment-292 Thanks a lot for this, I've been asking this question myself. Keep them coming! Thanks a lot for this, I’ve been asking this question myself. Keep them coming!

]]> By: Kyle Walsh http://www.entertainingcode.com/archives/whats-a-good-final-year-project/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Kyle Walsh Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:08:11 +0000 http://www.entertainingcode.com/?p=861#comment-291 This is sound advice and a great article. Particularly the points on C++ and DirectX. I feel that XNA is a great abstraction depending on which areas of game development you want to get into, but if you really want to specialize, or if you would really like to know what's going on inside a game engine, you should roll your own. It can be an enlightening and exciting undertaking! You will also gain a much greater appreciation for the complexity of commercial games of all levels when you pour over your own engine code, knowing it's shortcomings, and then think of the work the industry leaders are doing! Let's just say I stopped saying certain games "sucked" after I went through the process ;) Keep up the nice posts, Mikael. Just discovered your blog recently and am having a great time reading the archives and your newer stuff. This is sound advice and a great article. Particularly the points on C++ and DirectX. I feel that XNA is a great abstraction depending on which areas of game development you want to get into, but if you really want to specialize, or if you would really like to know what’s going on inside a game engine, you should roll your own. It can be an enlightening and exciting undertaking! You will also gain a much greater appreciation for the complexity of commercial games of all levels when you pour over your own engine code, knowing it’s shortcomings, and then think of the work the industry leaders are doing! Let’s just say I stopped saying certain games “sucked” after I went through the process ;)

Keep up the nice posts, Mikael. Just discovered your blog recently and am having a great time reading the archives and your newer stuff.

]]> By: Callum http://www.entertainingcode.com/archives/whats-a-good-final-year-project/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Callum Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:26:45 +0000 http://www.entertainingcode.com/?p=861#comment-290 Fantastic answer to a question I have asked alot of people myself. I read a really interesting article on gamesindusty.biz about game ideas that work right out of the box, probably worth looking up aswell, means you can find a game that already works and just make it your own, concentrating on making it look wicked! ( or emotionally pleasing :) ) Fantastic answer to a question I have asked alot of people myself. I read a really interesting article on gamesindusty.biz about game ideas that work right out of the box, probably worth looking up aswell, means you can find a game that already works and just make it your own, concentrating on making it look wicked! ( or emotionally pleasing :) )

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