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This note is for companies and individuals developing arcade style
PC games.  



Dear PC Game Developer,

This summer I am teaching a class for programmers in grades 7-10 entitled, 
"Fundamentals of Arcade Style Game Programming."  You may be able to help 
the next generation of PC game programmers by providing us with resources 
such as the following:

     General information about your company and its products.

     Information about what it takes to be a freelance game developer.

     Biographies of or interviews with successful game developers, 
     either in text form or on video.  I would love to show videotaped 
     greetings from developers describing their backgrounds, skills, 
     interests, and hobbies.

     Copies of your game products for us to study (yes, study) and for 
     awards and prizes for the kids.

     Any other resources you can think of that will help the students 
     learn about PC game programming.

I have a very small budget for class materials, so I rely on your gener-
osity in donating materials.  I will acknowledge all donations in a note 
to all of the students and their parents.  I am a strong believer in 
copyright law, and will take all reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized 
use of any of your licensed materials.

Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide.  Please contact me 
via E-mail to daveb@netcom.com, or telephone (510) 945-7565, Extension 
175.  You can mail materials to me at the address below.

What follows are paragraphs describing the program, the class, and myself.

Sincerely,

Dave Briccetti
Instructor, College for Kids Program
Diablo Valley Community College





College For Kids Program

The class, starting June 20th, is part of Diablo Valley Community Col-
lege's College for Kids program in Pleasant Hill, California (a suburb of 
San Francisco).  Here is the promotional blurb for the program:

     College for Kids provides challenging enrichment activities for 
     highly motivated young people.  The program takes place in the 
     college environment and is patterned after a college curriculum 
     and course structure.

Fundamentals of Arcade Style Game Programming Class

     This challenging class teaches the fundamentals of arcade-style 
     game programming on PCs.  Study and apply 3-D graphics techniques 
     used in today's popular games.  Prerequisites: 
     Intermediate/advanced programming skills.

About the Instructor

     Dave Briccetti has been a professional programmer since 1978, and 
     has owned his own business since 1983.  He is primarily a soft-
     ware developer and consultant who develops software for IBM and 
     compatible microcomputers for clients.  He uses the C and C++ 
     languages, and the OS/2 operating system (a sophisticated alter-
     native to DOS and Windows).

     In addition to his professional software development work, Dave 
     has taught summer computer sessions at the Feather River Camp in 
     Quincy, CA, has assisted at National Computer Camps Santa Clara 
     camp, and teaches computer programming classes to grades 4-11 
     through Diablo Valley College's College for Kids and College 
     Success programs.

     Dave has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1979, and in 
     Lafayette since 1987.  He is a member of the Lafayette Chamber of 
     Commerce, and through the Chamber, he participates in programs 
     such as Business Partnership Day with Acalanes High School.  He 
     has volunteered in computer classes at Acalanes High School.

     Dave enjoys flying airplanes, scuba diving, and playing volley-
     ball.

-- 
Dave Briccetti Software Consulting | OS/2 Bay Area User Group
OS/2 Programming Consulting;       | (President, Developers SIG, PR)
Programming Education Grades 4-12  | Meeting announce: comp.os.os2.announce
510 945-7565, P.O. 1713  | Web: file://ftp.netcom.com/pub/os/os2baug/main.html
Lafayette, CA 94549-7013 | FTP: ftp.netcom.com/pub/os/os2baug