🚀 go-pugleaf

   While I am currently developing games for the PC, I'd like to see some
less hardware related discussions also.  I mastered the hardware tricks on
the Apple, the Atari 800, and the Commodore 64 back when there was money to
be made programming games on them, and now it's mostly just useless knowledge
sitting in my head - as much of my PC related knowledge may become someday.
What I really value from all my years programming experience are the
techniques for making games better that work on any machine.

   But you have to recognize what this place is.  It's a haven for tinkerers
to exchange tricks they find interesting, not a place where craftsmen
exchange techniques they've developed over a lifetime of experience.  If you
want to see some fascinating discussions start about strategy algorithms,
techniques for improving user interface, or what have you, don't ask someone
else to start the conversation.  Do it yourself.  Me, I'm working too hard on
making games to have much energy left over for starting discussions.  I'd be
happy to answer questions related to higher level programming and design
issues, but I think there are few here that would care to ask them, and an
endless supply of people just getting started who would love to ask me how to
make a sprite routine.

   I would recommend the Journal of Computer Game Design roundtable on Genie,
where most of the discussion is between professional programmers & designers.
Does get a bit gossipy sometimes, but it doesn't bog down in technical
discussions.  Of course you have to pay for it, which probably rules it out
for most people here.

                                 Dr. Cat