[IGDA_indies] what are people actually focused on?

[Ronald Hobbs]

Difficult question I would say. But anyway, I'm currently involved in
designing a pen and paper war-game with the aim of porting it to PC once we
can get it fun enough. 

Aside from that I've got some deep interests in AI, Graphic and Physics
engines. I'm also trying to get under the hood of Ogre and the Crystal Space
engine to see how they work and how I can utilise them. Finally I'm trying
to get some of my 3DS Max stuff to stop looking like they were done by a
five year old. 

I think I also care about other indies, not to brown-nose or anything, but
it always makes me feel like I'm on the right track when I see a success
story. So further to that I'd like to help out other indies more, in
whatever way I can, which is I guess why I'm here.



-----Original Message-----
From: indies-bounces at igda.org [mailto:indies-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of
Brandon J. Van Every
Sent: 28 July 2004 20:56
To: Indie SIG mailing list
Subject: [IGDA_indies] what are people actually focused on?

Ok, I'm not convinced that vision statements in the abstract are getting
us anywhere.  Time for another approach.

What are you each really focused on right now?  How could the IGDA Indie
SIG be an extension of what you're already putting your energy into?

For my part, I am focused on higher level languages, functional
programming, and OCaml specifically.  I am interested in open source
technologies that improve the productivity of a game programmer.  I want
to see the industry adopt languages other than C++, which I consider to
be a complete timewaster.  Why do I care what languages other people
use?  Because I'd like to get paid a lot of $$$$$$ consulting my
'superior expertise' in some other language or technology someday.  That
is not possible with C++, Java, or C# as they are commodities.  They fit
well into corporate bureaucracies, they do not give any particular
advantages to individual programmers.  They are emminently offshoreable.

So what are your passions?  Forget about what the indies or the industry
'needs'.  What do you actually care about?


Cheers,                         www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every               Seattle, WA

20% of the world is real.
80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads.

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