Back to General and Gameplay Programming

What level are you?

Sickilla · 2001-08-05T21:20:02

during my time here at gamedev (2-months), i have noticed that there are certain levels of programmers that help each other out when one of them runs onto a problem. there are the Level 1 programmers who are beginners and have probably just 1 game under their belt. then there is Level 2 who are better than level 1 who can make complex 2d games like rpgs and side scrollers. there is also Level 3 who are 3D programmers who probably just started 3d programming maybe 2-5 months ago.and probably just mabe their spinning cube demo. then there is level 4, the commercial quality programmers who can make a basic 3d game. finally, due to popular demand, there is level 5, people who have been coding games for the past 5million years since the dayse of DOS, people, who could get hired by ID software or Epic games if they really wanted to, people in short, that we all wanna be like. what level do you think you are, how many games have you made,how long ago did you start? ps, pleese don't brag and also,pleese don't tell me how old you were when u started and how old you are now. X4J this post has no specific purpose, i just wanted to know for no reason in particular. BTW: most people at gamedev are hobbyists so i just wanted to know, how good of a hobbyist you are, you know, like what you can do. Edited by - Sickilla on July 19, 2001 9:10:37 PM Edited by - Sickilla on July 22, 2001 7:31:43 PM

General and Gameplay Programming Programming

Started by Sickilla July 19, 2001 05:27 PM

73 comments, last by Sickilla 23 years, 6 months ago

Timkin

864

July 23, 2001 02:56 AM

quote:
Original post by bishop_pass
I wrote ray tracers on the Amiga 14 years ago. I coded the back propogation learning algorithm for neural networks on the Amiga and PC about 11 years ago after studying the cognitive science book by the guys who designed the algorithm. I was writing little crap text adventures which I never completed on the Apple II computer 18 years ago.

I''ve done hell of alot of other stuff since then. But I have never written a full fledged game. Does that mean I don''t get my 4 stars?

Oh, I hear you Bishop... I hear you!!!

I wrote a Lunar lander for the ZX81 about 18 years ago, Donkey Kong on a Microbee about 17 years ago... I helped write some really bad text-based RPGs on an Apple IIe in high school eons ago... is there a category for me too? How about "OTH"?

Timkin

Shannon Barber

1,684

July 23, 2001 11:42 PM

H
There never seems to be enough time...

- The trade-off between price and quality does not exist in Japan. Rather, the idea that high quality brings on cost reduction is widely accepted.-- Tajima & Matsubara

Anonymous

July 24, 2001 03:41 PM

level 3 maybe 4.

ed9er

122

July 27, 2001 04:05 AM

is there any1 can tell me where can i find the COTC(Code on the Cob) defination on the net?

------------------------------------------------------CCP is fascistic, they even banned www.sourceforge.net

MadKeithV

992

July 27, 2001 05:39 AM

I'm a level 5 in office software.
[had a job offer for Program Manager - Microsoft Word team about a year ago, so no, I'm not bragging.]

But as far as games go, I'm just a graphics guy (I do graphics research for my PhD)... I've never finished a game yet. It nags at me everyday, but one can't do everything

People might not remember what you said, or what you did, but they will always remember how you made them feel.
Mad Keith the V.

Edited by - MadKeithV on July 27, 2001 6:53:42 AM

It's only funny 'till someone gets hurt.And then it's just hilarious.Unless it's you.

Warpstorm

122

July 27, 2001 06:46 AM

As an interactive 3d programmer, a 5.

I''ve never done a game though

Foobat

122

July 27, 2001 07:03 AM

so hang on, 2-5 months to make a spinning cube demo? Are u joking? I think some people are insulted.

my level, lets, see, i made a silly pong game, bu never did a 2d side scroll, but have done some basic 3d stuff. Hum.....so i'm kinda stuck in the middle. But i started programming stuff like, 3 years ago. I only started the games bit a bit ago tho. hum.

oh hang on i just dug up an ol space combat 2d thingy, not scrolling unfortunately, i;m too stupid to get that

so that's a 2.5

Edited by - Foobat on July 27, 2001 8:05:42 AM

if you like programming, you like maths, you just don't know it yet

mrhollow

136

July 27, 2001 12:43 PM

quote:
Original post by Foobat
so hang on, 2-5 months to make a spinning cube demo? Are u joking? I think some people are insulted.

Lol *pretending to look insulted*, I made a spinning cube with transparency the first day that I started screwing around with OpenGL....

I have no clue where I fit in that layout... Been programming since age 11, then stopped and did things like doom wads and netowrking, then back to now working on a 3d project, 2d and general apps, as well as being a systems admin.

Cheerio,
Aaron

HollowWorks.com

I think that most goths get scared when they meet someone who is more depressed, and wears plaid...
- A.M.B.

HollowWorks.com