X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c40b5c666c8072bd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-04 02:51:01 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: lastfuture Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Hey, LastFuture Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 11:48:34 +0200 Organization: T-Online Lines: 78 Message-ID: References: <3AE999C7.7E2F31D2@homail.com> <3AEEC38E.9B39FE6D@twcny.rr.com> <3AEF6F21.897D4837@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 988969663 01 6357 z+BvSFjSS2AnL4 010504 09:47:43 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520084321266-0001@t-dialin.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 Xref: newsfeed.google.com alt.ascii-art:5604 On Wed, 02 May 2001 02:17:34 GMT, Kyle wrote: >"Michael D. Phillips" wrote: >> >> Kyle Baker wrote: >> > Have you ever programmed before? I think that this game may have >> > potential. If you could answer a few of those questions, I may consider >> > attempting to program it in some of my spare time. >> > Kyle >> I would like to help you out in the project. There are some questions >> that need to be asked. Like the following: >> >> Is this a game or an utility program? ----mainly a game but could also include learning mode and utility. >> What is the main goal of the program or utility? ----to correct incorrect ascii art, to smoothen lines, to hand-asciify bitmaps... all that stuff.. >> What language do you want to program this in? ----i thought to base it upon jave like it's good for editing ascii images. >> What platform is this going to be for? ----if it's java or perl it's for all platforms.. otherwise we have to do it for windows i guess. > >These questions would be best answered by Last Future (I don't know >where he dissapeared to though.) It was going to be a game, but we Here I am I'm just terribly busy... >could combine it with a utility program maybe. It was going to be >something with shifting an image into place. Eliminating tabs for >example. Perl sounds good, but I don't know it. I am currently taking >a C class and VB class. I find them both very simple, but I am not sure >how deep my knowledge really is. It would be cool if we could make it >for multiple platforms. I don't know how much help I can be, I will be >gone this summer. It sounds like we could probably get a lot of >different people to help. We need to get a site set up or something. >We could do an open source. What do you think? Really we need Last >Future's permission for all this though. He was the first to mention >it. I wouldn't call it permission, i just had an idea and as i am busy i rather not program it so it's a newsgroup project and everybody is free to throw in ideas or criticise it.. open source is perfect for this project. >> >> I think that Bateau is correct in saying that Perl is most likely the >> best language. Perl is something that I just picked up about 3 or 4 >> month ago. Any language is easy to learn the basic if you have a good >> programming foundation. i dont know if it's possible to hand-edit ascii arrays like in jave.. if it is, perl is our thing :) >Cool. Wish I knew it. Where would you get a compiler? >> >> My programming experience: >> Advance Programming in Think Pascal (High School Level) >> Couple of months in Turbo Pascal (Self Learned) >> Borland C++ (College Level) >> Several Months of Perl (Self Learned) >> Scripting Language (Self Learned) > >Good, now we just need to get started. Are you good with algorithms? > >Kyle with the algorythms we could ask the ppl of the bitmap to ascii contest they could know more -- I\ ,;8, TI JF #H _HG_ u t u r e T# a s t '"*#"' ';E" EI H/