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Coming off a time of experimental game designs, Java and PCG I'm now looking for work in Orange County, CA either in or out of the games business, please feel free to contact me if you have any referrals.
I'm a long time game programmer having worked on many shipped titles, a few AAA releases and one MMO so far. I'm a generalist and my credo has always been that if something needs doing to ship, I'll step up and learn what I need to to get it done.
-Patrick
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Jul 15 |
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Helping a new programmer become more self-proficient and not ask me so much? Awesome, train him how to find the answers and simultaneously approve of how he found them so he knows it's OK and expected. Your new guy will be a lot less nervous. |
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Jul 15 |
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Are “Proactive” designs on new projects useful? As a side note, "proactive" is not a word anyone will recognize. Terms that will show up on searches are words like: BDUF, Waterfall, maybe Spiral, there's a ton of dismissive mention of this in the Agile cult, and supporters in large/corporate groups that design to meet a predetermined feature set. |
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Jul 15 |
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Are “Proactive” designs on new projects useful? What you reference in #1 is called a vertical slice, a coherent but minimal implementation that acts as proof of concept. If you insert "integrate feedback from the people who are paying for the software into your design" at #3.5 you're pretty close to Scrum/Agile like I've used. |
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Jul 14 |
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How to know if two images are the same? This technique of thumbnails to pre-select potential matches is valid, YUV is a nice touch and I've seen it turned to a pure luminance map for the same reasons. |
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Jul 13 |
answered | Dangers of huge monolithic application |
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Jul 13 |
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Dangers of huge monolithic application You're assuming an awful lot about the runtime hardware and OS environment, especially when firware and embedded devices are involved. |
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Jul 13 |
answered | Is there an open source license for this? |
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Jul 13 |
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What is the regarded current best practises regarding the “this” keyword in front of field and methods in c#? Great point about the junior coders. |
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Jul 13 |
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What naming Convention to Use for C# Function Parameters Whatever other answers you get below, there's a little tool to analyze and enforce stylistic rules: archive.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis |
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Jul 12 |
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Hiring Developers - Securing Source Code I'd have recommended criminal prosecution, but that's a great example of both the dreaded consequence and solution to prevent it. |
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Jul 12 |
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Where should code refactoring and optimization fit within both an agile and waterfall process timeline? I've become a fan of the "technical debt" concept, +1 for bringing it up in this context. |
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Jul 12 |
answered | Where should code refactoring and optimization fit within both an agile and waterfall process timeline? |
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Jul 12 |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Forced Code Reformat Biting the bullet on a global change is really the best way, I agree; get it done and no one has to worry about it ever again. |
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Jul 12 |
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Game programming : C# or C++? Also see here: gamedev.net |
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Jul 12 |
answered | What is the difference between bug and new feature in terms of segregation of responsibilities? |
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Jul 10 |
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Completing a project successfully despite hostile management? You can't win. I have to agree with Pierre that it's time to become remorselessly logical, analyze the project goals and plan ahead so that you have facts and answers; and I suggest learning to speak manager-language so that when you have meetings you can show your concern for their problems in a way they understand. |
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Jul 10 |
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Why do my java programs run faster in eclipse than in BlueJ? Could be that since BlueJ is a teaching environment and not just a Java development studio it's doing a lot of extra things behind your back, too. |
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Jul 9 |
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Options other than C for embedded projects? I hate the preprocessor It could be worse, it could be assembly. What features are you "missing" from C, it could be that a dev environment extension (Eclipse plugin or visual studio automated steps) can help close the gap? |
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Jul 9 |
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Whether to open-source gigantic idea Not an answer, just a comment. If your idea is so gigantic, it will survive the test of time and therefore I suggest you keep it between you and your friends. As all the other answers have noted, no one is going to give free time to an idea without even a prototype. |
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Jul 9 |
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