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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in experimenting around with
making a simple 2D game with Vala, basically as a proof-of-concept.

As it stands, C++ is the language of choice for game development, and as a
professional C++ developer, I find this tragic. My primary goals for this
project are to

1) help free the game development community from tedious languages
2) introduce Vala to a new genre of developer
3) learn a little more about both Vala and game development and share any
applicable experiences with the broader community

I don't have any serious expectation for this to become a real game (but it
might)--mostly I'm interested in the experiment and having low-commitment
fun.

I know this isn't necessarily the right mailing list for this request, but
I enjoy the feel of this community and would like to see if anyone here is
interested before reaching out to broader audiences.

At this point, my thoughts are extremely abstract and my mind is very open
(I don't have any fixed plans for what this can look like, so you're
welcome to help "craft the vision"). I don't expect this to be anyone's
primary commitment (and I certainly don't want to detract from elementary
development time), but if you're getting the programmer's equivalent of
writer's block and you'd like to try something purely for fun (or if you'd
like to learn to develop *so you can* start to contribute to Elementary),
feel free to reply.

Again, apologies if anyone finds this inappropriate for this list.

Thanks for your time,
Craig