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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds good, I'll send you an email about it and we can get a conversation
going. If anyone would like to be added to the conversation, just reply to
this email.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Sergio Tortosa Benedito <sertorbe@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> I would like to join, since I have been focusing somewhat to games (I have
> my own 3d ogre-based engine in the works :) ) it does make sense for me to
> help this project, and also I think the feedback I could get it would be
> very positive, what's more it could be a step forward in make the already
> mentioned engine available in vala, something I though would be pretty cool.
>
> El sáb, 15 de jun 2013 a las 12:30 ,Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> 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
>
>