tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905945.post1465240450526644834..comments2009-03-13T20:04:00.341-04:00The Mad Tinkererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795502783343673424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905945.post-60174980560988283992009-03-13T20:04:00.000-04:002009-03-13T20:04:00.000-04:00Well several of us (in the Mission 9 team) are planning to take Comp Sci I next semester, so that should help us be able to get our heads around the object-oriented side of Torque.The Mad Tinkererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795502783343673424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905945.post-68215800796525642912009-03-13T16:11:00.000-04:002009-03-13T16:11:00.000-04:00when we made dragonspire we had a lot of the same problems. the biggest help to me (not the 1000 page book i bought...grrrr) but in the tgb documentation. if you go through a tutorial and then look up the functions in the docs it gives very detailed descriptions of all the parameters and such for the built in functions (collision, movement, keybindings, etc). but getting through tgb set you up for tgea next year. tgea is even more object oriented so it could get toughjhamplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200807784515338805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905945.post-51010518173089543412009-03-11T17:56:00.000-04:002009-03-11T17:56:00.000-04:00Well we're definitely looking at TGB for next semester. I'll check out that book and if it's helpful then it'll definitely ease the transition.The Mad Tinkererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795502783343673424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905945.post-79354475428041262452009-03-11T13:33:00.000-04:002009-03-11T13:33:00.000-04:00Hey Mad Tinkerer,<BR/><BR/>I&#39;ve been following your blog for sometime. It&#39;s great to see your progress on your school project. I did want to let you know that a book was released for TGB in the last few months:<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Game-Building-Teens-Michael-Duggan/dp/1598635689/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1236792394&amp;sr=8-2<BR/><BR/>We&#39;ve seen a lot of beginning game developers start out with Game Maker and upgrade to TGB later when they want to add functionality that GM doesn&#39;t provide out-of-box. (That&#39;s the power of source; you don&#39;t have to rely on the makers of the engine to anticipate what you might need since you can integrate functionality by yourself.) I hope that after you take a few programming courses you reconsider Torque. As I said, I&#39;ve been following your progress, and your enthusiasm is catching. :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers, and good luck on your game project! \deborahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152125652654466110noreply@blogger.com