[game_edu] High School student needing guidance and encouragement from

[Bill Crosbie]

I fired a quick reply his way about paper prototyping and steering clear of
3D (Blender) given his time frame.

I also directed him to Derek Yu's recent blog post on finishing a game -
http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/1136623767/finishing-a-game

And suggested that he look through the global game jam submissions and
consider using an engine like GameMaker.

But as Ian has pointed out, we need a little more to go on.

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:22 PM, <game_edu-request at igda.org> wrote:


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> From: Gordon Bellamy <gbellamy at gmail.com>

> Subject: [game_edu] High School student needing guidance and

>        encouragement from the Game_Edu community

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> We received this letter, that the Game_Edu community is the

> appropriate one to answer.  Pls help this young student.  They can be

> reached @  samwthe3 at yahoo.com

>

> Gordon

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> Subject: [General] Game Development

>

> Sam Weddington sent a message using the contact form at

> https://www.igda.org/contact. Hey! I'm currently a senior in high

> school wanting to compete in the Technology Student Association video

> game design competition. But I have no ideal nor the path of resources

> to obtain to achieve this goal. I tried this goal in my junior year

> with a team and ended up no where due to the unanticipated

> complexities of game development. I need your help in the proper

> materials to obtain, so that I can make this desire an achievement. I

> currently am acquinited with Java, Python; and have thought about

> using Blender. I am the leader of the group and I will have to teach

> my team the languages and tools in about 3 months. The best plan is

> now the only plan to ensure we take first place in nationals. Thanks,

> Sam W.

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