Interested in programming?

2bit said:
Think I'm going to be of limited use.

I'm an embedded C and C++ programmer. Kreeeee is probably more in touch with what your looking for.

Good luck - top idea.
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You are exactly what we need. Experience is te key to help pass on knowledge. You sir seem to have lots. I really hope you give the time to help out.

If not, thanks for posting mate :)
 
Thanks for all the replies guys, looks like we definitely have both enough interest and people willing to help out on the co-ordination side. But we need project - hopefully we can get a vote going over in the programming sub topic - but please post your ideas here too, also (but I've got a good idea of opinions on this) what language should we be using?

Dave L has set up a really useful Google Code project for us here:
http://code.google.com/p/ocuk-dev/

Which should make things a lot easier

So most things are ready to go, do people want to try and topple Windows or usurp half life 2?


Cheers

D
 
Pav89 said:
I have little experience of programming ( did really simple stuff in uni last year in JavaScript and Java ). Thanks for the heads up at the forum, I should really check it out more. I doubt I'll be suited towards this project although I would love to do it, due to my lack of experience. :(
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You'll be surprised at how quickly you can pick programming up, and how useful you can be to a project without much experience. Part of a project like this is to help people get better at programming. If we do it right there should be stuff that challenges everyone at their level.:)
 
Blackvault said:
I'll jump aboard :)

As for ideas what about making a game like Crysis :p or an Ocuk Operating System lol

Blackvault
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Good stuff. Making Crysis would be easy - just design some that eats all system resources and refuses to update at more than 40FS not matter what hardware you have :p

he he I like the idea of OCUK OS!

In reality actually coming up with a project that is both accessible and deep enough for all the different bods will be tricky:(
 
Haircut said:
We definitely need a few people that can dedicate their time to managing the project rather than doing actual coding.
If you just end up with 20-30 people all wanting to code and no-one wanting to manage then that's a sure fire way of creating a horrible mess.

Doing it properly would also be good for some of the less experienced members to help them learn about requirements gathering, scope, etc. too.
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Well at the moment there's three of us volunteered to do "management" and I'd say well over 20 now wanting to get involved (though lots of them seem to be in college uni).
 
Lost Hammer said:
I'm interested in this :)

I'm interested in learning C#, I don't know much at the moment although I know some basics of the .NET library, as well as general programming syntax. (I learnt a little Java last year, and I write quite a lot of powershell and vbscripts in my line of work).
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apeZ said:
Just adding another thought; we should get a forum or IRC channel going, would be great for communication.

Loving the ideas so far, I'm happy to do anything programming related, whether it is learning more or actually getting down to coding a project or something. If we also decide to go down the games development route, I wouldn't mind scripting some of the plot (if there is one) or dealing with the text involved - writing is generally one of my strong points :)
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Cool great to hear your both interested. apeZ Sorting out the theme / ideas for the game(s) will be critical so sounds like you'd be very useful from the off.

An IRC channel or forum would be great - but alas I have no hosting at the moment. Feel free to add me to IM for a chat about the project. (mail is <forum name>@googlemail.com).

Cheers

D
 
codec said:
agreed I said that earlier (in the programming thread) It will be needed because of so many different topics that need covered. But I think at a slightly later stage once we got the interest, maybe post on ocuk to show updates :) I'd love OCUK to make us a hidden forum for the project but tbh that just aint gonna happen :) I'll look into setting one up now :)
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Cool stuff Codec - just linked my Google account to an "MSN live ID" so adding me as <forum name><at>googlemail.com in messenger should work!
 
Kreeeee said:
There have been multiple IRC channels for OcUK for years.

I could help out with management, as I'd rather avoid coding, and my team got top marks and a prize visit to the IBM University Team Challenge for my second year University project.

Would need to look at my other commitments though as I graduate soon, and will be moving house soon after that.
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Excellent Kreeeeeeeeeeeeee (lol) any time you can spare would be great!:)
 
Berserker said:
You'll live to regret that statement! :p

(I've dabbled inside the Linux Kernel - though I wouldn't do that out of choice).
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Ha ha ha I recon the OCUK OS would boot with "lol wat booting - your gay"

In fairness we're getting a team together now and it's looking great:D
 
Just a quick thread to say there has been an outstanding turnout for this. Developers young and old have stepped up and I want to thank you all. With a bit work we could do something really cool, if we use bits that we all do best - this is will be amazing.

Thanks for your efforts so far - and damn you spie give us some hosting space! ha ha
 
Cross posting this in GD for info only - mainly as we had a great response from GD and hoping we might have few more that want to get involved :D

====== General Update ========

Concepts are being suggested here: http://www.zorev.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4

Discussions on languages are being discussed here: http://www.zorev.com/showthread.php?t=14

A poll of language knowledge is here: http://www.zorev.com/showthread.php?t=16

The concepts that seem viable will be voted for here either on OCUK or over that the forums.

Those that want to get involved please do by registering over at the forums (we've had a great turnout so far).

The next meeting is on IRC on Tuesday at 8:30PM.

(the OCUK channel - I'll repost details of how to get on it again on Monday)


Hopefully in Tuesday's meeting we will to getting a distribution list / mailing list setup. Also a quick round up of the current concepts list. Then a "informed" discussion about programming language & engine choice - as we *should* have all looked into them by now (if not this will be left for a week). We also need to address what training options we have for helping people getting to grips with what ever we choose as our primary language (do we give links or do we do instruction ourselves etc..)

Cheers, progressing really well, thanks for to all those that've helped out thus far/.

Dangerstat
 
Last shout for anyone in GD interested in learning the basics of programming - we'll be having "programming fest" on Sunday @ 2 on our IRC channel we'd love to have as many of you there was possible - anyone is welcome if you don't know your int's from your strings, no worries, come along and learn something new http://www.zorev.com/showthread.php?p=564#post564

For those interested we're going to flesh out the basics of graphics in Java (with the goal of every one getting a basic shape to move around a window).

Dangerstat :)
 
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