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- From: 94908210@cpccux0.cityu.edu.hk (Hilary Cheng)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.asm.x86,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Programmers aid thingy
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- Date: 4 Jan 1996 04:09:19 GMT
- Organization: City University of Hong Kong
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- John Taylor (tayco@wintermute.co.uk) wrote:
- : Hello
-
- : Well hmm.....here goes.....I am trying to program a programmers aid
- : tool for handling more of the mundane tasks of coding computer games.
- : Basically the way I see it, if I'm programming this in order so that I
- : can program games there must be others out there in the same sort of
- : situation. So I wanna know if there is a demand for this type of
- : program.
-
- : Here are the things I'm gonna try to include within the programmers
- : aid:-
-
- : Sprite cutter :- In this section I want it so that I can copy a sprite
- : of any size up to a maximum of 128*128 to a sprite buffer from a pcx
- : (almost any pc program) or lbm (dpaint and a couple of others) picture
- : file. I then want it to save the sprite file as a ASM source file, C
- : source file, or a pure binary file.
-
- : Sprite editor :- In this I wanna be able to create or edit a sprite of
- : any size up to a maximum of 128*128. It would be able to load a sprite
- : file and save it in the above formats aswell.
-
- : Object editor :- So that you can create objects in an game or
- : something, Eg the file would contain the various sprite pictures for
- : the position of a tank, and the various status bytes or bits
- : describing the amount of hits it can take or its speed. This could be
- : also used for describing object in an adventure game, such as A+B=C.
-
- : Map editor :- For designing maps in a game such as Duke Nukem or
- : Command and Conquer (good game by the way :> ).
-
- : Well thats all I need it for but since I want this program to be as
- : useful as possible for games programmers (I intend to make this
- : program shareware), I want to know what else I could include in a
- : program of this sort. If there is anybody out there who wishes to test
- : out what I've already done of the program (not much yet) or who has
- : got any Ideas can you please contact me via email and or through the
- : usenet newsgroup comp.os.msdos.programmer
-
- : Thankyou for reading this long letter :>
-
- : cya all later !!!
-
-
- : John Taylor can be contacted at:
- : be2jkt@eee.rgu.ac.uk
- : sideline@tayco.wintermute.co.uk
-
-
- This depends what the need of the game developers. Also, is
- that your tools are free of charge? Since all the things like editor, it can
- writtlen by the game developers thereselives. Also, many tools are exist in
- the internet. It can find it out easily. I think that's the problems of
- writting a tool for that puporse.
-
- Best Regards,
-
- Hilary Cheng
-
- Email : 94908210@cpccux0.cityu.edu.hk
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