Re: [stella] POLL

Subject: Re: [stella] POLL
From: Piero Cavina <p.cavina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:18:43 +0100
At 9:18 -0800 1-03-1997, Glenn Saunders wrote:

>I'd like to take a poll:
>
>How many people on the list are planning to write a 2600 game?

My game is almost finished. I'm giving the final touches to the first
playable version.

>Describe the game you are planning (genre, size/#loads, level of
>graphical detail, controller type).

"Action/Pong/Hi-speed" :), 4K, early-Atari-graphics, paddle game.

>
>What level of skill are you at in 6502 assembly?
>
>Willing to Learn
>Beginner
>Intermediate
>Advanced

Intermediate

>
>What level of skill are you at working on the 2600 in particular?
>
>Willing to Learn
>Beginner
>Intermediate
>Advanced

Beginner/Intermediate, but we should define in a better way the meaning of
these terms...

>How much time do you have to reach your goals in 2600 programming?
>

2-3 hours per week

>What could be done to create more of an incentive to learn and program
>more aggressively?

The best thing would be to see more new games for the 2600 and in a short time.

So: why don't we join our efforts and write a game together?

I think that at this point the sharing of information is a better thing
than competition between programmers. That could come later.

Comments...?

P.




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