I'm sure you remember the Sonic project on UTI back in the day don't you James? I doubt the 84+ CSE would be able to keep up that well with a sonic game like you say. The older models wouldn't be that bad though.

The problem, though, is if the project lasts like 3 months or longer, will the head programmer remain interested in calc dev for that long? Many people start calc programming then quickly lose interest for some reason.

This is why I always felt that if a project was going to be a team one, that only one single person should work on the code and that all the sprites should be done as early as possible into development. Else it falls apart easily compared to solo projects. I mean, why has The Reign of Legends 3 only took 6 months to complete as a solo project when all team projects of similar size never came close to being finished?

Well, that would certainly be a challenge yes. In this case I'd say again a head programmer would need to be chosen and tasks divided up. Code should be commented in this case in order to keep stuff organized. People should be free to leave if they wish, but if people wish to join they should be able to as well.

In regards to sprites, I would have those done as things develop. The story team and the artists would need to be able to work closely together to see what's needed. Once you have your main plot designed you can do most of the spriting. The head of the programmers also needs to be in communication with the head artist so sprites are done the right size, with the proper amount of colors and the right format etc. That way things are done right the first time and don't have to be redone later(or extra work is at least minimalized).

I'm still not saying it would be easy, but organization and communication are key.

Quote from: Spenceboy98 on September 05, 2013, 09:00:21 pm

This is amazing:

I totally mist this post and just wanted to post it
That thing is so popular these days ^^

I can't stop watching and listening to this. O_o Thanks again for sharing Spenceboy. It really is epic!

*Edit* Imma go blast this on my big stereo. It should sound great with that bass and all.

Haha, pretty neat little demonstration there Adriweb!

Yea, that's true. 8 dollars really isn't that much though.

Sounds pretty awesome. I'd like to support it, but I doubt that will happen. Too many things for me to try to play as it is.

Yea, I think it's pretty much dead. It didn't have enough direction.

Not gonna repeat what's been said already, but what it boils down to is any other method he tried did not have acceptable speed. I'm sure if he could have found a decent alternative he would have. He wanted to make it pure BASIC as much as possible.