Game Genre to be Decided May 16 at 16:00 GMT at May 12, 2001, 01:00:27 AM by FatBoi
TPU : Projects : Arrow Game Project
Hey all, as was posted at the SourceForge project page, the genre of the Arrow Game is to be determined through a survey located at the SourceForge project page. If anyone is unable to access this survey page, please email me your vote at OneHotCoconut@cs.com and I will insert your vote. Thanks!

SC meeting for this sunday cancelled at May 11, 2001, 09:40:07 AM by Corillian
TPU : Projects : Solar Conquest
I am afraid I am going to have to cancel our meeting this Sunday. A lot of people (including me) cannot make it at our current designated time. Maybe we'll re-schedule for a different time during the week?

IRC Design/Implementation Sessions at May 09, 2001, 09:34:53 PM by miken
TPU : Projects : Undetermined Game
The Undetermined Game Learning Project will be holding weekly IRC sessions open to everyone, starting Saturday, May 12 at 7 PM GMT on EFNet, channel #tpugame. Mike will be available May 12 at 5:30 PM GMT until 7 PM GMT, as he regretfully cannot stay for the 7 PM time, and he will post a summary on the message boards of what occurs prior to 7 PM. Hope to see you there!

Arrow Game Project SourceForge access at May 06, 2001, 11:15:43 PM by FatBoi
TPU : Projects : Arrow Game Project
Due to problems with maintaining the project solely through the tpu server, I have decided to move the majority of the project to SourceForge. The projects main project page is here, so anyone involved with the project should head here to check it out. Anyone who is part of the project, please 1)get a SourceForge account if you don't already have one, and 2)email me your SourceForge member name at OneHotCoconut@cs.com. This is not currently required, as the project is not yet to the point where it needs to extensively use SourceForge's functionality, but it will be required in the future.

New Solar Conquest IRC channel at April 25, 2001, 08:04:36 PM by Corillian
TPU : Projects : Solar Conquest
We now have our own Solar Conquest chat on irc network irc.stratics.com. Channel #SolarConquest. If you are interested in SC from a developers or players standpoint, doesn't matter, come on in.

Programmer Sign-Ups are Closed! at April 24, 2001, 11:41:28 PM by FatBoi
TPU : Projects : Arrow Game Project
Hey all, I appologize to all of you who didn't get the chance to sign up. The programmer team has reached its limit of 20 members, and thus I will now stop taking sign-up requests. The project will officially start on April 29, though some members have already begun discussion. Just a reminder: Artist sign-ups are still in progress, so please take notice if you have artistic skills.

Deadline for Project Sign-Ups is April 29 at April 24, 2001, 10:34:42 PM by FatBoi
TPU : Projects : Arrow Game Project
Response for Arrow Game Project has been impressive. So much, in fact, that it has become necessary to place a sign-up deadline at April 29. This is so that the project size remains manageable. There is a final limit on the programmer team size of 20 members, so if you are debating on whether to join, decide quickly! The current programmer count is around 17. The April 29 deadline also applies to Artists.

First SC meeting fairly successful at April 23, 2001, 05:13:20 PM by Corillian
TPU : Projects : Solar Conquest
We had our first meeting yesterday at 4:00 pm EST. Even though only 5 people showed up I would consider the meeting a success. We talked extensively about the design doc, the UI, networking, the engine, gameplay, and our current goals. Next meeting is this coming Sunday at 4:00 pm EST. I will notify you if it is on IRC or in our shared space on Groove!

Arrow Update at April 21, 2001, 08:18:07 PM by FatBoi
TPU : Projects : Arrow Game Project
I'm sorry that I didn't mention it in the last news post, but this project requires an advanced knowledge of C++ programming, including classes and inheritance. I expect to get an introduction message thread up sometime in the next two days, so bear with me.

Arrow Game Project Started at April 21, 2001, 07:52:25 PM by FatBoi
TPU : Projects : Arrow Game Project
Hey all, for those of you confused as to the purpose of this project, I will explain. This project is intended to give experience in group development and organization to all participating. We will achieve this through the design and construction of a full on game. The game will have professional quality standards for all content, and is expected to have a minimum durration of a couple months. To apply everyone must fit the following specifications that are dependant upon area of participation: NOTE: You can participate in more than one area. Programming: Advanced knowledge and/or experience in one programming related area, or with one of the API's being used by the game. Art: Experience with producing artistic content consistently. Audio: Experience with producing audio content consistently. The game will be using the following API's/Development tools, though knowledge/possession of all is not required: -DirectX -Win32 -*Microsoft Visual C++ (6.0 would be ideal) -Art and Audio content creation tools will be dependent upon individual artists. *Required

Solar Conquest Update at April 18, 2001, 09:57:26 AM by Corillian
TPU : Projects : Solar Conquest
So far it seems that a fair amount of people are interested in this project. We have about 5-7 new people. I am currently planning our first meeting for sometime this Sunday, time hasn't been finalized yet. It looks like we may be using the Groove Preview Edition for managing this project. For those who do not know what that is go and check it out at www.groove.net. Msg board activity has gone up a tad, by that I mean I am no longer the only one who has posted a msg on it =D. Looks like that's it for today!

Undetermined Game Project Underway! at April 15, 2001, 05:58:13 PM by miken
TPU : Projects : Undetermined Game
This project's goal is to collaboratively create one or more simple games to teach game programming. If you would like to join the project, please first reply to the Introduction message and introduce yourself. Next, get the compiler and multimedia APIs we choose to use (once these are posted) by looking at the Compiler/API message. You may join at any time. We shall begin the game design(s) shortly.

Solar Conquest Project Created! at April 15, 2001, 12:12:10 AM by Corillian
TPU : Projects : Solar Conquest
I am setting everything up so that this project will be as organized as possible. There are plenty of positions to be filled for those interested. I have posted all contact information and some info about the project in the About topic on the message board.