Found only GameDev company in Alabama.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:56 pm

Yes I did. I know it sounds weird. It was almost fate. I drove Hyper Shadow and myself to the flea market yesterday when I stumbled upon this guy at a booth.

He was taking his brother's business over for the weekend temporarily, but he also brought several working demos of games his company had produced.

The company makes Cell-phone games that are capable of running on any Java compatible phone. I talked with him awhile, and aparently the company is a complete anti low-level programmer whore. He bashed on C for awhile, and he talked about his Java games.

He then told me that my phone could run anything he had there (so I'm going back next weekend to buy some for like $1.99). But that's not the point. He and I got to talking about more technical things. He seemed like a really cool guy.

He showed me one of the more "shady" projects his dev-team worked on. They had ported Super Mario Bros. to a cellphone (showed it off on the demo N-Gage). It was pretty impressive seeing it running with Java on a cellphone. He also asked me not to tell anyone.

The point is that I found them. It doesn't matter whether they are console or not, they exist. There really is (as he informed me) one game company in Alabama, and it's in the same city that I live.

This is mostly directed towards MarauderIIC: internship? I got their business card and checked out their website. He told me that one of the biggest challenges they have faced was making a tile-engine based game. I can do this with a lower level language on a Dreamcast.

I looked at the website and I think that I'm well on their level. How do you ask for an internship? I don't see anywhere that it says they offer it, should I just call them up?

Have a look at some of their stuff. It really doesn't seem like my style, but any game programming is and an internship there would look/be really good later on.

http://werdinteractive.com
Werd Interactive Website.

Post by **MarauderIIC** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:08 pm

Uh, sure, call and ask how you go about applying for an internship and what the requirements are. What else is there to do?

Post by **JS Lemming** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:07 pm

Good luck. I'll tell you one thing though, Java blows cork compared to C/++... it takes the concept of modules and exagerates it 'till you cry. In a few days I'll post my very first Java applet on teh net for you peeps to view (along with the source) so you can view its utter crustiness.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:22 pm

JSL wrote:Java blows cork compared to C/++... it takes the concept of modules and exagerates it 'till you cry.

I'm taking college level Java next semester. I've dabbed in it before and it's not that that I care about.

Java is a higher level language than C and C++. It also uses "bytecode" semi-compiledness that is also interpretted through the virtual machine so it's going to be a shitload slower.

That's what I care about, it's too high-end to do anything that needs any sort of speed or optimization, and it's too slow to write real games with.

Post by **JS Lemming** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:26 pm

My feelings exactly. About the only aspect I do admire is its portability, though as you said, it's a trade off on speed. And I like speed.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:35 pm

Technically it's as portable as C/++.

The virtual machine has to be ported to every platform in order to interpret Java either way, so you really don't stand to gain anything.

Post by **JS Lemming** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:28 am

Well I say that because basically everything has the virtual machine.

Don Pwnious · Post by **Don Pwnious** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:52 am

Form GV's first post, it sounds like you can run that company.

Java is ok, but its kinda wierd programming java on a mac, like it would lag and other stuff as well.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:48 am

JS Lemming wrote:Well I say that because basically everything has the virtual machine.

Name one console (maybe Xbox) that does. I really can't name anything that doesn't have a C/++ compiler.

So I don't see an advantage to Java programming...

Don Pwnious · Post by **Don Pwnious** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:30 am

Wait, I thought you didn't like Java....

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:00 pm

Umm... I just pwnt the hell outta it. I don't see where you're getting that I do like Java.

Post by **JS Lemming** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:21 pm

Don't get me wrong. I do hate java. I guess I just like the concept of applets working on both macs and windows since my school will never convert. Know what I mean?

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:49 pm

Nope, I have no clue.

C/++ can be compiled for other platforms and the only reason the applets work on both platforms is because somebody went through and ported/allowed the mac/pc browsers to work with the virtual machine.

Okay fine, I do know what you're saying...

Post by **JS Lemming** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:37 am

Dang it... I know how java works. You don't have to lecture me. What I meant was that ATLEAST java can be ran between the OS's. I'm not trying to say it's anywhere near as good as C/++ or even compare it for that matter. I'm just giving it a reason not to commit suicide. DANG ITTTTTT!!!!

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:00 am

Dude, quit whining like a little girl.

I didn't do anything wrong. I presented a point, and I backed up with facts.

I'm sorry if I've offended you.

I also took it the wrong way so umm... lets just stop.