Comments on: Wipe the vaporware out of your life http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/ italian geek and PROgrammer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: encoder http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-540282 encoder Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:46:21 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-540282 I might add: H_2O vapor is steam. steam if it's joined becomes a cloud. if you have a big enough cloud a thunderstorm is imminent, and you can't stop coding. ... and you also destroy 2 keyboards a month. I might add:

H_2O vapor is steam. steam if it’s joined becomes a cloud. if you have a big enough cloud a thunderstorm is imminent, and you can’t stop coding.

… and you also destroy 2 keyboards a month.

]]> By: encoder http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-540279 encoder Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:41:12 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-540279 vaporware- interesting term. geeky yet light. my basis for turning out vaporwares are the lack of understanding of how some of the stuff works. i don't care if you believe it or not but i have started about 5 games in the past and i am still featuring 0 on mochi, IE: not published a game yet. my basic problem was that i started work on games that necessitate extensive coding and/or level design. i usually ended up banging my head on 1000 line classes or a wall of technical issues that i have no experience with. but after 8 months of cool down (pro as3 experience with: data management, highly modular programing, 1 search engine, 2 full flash sites, a 3D builder site, a 2D builder site witch loads 1200+ images ...) and a great weekend of box2d i am finally back on track. the most important of them all is planing experience. my boss did not liked the methodology that i have used (3w project 2w nothing visible) works quite well. since then my head don't hurts. so, pay more attention because after a while vaporware becomes a gold mine. vaporware- interesting term. geeky yet light.

my basis for turning out vaporwares are the lack of understanding of how some of the stuff works.

i don’t care if you believe it or not but i have started about 5 games in the past and i am still featuring 0 on mochi, IE: not published a game yet.

my basic problem was that i started work on games that necessitate extensive coding and/or level design. i usually ended up banging my head on 1000 line classes or a wall of technical issues that i have no experience with.

but after 8 months of cool down (pro as3 experience with: data management, highly modular programing, 1 search engine, 2 full flash sites, a 3D builder site, a 2D builder site witch loads 1200+ images …) and a great weekend of box2d i am finally back on track.

the most important of them all is planing experience. my boss did not liked the methodology that i have used (3w project 2w nothing visible) works quite well. since then my head don’t hurts.

so, pay more attention because after a while vaporware becomes a gold mine.

]]> By: 60 Seconds to Fame Contest : Emanuele Feronato http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-519025 60 Seconds to Fame Contest : Emanuele Feronato Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:18 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-519025 [...] Rules: Your game must be over/finished and ready for a score submission in 60 seconds or less. It does not matter how good you are in the game, it will still end in 60 seconds or less. The goal in these types of games is to push a user to get better, not so they can last longer, but rather get more points within that same time limit. It’s to spark the “oh, I get it,” or, “Maybe if I tried this…” in the player. Also, it’s to force a developer to stick to their idea without the fear of feature creep, which is often times a key factor in causing your game to not be completed. [...] [...] Rules: Your game must be over/finished and ready for a score submission in 60 seconds or less. It does not matter how good you are in the game, it will still end in 60 seconds or less. The goal in these types of games is to push a user to get better, not so they can last longer, but rather get more points within that same time limit. It’s to spark the “oh, I get it,” or, “Maybe if I tried this…” in the player. Also, it’s to force a developer to stick to their idea without the fear of feature creep, which is often times a key factor in causing your game to not be completed. [...]

]]> By: Houen http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-140617 Houen Sat, 03 May 2008 09:15:13 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-140617 On that general topic, the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen is really good for wiping the vaporlife out of your life On that general topic, the book “Getting Things Done” by David Allen is really good for wiping the vaporlife out of your life

]]> By: Eddy http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-114069 Eddy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:44:02 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-114069 I used to be big on this. Now I find that the more stuff I've developed the easier it is to continue with your ideas - you can look back on previous stuff and see how worthwhile it is to get everything finished. I've got the opposite problem now; continuing with projects even when it becomes clear that they're taking far much longer than they're worth. I used to be big on this. Now I find that the more stuff I’ve developed the easier it is to continue with your ideas – you can look back on previous stuff and see how worthwhile it is to get everything finished.

I’ve got the opposite problem now; continuing with projects even when it becomes clear that they’re taking far much longer than they’re worth.

]]> By: Costa-Rica http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-102533 Costa-Rica Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:25:39 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-102533 You make good game, i'd like to buy some of them but need light update. Contact me. You make good game, i’d like to buy some of them but need light update. Contact me.

]]> By: brart http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-98376 brart Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:25:12 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-98376 I also have loads of unfinishd games/sites/java apps on my pc I think I learned so much from these projects, that it doesn't matter they aren't publish. But I still have no idea why I stopped with Pizza returns and my runescape hacks Brart I also have loads of unfinishd games/sites/java apps on my pc

I think I learned so much from these projects, that it doesn’t matter they aren’t publish.

But I still have no idea why I stopped with Pizza returns and my runescape hacks

Brart

]]> By: Emanuele Feronato http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-97768 Emanuele Feronato Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:52:24 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-97768 oh... "idea sketches"... nice try, Frederik... ... but you are guilty anyway... oh… “idea sketches”… nice try, Frederik…

… but you are guilty anyway…

]]> By: Frederik J http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-97766 Frederik J Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:44:51 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-97766 Hi guys. I've made tonsens and tonsens of vaporware, and it's nothing I am proud of - but if we look at the other side, vaporware is needed for you to be a good developer/programmer, because everytime you made a vaporware you've learned something new. How I try to avoid vaporware, is only developing games based on classes. When I make vaporwares I always have one function that works, for instance a movement function. If you have a class for that, you can just use it for another purpose and you don't need to develop it again, therefore you'll made lesser vaporware in the future. I won't call it vaporware, though, but instead idea sketches because you sketch your idea down, and you can ALWAYS return to it and finish it! Just my input. Frederik J Hi guys.

I’ve made tonsens and tonsens of vaporware, and it’s nothing I am proud of – but if we look at the other side, vaporware is needed for you to be a good developer/programmer, because everytime you made a vaporware you’ve learned something new.

How I try to avoid vaporware, is only developing games based on classes. When I make vaporwares I always have one function that works, for instance a movement function. If you have a class for that, you can just use it for another purpose and you don’t need to develop it again, therefore you’ll made lesser vaporware in the future.

I won’t call it vaporware, though, but instead idea sketches because you sketch your idea down, and you can ALWAYS return to it and finish it! Just my input.

Frederik J

]]> By: Flashycool http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-97639 Flashycool Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:53:21 +0000 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/03/17/wipe-the-vaporware-out-of-your-life/#comment-97639 I am the worst about this! i have about 25 files in my 'Flash' folder and two are released I am the worst about this! i have about 25 files in my ‘Flash’ folder and two are released

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