Re: [Copter-devel] Re: What's happening?

[Jey K. <je...@ho...>]

>
> >Well, I can't really contribute anymore. I'm too busy and I have started
my
> >own project. I think you should find someone to take my position...
> whatever
> >that was....
> >
> >-Jey Kottalam
>
> Hmmm... that's sad but thanks anyway! ;)
> We will remember you ;)

I'm sorry fro leaving, but my place in this project dissappeared and I am
too busy anyways. I certainly enjoyed making all those designs, and finding
all these people. I feel that I contributed, even if a small amount, it's a
significant amount, and now the project has grown beyond me..... and my
current situation does not permit me to grow with the project.

>
> If it's not secret, what type of project it is? Just curious.
>

I'm finishing up a utility I 've been writing for SWAT3. It is used to make
installing, uninstalling, mixing and matching mods for SWAT3 much easier.

And, I'm working on a game that's some what like a dream game to me. I just
didn't think I had the ability to do it. In fact, I kept mentioning this
game idea when I was designing Copter's AI system.... a police sim! :-)

The player is a policeman in a city, and I'll be implmenting that AI system
in here. It's almost Copter but with a policeman and not a full 3D engine.
I'll have a top-down view, but not 2D tiles for everything. The buildings
will be real 3D, but everything else is just a sprite. So cars, people, etc
are sprites. I'd like to focus on developing a robust AI mainly. So I'm not
going to be learning major 3D programming and writing a full 3D engine. I
had started designing this type of game long ago, but I stopped when I
decided that a 2D top-view tile engine would look *horrible* for this sort
of game. A first/third person 3D engine was just out of the question. I
didn't have the knowledge to do such a thing, and I didn't want to focus
myself so much on the graphics engine. I would never finish the game that
way (take too long), and I don't care much about the graphics engine. So I
essentially dropped the project. Now I'm learning OpenGL and I've decided to
use the aforementioned system, similar to GTA.

-Jey Kottalam

I really feel bad about leaving..... I feel like I'm supposed to be here....
I was the first programmer, and I shoved this project. It started rolling,
but looks like the friction overwhelmed it, and now it's stopped "rolling."
Someone else has to give it a shove now. I'm too tired.

I will still be subscribed to the mailing list, and take part in discussions
possibly.