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Reply | Forward Message #1139 of 15019 |
I'm doing some research regarding GBA development and while I've seen
a lot of documentation online for programming, I've found precious
little about the meat and bones of development.

First off, if anyone has any links that I should check out, that
would be awesome -- I'm a big believer in RTFM, and don't want to
bother y'all needlessly.

Additionally, I was hoping that you all would give me your insights
as to the average size and makeup of a GBA development team. I
imagine this will change from title to title, so if I could get
several opinions, that would be a HUGE help.

Thanks in advance (no pun intended).
Eric

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I'm doing some research regarding GBA development and while I've seen a lot of documentation online for programming, I've found precious little about the meat... 		Eric Marcoullier
eric@...
Send Email 		Jan 8, 2001
9:58 pm

I know a certain tinpot company in the uk who has a one man 'team'. just because they are greedy bastards. ... From: Eric Marcoullier <eric@...> ...
Craig
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Send Email 		Jan 8, 2001
10:05 pm

... Then this certain tinpot company won't have a very successful agb industry. ... Just Me, *SF...
Shawn Freeman
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
4:03 pm

There is still room, especially on consoles, for one/two man operations. This list is turning into a load of 'c' programmers trying to boast how good their...
Anthony Ball
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
6:40 pm

Hi Eric, ... I'm currently lead on a couple of projects, and in my opinion you need at least two core programmers and a third game programmer, and preferably...
Shawn Freeman
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
4:12 pm

Hi Once core code is established which most experienced programmers carry with them from project to project, only 1-2 game programmers should be required. I ...
Mat
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
4:56 pm

... Do both of these statements apply to GBA? I don't know how many programmers are going to already have a code base for the system. Additionally, five...
Eric Marcoullier
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
5:10 pm

Mat: How many people would have an AGB codebase already finished before being hired to develop on AGB? Doesn't seem to make much sense... ... From: Mat...
Lon Lundgren
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
6:44 pm

Yo, ... that ... Yup. However, sometimes you need to rewrite a code base for extra speed (i.e assembler). I don't have any arm code libs lying around here ;). ...
Shawn Freeman
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
5:04 pm

Hi Eric Being a programmer for 20 years I have built a huge code base, which is very re-useable. C is C on any platform. Although some of the code will need to...
Mat
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
6:00 pm

... Thank you, Mat, and everyone else, for all this great info. I am currently speaking with a programmer about developing a GBA title (we already have...
Eric Marcoullier
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
6:35 pm

$400K is a tiny budget for a team. It's when you start getting towards millions of dollars then you have to worry. Martin. ... From: Eric Marcoullier...
Martin Piper
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
6:43 pm

... I'm also in the process of testing the waters on doing some professional GBA development... I've had some email interviews with several well-established ...
Carl Forhan
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
7:02 pm

In the uk its over 100k (pounds) for a conversion, and bear in mind thats for the one man team farce. bastards. not the first time either. They must be raking...
Craig
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Send Email 		Jan 9, 2001
7:32 pm

Hi Eric The $400K you speak of is rather small in comparison to the money the game will make the publishers. Publishers will shell out more if they think they ...
Mat
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Send Email 		Jan 10, 2001
3:54 am

Hi Anthony ... I agree, there are some very talented people out there. ... good ... your ... Building a code base is the only way to stop yourself going stir...
Mat
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Send Email 		Jan 10, 2001
3:54 am

Hi Lon Luckily I was in the middle of converting a lot of my 3D code base over to Psion (ARM CPU), which because I had written the code in a platform ...
Mat
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Send Email 		Jan 10, 2001
3:54 am

I run a small team that develops gameboy color games and am looking forward to hopefully getting a chance to work on AGB games in the near future. If any...
Russ Kumro
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Send Email 		Jan 10, 2001
5:48 am
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