Speed Project idea.

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so, this was mentioned in #qc about a week ago.... and I think it's a really good idea.

I'd need help organizing such an event...

We'd need 2-3 teams of:
1 coder
1 modeller
1 mapper

Anyone interested?

You'd have a week (possibly 2) to make a mod, complete with code from scratch, models, and a playable map at least.

There would be restrictions on the coding, models, and maps.

just tossing an idea out there.

Yeah, I had mentioned the idea of combining speedmodding and speedmapping (SpeedMopping?) - where a mapper and a coder would get together for a speed event and produce something interesting. Adding a modeller would make it a slight bit more complicated, perhaps hard to pull off. I dunno. I'd be willing to map for something like this if it happened though.

/me nabs FrikaC for my partner, as long as he can come up with an idea that fits the theme

I'm sure working alone is fine also right? I mean I map a tiny bit, and obviously code. Modelling would be a problem aside from animation.

Sounds like a good idea to me! It'd be a good way to get junior programmers up to speed and maybe, just maybe, get the attention of some grisled old mappers for a week or so!

Teams might have to be forced to a certain degree, to ensure a good mix of skill levels across the board. At the very least, each team ought to have a veteran to guide them through the process.

heh, "speedmopping"...
interesting idea indeed.

[FrikaC]

/me nabs FrikaC for my partner, as long as he can come up with an idea that fits the theme

For what role?

[Dr. Shadowborg]

I'd be interested too, depending on the theme.

[scar3crow]

I think the theme could be a bit more flexible... or interesting if you know a map will be involved as well. It could be creating a gameplay environment or similar.

*hopes the mappers are up for this, because, you know, mappers making maps and coders coding code to inhabit it... thats the old school way of Quake content creation!*

/me nabs FrikaC for my partner, as long as he can come up with an idea that fits the theme

For what role?

All of them. Hehe, nah, we'd split up the work somehow.

The main issue with this project is that you'd get 10 coders interested, 5 mappers and maybe 1 modeller.

Yeah, that's why I suggested speedmopping - there are very few modellers around these days.

[FrikaC]

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but it would be a glorious day if we could get this to work out

Well? Let's try it! Just set a date (we might try a turtle-mop, 1-week event for starters, and see how it works out) and let'er fly. I'm game.