Melv / Josh + others - Torque 2d Book?

#1 I'd buy it too :)

#2 Writing a book is a massive undertaking. One that Melv and Josh probably don't have time for.

If its any consilation, by the time the Hello World series of tutorials is done it'll be practixly a book itsslf.

The series of tutorials starts with a 3 line script file and from there step by step builds an entire game in Torque2D. You just need to have patience. I'm doing this in my free time. At the moment my local docs are about 30 pages long and i'm only starting. I wouldn't be suprised if by the time the entire series is done that it ends up being several hundred pages of docs.

#3 Well maybe I think i'll just start printing stuff out. I can read it that way. Time to kill some tree.

#4 Right now I have 8 tutorials out... the biggest is 88 pages, in total theres probably 300+ pages of documentation (if not more- not including the FAQ either)... as well as John's growing tutotials... plus as TDN gets implemented access to all of these will be improved...

though I do understand the want for a "complete" book style resource... As my teams game progresses I am documenting things with something like that in mind, depending on the possiblities I may try and organize and compile it to suit a book style resource... if theres enough interest as well I could spend even more time working on a professional quality book (or e-book), writing is one of my passions... lol even if its technical or creative development writing.

#5 Yea cool. I have a somewhat special need because of my disablity (physical) I am limited to time sitting at the screen. Need something I can read laying down. Which I think the temp solution is just to start printing out some stuff.

#6 I would ***love*** for us to do a T2D book. We'll see what happens...

But it is awesome that we have almost a book's worth of documentation on T2D already, counting the stuff all you guys have done. Woo!

#7 Just paste it all together and add chapter headings.

SAMS will buy it for sure!

#8 There already is one, guys. I have mine on pre-order.

#9 Joshua, you are evil. :)

#10 @Josh W.: I don't think he's kidding man--there is an actual Amazon link to the book, with an expected publishing date of this August.

It COULD be a big hoax, but I'm starting to be convinced :P

#11 I notice that you didn't provide the link to said book. Here's a link for you though.

Evil. I'm surrounded by evil, evil people.

Ken, if you're reading, just get in touch with me if you want to do a 2D book too. ;)

#12 I'd order that today, even in EA. hint hint Ken (or any other authors)...

I'm also looking forward to the continuation of the Hello World series of tutorials past #1.

Mike

#13 #2 is on its way. I've been sidetracked lately with other projects and since #2 source was released already with lots of comments I didin't feel like I had to hurry. IOW I got lazy :)

I'll make it a goal to get #2 and #3 done by sometime next week at the latest.

#14 Am I the only one that noticed that the amazon link is for 3D game programming and that the text specific to T2D is a different color than the other text?

#15 No :)

Its just an evil trick being played :)

#16 Maybe we should, I don't know, let them finish making T2D before we start asking for things like books and so forth?

#17 I am looking forward to getting the T2D's book. But I donnot know whether the book is real, lol, what a suprise to us.

Waiting for it ... ...

#18 I say the engine gets built then a book comes out this way the engine is solid