Comments on: Programming Is Bit Like Solving Puzzles http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juuso Hietalahti http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132941 Juuso Hietalahti Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:21:04 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132941 <a href='http://www.geekologie.com/2008/02/04/bright-flashlight.jpg' rel="nofollow">bright flashlights have that cone</a>... :) bright flashlights have that cone… :)

]]> By: Jake Birkett http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132923 Jake Birkett Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:05:57 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132923 I think if you project a realistic flashlight with inconsistencies then players may just think it's bugged and so a plain one may be better... I think if you project a realistic flashlight with inconsistencies then players may just think it’s bugged and so a plain one may be better…

]]> By: DtD Software http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132921 DtD Software Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:09:40 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132921 Kinda, but I agree with Sargon up there. I'd say Problem Solving instead, not Puzzle. Also, on the flashlight. If you project a flashlight spot type thing, it will look much more realistic. Think about flashlights, they are usually not very consistent, they are bright in the middle, have a dark ring, then a bright outside. (Well, depends on the flashlight, but you get the idea) ~DtD Kinda, but I agree with Sargon up there. I’d say Problem Solving instead, not Puzzle.

Also, on the flashlight. If you project a flashlight spot type thing, it will look much more realistic. Think about flashlights, they are usually not very consistent, they are bright in the middle, have a dark ring, then a bright outside. (Well, depends on the flashlight, but you get the idea)

~DtD

]]> By: Michael http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132919 Michael Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:42:17 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132919 I often describe programming in a very similar way... it is problem solving... it is like solving a big puzzle that is made up of many levels of micro-puzzles. The other day I was explaining to some non-tech people that the project a few of us were working on had a few bugs that we needed to find and squash. The look in their eyes said something like "can't you just do it right the first time - program it without the bugs!". After I moved beyond the moment of rage, I explained to them that asking us to program something without ever finding a bug is like asking us to do a 10000 word crossword puzzle in permanent pen... only harder. I'm forever having to find metaphors to explain technical issues to non-technical people... explaining it 'Oprah style'... I'm sure most of us have similar stories. I often describe programming in a very similar way… it is problem solving… it is like solving a big puzzle that is made up of many levels of micro-puzzles.

The other day I was explaining to some non-tech people that the project a few of us were working on had a few bugs that we needed to find and squash. The look in their eyes said something like “can’t you just do it right the first time – program it without the bugs!”. After I moved beyond the moment of rage, I explained to them that asking us to program something without ever finding a bug is like asking us to do a 10000 word crossword puzzle in permanent pen… only harder.

I’m forever having to find metaphors to explain technical issues to non-technical people… explaining it ‘Oprah style’… I’m sure most of us have similar stories.

]]> By: Lumooja http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132917 Lumooja Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:37:35 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132917 You know you found the right answer when your bank account starts to overflood, and you need to ask your local bank to upgrade their bank system to 128-bit mainframes. So it's like solving puzzles. You know you found the right answer when your bank account starts to overflood, and you need to ask your local bank to upgrade their bank system to 128-bit mainframes. So it’s like solving puzzles.

]]> By: James http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132916 James Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:36:53 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132916 It'd look even better if you could project an image through it, to get the light corona effect (dark and light rings that form in the torchlight) :) It’d look even better if you could project an image through it, to get the light corona effect (dark and light rings that form in the torchlight) :)

]]> By: Sargon http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132915 Sargon Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:47:38 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132915 Forgot to add "In my humble opinion" Forgot to add “In my humble opinion”

]]> By: Sargon http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/01/30/programming-is-bit-like-solving-puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-132914 Sargon Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:46:50 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2319#comment-132914 Programming is not like puzzle solving. Because when you solve a puzzle you know that you got to the right answer. When you program something, you don't know if its the right answer and there also might be bugs or things you didn't think about. Programming is not like puzzle solving.
Because when you solve a puzzle you know that you got to the right answer.
When you program something, you don’t know if its the right answer and there also might be bugs or things you didn’t think about.

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