tag:dreamwidth.org,2016-12-28:2648203 hudebnik hudebnik 2023-04-12T11:18:39Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2016-12-28:2648203:1047814 2023-04-12T11:18:39Z 2023-04-12T11:18:39Z public 0 A final exam in a course on video-game design. The exam was in the form of an amusement-park ride: as we rode through a darkened tunnel, things flashed on both sides, with no opportunity to pause or go back. The first section of the exam showed the icons of five well-known video games -- I don't remember exactly, but let's say Chess, Donkey Kong, Super Mario, etc. -- with numbers associated with each. Later sections of the exam named particular techniques studied in class, and asked which of the numbered games were most likely to use that technique and why.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=hudebnik&ditemid=1047814" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2016-12-28:2648203:931366 2022-01-26T13:05:37Z 2022-01-26T13:05:37Z public 0 The publisher of my textbook, <a href="http://picturingprograms.org">Picturing Programs: An Introduction to Computer Programming</a>, says 13 (print-on-demand) copies were sold in 2021, and they owe me GBP 88 in royalties. Woo hoo! Still got a way to go for the NY Times best-seller list....<br /><br />Seriously, it's sorta surprising that even 13 print copies were sold, given that one can download the entire text (with <em>color</em> pictures, not the greyscale ones in the print edition) for free from the web site, and are invited to subsequently pay me what you think it's worth.<br /><br />Since the textbook is written to go with a particular language and development environment (which are also a free download), I should probably update the textbook to make sure it still works with the current versions of those.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=hudebnik&ditemid=931366" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments