This page collects together recent AGDev news. Old news will be archived and made available in read-only form. Please use the following index to navigate the news articles...
Index:
- Sunday 22nd July 2007
- Monday 7th November 2005
- Tuesday 16th August 2005
- Sunday 3rd July 2005
- Tuesday 28th June 2005
- Saturday 9th April 2005
- Friday 8th April 2005
- Monday 28 March 2005
- Saturday 26 March 2005
- Thursday 24 March 2005
- Tuesday 22 March 2005
- Monday 21 March 2005
- Monday 14th March 2005
- Saturday 12th March 2005
- Friday 11th March 2005
- Sunday 27th February 2005
- Sunday 13th February 2005
- Tuesday 1st February 2005
- Thursday 27th January 2005
- Wednesday 26th January 2005
Sunday 22nd July 2007
Due to technical difficulties and a pending change to a new server that cannot support PHP, I (MatthewTyleeAtkinson) have been forced to close the forum system. I am very sorry for any inconvenience caused. You can still use the mailing list and Wiki as normal.
Monday 7th November 2005
The DocBook Build System, version 0.1 has been uploaded to InterestGroupDocumentation. Please give feedback on it if you try it out so that it can be improved over time. I (MatthewTyleeAtkinson) hope you enjoy using it and look forward to your comments.
Tuesday 16th August 2005
The beginnings of the InterestGroupDocumentation have been added - check it out for information on how to decrease the time you spend writing documentation and increases its usefulness!
Sunday 3rd July 2005
We have a new member - KenDowney. This brings the total up to 20!
Tuesday 28th June 2005
Another AGDev member has been interviewed with respect to audiogames. Also, a new IG is in the works -- it will be concerned with the production of documentation for accessible games using the DocBook typesetting system. This allows accessible and customisable documentation to be generated in many formats with ease.
Saturday 9th April 2005
The first election results were announced yesterday and have now been embodied in the Wiki. A page that will hopefully in the future have some historical value has been added.
Friday 8th April 2005
The LevML pages have been moved from the AGRIP Wiki to AGDev. You can visit them at the InterestGroupMapRepresentation. Also, this week we have been discussing an AGDev logo, which will be used as part of our publicity for the group over the summer at Sight Village and ICC.
Monday 28 March 2005
New entries have been added to InterestGroupGeneralProgramming/GoodPractice.
Saturday 26 March 2005
A new interest group for all those other programming topics has been added at InterestGroupGeneralProgramming.
Thursday 24 March 2005
Ever wanted to know how to speak scores in a game? Check out this ![[WWW]](/wiki/agdev/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
score speaking tutorial written in vb.net posted to the InterestGroupDirectx.
Tuesday 22 March 2005
A new Direct``Input keyboard tutorial for VB 6 and Direct``Input keyboard tutorial for vb.net as well has been posted to the InterestGroupDirectx.
Monday 21 March 2005
A new vb.net Direct``Sound tutorial has been added to the vb.net section in the InterestGroupDirectx.
Monday 14th March 2005
AGDev, AudioGames.net and a number of accessible game companies, including All-in-Play, BSC Games and GMA Games, have been mentioned on an article by Wired magazine about games for blind people. The article will be read by a very large number of people and should provide an excellent opportunity for awareness amongst the sighted world to be raised!
The article can be found via: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,66879,00.html
Saturday 12th March 2005
After 10 positive votes, the Constitution has been officially voted in! We have also got an extra member, and a number of new home pages, viewable from CategoryHomepage. An advert banner has been added to the FrontPage, too, to promote the sites of our members (sites are picked at random).
Friday 11th March 2005
A new page editing policy has been implemented. When you edit a page, someone else may come along and try to edit the same one. Previously, they were just warned that there may be changes lost because two (or more) people are working on the same page at the same time. Now, the system actually blocks more than one person from editing the page. It is hoped that this will make editing more predictable for users. If you have any questions about this change or objections to it, please consult the Technical Coordinator.
It is important that you use the "Cancel" button to abort editing instead of just closing your browser window, as this removes the block on editing a page. If you just close the window, the page will remain blocked for up to 10 minutes. If you need more time to edit a page than 10 minutes, use the "Preview" button to extend the locking period. It is always a good idea to preview and spell-check your pages before submitting them, anyway.
Sunday 27th February 2005
Our new ProjectInfoSection has been unveiled. It reflects the launch of AGDev by introducing some new organisational information and the proposed constitution. Amendment of and voting for the constitution is open to all members. Details have been posted to the discussion list/forum.
Sunday 13th February 2005
AGDev Officially Launched: The tests have concluded that we're up-and-running! Please visit the DiscussionArena page for information on how to join the discussion. Welcome, officially, to the group!
Previous news today: Yesterday we experienced some Internet connection problems. These were caused at the ISP and have now, apparently, been resolved. Apologies for the delay; the discussion system tests have now resumed and we should be up-and-running soon.
Tuesday 1st February 2005
The latest edition of the International Game Developers association Accessibility SIG Whitepaper will be mentioning AGDev.org! Thanks to the team behind the paper, awareness has been raised amongst key game developers regarding disability issues (not just limited to sight loss/impairment). The paper will be presented at the HCI conference, as well as GDC (one of the key events for mainstream game developers) in March.
For more information, check out the IGDA Accessibility SIG and Forum.
Thursday 27th January 2005
The site has been tweaked somewhat and new members are joining (and voting). Today a wide range of accessible game developers were contacted to invite them to join AGDev.
Wednesday 26th January 2005
The AGDev site has been launched! Updates will be posted here as new members join and a vote for the discussion system has been cast. For more information, please visit the ProjectInfoSection. The first vote has already been cast; make sure you vote before the 10th of February to ensure your vote is read. After the chosen discussion system has been set up, AGDev will be fully operational. Until then, feel free to sign up to the Wiki, create a home page and start browsing and/or adding resources.