Comments on: Old Journals update http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/old-journals-update/ Video game design tips from the creator of Prince of Persia, plus news and information about his projects. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jordan http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/old-journals-update/#comment-1728 jordan Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:33:20 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?p=2006#comment-1728 I'd love to post the source code, the problem is I haven't been able to locate it! My first round of digging into the boxes in my garage, and hitting up old Broderbund pals on Facebook, turned up some cool stuff, but not that. If I find it, I'll definitely make it available. I’d love to post the source code, the problem is I haven’t been able to locate it! My first round of digging into the boxes in my garage, and hitting up old Broderbund pals on Facebook, turned up some cool stuff, but not that. If I find it, I’ll definitely make it available.

]]> By: Filip http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/old-journals-update/#comment-1154 Filip Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:20:42 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?p=2006#comment-1154 Fantastic, Jordan! Thanks! We were all so excited about the game back then...I was even able to finish within 20 minutes :-) I was a kid back then and POP surely encouraged me to do more programming. I was blown away by the aptness of the following (May 9 1989): "The unlimited potential has been replaced by the concrete reality of what I programmed today." Oh how precisely this describes my feelings about the "necessary simplifications" I'm forced to do now and then because of deadlines... :-) And a bold question - I've seen that you made the docs PDF available, any chance of seeing more? The source code, perhaps? There are still people able to read assembler...and perhaps the PC conversion code? That would be coool...But I know copyright issues might still prevent you from doing that. Fantastic, Jordan! Thanks! We were all so excited about the game back then…I was even able to finish within 20 minutes :-) I was a kid back then and POP surely encouraged me to do more programming.

I was blown away by the aptness of the following (May 9 1989):
“The unlimited potential has been replaced by the concrete reality of what I programmed today.” Oh how precisely this describes my feelings about the “necessary simplifications” I’m forced to do now and then because of deadlines… :-)

And a bold question – I’ve seen that you made the docs PDF available, any chance of seeing more? The source code, perhaps? There are still people able to read assembler…and perhaps the PC conversion code? That would be coool…But I know copyright issues might still prevent you from doing that.

]]> By: Zapages http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/old-journals-update/#comment-1114 Zapages Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:08:32 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?p=2006#comment-1114 Thank you so much sharing them... It really makes me appreciate all the hard work even more looking at the game as programmer and a video game fan through out the years. Thank you so much sharing them… It really makes me appreciate all the hard work even more looking at the game as programmer and a video game fan through out the years.

]]> By: Aaron http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/old-journals-update/#comment-1028 Aaron Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:31:23 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?p=2006#comment-1028 Thanks for posting those journals! I was barely walking when you were writing Prince of Persia, but it's fascinating learning about game development back then. Thanks for posting those journals! I was barely walking when you were writing Prince of Persia, but it’s fascinating learning about game development back then.

]]> By: Nick http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2009/05/old-journals-update/#comment-991 Nick Sun, 31 May 2009 13:42:16 +0000 http://jordanmechner.com/?p=2006#comment-991 It's been absolutely fantastic reading these Jordan. Prince of Persia is my most cherished game, and I've always wondered about its development and the man behind it. These are a truly fascinating read and I'm very glad you've decided to keep posting them! It’s been absolutely fantastic reading these Jordan. Prince of Persia is my most cherished game, and I’ve always wondered about its development and the man behind it. These are a truly fascinating read and I’m very glad you’ve decided to keep posting them!

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