Community Power Hour 2012

#21 IRC, answering questions and blog update is enough really. I liked the blogs in the run up to 1.2

#22 Maybe a log of the IRC discussion posted for those who can't attend...

#23 I am a big fan of Konrads, suggestion, perhaps as a podcast that is downloadable. I dont think the issue is lack of community desire to participate but more of how to capture an audiance spread across the entire globe. That is nearly impossible with a purely 'live' format.

#24

Quote:Maybe a log of the IRC discussion posted for those who can't attend...

It's probably best not to record what goes on in there... ;)

#25 GG(and community) does a very respectable job of answering questions on the forums and providing resources and monthly blogs. I'd be lost without them. I always operate my endeavours on the KISS theory and what you currently have in place is pretty effective IMO.

Just going off of what everyone has said here.
My recommendation would be keep the weekly IRC as is, email the IRC discussions to all who want them(wasn't there a checkbox to recieve them via email?) and then have a podcast/video blog once a month covering a tutorial and/or question/answer, updates from Employees, 3rd Party, new products etc...

- "A Minute with Montgomery"

You could make an annual contest to fill that video/podcast void. Get a free art pack. Use those videos in your monthly 1 hour "show", then answer questions or have GG explain something useful regarding that month's video... kind of like a GG follow up. Show n' Tell with the teachers answering questions and explaining proper usage. Teach noobs and pros alike how to utilize things you the creators implement in the engine to their fullest potential.

This would cater to a much wider range of people than those that can make IRC every week. And cover the need for tutorials. You're basically consolidating monthly blogs, IRC, a good resource with GG expertise and putting them in a blog that is easy to access.

I see this as being less pressure on GG, gets the community more interactive and works within the website.

#26 We're keeping track of ideas! Keep 'em coming!

"A Minute with Montgomery"
That would be the longest and quite possibly strangest minute of many people's internet existence.

#27 This is slightly off-topic (sorry about that), but I haven't received a response to my question via the website contact form for days now, so I thought I'd ask here.

I'd really like to get the TGB Adventure Kit. I don't have Torque 2D, but I have iTorque 2D. The site says that I need to have Torque 2D to purchase the kit. Is that intentional? I'd really like to pick it up, but I probably would not buy Torque 3D just to be able to buy the kit.

#28 Hey Konrad. I haven't seen anything come through the support list from you. Not sure what's going on there since I'm on all the lists.

The Adventure Kit does not support iOS development. It is extremely script-heavy and the assets were developed with desktop resolutions in mind. Since it would take a massive overhaul to the kit, it is only available to T2D licensees.

#29 I see. Thanks. Could there be a way to buy the art assets only?

#30 We don't have an asset only option in the store, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sickhead would have an option.

#31 Ah, silly me, I meant the TGB Platformer Kit. I'm getting tired. Sorry about that. I'll try to get in touch with Phillip then, I assume this kit and its art availability is treated much the same.

I'm working on a platformer on my free time. (In HTML5 for now, hopefully eventually using iTorque 2D.)

Thank you, David, your help is much appreciated! All hope is not lost then! :)

#32 I'd like to see a return of the browser-based, dedicated-GG-channel client.