Plan for Stephen Zepp

What is Torque Boot Camp?

Many people have asked about the possibility of a seminar to become more familiar with the Torque Application Platform, and GarageGames is answering the call--Torque Boot Camp is the first of a series of seminars that GG will present that are being built to provide face to face instruction for Torque Developers.

What will Torque Boot Camp cover?

As the first in a series of increasingly detailed seminars, TBC will be a survey level course covering 3 days of non-stop Torque education. It is being designed to expose developers to many of the most important areas of the Torque Game Engine (TGE), and allow them to become familiar with many of the processes and techniques of developing a project using the strengths of TGE.

Who should attend?

TBC is primarily targetted at licensed TGE owners who are looking for focused instruction on TGE internals, as well as overviews of developing games with Torque. As a survey course, TBC won't be delving down into the extremely low-level details of the engine, but it will provide a comprehensive view of the engine as a whole, focusing on important aspects of the larger systems.

What about everyone else?

TBC is just the first of many levels and types of instructional seminars that GG has planned (and the only one I'm allowed to talk about right now!). We realize that there are many Torque users, and many areas of Torque that we don't have time to cover in a 3 day survey seminar, and have plans to provide many other courses as things progress.

When can I attend!

The first public TBC is currently planned for the week immediately following IGC (10-12 October), in Eugene, Oregon. Details about signing up, cost, and further information about what will be covered will be released as things progress over the next few months.

How can I help?

We realize that TBC needs to meet the needs of the community to be as succesful as possible, so we would like everyone interested to answer the following very short questionaire. Feel free to discuss things here in the forum, but to make sure your thoughts are taken into consideration as we develop this course and others, please make sure to copy/paste the following questions into an email, and send to stephenz at garagesgames dot com.

1) What is your primary role in your project? Examples include: coder, scripter, level designer, artist, "one man army".

2) What is the most confusing aspect of Torque for you personally?

3) What area of game development using TGE would you like to see covered in a seminar?

4) How long of a course (how many days) would you be interested in attending? Consider having to take time off work (if appropriate), travel time and costs, and other concerns.

Where can I get more information about TBC?

As the course is developed, we will be providing additional information here in the community within .plans, news releases, and also responding to those that email the address above directly. Please keep in mind that we would much rather develop the course to it's fullest potential than simply talk about the course, so further information about TBC will only be released once it is finalized. We will certainly do our best to provide more detailed information about the course as soon as possible so that those interested in attending after GDC will be able to make plans early enough to attend.