[Kde-games-devel] KDEGames mukt.in 2008 presentation

[Inge Wallin]

On Thursday 24 July 2008 19:13:47 Eugene Trounev wrote:
> Ok. Redone slide 4 and cleaned the rest of the presentation. No more FUD,
> instead KDE team of old is portrayed as an unsung hero! (you have Inge to
> thank for that, he is very inspirational).
> Added more pictures to the second-last slide as per Krish's request.
> Link: http://www.likalo.com/KDEGames/kdegames.odp

Very nice!  Much more positive, but still well motivating why the KDE4 games 
are better.

And haha, I see that you used KReversi as your example. :-)

	-Inge

> P.S.: Note - no HTML :)
>
> On Wednesday 23 July 2008 17:35:33 Mauricio Piacentini wrote:
> > > Thanks for your input.
> >
> > Well, you asked for it :)
> >
> > While the slides are good, the notes in general have a somehow negative
> > depiction of the games shipped with KDE2 and KDE3. While it is true that
> > the new games use newer (and arguably better) technology, specially in
> > the graphics department, I don't think the main point to be covered is
> > the KDE3-games-were-bad-and-now-they-rock one, as this is debatable.
> > KMahjongg for example has basically the same 10 year old code in its
> > guts, and the facelift only rejuvenated it. So it is an evolution, and
> > not a complete revolution. Previous releases deserve nothing but our
> > full respect :)
> > I think the speaker should try to present the evolution of the games as
> > a natural process and a result of having a bigger team, which is
> > building new stuff and standing over the shoulders of the previous
> > releases. But on the whole it is a nice presentation, and summarizes
> > some of the changes between 3 and 4 very well. It is just a matter of
> > how to present it, I guess.
> > Good job, Eugene!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mauricio Piacentini
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