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IntroductionToMultiplayerGameProgramming - bookofhook - Trac. With the surge in popularity of multiplayer games such as Halo, Worlds of Warcraft, and Counter-Strike, it is becoming increasingly important for game developers to support multiple players. Unfortunately information on how to write multiplayer on-line games is lacking -- you can find the occasional article that discusses one aspect, but no single resource exists that touches on all the relevant areas and how they relate to each other. One of the aspects of multiplayer game programming that makes it so confusing is the sheer number of topics and how they relate to each other.

Code must be written that handles everything from high level game specific tasks all the way down to extremely low level tasks such as network packet broadcast and reception. High Level Architecture ¶ efore delving into the nitty gritty low level aspects of implementing a multiplayer game, we need to take a step back and think about what we're trying to do from a higher level. Client/Server ¶ Peer-to-Peer ¶ Hybrid ¶ 10 Ways A Designer Can Make some Extra Money. Being a Full-Time designer can be tough at times, you get times where clients just don’t have the money to pay you right away or you go through a patch where you don’t have enough client work to keep your bills paid and may even have to rely on credit cards from the UK. However, there is a solution, a few in fact. Designers are creative people who love to create things, so why not create things and put them to good use? I have listed 10 Ways a Designer can make some Extra Money each month, putting in effort towards these different things can get you pretty far and well known in the design industry and it will definitely earn you some extra money.

If your’re a designer I am sure you have a camera, so why not put it to good use then. Go out and take some photos of things or places, their are loads of things you can take pictures of, just use your imagination. iStockPhoto.com Shutterstock.com Dreamstime.com These are just 3 Sites I mentioned where you can sell Stock Photos Online. Cutcaster.com.

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OMG Posters! 7 Side Income Strategies for Designers. I’ve seen some posts recently about how designers can make extra money online. Too often those posts are filled with crowdsourcing or design contest websites. Sure, you can submit a design to Threadless and maybe win some money or you could compete with thousands of designers to MAYBE get paid as a logo designer, but that’s unreliable and considered spec work.

We don’t want that. If you’re a designer, you’re probably a creative thinker. I’m going to talk about fresh methods that forward-thinking designers are using to make extra money on the side. 1. It’s common these days for designers to have an online store selling their posters, t-shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. Become a poster artist or start a clothing line. If you’re good, you might see a good business coming from your poster work. 2. If it can be downloaded, it can be sold. Let’s get this out of the way. It’s not that hard tech-wise. So how do you sell it? Some good news! Here’s an example: Download Now – $7 3. 4. Hold a Workshop 5. Building a Graphic Design Portfolio - How to Build a Graphic Design Portfolio Without Existing Clients. Tracey Halvorsen is a blogger, painter, author, speaker and Principal and Creative Director at Fastspot, a Baltimore, Maryland-based interactive agency. I had chance to speak with her about many aspects of running a design business, from social networking to determining budgets to the importance of failure.

Question: Getting jobs (freelance or full-time) without work in a portfolio is difficult, as is building a portfolio without jobs. How did you get your portfolio started and what advice would you give to others, especially those who do not have a portfolio from attending a design school? You can always get a portfolio going without clients. Look at your current social networks. OPENHEAD. Adobe. Vector Color Light Effects. Inspiracje.

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