How to Design Worlds (2008) [pdf]

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Post by steven741 » Sat, May 25, 2019, 1:23 PM UTC

How to Design Worlds (2008) [pdf]
world.cs.brown.edu

Re: How to Design Worlds (2008) [pdf]

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Post by jmiskovic » Sat, May 25, 2019, 6:53 PM UTC

I skimmed through and didn't find anything inspiring. Videos for exercises look awful and not at all fun. I'm learning another lisp to be able to design an interactive world, so I expected more from this title.

Re: How to Design Worlds (2008) [pdf]

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Post by blueish » Sat, May 25, 2019, 7:23 PM UTC

jmiskovic wrote: post #2

I skimmed through and didn't find anything inspiring. Videos for exercises look awful and not at all fun. I'm learning another lisp to be able to design an interactive world, so I expected more from this title.

From my memory, this is meant to be more introductory material for people first learning computer science, rather than a guide for people who are attempting to learn a lisp. My school (UBC) uses Racket and this book as the intro level CS course.

Re: How to Design Worlds (2008) [pdf]

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Post by lqet » Sat, May 25, 2019, 10:40 PM UTC

Ha, DrScheme! That brings back memories.