What should i do next?

[jimi_hendrix]

well i know GUI programming, i can make some decent games (but i cant take them anywhere because the art is...well ripped from other games because i cant draw), so what should i do next to become better at programming?

[krazyd]

Find an open source project you're interested in improving, and hack away at it :)

[jimi_hendrix]

pointers to places? i would prefer some place where the projects have set goals...many source forge projects i wouldnt know how to improve (i either dont need new features or dont have bugs so :))

[maximinus_uk]

I have the same problem. Perhaps we should pick a project and *both* help out on it? I'd rather work with a team than on my own (gives you more reason to get some work done!)

[ch0d3]

I seem to be constantly recommending this... but launchpad has a featured projects section on the homepage. This might be a start.

[sujoy]

I have the same problem. Perhaps we should pick a project and *both* help out on it? I'd rather work with a team than on my own (gives you more reason to get some work done!)

+1 good idea :)

[ajackson]

If your main interest is gaming rather than applications there is a list of open source games on wikipedia. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_games ), find one you like the look of and follow the links through to it's website. From there if they need help they should have some information and contact details.

[Tim Sharitt]

Read some good, well-documented code and figure out what makes it work.

If there is something you want added or changed, do it. It doesn't matter if it's something that will never be merged into a project if you learn from it.

[jimi_hendrix]

I have the same problem. Perhaps we should pick a project and *both* help out on it? I'd rather work with a team than on my own (gives you more reason to get some work done!)

if you find a good one, my main languages are C/C++, python, perl, andd C#/java

[ch0d3]

That XCOM clone looks really awesome, and it looks like they need some GUI work done. I might check it out tomorrow.

[jimi_hendrix]

That XCOM clone looks really awesome, and it looks like they need some GUI work done. I might check it out tomorrow.

link?

[maximinus_uk]

I think the hardest part is finding a good team, or a decent team leader.

Couple of years ago I looked in helping a one man band programmer who had got a good way into programming what looked liked a decent game. I was even prepared to learn to use Ruby to help out. When I d/l the code I discovered it was *not commented* in any way at all. A real WTF moment and actually a bit embarrassing to tell the guy why I could not help out.

[fiddler616]

if you find a good one, my main languages are C/C++, python, perl, andd C#/java
If you go the Python or Java route, let me know and I'll be interested (I'm not sure if I can contribute or not, but I would love to be educated).

[bruce89]

if you find a good one, my main languages are C/C++, python, perl, andd C#/java

Please don't equate C and C++ or C# and Java.

[Tim Sharitt]

Please don't equate C and C++ or C# and Java.

+1 :p