Sentences with phrase «bedroom coders»

Just a bit over a year ago, in May 2010, a number of good - willing video game enthusiasts came forth with an experimental initiative: tired of the video games industry's general view of their consumers as malevolent counterfeiters that would happily see the whole industry go up in flames unless they are denied all possible rights upon purchase, the said enthusiasts (who also happen to be the chaps behind Wolfire Games) introduced «Humble Indie Bundle» - a short - term deal offering a pack of five games, all created by independent developers (today's way of referring to yesteryear's bedroom coders), on a pay - what - you - want basis.

There have been a ton of consoles that feature homebrew apps, but these are arguably at the top of the pile when it comes to being bedroom - friendly (for bedroom coders, we mean).

What will be most interesting will be watching out for the bedroom coders that have signed up for these high - end engines.

The PC saw its own push towards home development with tools like Blitz Basic / BlitzMAX (2000) and Dark Basic (also 2000), with the goal of inspiring a new generation of bedroom coders.

Not exact matches

The last explosion in gaming creativity was the bedroom Sinclair Spectrum coders in the 1980s (we have been going downhill creatively ever since), this will be thousands of times bigger.

Longtime magazine editor Ryan Butt, who helmed OPSM during its final year and gave the Net Yaroze much support, explains his initial reaction: «I first heard about it when editor on Play magazine, and was intrigued by the prospect of a return to bedroom coding — although the cost of the machine was high and I was unsure if it offered enough range and freedom for would - be coders to realize their ideas.»

When the politician pictures a youthful «coder» in their bedroom, they imagine the next billionaire creating an App that will revolutionize another area of our lives, like Amazon and Uber have done.