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Designing an Effective Recruitment Process for Small Business
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1 HR.com Whitepaper Designing an Effective Recruitment Process for Small Business Written by Mark McAuliffe Senior Research Analyst, Workforce Acquisition HR.com Sponsored by
2 Designing an effective and efficient recruitment process is a cornerstone of success for small business. Invest in the right annuity, stock plan, or real estate and you are rewarded with a handsome financial return year after year. Invest the time and effort into developing, delivering, and improving a recruitment process and you will have a constant flow of quality candidates job opening after job opening. Attracting the best candidates who make your small business thrive can indeed be made easier by careful development, delivery and improvement of a recruitment plan. When designing a recruitment process the focus should be not only on how your firm benefits, but also, and most importantly, on how the candidate benefits. How you pursue and engage the candidates to a great degree determines how successful you will be in recruiting them. Developing a recruitment process that attracts candidates to small business need not be costly, but it must be effective and efficient. Here are a few suggestions on steps to take to create a sound recruitment process for your small business: Assess Your Current Process and your competition s Candidate - centric recruitment processes attract the best candidates...pure and simple There are elements in every recruitment initiative that can benefit from a periodic review. All stakeholders in your recruitment process internal and external should participate. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of your process as perceived through the eyes of your recruitment team - and the candidate can help. It is equally important to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your competition s recruitment process. How long does it take? Who is involved? What are candidates saying about it? What type of packages (compensation, benefits, etc.) are they offering? Lay the processes side by side and see how you measure up. Your recruitment process is in competition with other firms looking for the best candidates and the foundation you create for the interaction with the candidate sets the stage for successful recruiting. Build Your Recruitment Team The value of teamwork in any endeavor is well documented. The responsibility for recruitment no matter how small the organization should not fall on the shoulders of one individual. The size of your recruitment team is not as important as its characteristics. Effective team recruitment should involve expertise that represents a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. And while the consensus among recruitment specialists is that team recruitment is a key pillar of a best practice recruitment process, it couldn t be more true or advantageous when applied to recruiting for small business. Best practice recruitment should involve both internal and external teams, each with a distinct set of duties and responsibilities. Internal teams should involve employees, managers and executives if at all possible. At what point in the recruitment process you include team members is a matter of preference. Inclusion of employees during the candidate interview in particular provides immeasurable benefits for the team beyond the immediate task of recruitment. Among them: When possible, select the interview team from diverse disciplines: human resources, sales, finance, IT and management Frontline insight on suitability and job fit to ensure long-term success Increased communication, understanding and cooperation across organizational levels Improved interpersonal skills questioning and listening 2
3 External teams should also be included in your recruitment process as they add considerable value. Recruitment advertising agencies, job board agents/consultants, recruiters, job fair firms, etc. can complement your recruitment process by shoring up areas where your expertise is limited. These external resources can help: Assess current process strengths and weaknesses; e.g. employment brand perceptions Understand the impact demographic trends have on your ability to source talent Develop job descriptions that are legally compliant, competitive, and attractive to the candidate Benchmark your recruitment process against your competition Manage processes that present administrative difficulty resume management, scheduling Duties of Team Members The success of any team is directly related to how well each individual team member meets their individual objectives. These primary stages along the recruitment timeline need to be assigned, monitored, and benchmarked to ensure process continuity and more importantly create a pleasant experience for the candidate. Workforce Planning job description development, employment branding, requisition management Candidate sourcing research and strategy Candidate screening and assessment phone, , face-to-face Candidate scheduling prescreening interview, orientation Candidate communication status calls, status letters Database management and reporting resume routing/warehousing Building a Recruitment Budget Cost-Per-Hire is the industry term used to describe the line item expenses that are attached to the recruitment process. Typical expenses/fees include advertising, recruiter, phone, postage, marketing, rental facilities, application processing, testing, interviewing, travel, background checks, drug screen checks, etc. Some firms also include loaded costs such as recruitment team member salaries and benefits. What you choose to include is a matter of preference, but be consistent. Your ability to design and implement a continuous cost improvement plan is predicated on your ability to compare like expense data over time. Building/Enhancing Your Small Business Recruitment Brand to Attract Candidates The competition for talented employees grows stiffer year after year. And the candidate is increasingly challenged to find the real opportunity among the fabricated. Separating your small business from others, becoming an employer of choice among the talented candidates, can be facilitated by effectively utilizing one of your most competitive assets your Recruitment Brand. An effective recruitment brand should communicate your company s mission, culture, and spirit. Great branding - recruiting or otherwise - captures the attention of the customer. Think Nike s JUST DO IT or Southwest Airlines Freedom. You are now free to move about the country Ding. Uncovering perceptions of your current recruitment brand through focus groups (employee and prospective employees) can help update your brand and better position you in front of targeted candidates. 3
4 An Effective Recruitment Brand can help your small business: Reduce recruitment costs it motivates candidates to seek you out, thereby reducing cost associated with sourcing candidates Improve the quality of hire a compelling success story draws the curiosity of the best candidates Increase sales revenue - in concert with a company branding campaign, it can increase mindshare among prospective buyers of your product or service Create company buzz - Brand building creates company goodwill both internally and externally The adage you know you are rich when your money works for you instead of you working for it can be applied to recruitment branding as well. You know your recruitment brand is working when quality candidates start knocking on your door instead of you having to constantly search them out. How to Find the Candidates Hint: Mix technology and touch Companies that employ a balanced approach to recruitment are less likely to realize a strain on resources both human and monetary. More importantly, they are less likely to lose candidates. Continuous technology innovation by vendors within the online recruitment marketplace has enabled companies implementing recruitment initiatives to interface with candidates more effectively and efficiently. Technology The technology now available to small companies (online recruitment boards, resume search engines, applicant tracking vendors, talent management systems, corporate websites and others) during their recruitment initiatives present an opportunity to enhance the high touch processes (see below) that has often been the stalwart of small business recruitment. Online recruitment services/tools enable small companies to enjoy significant advantages. Among them: Quick start up many vendors offer introductory packages that require nothing more than an address and an internet connection. Phone and internet based customer service are commonplace, and can help with the administration. Ease of use advances in user interface testing and improvements in focus group methodology have enabled vendors to make giant strides in what recruitment teams and candidates experience as they navigate within the interface. Reach local and national resume databases provided by some vendors and service providers are rich with potential candidates, and create the opportunity for small companies to have a larger pool of candidates from which to choose. Major career boards typically expend considerable resources to ensure that the database is fresh. Branding because there are less constraints on the amount of data companies can present to a candidate in an online recruitment ad for example companies have the ability to present data otherwise reserved for subsequent meetings. (i.e. benefits, culture) Tracking the ability/need for the candidate and recruiters to communicate is essential. Online recruitment tools frequently offer database management features that allow both parties to track where they are in the process. Cost savings many vendors have introductory packages that are budget and term friendly. As a line-item expenditure, job postings and resume database searches are considerably less than other sources; namely newspaper, retained, and contingency search agencies. 4
5 Touch Online job boards have gone from virtually nothing in the late 1990 s to over $2 billion today. And while the trend is obvious, and the need for small companies to participate in online recruitment is great, for a small business recruitment process to be effective it should include and enhance some of the high touch, low cost opportunities in their own backyard. Employee Referral is still one of the most cost effective and efficient way to source candidates. Because employees have a vested interest in the success of the company one would surmise that the prospective referral s skill sets are carefully reviewed and vetted. Successful employee referral programs incent and reward employees for their participation and are also monitored to ensure the return on investment. In a recent HR.com survey of 738 companies, respondents ranked Major Job Boards and Employee Referrals as their top two choices for the ability to source candidates quickly. Customers your customer service, sales, and marketing teams have a direct line to a potential pool of candidates that are already familiar with your products, services, and culture. Enlisting customers to assist you in your search for talented employees employees that may very well improve their experience is also one of the best methods for deepening the customer/seller relationship. Suppliers Customer retention is a primary goal of any supplier. The stronger your team is the more prosperous your company. And your preferred suppliers (for selfish reasons) will go out of their way to help you with initiatives that can help your business thrive because as you thrive, they thrive. Getting the Attention of Candidates - Tip: Get the billboard out of the cellar Small businesses usually have a billboard in the cellar that is, a great story to tell, but one that not many people know about. Competing against large company employment brands and their budgets, while difficult, is not impossible. Small businesses need to trumpet their achievements to get the candidate not only to hear about the opportunity, but also to listen and want more. One of the most effective ways to accomplish this is by garnering publicity through the press both print and online. Survival and prosperity in small business can frequently be traced back to how creative and aggressive the small business was in pursuing its goal. While you are waiting for your recruitment brand to gain momentum, here are a few creative ideas that can help you get the attention of the candidates, build awareness of your brand, and ultimately your candidate pool. 1) Conduct a survey Media outlets are constantly looking for content and frequently look for survey data that is timely and interesting for its readers. 2) Do a Top Ten list David Letterman doesn t have a monopoly here. Unless you have the writers he does though, stick to business topics. 3) Sponsor a local community project Charity does indeed begin at home and the return on investment is usually ten-fold. 4) Help the kids school programs These future customers will remember you and their parents will reward you. 5) Create an industry-first event Every news editor wants the acclaim of covering a first-of-its-kind event. 6) Honor an icon - The company you keep can keep you in the spotlight. 7) Promote employee accomplishments from the hilltops It shows prospective employees recognition is free-flowing. 5 8) Sponsor a debate Political, social, community or otherwise.
6 : 9) Create a story series Frequent impressions over time help develop your recruitment brand. 10) Thank your customers publicly Customer appreciation draws more customers and candidates. Selling the Candidate on Small Business Tip: It s not what you are selling, it s how you sell it. The sophisticated and most talented candidates are quite aware of the well-documented benefits of working for a small business: ability to quickly develop and improve multiple skill sets, rapid advancement, being closer to the customer, family atmosphere, being an intimate part of company s success, etc. And while these attributes truly do have an influence on a candidate s decision, how the candidate is treated during the recruitment process will have a major impact on whether he or she decides to choose you over your competition. Ask yourself this: Is your recruitment team more polite? More courteous? More knowledgeable of the market? Do you respond quicker to the candidate requests? Are you respectful of the candidate s time? Is your interview process more compact? If you have a career page (a must have by the way), is it user friendly? Do they have the opportunity to talk directly with all of the individuals they will be working with? The experience that the candidate has with your recruitment process should complement what the candidate already knows about the benefits of working for a small business and reflect what the candidate will experience their first day on the job. Timelines to Monitor Efficiencies during the recruitment process are gained when close attention is paid to the timelines that affect both you and the candidate. Common measures of time that can be benchmarked for future gains in recruitment efficiency include Time-to-Hire and Time-to- Start. Time-to-Hire is defined as the time between when a job requisition is approved and the time when a candidate accepts the position. Time to Start is defined as the time between when a job requisition is approved and the time when a candidate starts his/her job. (It is important to note that companies frequently lose candidates after a candidate has accepted a position and before a candidate starts. Often candidates will accept more than one position and then wait to see how the prospective company treats them during this honeymoon period. Attention should be paid to the frequency and type of communication with the candidate during this time.) It is equally important to benchmark your Time-To ratios against companies in your field and region to ensure that you have an equal or better chance of engaging the candidate before your competition. 6
7 : Conclusion Continuous Improvement Improvement to your recruitment process will manifest itself in many distinct ways. Reduce your time-to-hire and you can get the candidate off the street before your competition knows they are there. Reduce your time-to-start and you lessen the risk of losing the candidate to the runner-up company nipping at the candidate s heels. Assemble a small diverse interview team and you can more readily identify quality candidates. The nimble small business should strive to achieve all of these objectives and more. Demographic studies portend a shrinking pool of qualified candidates in many disciplines. Finding these candidates in such a competitive environment necessitates that small business focus not only on process but also real-time strategies and tactics that take advantage of a company s smallness.. Noted author Jim Collins (Good to Great) encourages employers to get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats. While your recruitment bus may be a bit smaller than the large corporate recruitment bus nearby, it can run like a champ for many years and get you where you want to go - and before the competition - by tending to the mechanics. The primary goal of any recruitment initiative should be to find employees who will ultimately help your company reduce costs, improve productivity, and increase revenue - and small business is positioned well to accomplish this. About the Author: Mark McAuliffe Senior Research Analyst, Workforce Acquisition, HR.com Mark provides analyst coverage in the staffing vertical, focusing on workforce acquisition (sourcing, screening, assessment, background checks, vendor management systems). A strong proponent of customer care, Mark is the author of HR Vendor Expectations, a collection of interviews with senior human resource executives on best practice customer care. Mark brings over 20 years of leadership experience in consulting, sales management, product management and product analysis in venture backed and Fortune 100 companies. Mark is the founder of the RPK Group, a human resource consulting firm focused on recruitment through media and technology as well as vendor selection and management. Contact Mark at: 7v
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| Yotsu family
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|Seppun family
|Imperial Families
The Yotsu family were a ronin family who were given their name and duty by the Emperor Hantei XXXVIII in 1111. They had become a vassal family of the Seppun family.
History Edit
Founding Edit
In 1111 the caravan of the second wife of Hantei XXXVIII, Hantei Hochiahime, was attacked and Hochiahime and the son of the Emperor, Hantei Sotorii, were taken by a bloodspeaker cult to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient prophecy. The mountain-dwelling Yotsu discovered the camp and crept into it to speak with the Empress. Knowing he could not defeat the entire cult asked the Empress for permission to die in her name, but she forbade it, telling the ronin to save Sotorii and tell the Emperor to mourne her unborn child. As Yotsu could not take the heir without it alerting the cult, Yotsu replaced him with his own son. Weeks later Sotorii was reunited with the Emperor and as a reward for Yotsu's sacrifice he was named Yotsu Yatoshin, after the Emperor's father, and given a small fiefdom in the Mountains of Regret and rule over a sub-district in Otosan Uchi, [1] the Yatoshin district. [2]
Ronin Family Edit
The Yotsu family were given the right to bear their father's name in order to distinguish them from other ronin - but they were not offered the right to swear fealty to the Emperor or anyone else. In essence, they were still ronin. [3]
Fall of Otosan Uchi Edit
After the Fall of Otosan Uchi the Yotsu stayed behind in the ruined and tainted city to defend those who were unable or unwilling to flee their homes. They remained here until 1166 when Jade Champion Asahina Sekawa attacked Otosan Uchi in an attempt to confront the Ninube infestation there. In thanks for their aid in the battle the Yotsu family were granted territory within the Crane lands. [4]
Imperial Vassals Edit
At the Winter Court in Kyuden Otomo in 1168, the personal friendship between Yotsu Seou and Seppun Kiharu led to the Yotsu family being accepted as a vassal family to the Seppun family. However, the Yotsu had been allow to keep their own family name and had been given the singular honor of wearing both the Yotsu and Seppun mons when serving the Imperial family. [5]
Sword of Yotsu Edit
In 1116, Yotsu Yatoshin began swearing ronin outside his family to the Yotsu name, training them in the techniques he had learned while living deep in the mountains. And so the Sword of Yotsu otokodate was formed. [1]
For more information see The Sword of Yotsu
Yotsu mon Edit
The Yotsu mon was the kanji character for 10,000. [2] [6] [7]
Known Yotsu Edit
See Samurai of the Yotsu for a complete listing of all members of the Yotsu family.
Yotsu Daimyo Edit
The following is a listing of all Yotsu Daimyo since their founding in 1111.
|Yotsu Yatoshin
|1111 - 1118
|Yotsu Ureiko
|1118 - (c. 1125)
|Yotsu Seou
|? - ?
See also Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, p. 17
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Enemy of my Enemy, Part Four, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ Way of the Wolf, p. 36
- ↑ The Ruins of Otosan Uchi, Part 2, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Winter Court Kyuden Otomo 1168, p. 8
- ↑ Yotsu Dojo (Drums of War image)
- ↑ Wind of Justice, (Novel book)
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Born in 2354, on Trill Prime, Joran was raised in a farm area on the planet. At 18, Joran applied to Starfleet Academy and was accepted. In 2376, Joran was commissioned as an Ensign and was assigned to the USS Mitscher as a Tactical Officer. Joran comes from the family that discovered the Tenaran Ice Cliffs on Trill Prime. His family still lives there to this day. No one in his family has ever had the opportunity to become a joined Trill. He joined Starfleet and showed a lot of promise as a Tactical Officer and in 2383 was assigned as a Special Operative to Starfleet Intelligence. After three years of covert operations, Joran was assigned to the 'Artemis as the Executive Officer and after the death of Captain Bruce Dashuria, Joran was promoted to Commanding Officer. (Star Trek: Artemis)
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Like all Starfleet Officers, Tenar wanted a command of his own. He never wanted to achieve the command by losing a friend, but now that he has the position of Commanding Officer his goal is to server Starfleet with distinction and protect his crew at all costs.
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Joran Tenar is portrayed by DavidHawk Actor, most known in Second Life for his time as a professional wrestler. The player behind the man is the same person who ran Star Trek: Artemis as a play by email roleplay who has found new life for the group inside Second Life.
Service jacketEdit
|Accepted into Starfleet Academy as a Security Cadet in 2372
|Began his second year at Starfleet Academy in 2373
|Began his third year at Starfleet Academy in 2374
|Began his fourth year at Starfleet Academy in 2375
|Ensign, USS Mitscher
|Graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2376 with a degree in Security and Tactics, assigned to USS Mitscher as a Weapons Officer
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|Executive Officer - Lt. Commander, USS Artemis
|Promoted to Artemis Executive Officer in 2386 when the Miranda-class USS Artemis was destroyed and a new Defiant-class USS Artemis was commissioned under the command of Captain Bruce Dashuria.
|Commanding Officer - Lt. Commander, USS Artemis
|Promoted to Artemis Commanding Officer in 2386 when Captain Bruce Dashuria was killed in action.


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With the ever-growing use of high-data applications like streaming video, our wireless networks are struggling to keep up with demand. That is one of the reasons AT&T has put in a bid on T-Mobile, hoping to supplement their spectrum share before the crunch becomes more pronounced.
Now, the FCC is asking Congress to help carriers expand their spectral footprint. If Congress allows it, carriers could purchase segments of TV spectrum. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski explains: "I believe the single most important step that will drive
our mobile economy and address consumer frustration is authorizing
voluntary incentive auctions."
But television broadcasters still have concerns. While some broadcasters might choose to sell their spectrum, other broadcasters might abstain. But those choosing not to participate in the auction could still have their own spectrum plagued with interference and diminished signal strength. Genachowski points out, however, that the proposal would include compensation for any expenses related to repacking spectrum.
This shift in spectrum would only be an apt demonstration of the shifting industries. About 25 million Americans consume video and more on their mobile devices, quickly replacing the home television. And even at home, traditional media are being supplanted by streaming options. Genachowski explains that "This growing demand is not going away. The result
is a spectrum crunch...The only thing that can
address the growing overall demand for mobile is increasing the overall
supply of spectrum and the efficiency of its use."
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posted on 12 Apr 2011, 23:36 0
1. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
Phones took over Cameras, mp3's, Telephones, radios, game consuls, Laptops(well tablets did) and now TV. :) sad. sad. sad. for those lost companies but good for the phones :D.
posted on 13 Apr 2011, 09:12 1
2. deago78 (Posts: 160; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Not too sad. Records were overtaken by CDs, Horse and buggy by cars and bow and arrow by firearms. When a technology emerges and fulfills a purpose better than the current one, it is overtaken. Such is the way of the world.
posted on 13 Apr 2011, 16:06 0
4. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
the only bad thing is it takes away jobs xD
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New article, moving on about data structures. Trees and balancing! http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/data-structures-tree-balancing-headaches.html
Daniel_Whisper replied to jeteran's topic in For BeginnersQuickest way is to addChild() when you want to add the scene to the stage (remember to set the coords!), and removeChild() when you want it gone. Scenes, therefore, should extend Sprite or MovieClip or so; basically having a huge MC-container for all the stuff in the different scenes. Or what you have is just fine, remember to export for AS3. Couple tips:[list] [*]First add the new scene so it's atop of the stage, then remove the old scene. Doing viceversa will make an ugly effect where there's nothing for a second. [*]The MCs might take time to be added, you might want to control that. [*]Make sure to make the MC instances point null when you're done with them so the garbage collector can free memory! [/list] Another choice is to add all the childs and to have their alpha = 0 unless they are needed. This is quicker for time, but more memory-expensive I think, and besides they have to have a stop button when they're not opaque -- meaning it's not their turn. I was unaware of your AS3 level so I tried to explain as much as possible.
I felt like writing a short story. Not really game-design related, but rather, videogame themed. http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/writing-world-1-1.html
Continuing the Data Structures Tutorials, here's the new article: Lists (where arrays have no meaning and your whole life is a lie) http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/data-structures-list-where-arrays-have.html I've also done a bit of redesign on the blog's theme. See if you like it better this way.
Daniel_Whisper replied to Daniel_Whisper's topic in For BeginnersSolved it. Thanks! For the record, it was a mixture of that 'contrived example' which was what I had at the moment and some problems with the algorithm itself. So thanks for the help, guys.
Daniel_Whisper posted a topic in For BeginnersHi, I've recently been trying my hand at Actionscript game programming. Especifically, I want to build random mazes and check whether they have a path from start to end. These mazes, I store them in their Maze class/instances. Of course, this takes time. Not a lot, but it's not immediate either. Looks like Flash won't wait for the maze to be checked though, and continues with other instructions related to using the information from the Maze, which seems to give me a "Error #1009: Can't refer to a null object yadda yadda". Am I right in my suspicions? If so, what can I do? First idea that pops to mind is an event that will be activated when the instance is fully initialized, and off otherwise. Is there anything like that in ActionScript 3.0? Thanks in advance!
Daniel_Whisper replied to kaktusas2598's topic in For BeginnersMust say, thanks to everyone as I am kind of in the place of OP as well. Followup question: where should I begin learning the more esoteric C++ stuff?
New article, little sneak peak of a project I've done this week, Lavarinth http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/lavarinth-work-in-progress.html
@Paul: thanks! I've been considering it. Think it would be a good decision? New article! Followup about the queues and priority queues. Also, holidays! So I might just have enough time to update more often ;) http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/data-structures-queue.html
Daniel_Whisper replied to rouncer's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingYou could try for an RTS thing like in brutal Legend... Like you have builders to build spawners and resource gathering but you also control a hero in a more extended way and all that. Sounds tough but starting small could work methinks.
Daniel_Whisper replied to Cham's topic in For Beginners[quote name='Cham' timestamp='1338664497' post='4945633'] Thank you for the advice, I started to doubt my choices again. [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.png[/img] Quick question though. I haven't seen any high end games made in Python. Sure there are many 2D games but they aren't really professional. C# seems to have so much potential with XNA Studio and all of that. So in your personal opinion is C# better or more equipped for game development than Python? [/quote] Python is great and high-level language, really, but the most times I've seen it used is as exterior libraries complimenting utils for other language-based applications. I might be wrong, but eh. If you still take suggestions, I'm actually surprised nobody suggested plain C as a learning start, maybe there's a secret codemonkey curse around it? But anyway, I'd say it's an easy to learn low level language, so that's a good convo. Still used commercially, and is the basis for C++ and C#. There are quite a bunch of tuts around the web. I could give you a few pointers myself every now and then if you prefer, too. Only setback is that C is useful for core-y stuff, not really object-programming, graphic interfaces and stuff. Still, good to "learn how to program".
Geez, it's been a while, sorry. Double update though, soft introduction to data structures, specially the stacks, with a c++ implementation. http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/
I totally forgot to update the blog this Sunday! At any rate, here's the new article. http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/thornbow.html I wanted to show with a little example the importance of consistency throughout storytelling in general, in particular videogame storytelling.
Daniel_Whisper replied to Sh@dowm@ncer's topic in For BeginnersThe way I see it, changing the perspective is just an output thing which should not affect the data storing or interaction too much, so what you've done so far is compatible, it seems. Of course, the simplest way of making an isometric projection is flipping the board's perspective 45 degrees. Therefore you'll need some way to rotate all the elements and place them logically. In other words, you'll have to build a rotation matrix method to flip the images, and remember that some sprites from the objects on the tiles may get in front of some others. All this of course you must also keep in mind, as clicking a tile, for example, won't be as easy as mapping a square and link it to a tile. Even though it's internally just like that, the output becomes a rhombus, and the input (users) will act accordingly with what they see. All in all, it's not that complicated compared to other graphic transitions, but I really recommend knowledge of Linear Algebra and 3D Vision and Projection if you want to change perspectives all by yourselves.
New article, finishing the basics of UML. Here I talk about a pack of behavioural models, the Sequence, State and Use Case, ending this tutorial. I believe it's still useful to learn about them even if they may sound basic. http://videogamestale.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/uml-or-standard-doodling-methodology_15.html


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