Now that 2020 has started and holidays are wrapping up, I think it is a good time to start collecting content for the second issue of the Pokitto Magazine!
Submissions are open to the entire community! Anybody that wants to share to the greater good of Pokittoland and be published in the highly prestigious Pokitto Magazine is welcome to submit content!
For those who are newer to the community or may have missed the first issue, you can find it over here. Taking a look through there could give some great ideas for what the community needs
Being a community magazine, this is also open to folks who would like to give a try to help out in making the magazine. Proof readers, artwork, Game advertisements, and other necessities in making an outstanding magazine would all be great!
# Deadline:
Looking at a start of June for a tentative deadline for this magazine. (Summer, 2020)
Update on Deadlines
Since we want this to be released soon, as in next Month hopefully, we will need the submissions finalized in the coming week.
In that regard:
Submissions Deadline: June 28
This is a âsoftâ deadline, in that we really want everything in by then, however if folks run into an issue where it would be a day or two late then that is acceptable as well.
This leaves 1 week until we need to start finalizing everything. So lets get that content in! Magazines finalized (Iâm guilty), Photobooth entries! and any other content folks would like to submit for the epic second issue of Pokitto Magazine #2!
Types of Content (see issue 1 for examples):
Articles
Game ads! Submit an advertisement for your games for the whole community to see.
Photos of your Pokitto related projects.
Tech related humor.
Tips and tricks (kind of like an article, but smaller).
Any other ideas of what youâd like to see or share with Polittoland.
Submitted articles:
Sharing Your Games Dont Forget A License - Drummyfish
FM Radio HAT - spinal
Pipes Game Tutorial - filmote
Tilemap in C++ - filmote
So you want to program your Pokitto in Assembly #1 - FManga
Python basics: adding sounds, using eeprom, etc. - Hanski
Trials and Tribulations: The Development of a Pinball Engine for the Pokitto - tuxinator2009
A reminder that the âsuggest a programming articleâ thread never came to fruitionâŚ
If nobody comes up with anything I might just pick a crazy topic and write an obscure article that baffles half the forum. :P
I think pretty much anything I write would probably end up being a rehash of a better explanation of the concept, but now Iâm beginning to think that even a watered down rehash in the magazine is more likely to get people to actually listen to the idea.
Not just yet, Iâm going to hold out hope that someone will come up with something they actually want to know about.
If I have the time and nobody comes up with something specific then Iâll fall back on preaching the virtues of C++11 and âgood formâ, explaining some undefined behaviour and/or âgotchasâ, or just damning the things I donât like.
Still plenty of room for more content submissions or proposals.
Remember it doesnât explicitly have to be an article. For example we had a PhotoBooth section in the first magazine and that turned out awesome! Very unique and fun photos of Pokittoâs from around the world.
We also had a crossword puzzle!
There was talk about a tech related jokes, we could try and do a section on that this time if folks have anything good to share. Maybe a custom Pokitto related comic ?
thanks!
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