04-17-2014, 12:15 AM
I discovered this a good while back when I was looking for Puggsy sprites. I came back to admire then a couple more times, but was disappointed with the lack of them, so I figured I'd register and give ripping them a shot. After a bit of a bumpy start and with some help from the community I got going, and I essentially got hooked on ripping sprites.
I have to say this has really had a big impact on me. The existence of the Sound Resource caused me to make VGSC, and subsequently I created other programs that people may find useful, which has given me great programming experience and motivation. Trying to extract and convert certain file types (for myself and others) has also caused me to learn about understanding and using binary data, as well as looking at files in hex editors (which has proved to be pretty useful and generally neat to be able to do). This in turn has made me learn a considerable amount about image and audio formats in general, and how a lot of these things work.
So yeah, VGR has really caused me to learn a lot, and do a lot. I also love the community, the members are awesome and I can consider a number of them as real friends. The discussions that happen can also be really interesting though, and if it's something I have an opinion on it's great to write about it somewhere that's relevant.
I have to say this has really had a big impact on me. The existence of the Sound Resource caused me to make VGSC, and subsequently I created other programs that people may find useful, which has given me great programming experience and motivation. Trying to extract and convert certain file types (for myself and others) has also caused me to learn about understanding and using binary data, as well as looking at files in hex editors (which has proved to be pretty useful and generally neat to be able to do). This in turn has made me learn a considerable amount about image and audio formats in general, and how a lot of these things work.
So yeah, VGR has really caused me to learn a lot, and do a lot. I also love the community, the members are awesome and I can consider a number of them as real friends. The discussions that happen can also be really interesting though, and if it's something I have an opinion on it's great to write about it somewhere that's relevant.