Hi,
There's a reason for not using github: it only allows for a maximum of 1 GB of space for each repository, and source code can get quite large - look at the GCC source code, for example - and that's why github isn't used. I have a server that I could set up a git repo on if you want, though.

That sounds like a good idea--but I wouldn't be using such a repository since, well, my code works, quite well even, but it's messy! lol. Anyways Victorious is right, no audio game source code would become that large--would any piece of code? Perhaps if you included sounds, documentation, and those such things then I'd reckon so. but I'd imagine a code repository as... well... raw code. Nothing else.

Yeh, with docx, sounds, release and all for example, the stw code directory is well, let's see here. survive the wild  Size: 183.0 MB, Attributes: ---AD------, Modified: 4/24/2015 6:23:28 PM  77 of 98. I have a private folder and I won't disclose much about it, other than the fact it is just game sourcecode, made with me and not many others at all. All game sourcecode. (foldername)  Size: 1.8 GB, Attributes: R---D------, Modified: 4/25/2015 3:45:20 PM  4 of 49. Sure theres a lot of source projects in there, but still. Quite insain. And when it comes to stw, well that is only v0.61.6, not even a full release and I don't even have animals, weather, etc etc. And it's already that big. So once all of that is added, well, it could get huge. ANd look at swamp, for example. swamp  Size: 816.5 MB, Attributes: ----D------, Modified: 1/10/2015 10:59:06 AM  5 of 7. Almost a gig there as well. So in my opinion a game could most defenantly be a gig in size, and if the github had more than one game in it, well... You get what i'm saying anyway.

The idea i thought behind this was to share code snipets that may be useful to other people developing similar (or even entirely different) kinds of audiogames, so putting code would be more appropriate than documentation, or sounds which are likely to be a lot more specific for your game.

My guess is that people don't really use github, or a git server running on their vps for that matter because of the learning curve involved if someone had never used a versioning system in their life. What sounds easier, hey, pull this game and then you can merge your changes in when you fix a bug vs, hey, let's make a dropbox folder, I'll just paste in the code and you'll see it magically appear on your side. I would also imagine that people may be a little intimidated by the fact git looks very complicated at first, with github only really talking about the commandline git tool not mentioning the various apps people developped that integrate it with explorer.
Realistically speaking, it would take a long time for a game to get to 1GB. The only reason swamp is that big is because Aprone wrote it in VB6 and using directsound 8, which natively only supports wav. And high quality uncompressed WAV is big. The game resources could also be hosted in a different location and updated separately. Lack of awareness could also play some part in it because most of the time I hear of developers sharing dropbox or btsync folders, as well as being somewhat against sharing even small, reusable pieces of code because "someone could run away with it"

Hi, github looks a lot of complicated, I have tried to download the top speed source code, for example, and bunch of technical stupid stuff appeared, which I haven't heard in my life.

A forum would definetly be much better.

Hi,
A forum would not be much better at all. In fact, it would cause confusion to arise; a git repository is plenty. If we set one up, we're going to have to figure out how to make an anonymous account so that people may upload and download as they like without having to allow people manually, as that could get extremely complicated. I'll set one up on github if you want me to. Just say the word.

Hey, I got a forum set up, let me know if you want to use it for this and i'll get it up and running properly.

Well, I've set up the repository. I'll figure out collaboration when I get back home, but for now its at https://github.com/ethindp/ag-net-source-code. If you want, I can change the name if you'd like, but the above link will change as well if I do.

er, ethin, that is pretty nice. but there was this link on that page, and I visited it and found something that looked like a code repository.
http://obdn.obron.org/index.php/Code_repository
What is that?

Hi,

Actually, I was not suggesting that we create a single repo for all code shared in these forums.  Instead, I was suggesting that people might want to consider using git and github (or other similar systems) for sharing and collaborating on code.

Github is specifically designed to help developers share and collaborate on code and documentation.  I do understand that they look complex.  However, there are a number of tutorials that teach how to use them and they are less complex than they appear at first.

I definitely understand why most people might feel more comfortable with Dropbox.  However, unless you want to pay for the extra services, it does make collaboration a bit more awkward.

While I am new to audio game programming, I'm actually not new to development work.  Some of the other development work I have done involves working collaboratively on code and things like Github have proven useful in that work.  I hadn't seen anyone here using it so I thought I would suggest it.

If people are interested, I can suggest some tutorials for using git and github or provide assistance in using it.