Game Development

Almo

8:00 PM

I feel like Alex did a little while ago

it's time to go an I just want to clone a rectangle!

is it too much to ask!??!

Alex M.

client replied to email

back to Android

all's well that ends well

I'll do the qt crap tomorrow

I think we're also allowed to do it with the designer

Code Assassin

@AlexM. Lol you're saved

Alex M.

I am not particularly sure though

but if we can use the designer and get a -1 on the grade I don't care

I'll use it anyway

Code Assassin

Haha.. can they really tell if you use the designer :P

Is it just the exe they want? Or is it the project?

Alex M.

I need to present it at the lab :P

including the source code

Almo

8:06 PM

@JohnMcDonald Here it is: i23.photobucket.com/albums/b362/almo2001/Pictures/…

Firefox doing the thing that Safari doesn't.

John McDonald

And you didn't hit backspace?

Here's what I get by typing out "gamedev.": i.imgur.com/O8A5L8N.png

(even though it shows up after "ga")

Almo

I did not hit backspace.

I think this is because I have never visted the base URL; I only ever followed a long-ass Google link to it.

So when FF does it right, it's only because the base URL is in the history. Wheras I think Safari narfs it out of the entries in the history even if just the base isn't there.

Gajoo

I've just watched "Pirates of the silicon valley"

the results, I know don't like jobs even more than before :|

John McDonald

ah, ic

ToddersLegrande

8:22 PM

@Gajoo I thought it was a good movie :)

Gajoo

never said it was bad, it just made me loose that minimal respect I had for steve jobs

ToddersLegrande

Just stating my opinion on the movie. Not debating with you on anything :P

Gajoo

mostly because how his family life started

it also showed how much of a beast bill gates is :|

ToddersLegrande

Yeah. That Bill Gates guy... lol

Very interesting how Microsoft came to be (assuming the movie is accurate in that sense)

Gajoo

@ToddersLegrande AFAIK it is, I mean I used to read some small notes about histories of both companies. the there were only two things said in that movies and I didn't know about. A) Lisa (steve's daughter) and B) apple's internal fight (Lisa vs. mac)

ToddersLegrande

8:30 PM

That's good to know

Gajoo

and that last sentence bill gates said, about they were both stealing from Xerox.

I've already heard it, but I thought it was said in the court.

Alex M.

I'm pretty sure, considering the way Bill uses his money now, it was worth it

Bill isn't the only asshole. When you're trying to build a company you're surrounded by assholes

you're either a bigger asshole than them, or you're out

Gajoo

well steve seems to be the biggest of them all, while not being as intelligent as bill.

RegDwighт

Wait, why is C++ not shit in this room? What makes you special?

FreshPrinceOfSO

stop bugging me with flags

ManishEarth

8:37 PM

Whazzagoinoninhere?

RegDwighт

Someone's incrementing letters. Business as usual.

ToddersLegrande

Who flagged something?

RegDwighт

Seventy-eleven people did.

FreshPrinceOfSO

This was flagged

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/9421472#9421472

ToddersLegrande

Things have been pretty civil here I thought :(

Gajoo

8:38 PM

why should anyone flag that?

FreshPrinceOfSO

Looks like it's removed now

ManishEarth

Unsuspended

Alex M.

yay

ToddersLegrande

I have no clue whats going on'

RegDwighт

I am not familiar with this room. I guess all games are programmed in Java these days. Shrug.

Alex M.

8:39 PM

I'll insult Visual Basic next time

ManishEarth

@AlexM. try not to use such language on chat.SE next time :S

Alex M.

maybe people won't care that much

Gajoo

there was an starred message "I've had it with c++"

ToddersLegrande

ahhhhhh

That one

Gajoo

and it's removed now, so I assume that was the flagged message

RegDwighт

8:39 PM

@AlexM. MoscowML or no ML at all. Wimps and posers, leave the hall.

Gajoo

I'm one of the few members in this room who actually develops using c++, and I was one those who starred it :|

ToddersLegrande

didn't it have some bad words in it? could have triggered the flag :P

Gajoo

I'm wondering why should anyone else feel insulted by that message

@ToddersLegrande if I recall correctly, the exact message was "I've HAD IT WITH THIS C++ SHIT"

ToddersLegrande

yeah

the shit portion could offend some people

totally :D

8:43 PM

I'm wondering if my message is also getting flagged :|

because of that specific portion?

RegDwighт

Check back in 30 minutes, if you can chat it hasn't been flagged more than once.

ToddersLegrande

hmmmm

Gajoo

@RegDwighт well, kicking me out of this room is just too much :|

around %10 of total messages in this room is written by me!

ToddersLegrande

who kicked you out?

So confused

RegDwighт

8:45 PM

And you're not the owner yet?

Gajoo

@RegDwighт nope, why should I be?

RegDwighт

@ToddersLegrande no one, as he is still chatting.

ToddersLegrande

Then why is this conversation happening D:

RegDwighт

@Gajoo because owners are appointed automatically by the system after reaching a threshold.

@ToddersLegrande because otherwise some other conversation would be happening, and who can possibly want that.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт and what is that threshold?

RegDwighт

8:46 PM

Seven. Or eight.

As I said, it happens automatically. You're not told how much or why or what.

(Speaking from experience here.)

You could ask balpha. He most certainly has nothing else to do.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт it's not that I really do care, but I might have found a bug :\

to be exact I sent more than %9.2 of the messages

RegDwighт

Well you should stalk him about it, then. And by then I mean "now".

Gajoo

where can I reach him?

Code Assassin

Stalking is bad :(

baaaaaaaaad :(

ToddersLegrande

@Gajoo you have nowhere near 9.2%

Gajoo

8:50 PM

@CodeAssassin I've got nothing else to stalk too, so ...

ToddersLegrande

You have 4%

RegDwighт

@Gajoo well you're not much of a stalker if that's your first question.

Gajoo

@ToddersLegrande 20.9 out of 227k

ToddersLegrande

oh snap I was looking at your rep

:P

Gajoo

?

ToddersLegrande

8:52 PM

9.1k reputation

RegDwighт

I should also add that there is a line in the code that checks how badly you want to become the room's owner, and doesn't appoint you out of spite. Your score is well over 8999 right now, so.

ToddersLegrande

OVER 9000?!?!?!?

Code Assassin

IMPOSSIBRU

Gajoo

@RegDwighт what does that mean?

John McDonald

hahah

RegDwighт

8:52 PM

No, well over 8999. Back to the reading comprehension class for all of you.

Gajoo

@CodeAssassin I guess 9k means infinity in their code :P

RegDwighт

@Gajoo it means something different depending on the day of the week. Pick one please.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт WTH?

RegDwighт

That is not a day of the week.

Code Assassin

excuz me fur my grummer.

Gajoo

8:53 PM

@RegDwighт so Friday maybe?

ToddersLegrande

Wednesday, Thursday, Herpday

tigrou

Hi everybody. I have a question for people who have already worked with 2D/3D artists. How much would you pay for very low poly (around 500- 1000) textured human 3d model ? only one static model is needed, it does not need to be rigged. i have no idea of how much to ask

RegDwighт

Sorry, you picked the wrong one. Your score just went up by another 42.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт what does this score thing mean? what are the scales? what are the consequences if it goes up or down?

RegDwighт

Yes to all three.

Gajoo

8:55 PM

@RegDwighт none of them were yes/no questions :|

are you just trying to make me write more messages so I actually become an owner?

RegDwighт

I do not try. I do.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт also is there a way for me to see my score? and other people's score?

RegDwighт

@Gajoo yes, by paying me three billion dollars.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт people in this room already know I can't even pay a single penny :P

Code Assassin

@RegDwighт we've got a try-hard

:P

RegDwighт

8:57 PM

@Gajoo That's why you're not the owner. QED.

@CodeAssassin with a vengeance?

Code Assassin

@RegDwighт possibly :D

RegDwighт

So anyway. Someone asked a question. Don't mind me.

4 mins ago, by tigrou

Hi everybody. I have a question for people who have already worked with 2D/3D artists. How much would you pay for very low poly (around 500- 1000) textured human 3d model ? only one static model is needed, it does not need to be rigged. i have no idea of how much to ask

Gajoo

@RegDwighт yeah we just ignored him

RegDwighт

That's my recollection of the incident as well.

Gajoo

simply because we don't know the answer

Code Assassin

8:59 PM

So is he the one who flagged? I am confused.

RegDwighт

He is the one who knocks.

Code Assassin

I am not good with metaphors :(

RegDwighт

That's not a metaphor, that's television.

Alex M.

IIRC, there were a lot of flags

so the question should be, who didn't flag?

Code Assassin

I didn't flag!

^_^b

Alex M.

9:01 PM

yay :D

RegDwighт

We have the street addresses of all the flaggers. We sent out ones who knock to all of them. Please stand by. Preferrably in your kitchen.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт doesn't data.stackexchange.com provide any queries for chatroom?

tigrou

@RegDwighт : thanks. but not sure somebody knows.

RegDwighт

@Gajoo you lost me at useful.

Anyway, this room's too comprehensible for my tastes.

I must be off to the one and only Incomprehensible one.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт and what's that?

RegDwighт

9:04 PM

in English Language & Usage, Mar 9 '12 at 14:57, by KitFox

A Romanian shark walks into some Germans and says "hi."

If you laughed about that joke, and can explain why, then you are welcome to follow me.

Code Assassin

I do not...

comprehend.

RegDwighт

See.

Code Assassin

but I will stalk you.

KitFox

You are the sweetest, @Reg.

RegDwighт

Hence the in in incomprehensible.

Alex M.

9:05 PM

me neither, though I'd love to hear the explanation

for obvious reasons

RegDwighт

@KitFox je le sais.

Ouvert et haut !

Alex M.

buh-bye

Gajoo

@RegDwighт wait a minute isn't that score thingy something related to "number of my posts"/"number of total posts"?

Code Assassin

Dwight has left the area.

Gajoo

I just thought I was learning something :(

Code Assassin

9:08 PM

Mysterious Mod is Mysterious.

Alex M.

gotta wake up early tomorrow

only one more month to go

John McDonald

Can we get some more close votes on this before even more people answer:

0

Q: Making 2D Games

I am starting out on making my own games. I am very interested in making 2D side scrolling games, such as SNES/Mega Drive games and eventually I want to create my own Metroid/Cave Story inspired game. However I don't want to just use a program that will do all the work for me, I want to learn an...

Alex M.

got closed :D

John McDonald

nm

Tetrad came in for the close

:D

Thanks @Tetrad

Tetrad

Gajoo

9:14 PM

@Tetrad there was a mysterious moderator logged into this room not so long ago, saying I should be a room owner since I've sent way too messages. any idea why I'm not?

Tetrad

I don't know anything about chat stuff

Alex M.

he wasn't THAT mysterious

RegDwighт

I only ever wrote games in JavaScript and Turbo Pascal 5.5, and you don't even have the turbo-pascal tag. I'm a sad walrus.

Gajoo

well he didn't tell me where to find that balpha guy he was talking about :|

that's mysterious enough for.

RegDwighт

balpha ♦, Berlin, Germany

14.3k 6 55 88

python javascript jquery c# c++ html php

You know you can search for strings on the Internet, right?

Tetrad

9:17 PM

not sure what room ownership gets you anyway

RegDwighт

Stalking 101.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт well in which rooms is he usually logged in?

RegDwighт

@Gajoo his chat profile has a "frequently in rooms" tab, and a recent history, and bells too, complete with whistles.

Do I have to spoonfeed you everything?

That'd be quite an undertaking.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт the problem is his is not frequently in any room,

and he is not logged in any room right now :|

and every once in a while he seems to be posting a few messages in random rooms

RegDwighт

Balpha moves in mysterious ways.

Gajoo

9:21 PM

and above it all, why should I bother search for him myself if you could provide a direct link to him?

RegDwighт

Yeah, that pretty much sums up the life of a mod.

Except I will do it exactly once. I keep tabs on people.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт moving in mysterious ways?

Alex M.

don't blame @Gajoo though

you chose the life of a mod

RegDwighт

Life chose me.

Gajoo

@RegDwighт or providing direct links?

RegDwighт

9:23 PM

Actually I specialize in providing indirect links.

Gajoo

:8778840 I summon thee here!

RegDwighт

I did you a favor there. I expect to see a second Czech in the male.

Gajoo

seems that macro doesn't work between rooms :(

RegDwighт

Another thing to pester balpha about.

Gajoo

so I've just invited him to this room, hopefully we'll see him sometime soon

Alex M.

9:26 PM

and all of this because I said...

nevermind

RegDwighт

Suspense. Tension. I'm thrilled.

Alex M.

I wonder what would happen if I'd say

actually I'll keep it for later

RegDwighт

Your gravatar violates Hasbro.

Alex M.

thanks

I trained it well

RegDwighт

lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/11176

Friendship is magic!

Alex M.

9:30 PM

Archived Project - This project has been reviewed and is not being considered for production.

RegDwighт

Ayup.

It violated too much Hasbro.

Alex M.

oh well, guess that would've gotten Lego in the court

quite a few supporters though, I might say

RegDwighт

Hasbro has their own line of bricks anyway, no? MegaBloks or what have you.

Code Assassin

@RegDwighт Lolzy

Alex M.

9:46 PM

first time I get to work with the iCal format

looks... readable

would have been nice for Google to have some sort of link between a standard Google calendar from the web and the default Calendar app on devices (Android)

but alas, there is none

guess we'll code it

Gajoo

so considering the facts that I can't install a MS office on my laptop right now, and I've got to preform a presentation in about 4 days, what do you suggest?

Alex M.

Google Docs or LibreOffice :D

do you already have the presentation done?

Benjamin Danger Johnson

Notepad

Gajoo

should I stick with OpenOffice already installed? or should I download Libre Office? or Calligra suite?

Alex M.

if not, then take a look at slid.es

it fits my definition for fabulous presentations

Almo

10:09 PM

MS Office FTW

Alex M.

I'm such a lazy bum :(

three days since I came back to college and I didn't bother to put the sheets on my bed

I prefer to jump on the couch and sleep there instead

Code Assassin

@AlexM. THEN YO COUCH GET MESSED UP

AINT NO BODY GOT TIME FO DAT

Alex M.

lawl

I should also clean up the kitchen a bit

I'll do it tomorrow

totally

Code Assassin

das rite

Alex M.

tomorrow is the most annoying day of the week. I wake up at 7 AM, and go to a lab until 10 AM

then I'm free until 12PM when I go to a seminar till 14

Code Assassin

10:13 PM

24 HOUR CLOCKS

GOTTA HATE EM

(used to em :P since I have a friend in Sao Paulo Brazil)

John McDonald

hahah, I <3 my 24-hour clock

Alex M.

then I'm free again for two hours

then another seminar

the thing is, I can't do much during those two hour intervals

from 10 AM I usually go home and eat something then I wait for 10 more minutes and leave home

John McDonald

If you ever accidentally set your alarm clock for 7pm instead of 7am, switch it to 24-hour mode and you'll never have the problem ever again

Alex M.

^

John McDonald

Brilliant, right?

Alex M.

10:15 PM

yup, actually in Romania "AM" and "PM" are not a common sight

we normally use 24 hour modes on everything

John McDonald

Do you say it's "fourteen hundred hours"? (if it's 14:00)

Alex M.

not with the hundred bit

14:00 would normally be "paisprezece fix"

paisprezece = fourteen

fix = exactly

John McDonald

Ok, so it's fourteen o'clock

Alex M.

14:15 = paisprezece si cincisprezece (fourteen AND fifteen)

John McDonald

I have all my clocks set to 24-time, but everyone (including me) speaks in 12-hour time

Alex M.

10:17 PM

14:45 = cincisprezece fara un sfert (fifteen w/o a quarter literally)

14:15 is also paisprezece si un sfert (and a quarter literally)

so it's pretty similar to English

John McDonald

So 16:15 is: "Quarter past four"

Alex M.

a quarter past fourteen

a quarter to fifteen

yeah either "patru si un sfert" or "paisprezece si un sfert"

patru = four, paisprezece = fourteen

John McDonald

cool, so you actually speak in 24-hour time

Alex M.

yup

John McDonald

It just sounds weird in English unless you're in the military or add "Shipboard time" to the end

Alex M.

10:19 PM

not everyone goes over twelve when asked what the time is though

if it's morning, and you say "it's 8 o' clock" then it's obvious it's not 20:00

John McDonald

Ok

Alex M.

we sometimes say "patru dupa amiaza"

which can be translated as four after...

damn what is that word for the midday meal

John McDonald

lunch?

Code Assassin

You guys have got it all wrong!

It goes like this:

Alex M.

yeah, I think it's lunch

breakfast, lunch, supper?

John McDonald

10:22 PM

yes

Alex M.

lunch it is then - four after lunchtime

John McDonald

oh weird

Code Assassin

pre-breakfast
breakfast
after-breakfast
pre-lunch
lunch
after-lunch
pre-dinner
dinner
after-dinner
pre-midnight-snack
midnight-snack

after-midnight-snack

John McDonald

"after-breakfast / pre-lunch" = brunch

Alex M.

^ @CodeAssassin knows his stuff <3

Code Assassin

10:23 PM

:P

Alex M.

anyway, I should go to bed... couch

Gajoo

@CodeAssassin still you are missing snacks between them :|

Code Assassin

@Gajoo D:

Alex M.

looks like I'll only get 5 hours of sleep at best

John McDonald

And Brinner = breakfast for dinner

mmm I love brinner

Gajoo

10:24 PM

@CodeAssassin with them, you'll match with my eating capabilities ...

Alex M.

actually, I have to correct myself

Code Assassin

I eat quite alot yet I am very slim

probably because I am young and it isn't biting me in the back yet :P

Alex M.

"amiaza" in Romanian can be translated as simply midday

Gajoo

@CodeAssassin me too

Alex M.

was thinking about "mancarea de amiaza" which means lunch

Code Assassin

10:25 PM

super tall for my age. I will one day post a picture of myself in the chat... when I have an awesome beard :D

Alex M.

so "patru dupa amiaza" means "four after midday"

Code Assassin

ultifinitus, Leadville, CO

1.3k 4 14

c++ collision-detection 2d programming sdl xna game-design

Miss this guy :( introduced me to game dev

Lol it's a funny story - met him on cplusplus.com

Alex M.

I'm out

cya later guys

Code Assassin

Bai bai :(

PEACE broskis

Almo

10:52 PM

great avatar

Gajoo

11:16 PM

what's wrong with Libre Office? I've just downloaded version 4.0 and it's asking me if I want to update it to 3.2.1?

you guys sure if it's stable?

Trevor Powell

11:28 PM

In my experience, any product which contains the word "Office" in its title is unstable, unnecessary, unpleasant, or some combination of the three.

John McDonald

@Gajoo I just use Google Drive, but that may not be as nice for you over a slow internet connection, as it is for me

John McDonald

11:52 PM

Why are all headphones $50-$110 more from amazon.ca than amazon.com :(

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