The Bridge

5:00 AM

@GnomeSlice I'm pretty sure I just defined it.

1 min ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice the theorycraft required to reverse engineer and understand the various game mechanics required to appropriately select gear and skills.

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz that last quip about recipies was intended to soudn dumb, I was guessing that wasn't what you meant.

@LessPop_MoreFizz You said it's required, not what it is. I've not heard the term.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice "to reverse engineer and understand the various game mechanics required to appropriately select gear and skills."

@GnomeSlice A definition would be something like 'the mathematical analysis of game systems and mechanics"

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Okay, just relax... I'm not as smart as you, give me a break.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Okay. That makes sense.

QAzer

@GnomeSlice here we go... has some issues with flash.

GnomeSlice

@QAzer Flash?

Yi Jiang

5:04 AM

Flash is a pretty good vector drawing tool

GnomeSlice

@QAzer I think I like the other, nested one more.

Yi Jiang

If you use it for that

QAzer

@GnomeSlice imgur uses a bit o flash for uploading

GnomeSlice

@YiJiang No it's not. It's an animator. Don't use flash to draw vectors from scratch.

QAzer

@GnomeSlice this is true.

GnomeSlice

5:05 AM

Use InkScape if you're looking for something free, and powerful.

QAzer

@GnomeSlice I kept seeing GI JOE in the commando font

GnomeSlice

@QAzer I like the font you had better. Wide Awake.

@QAzer You're really good at this...

QAzer

@GnomeSlice all thanks to your expert direction ;D

GnomeSlice

@QAzer Oh please, that's bullshit, hah.

Man, I can't figure out how to make myself learn to design.

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SOMEONE STOLE MY GAME NAME

LessPop_MoreFizz

Perfecto!

GnomeSlice

5:15 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Hah, cool.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Not entirely, the smoke moves with the hand, which is silly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice (He just pitched a Perfect Game)

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ah, got it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice That was created within the past 15 minutes. I'd say it's pretty good.

GnomeSlice

Man, what a piece of shit that game was.

@LessPop_MoreFizz by you?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice no.

But the event it's based on happened roughly 20 minutes ago.

GnomeSlice

5:16 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Neat.

Lazers

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Q: What's the latest point in the game that the hidden achievements can be unlocked?

I had started The Dreamhold several times since its original release in 2004, but never finished it until its recent release on iOS. This release has Game Center achievements, and at least three of them are hidden. I discovered one of the hidden ones: It's possible that there are more than th...

GnomeSlice

Man, all of those 'games' I made are the shittiest things...

skovacs1

@Lazers genre tags for questions not about the genre make me ill

LessPop_MoreFizz

1 more VTC here.

Gaming not on Gaming

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Q: Data lost after trying to play "World of Goo"

I have the Deb package for 'World of Goo' and installed it in 11.04. All seemed to be OK. I started the game and things got very strange. The introduction started and everything else vanished 100 % full screen. And both the keyboard and mouse stopped responding. After trying many possibilitie...

11.04 games

GnomeSlice

5:23 AM

@GamingnotonGaming 11.04?

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Can you hop on Steam for a second, please?

skovacs1

@GamingnotonGaming The Deb package?

Yi Jiang

That's on Ask Ubuntu @GnomeSlice @skovacs1

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy Yeah, gimme a minute, steam decided to update

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Much appreciated. I sent you a friend request.

Yi Jiang

5:27 AM

.deb files are a bit like binary installers you'd find for Windows. 11.04 refers to the version of Ubuntu that came out in April 2011

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Q: What was the name of this adventure game company?

There was a company that was making text based adventure games (with some graphics thrown in) based on classic SF novels. They had Fahrenheit 451 for sure...after that, my memory goes fuzzy. This was in the age of Infocom, so think late 80s early 90s. Any ideas?

text-adventure

Heh, look, it's an "identify this company" question

QAzer

@GnomeSlice As always here is the .svg, use as you please. (ﾉゝ∀･)~キラ☆

GnomeSlice

@QAzer Post it in the meta thread. =]

@QAzer That didn't export correctly.

Yi Jiang

I'm curious, is there any legal implication for these logos?

GnomeSlice

@YiJiang Nope.

Yi Jiang

I mean, does SE mind you creating a different logo to represent the "Arqade brand"?

GnomeSlice

5:36 AM

@YiJiang We have to, we can't use the actual arqade logo.

@QAzer That didn't work.

Yi Jiang

Oh? Hmmmm

GnomeSlice

@YiJiang Trademarked or something.

That's why we had the BLUE heart before.

Yi Jiang

I thought it was because these stuff aren't officially sanctioned by SE

So you can't associate with the site by using the same logo

GnomeSlice

@YiJiang Exactly.

Yi Jiang

But then you're using the same name already, so, hmmm, I don't quite get it

GnomeSlice

5:37 AM

@YiJiang Yeah, we can use the name, apparently.

James

@agent86 @fbueckert Sooo turns out my brother does Not want the beta key for FTL

GnomeSlice

Well, sort of.

We're probably going to brand it as 'Arqade Community'.

QAzer

@GnomeSlice hmm

GnomeSlice

@QAzer Got the illustrator file?

@QAzer Anyway, post it here: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4846/…

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Q: Rebrand overflow: Should we have a new name for community content?

Currently, community content is loosely branded as 'Stack Gaming'. And we have a blue heart logo based on the soon-to-be-(almost)-extinct red pixel heart. With the Arqade rebrand, should we come up with a new name and logo for our community content?

discussion community branding

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice What program are you using for this?

GnomeSlice

5:40 AM

@Fluttershy That's not it, and @QAzer did that.

It's supposed to look like this:

I think he used Adobe Illustrator.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice I like this one...

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Yeah, that's what it's supposed to look like.

That's like, his third attempt at a logo.

I've tried like 20 times.

And it's better than any of mine, lol.

QAzer

@GnomeSlice Forgot to convert the the txt to outlines. Here we go.

GnomeSlice

@QAzer Post it here meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4846/…

@QAzer Why does it look aliased a bit?

QAzer

@GnomeSlice might be how google renders the preview.

I'll add the illustrator file too

or rather if you open the svg it's basically the same as the illustrator file

GnomeSlice

5:46 AM

@QAzer Did you take colours from the Arqade logo?

Also, please post it in the meta thread I linked, that's where @Ronan and I are putting stuff for now.

@QAzer What technique did you use to get the blue things on the sides to all taper uniformly?

Fluttershy

Goodnight Bridge! @James I still hate you for your gemstone dragons!

James

@Fluttershy I've only 3 :(

Fluttershy

@James That's two more than me. Thus, the hate. It burns.

Goodnight Bridge, for real this time!

James

Ahh, Shame shame, hehe.. G"Night man!

QAzer

@GnomeSlice Yes, and you can do it 2 ways, drag the points manually, or use Object > Transform > Sear (Shear at an angle of 0%)

GnomeSlice

5:51 AM

@QAzer Ah, that's how you got them all at the same angle.

@QAzer I thought transform > shear affected the entire object, not just the end.

QAzer

@GnomeSlice it does but if you specify the axis you can just have it shear in one direction. You can also shear (fill) patterns as well.

GnomeSlice

I never really got a good handle on Illustrator.

QAzer

the options are: Horizontal, Vertical, and Angle.

GnomeSlice

How do you constrain it to only affect part of an object?

QAzer

@GnomeSlice Use the Direct Selection Tool (white cursor icon, shortcut key: "A") to select the points, and then transform those points.

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James

6:25 AM

Haha

awesome, first time in a few days I go to play D3 and its down :D

Gaming not on Gaming

7:23 AM

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Q: Does the game Maplestory work on ubuntu 12.04?

Does maplestory work on linux/ubuntu website is showing that i cant does someone know? help.

morning everyone

morning all

8:47 AM

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Q: How do I chose which enchantment to accept in Minecraft?

My character has level 50 experience. I go to an enchanting table, with all bookcases correctly placed. I enchant my diamond pick. The table offers me a choice of 3 enchantments. There's three lines of unreadable script, followed by the exp cost of the enchantment. Sometimes the higher exp c...

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