Coding Projects and Duga Heaven :)

Duga

00:00

RELOAD!

[Cardshifter/HTML-Client] 3 commits. 46 additions. 14 deletions.

[Hosch250/VSDiagnostics] 19 commits. 14032 additions. 1510 deletions.

[Vannevelj/VSDiagnostics] 14 commits. 3 opened issues. 4 closed issues. 1 issue comment. 11979 additions. 538 deletions.

Phrancis

Looks like Sublime is XML based. though it looks quite a bit more complex than Notepad++

		<dict>
			<key>match</key>
			<string>(?i:\b(select(\s+distinct)?|insert\s+(ignore\s+)?into|update|delete|from|set|where|group\sby|or|like|and|union(\s+all)?|having|order\sby|limit|(inner|cross)\s+join|straight_join|(left|right)(\s+outer)?\s+join|natural(\s+(left|right)(\s+outer)?)?\s+join)\b)</string>
			<key>name</key>
			<string>keyword.other.DML.sql</string>
		</dict>

^ Part of the SQL syntax highlighting script

SirPython

Ooh, regexular expression matching.

Phrancis

Ah yes I see that too

There's a directory with all the language folders and multiple XML files for each ones

16

A: Sublime text: how to customize syntax highlighting?

Background @MattDMo is right that a .tmTheme file is the principal file which controls the highlighting. It is an XML file with a series of Regular Expressions and tags that denote which RegEx matches which type of syntactic element. You can search on GitHub and find many people who have alrea...

As usual, Stack Overflow has answers to all the things.

SirPython

I agree. While Stack Overflow can seem like a pretty rough place most of the time, it is still a treasure trove of great knowledge.

Phrancis

I suck at regex though; might need some help with that

Hey wait, there's a regex syntax highlight too, I bet that's weird looking

SirPython

00:07

This place has a syntax highlighting, too.

@Phrancis I'm fair with regexular expressions. I may be able to help if you need it.

Phrancis

			<key>begin</key>
			<string>\(</string>
			<key>end</key>
			<string>\)</string>
			<key>name</key>
			<string>string.regexp.group</string>
			<key>patterns</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>include</key>
					<string>source.regexp</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>match</key>
					<string>(?&lt;=\()\?(&lt;[=!]|&gt;|=|:|!)</string>
					<key>name</key>
					<string>constant.other.assertion.regexp</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>match</key>
					<string>(?&lt;=\()\?#</string>

@SirPython Ahh nice! I could just punch the content of my example file in there and have fun with it

I don't think whole-word matching is very hard in regex right?

SirPython

nope

^^ Matches "nope"

Phrancis

simple enough... ^^"

([hello][world])

Looks like you can make your own color schemes in Sublime as well in a similar fashion

Don't think it uses regex though, just XML - I guess it probably has a number of keywords/tags which are then referenced in the language-specific XMLs

@SirPython : @jacwah's already made all the regexes, how convenient :)

github.com/jacwah/phrancis-notes/blob/master/grammars/…

@jacwah Hey maybe you could make 3 separate directories in that repo and we can put the highlighting files for Atom, Notepad++ and Sublime all in there?

SirPython

00:32

Sorry that I haven't worked much on the project today. I've been scouring for free/interesting sheet music.

Phrancis

We all could use days off, no worries man

You play an instrument?

SirPython

Yup! I play the alto saxophone and the piano.

Phrancis

@jacwah I created a PR github.com/jacwah/phrancis-notes/pull/1

Nice! I used to play saxophone when I was in secondary school, played mostly tenor and baritone, but I had an alto for a while too

Could never really get the hang of playing instruments very well besides that, though. I can play a little bass guitar and basic drums but that's about it

SirPython

@Phrancis I love the barry sax.

@Phrancis Basic drums as in a drum set?

Phrancis

Yeah^

Baritone has a beautiful sound and is fun to play, but it's so damn heavy!

SirPython

00:36

It must be. I feel bad for the neck that has to wear one of those.

Phrancis

Yeah. I was able to get a harness to use instead of just the neck strap, made it far more comfortable

SirPython

Really? I've never heard of using a harness before, but it sure sounds like the better way to go.

Phrancis

Those were the good old days :) I still remember how to play it though, even though it's been like 10 years since I last spent much time with a sax

SirPython

Like riding a bike, right?

Phrancis

Yeah. I mostly stick to writing music these days. I'd like to find one of those electronic wind controller MIDI instruments that I can plug to the computer

SirPython

00:40

Ah yes! I've heard of those before!

I feel like I've seen one before, but in clarinet form.

Phrancis

Yamaha WX5 Wind Controller Jamin'

►

Yeah they look like clarinets indeed

SirPython

Ooh, a very nice sound.

Phrancis

What I love about those is you can use them to play literally any instrument

SirPython

Wow, that's pretty amazing.

Phrancis

I have a really nice orchestral suite of sound patches and samples I use with Reason, that would work beautifully

Could probably make some pretty damn cool synths also that I could modulate with the breath control!

SirPython

00:48

I've got my eye on this piece.

Phrancis

Whoa, so rusty, haven't read sheet music in a while

Listen to 14. 001_Orchestral (War) this will give you an idea of the kind of music I compose (along with my partner)

SirPython

@Phrancis I was just listening to 4

Phrancis

(lots of other orchestral-sounding pieces there too, if you like those)

SirPython

Is "Jay1148" your partner?

Phrancis

Yeah

SirPython

00:52

Does WordPress not allow for favicons?

Phrancis

He's had more of a hand in the newer pieces (those near the top), the old ones I made before I knew him

@SirPython I'm not sure if it does or not

Probably does and I haven't found it

I'll have a look next time I have to update the site

SirPython

I must say, that is some pretty good music.

Phrancis

010_Dub (Deep Forest) is one of my favorites, I made that a looonnnng time ago and pretty recently remade it and posted on there

That reggae-like shuffle is just addictive, and that flute melody is somewhere between soothing and haunting

SirPython

I like the pizzicato in the beginning, and then the low bass that fills in later.

Phrancis

That too

I had originally written that piece for a friend who was working on creating an adventure game for iPhone or whatever. Game was never made though lol.

The name "Deep Forest" stuck

SirPython

01:02

I agree: that air-y sound to the flute does give it a slightly daunting/lurking feel that certainly matches the title.

Phrancis

If you're into science/scifi, navigate to the Psych-Nein page under the Music header, and check out "Dark Matter"

Psych-Nein is our personal "for fun" electronic music, you can download all songs on there free if you want

(but if there are any under Instrumentals that you like a lot and would like to download, let me know; as long as it's not used for business I'm happy to send them free to friends)

SirPython

If I find a song that I really want to download, I'll pay for it because whoever made it deserves the money.

Thanks though!

Phrancis

Well, the $25/song fee is intended for singers/rappers/artists that want to lease the instrumentals

I could certainly give you an iTunes-priced deal though, if you insisted on paying :)

SirPython

I'll notify you if I find anything.

Phrancis

cool

Do you play with a band or group on saxophone?

SirPython

01:09

Both.

Well, mostly a group.

But it's called a band.

Phrancis

Jazz or orchestral?

SirPython

Jazz.

Phrancis

Nice!

Phrancis

01:38

@SirPython Have you ever heard of ChucK, the audio/music programming language?

SirPython

No, I haven't.

Phrancis

Er, well; more like scripting,language, but yeah

SirPython

ChucK

ChucK is a concurrent, strongly timed audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance, which runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and iOS. It is designed to favor readability and flexibility for the programmer over other considerations such as raw performance. It natively supports deterministic concurrency and multiple, simultaneous, dynamic control rates. Another key feature is the ability to live code; adding, removing, and modifying code on the fly, while the program is running, without stopping or restarting. It has a highly precise timing/concurrency...

Phrancis

// set tempo to 120 bpm
0.5::second => dur beat;
4::beat => dur measure;

// freqIncrement value is approx: 0.059463
Math.pow ( 2.0, 1.0/12.0 ) - 1.0 => float freqIncrement;

// oscillators
SawOsc fizzbuzzOsc => dac;
( 55.0 / 2.0 ) => float oscFreq => fizzbuzzOsc.freq; // Musical note: A0 | 27.5 Hertz

// audio controls
0.15 => fizzbuzzOsc.gain;

// variables for looping
now + 16::measure => time stop; // 64 beats
1 => int stepCounter;

while ( now < stop ) {
    <<< "-----" >>>;
    if ( stepCounter % 15 == 0 ) {

Little fizzbuzz script I was working on a while back (never did post for review, at least not yet)

SirPython

That looks interesting.

Phrancis

01:41

I want to make it play different chords on Fizz, Buzz and FizzBuzz values. Right now it just goes up a half-note from A0 on each iteration

SirPython

Now that would definitely be HNQ worthy.

Phrancis

HNQ?

SirPython

Hot Network Question

Phrancis

Oh, right! I think when I'm done with it I'll record a short YouTube video with it and include that in the post

SirPython

I one time had an idea for an audio programming language, but it didn't get past documentation: github.com/SirPython/ML

Phrancis

01:43

That will also be the first chuck post on CR (as long as somebody doesn't beat me to it)

Ah

SirPython

Hopefully not. I've never heard of it before, and I don't think most anyone else has heard of it either.

Phrancis

ChucK supports MIDI as well

SirPython

Audio programming languages aren't that popular on this site.

Phrancis

I thought of maybe using it for Cardshifter at some point in the future, once we get to the point of having sounds and such

Not sure how well it would interface with Java, but no doubt it can work somehow

SirPython

Now that would definitely be a huge improvement to Cardshifter.

Phrancis

01:46

We could still do sounds, and probably more easily with Java (and I think JavaScript probably has support for sound in the browser too)

SirPython

Sort of. JavaScript only plays audio files, AFAIK.

Phrancis

But imagine you had music that was programmatically generated? Like the intensity, tempo, key or whatever can change based on game events!

SirPython

That makes sense! I've always wondered what audio programming languages before, and that sentence perfectly clears it up.

I could just imagine that when your health is dropping low in a game of Cardshifter, that the music picks up and instantly the entire mood is changed.

Phrancis

You should try it sometime perhaps

Oh, you could make it change MIDI instruments, too!

SirPython

Can you have multiple instruments at once?

Phrancis

01:49

Another idea, you could have the same soundtrack scores for both Mythos and CC, but use different instrument sets for each :)

@SirPython Oh yeah

SirPython

Don't forget these ideas.

Phrancis

So imagine you play it with an orchestra set for Mythos, but change to more techno/industrial set for CC

SirPython

Ah, that would make sense!

Phrancis

BTW; have you actually played Cardshifter games much?

SirPython

A few times, but never a full, real (non-testing) game.

But I've played it enough to enjoy it.

Why?

Phrancis

01:59

Just curious. When Simon gets back I'm going to ask him to help me on setting up a public server, playing with AIs gets old after a while

It's vastly more fun playing with real people

I've played against Simon, he's really good at it

SirPython

At 1000 commits, he better be.

Phrancis

LOL

Hey I just got to thinking, and I want your opinion on this...

The official website we currently have is a pain to update/maintain because it is all assembled using Tomcat. Now that we (or you, mostly :) know how powerful AngularJS is, I'm seriously considering rebuilding the website with that, an integrate the web client within it

SirPython

I completely agree.

Phrancis

I think it would be 1) simpler; 2) faster; 3) more flexible since it uses native web technologies

SirPython

Having a sleek and flexible website is very important if this project wants to make a good impression on others.

4

Phrancis

02:04

^^ Thank you!

And I think we could have some neat things like say someone wants to just view the card sets without having to actually play the game, the website could just ping a server (assuming we have one live, which I also want to have) and get the information to display

That would be low-maintenance and powerful, methinks

SirPython

I think that would work, because I think that the server allows for card query messages without needing to actually have a user signed in.

Phrancis

Yeah it should, or if anything we can just use one of the AI users or make an admin user for queries like that

SirPython

(Note that my computer may shut down unexpectedly so if I suddenly leave chat, do not take it the wrong way)

Phrancis

(ok)

Hey while I'm thinking about it, would you like to be included on the contributors page of the site?

SirPython

Sure, if it makes sense to put me there.

Phrancis

02:08

You've certainly been valuable in your contributions

SirPython

Thanks :-)

Phrancis

When you have a chance, I would just need the URL for your SE Flair

SirPython

Sure, I'll grab that now.

http://stackexchange.com/users/flair/4178209.png

Phrancis

And I can add as little or as much info as you want me to. Most of us have our real name and Twitter on there, but that's by all means up to you

SirPython

I don't feel comfortable displaying my name nor my twitter. Is that okay?

Phrancis

02:13

Absolutely and completely

Be back in a bit, phone call

SirPython

Awesome, thanks!

Jay1148

hello

SirPython

Hello, @Jay1148!

Phrancis

Hey Jay

@SirPython I was on the phone with him so I told him he should stop by :)

SirPython

Ah, I was a little confused because the last time I saw him, you were him.

Phrancis

02:25

Oh, right. I was at his place and couldn't log in on my account from his PC very easily

@Jay1148 I don't think I showed you what it looks like in action, but see this^^

Jay1148

nice

Phrancis

@SirPython is almost finished with the "functional" part of the rest of the web GUI, I'm going to be working on the graphical parts and soon enough we'll have a fully fledged client, and we can start having card images and such very soon!

Those for Mythos should be easy to find, since Wikimedia has tons of images for the deities and all that. Miranda said she would like to make some art for Cyborg Chronicles too

@Jay1148 Have you written down anything for that "nature" cardset for Mythos? I'd love to start adding some new cards to what we have

Duga

02:41

[Cardshifter/HTML-Client] SirPython pushed commit 495d17ca to game-board

improved date formatting

Now, when a date/time number is less than 10, a '0' will be added before the number. This is better on the eye when reading chat because now every message will start on the same line.

[Cardshifter/HTML-Client] SirPython pushed commit 4ffc3154 to game-board

"clicker" mouse display now shows for links

Before, when going to click on one of the "links", the mouse symbol that looks like a capital "i" would be shown. This, to the user, does not look like something that should be clicked.

To fix this, a blank "href" attribute was added to these link tags so now the mouse will form the small hand that is used looks like it is trying to click something.

SirPython

Two small commits, not related to the issue at hand ^^

Phrancis

Cool cool

Nice little touches

SirPython

Yeah, just small UI improvements.

Phrancis

@Jay1148 for the Greek card set you made, it looks like a lot of the art on Wikimedia are statues, which should give the Greek cards a distinctive look

A lot of the images I found for Chinese and Hindu sets I made are paintings and such, so each mythology might have a distinct look just based on the available art

Jay1148

nice

Phrancis

02:47

^^ Vishnu, Hindu set

^^ Yu Di / Jade Emperor, Chinese set

@SirPython Would you like to make a card set for Mythos, at some point?

SirPython

Isn't there already a card set?

Phrancis

There's about 3 mythologies in there so far, we'd like to add more

SirPython

If you'd like to add more, by all means, add more.

Phrancis

@SirPython See: Mythos cardsets

I've just asked several of the regulars here to pick a mythology and come up with stuff (doesn't need to be coded, I can take care of that)

SirPython

Ooh, that's an interesting issue.

Jay1148

02:52

I can still pick up more.. just got to get around to doing so. I still want to do the Nature/Wiccan set.

SirPython

How do you "make a card"?

Phrancis

So, if you have a favorite mythology, let me know, and if you want to just write down card ideas in a text file I can take care of the coding part

SirPython

Sure!

Phrancis

@SirPython Depending if you want to learn the game's DSL or not, you can send me a text file (I can show you Jay's file for the Greek cardset) or write the DSL code yourself

Jay1148

Pick out famous or not famous characters, places, and artifacts from your chose mythology, come up with a name, characteristics (effects, attack/defense) and a description (flavor text).

SirPython

02:54

I might write down some ideas for the Roman mythology.

Jay1148

@Phrancis has anyone chosen to do Native American, or like Mayan or Inca?

Phrancis

@Jay1148 Not that I know of

Jay1148

Herm... might hit that too, have one set for north american people and one for the south american people.

Someone still ought to do is African/Voodoo set

Phrancis

@SirPython Mythos Greek set text file from Jay, for inspiration/ideas on the format

SirPython

Ah, thanks.

I need to look more into the documentation still, for information about (for example) effects.

Phrancis

03:04

Sure. One thing though, don't let currently available effects get in your way... If you look at the actual Greek card set as loaded into the game, you'll see sections of code commented out, along with issue numbers

@Jay1148 came up with lots of really cool effects that we didn't think of yet, as you can see :)

SirPython

Definitely.

I'm going to have to use some of those as inspiration.

Phrancis

Once those issues get implemented, I'll go back and uncomment/write the code

SirPython

Gladiator - Human(? what do I put here?)
Flavor Text - an ordinary fighter
Attack - 1
Health - 3
Mana - 10
Sickness - 1
Effect - For each gladiator in this user's battlefield, each gladiator's attack is increased by 1

Something off the top of my head ^^

Phrancis

@Jay1148 I looked into voodoo, it would actually fall under the broader "nature" set, along with Wicca and others

I would love to have a native american set though. I'll see if Miranda is interested, she loves this stuff

@SirPython For the unit type, I'd suggest using things like Roman (for normal Roman cards, as your Gladiator), Roman God / Goddess, Roman Hero, things like that

AND - You do not need to go overboard like @Jay1148 did and make 50-60 cards for one single mythology lol. 15-25 cards would be plenty

For unit types (or, creatureTypes in the game's lingo) eventually we will implement something to where one card can have multiple types. In either case, those can be used for filtering effects and such

So a card that has creatureType "Roman Goddess" eventually will be able to be creatureType "Roman", "Goddess"

SirPython

03:20

That sounds more structured.

Phrancis

So we'll be able to make effects like "All Goddesses gain +1 health" and "All Roman creatures gain +1 attack"

Mythos will have lots of really interesting interactions like that

SirPython

I'm going to push what I've done so far and cease work for today. I need to take a break and write some documentation for my new client idea.

Phrancis

Sounds great :)

Duga

[Cardshifter/HTML-Client] SirPython pushed commit c9e2e7cd to game-board

started method for showing cards in opponent's hand

Obviously, the user should not be able to see the cards that the opponent has. So, instead of showing the cards, the HTML will show how many cards the user has in their hand.

[Cardshifter/HTML-Client] SirPython pushed commit dbe44fe4 to game-board

started method for sending actions

This sort of works: mulligan-ing cards works just fine, but after that, multiple "play" available actions are sent. There needs to be something set up that allows for combining actions into a single action and sharing properties between these actions so multiple "play" actions buttons are displayed (which only leads to bugs and errors)

SirPython

Hmm. I just realized I start my commit messages like "started method" a lot.

Phrancis

03:35

Descriptive enough! I personally like your commit messages a lot better than mine, very detailed

BTW.Work - Currently working on this, should push an update soon

Aug 7 at 21:28, by Phrancis

@TODO Make Wiki page about using branches, and add to issue #309

Duga

03:46

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis created wiki page Branches (Git)

Phrancis

^ A bit more to do, but that's a start

SirPython

I've finished my first draft of the documentation and now I must turn in.

Have a good one @Phrancis and @Jay1148!

Phrancis

04:02

Seeya later @SirPython !

Duga

04:15

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis edited wiki page Branches (Git)

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis commented on issue #309: Document how to get the project building and running

> Documentation about branches has been added in wiki: Branches (Git)

Duga

04:40

[Cardshifter/cardshifter.github.io] Phrancis opened issue #55: One Year Anniversary!

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> It's hard to believe we've been working on Cardshifter for a bit over a year! I would like to ask everyone about their experience(s) so far, so we can make a sort of "mural" of each other's most meaningful moments!

I did a bit of digging, and found that [this room was created by @Zomis on Aug 1, 2014](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/16899075#16899075):

It's time to create a room for it I think :)
So that all messages are gathered at one place instead of scatt

Phrancis

@Duga ^^^^^ Please contribute if you like!
@SimonAndréForsberg @skiwi @bazola @Marc-Andre @SirPython @jacwah @Jay1148 @GreyFox @Lokkij

Duga

[Cardshifter/cardshifter.github.io] Phrancis added label help wanted to issue #55: One Year Anniversary!

Phrancis

Aug 1 '14 at 14:29, by ckuhn203

Imagine that.. Programmers who also like TCG? Who would've thunk?

Aug 1 '14 at 14:46, by Simon André Forsberg

2. What platform/framework to use? I'd like to see it playable on Android, Web, iOS, Desktop, I know of a couple of Java libraries that would allow that.

Stack Exchange

04:58

"Imagine that.. Programmers who also like TCG? Who would've thunk?" @Rubberduck203 remember that? http://bit.ly/1NjKh8n

Tweeted by Cardshifter on August 16, 2015 at 4:50 AM

Phrancis

05:20

@SirPython Can you actually give me the flair link, instead of just the image? It should look like this:

<a href="http://stackexchange.com/users/4456394/phrancis"><img src="http://stackexchange.com/users/flair/4456394.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for Phrancis on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&amp;A sites" title="profile for Phrancis on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&amp;A sites" /></a>

Duga

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label server to issue #355: Receiving two of the exact same message.

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label server to issue #357: A GetZoneMessage?

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label server to issue #359: Potential exploit: sending the card information for unknown zones

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label bug to issue #359: Potential exploit: sending the card information for unknown zones

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label server to issue #356: Card ids of "unknown" cards are still sent to the opponent

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label server to issue #353: Connecting with the HTML client crashes the server connection thread

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label web-client to issue #353: Connecting with the HTML client crashes the server connection thread

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label help wanted to issue #351: Clean up Waffle.io board

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label documentation to issue #351: Clean up Waffle.io board

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label groovy to issue #350: NoClassDefFoundError if running tests from a non-clean build

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label core to issue #350: NoClassDefFoundError if running tests from a non-clean build

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label web-client to issue #349: Associate mods with moods

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label libgdx to issue #349: Associate mods with moods

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label moddability to issue #349: Associate mods with moods

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label server to issue #347: Handle failed login

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label javafx to issue #337: "Start Local Game" causes NPE

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis added label bug to issue #337: "Start Local Game" causes NPE

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] Phrancis commented on issue #337: "Start Local Game" causes NPE

> "Start local game" in general feels shoehorned. I think if we're going to allow this, we should definitely fix this. There would also be the option of not supporting local games (i.e. a user has to connect to a server, even if it's completely local, to play a game).

Phrancis

That needed a bit of maintenance, sorry for @Duga spamming the chat room.

Duga

09:02

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] jacwah edited wiki page Branches (Git)

jacwah

@Phrancis I'll think a bit about how to organize the different plugins. The thing is that I think to put a package in the Atom package manager's repositories (to be easily installed by people) it has to have its own Github repo. Maybe a repository for each makes more sense? They can still include links to each other in the READMEs. What do you think?

I'm starting my new-ish job today, but I'll be on tonight (European time :))

Phrancis

14:05

Monking!

Marc-Andre

Hey everyone!

Phrancis

14:43

Hey @Marc-Andre!

Duga

[Cardshifter/cardshifter.github.io] Phrancis opened issue #56: Improve the look of Contributors page

> The layout of this page is not very good. I originally did the layout as a grid of sorts, but it doesn't scale very well at all, and perhaps just having a more inline, "top-to-bottom" view of the page would look better in general.

![2015-08-16 10_45_58-cardshifter](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/8539648/9293737/3c5e93a2-4404-11e5-90b2-934a1237ced7.png)

[Cardshifter/cardshifter.github.io] Phrancis added label page layout to issue #56: Improve the look of Contributors page

[Cardshifter/cardshifter.github.io] Phrancis assigned Phrancis to issue #56: Improve the look of Contributors page

SirPython

17:41

@Phrancis Sure, I'll grab that now.

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SirPython

18:11

@Phrancis I'm going to look into #58 again.

SirPython

22:27

It's rather quiet in here.

jacwah

@SirPython It is

SirPython

Hey jacwah!

jacwah

Hello :)

Sunday I guess

SirPython

How are you?

jacwah

Oh I'm good. I had my first day of my new job! I'm lucky having relatives who have their own software business so I can work part time and study

What about you?

SirPython

22:31

Congrats on your new job!

I'm doing fine. Same old for me.

jacwah

Thanks! Right now I'm struggling with Groovy/Java though :)

SirPython

Is there anything you'd like help on? I'm not the best with Java, but I'm a new pair of eyes.

jacwah

I'm not actually struggling with the language as much as the overall architecture of the mods. I still haven't grasped it which makes finding where the magic happens hard.

SirPython

On the server side or the client side?

jacwah

On the server side, the whole logic behind the DSL and such

Duga

22:44

[Cardshifter/Cardshifter] build for commit 8c5c2868 on ???: The Travis CI build passed

SirPython

Ah, I'm not too familiar with the server side, but my thought on it is that the server just compiles the mods and reads it's properties for how to interact with the client.

But that's very general. Is there anything in specific that is confusing?

jacwah

@Duga This is how far I've come up to now

PR is here

I guess I just need to read more code... I still need to find how the creature property is loaded and how to serialize the data

SirPython

I wish I could understand the code better...

(Not your code, the Cardshifter code in general)

jacwah

Ditto :)

SirPython

Well, at least you know enough to be able to commit :-)

jacwah

22:52

Says the person with 131 commits on HTML-Client :)

SirPython

Well, that's because I have more experience with JavaScript. And, I was able to start the project from zero code.

I'm not very good at coming in from the middle of a project.

Perhaps it would help if I were better with Java.

jacwah

That would probably help

But understanding other peoples code is a very valuable skill to learn.

SirPython

Yes, which is why using Code Review is a big benefit to everyone.

jacwah

Yes! I find I can learn a lot just from browsing the site.

SirPython

Definitely. Even if you don't answer someone's question, just copying the code into a separate window and reading it a help.

May I ask your opinion of something?

jacwah

22:59

Go ahead

SirPython

I had a small idea for a new Cardshifter client, but I don't know if it's a good idea, or if it's too much.

The README has some not-yet-implemented information.

jacwah

Haha, wow! That's pretty cool.

I'm not sure how useful it certainly has a coolness factor.

SirPython

I was thinking about this: why have this when we have a libGDK version that will work for mobile?

Well, I'm not sure if the libGDX version allows for custom mods to be entered.

jacwah

It probably does

SirPython

Shoot, it does?

Darn.

jacwah

23:04

I think that and the web client both already provide the "play anywhere", without the burning usb sticks part

Well, I don't know, but why wouldn't it?

SirPython

Well, I'm not sure how to store mod files on a mobile phone.

jacwah

The mods are server side, aren't they?

SirPython

Yes, but you can only use the mods if they exist on the server.

jacwah

So you mean that you want to host a server on the phone?

Either way you can store files on a phone just as on a PC

SirPython

Ah, that makes sense.

I have removed the repo.

jacwah

23:11

I'm sorry to see an interesting idea die, but I don't really see users go burning ISOs to play a game when it's available in their browser

TTGTB for me

SirPython

You're reasoning is correct. I was unaware of the ability to play custom mods from the client in the mobile version (and you currently can't in the web version).

See you.

jacwah

You trust me too much :) I'm only guessing here. Maybe ask @bazola for facts

SirPython

Even if you could, the boot client wouldn't be allow online playing, so it would just be the same thing as starting up a server with custom mods and a client to play to custom mods.

Duga

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