Game Development

Gajet

12:03 AM

@dave is this line invalid ? ` if([i,j] in path)`

Dave

yeh

Gajet

is there anyway to check such a thing?

Dave

it has to be :

if(i in path){
if(j in path[i]){

}
}

Gajet

that's a bit different

since path is an array of pairs

Dave

no cos it holds 1 x for every y with the same x

less data held

same as sdata

wait hang on

what u mean path

i dont use a path array ?

do u mean data?

Gajet

12:07 AM

check again

there is a path array

Dave

link?

Gajet

it was one of the changes I made long ago

how do you think I'm writing the path down there?

Dave

displaying neighbour

i dont remember seeing any array called path

mind u i got 3 fiddles open so ive lost track of which was yours and which ones mine xD

Gajet

don't worry,

you don't have a link to what I'm currently working on!

Dave

shall i just wait for you're master piece ;)

Dave

12:30 AM

@Gajet having any problems?

Gajet

I had

finished just right now

jsfiddle.net/Kc3qw

it was with "Math.abs"

which I wrote "math.abs"

now it starts from multiple startpoints and finds the nearest target to it.

though it (only might) fail in some certain complex situation, but it will always work good enough.

I'm going to sleep right now, it's 5AM here.

goodnight

Dave

good night

ill take a look at this

whats this hi hi hi table

Gajet

is there really such a thing?

noooooo

I forgot to update before closing that tab

thanx to chrome everything is restored!

@Dave jsfiddle.net/Kc3qw/1

:D

Dave

ah lol

whats the colours represent

Gajet

black means not walkable.

Dave

12:40 AM

the colour'd squares don't seem to follow any logical path

Gajet

white means walkable but not in path

purple means start point

cyan means end point

and other colors represent the path selected

Dave

oh i see

so what made it pick the top purple n not the bottom

they look same in terms of distance

wait move the bottom purple one square closer see what happens

Gajet

you can play with that, until you get a grasp on how A* work

this time really good night

Dave

ok :P good night im sure ill have questions tomorrow :D

thanks for the help

tylerrrr07

1:53 AM

Hola

stephelton

2:08 AM

Does exclusive profile data include inlined function execution?

tylerrrr07

over my head there

stephelton

i'm guessing that's probably compiler (etc) dependent...

if so, i'll narrow my scope -- i'm using gcc and valgrind --tool=callgrind

maybe those will help provide better search terms...

not so much...

Code Assasssin

6:38 AM

Perlin Noise Function Complete :D

With smoothing :-)

All I have to do now I find out a way to implement the code into procedural generation for tiles :D

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

You should really look at the accidental noise library like I suggested. Its modular approach is pretty awesome.

Code Assasssin

I'll take a look, but I don't think I'll need it :)

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

At least it'll give you some ideas how to use the noise. :)

Code Assasssin

For sure :D

imgur.com/Rhjbh

Camera has been implemented

and I redid tiles lol :P

The others were too small... and the only randomness going on right now, is the small patches of grass and dirt you see :)

All determined during runtime :D

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Ever seen my game?

Code Assasssin

6:50 AM

Legeria?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Indeed

Code Assasssin

:D Yeah, I have. Last Time I played, I was a robot, jumping around and shooting stuff with my awesome laserz(:D)

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Hehe

Just got the basics for networked controls added. It's lovely. It's nice to get some progress again.

Anyways, heading to bed. waves

Code Assasssin

:( Okay. GoodNight :D

Code Assasssin

7:37 AM

WOOT! Random Land Generation done :D

Screen Shots of Two Builds in just a second :)

Code Assasssin

8:00 AM

imgur.com/51Ada

Next build:

New one :D

GoodNight >_>

Chat is dead D;

Ef Es

2:19 PM

hello

can anyone log in to openfeint in their android apps?

or is it just my phone derping?

MarkR

hi, what?

Ef Es

like...I am developing this app with openfeint capabilities

and from one day to the other it wont log in

MarkR

I think you should ask in some forum, I've no idea what that openfeint is

Maybe it's a good idea to contact their tech support

BluFire

2:51 PM

Anyone wanna help me on a problem with my code?

Ef Es

well post it and maybe we can

BluFire

yea wait. just seeing if someone was willing to help

well first i made some modifications to this tutorial

code.google.com/p/libgdx/wiki/SimpleApp#The_Full_Source

causing the bucket to move vertically and then I wanted to add velocity to the raindrops

I asked the question on this link gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/27628/random-sprite-speed

I think I added the code correctly on my code
private void spawnRaindrop() {
//deleted
raindrop.yVelocity = (float) (Math.random() * ( Max - Min ));
//deleted

and now the raindrops won't appear

heres my code w/o the comments

@Override
public void create() {

batch = new SpriteBatch();
raindrops = new Array<Rectangle>();
spawnRaindrop();
}

private void spawnRaindrop() {
com.badlogic.drop.Rectangle raindrop = new Rectangle();
raindrop.x = MathUtils.random(0, 800 - 48);
raindrop.y = 480;
raindrop.yVelocity = (float) (Math.random() * ( Max - Min ));
raindrop.width = 48;
raindrop.height = 48;
raindrops.add(raindrop);
lastDropTime = TimeUtils.nanoTime();}

@Override
public void render() {

if (TimeUtils.nanoTime() - lastDropTime > 90000000)

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

4:22 PM

Does this make at least a bit of sense: Personal Interdimensional Portal Border Override Yielder

For a device that allows you to generate portals and travel between dimensions? :P

Code Assasssin

4:33 PM

o-o"

PIPBOY?

James

Haha, Isnt a Pipboy the wrist thingy from Fallout?

Code Assasssin

Lol, Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device

TreDubZedd

"Personal Interdimensional Portal Builder Of Yore"

Code Assasssin

xD

Does anyone know what I should look into for 2D Dynamic Lighting

James

@BluFire Nothing sticks out from the code pasted as to why they would not show up assuming you are setting what that rectangle looks like some where still and calling draw on it some how (not sure if they are internal parts) but the updates to the position and such all look good.

@CodeAssasssin cough Maybe articles entitled 2D Dynamic Lighting uncough

Code Assasssin

4:40 PM

:/

I thought someone might have a specific article they recommend for that certain topic.

James

Hehe, Its possible, but that is not me as of yet. I tend to shy away from Rendering :)

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

@James That's exactly what it is. :P Trying to work in the reference.

Hoping to add a bunch of references from a bunch of things.

@CodeAssasssin What type of lighting are you looking for? The type of lighting in my lighting demo caters to tilebased games, but doesn't feature directional lights.

Code Assasssin

I guess it would be called, Tile Based Lighting :o

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

@TreDubZedd I like it. :P

@CodeAssasssin Dunno if you've seen the lighting demo of mine, but that's the latest pixelshader accelerated approach I've made.

Though I think it may be a bit of overkill for what you need.

Code Assasssin

overkill D:

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

4:52 PM

Yeah, the whole point of it is resistance based lighting spread. So tiles can block some or all of each individual color component.

Code Assasssin

Okay, what do you suggest I use? o:

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

I dunno. My first approach was simply making a separate layer, clear it to whatever ambient light I needed, and then additively drawing light sources with a brush like texture.

Worked perfectly, and was very fast.

That's the lighting that is in the latest stable

This also allows you to make lights any shape and color you want.

Code Assasssin

Heh, well maybe I'll leave lighting for another time, and just implement a player class :)

So I can roam around my world :D

Also, for now - even though I want my game to have a fairly realistic look, my game looks to cartoonish >_>

Should I go with my original design for sprites, or just leave the sprites I already have alone o-o?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Just focus on gameplay for now. No point in wasting too much time on sprites.

Code Assasssin

Ah okay :D

BluFire

5:11 PM

@James thanks but i fixed the problem. I forgot how, I think i made yVelocity a double

Code Assasssin

5:27 PM

?

Gajet

blinking in progress : O_O -> O_o -> O_- -> O_o -> O_O

Code Assasssin

xD

Gajet

it seems lot's of people are using these figures nowadays.

@John @Josh also "Josh Josh" seems somehow like "knock knock". I guess people will soon be telling "Josh Josh" jokes!

Code Assasssin

Lol

BluFire

isnt that winking?

Gajet

5:35 PM

eh, yes it is.

BluFire

blinking would be more of

Code Assasssin

It messed it up

Lol >_>

BluFire

O.O o.o -.- o.o O.O

well no1 really has their eyes wide open so it would be o.o > -.- > o.o

Code Assasssin

lol

Gajet

0.0 having eyes widely open would be this 0_0, O_O is just normal eyes zoomed in!

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

5:44 PM

What is this, Emotiocons 101?

Code Assasssin

Its EM 902

:) lol

@William Beginners like you have to start at Emoticons 101

Gajet

can someone please exchange his works with me?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

What works?

Hardly anything I do works.

Code Assasssin

>_>

@WilliamMindWorXMariager Lies

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

You're right, I'm lying.

Gajet

5:47 PM

@WilliamMindWorXMariager that doesn't matter, the only problem is I don't feel like doing anything I'm supposed to do

instead I'll do anything other's are supposed to do!

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Hehe

Gajet

so by exchanging work it's win-win for both sides

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Btw, here's another reference I'm going to work in to my game, lets see if anyone gets it.

An NPC named "Dr. Jaxxon" who wears glasses and is a bit of a geek.

Code Assasssin

....

o-o"

Is this something before my time lol

Dr.Jackson

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Hehe

Gajet

5:49 PM

I know neither of them

Code Assasssin

Stargate

Daniel Jackson (Stargate)

Daniel Jackson, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, which is about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Daniel Jackson is first introduced in the 1994 film Stargate, and is played by James Spader. In the ensuing television series the character is played by Michael Shanks. Daniel Jackson is a civilian archeologist and linguist, who works with the Stargate military project and therefore holds no military ranking. After the kidnapping of his wife Sha're in "Children o...

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Bingo. :P

Code Assasssin

Win

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

I love Stargate, so I'll probably have plenty of references to the show/movies.

Code Assasssin

Heh, what is the NPC going to do lol?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

5:50 PM

Mission provider, with some Stargate themed missions.

Code Assasssin

o:

I thought I would add NPC's in my game, but then nah... I dont think Tower Defenses need NPC's...

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

He's a friendly guy in the show, so he'll likely be an introductory NPC of sorts, perhaps the guy that'll guide you through a bunch of tutorials.

Like fetch his glasses and get him a new box of tissues.

Code Assasssin

My introductory tutorial will be some text in a faded gray box

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

He has a bunch of allergies. :P

Gajet

@CodeAssasssin your games doesn't seem like TD at all

if I had to say, I would report it as a legeria clone!

Code Assasssin

5:53 PM

>_>

Gajet

but a cheap one. :D

Code Assasssin

Why legeria lol.

totally different aspects to the game

Gajet

since william is here and your game really looks like it

Code Assasssin

Mine is just centered around defending yourself and building, as well as upgrading your tech

>_>

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Sounds like my game.

Gajet

5:54 PM

I've seen no building in recent screenshots

Code Assasssin

O-o

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

You cheap rip off you!

Code Assasssin

Dude

I JUST STARTED 3 DAYS AGO >_<

Gajet

:D

Code Assasssin

u-u

Gajet

5:54 PM

I would have done it by now

do you want me to do a TD just tonight?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

And I started like half a year ago.

Code Assasssin

No.

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

So I obviously win, you're the ripoff!

Code Assasssin

Legeria is a 2D freeroaming adventure game, set in a sci-fantasy universe, where you control a droid/drone rummaging around on various planets and in various dimensions, to find stuff to make itself stronger, and please it's uknown masters.

Gajet

then don't tell me 3 days is not enough for a proper looking TD game,.

Code Assasssin

5:55 PM

My game is nothing like this

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

You just copied from my site!

Code Assasssin

Stop grilling me D:<

@WilliamMindWorXMariager Lol

=-="

Gajet

then what is you game?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

I should really remove that description. It's nothing like the concept anymore. :P

Gajet

"code assasssin's game" is a 2D freeroaming adventure game, set in a sci-fantasy universe, where you control a droid/drone rummaging around on various planets and in various dimensions, to find stuff to make itself stronger, and please it's uknown masters.

Code Assasssin

5:56 PM

....

No.

Gajet

and you didn't even bothered to name it!

Code Assasssin

Lol, name doesnt matter

at the moment, gameplay does.

Picture yourself in a box

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Haha

Code Assasssin

>_>

This box, is surprisingly earth-like

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Whoa, just like... Legeria? :D

Code Assasssin

5:58 PM

.....

Gajet

:D

Code Assasssin

There are different maps but

okay lol

Hey

Gajet

so you say you are working on a TD game?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

In any case, your game sounds more like a castle defense or a hero defense kinda game. Not a tower defense.

Code Assasssin

Castle Crashers lol

?

Gajet

5:59 PM

are you using any repository right now? may I take a look at your complete code.

Code Assasssin

Code Confidential >_>

spelling wrong =-=

Gajet

since I don't feel like doing anything I should, I thought maybe I'll check your code and see if I can improve anything there

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

I wonder if it's worth compiling the VPL features of my game. I should do some tests when I get that far in my code.

Code Assasssin

@Gajet I would but I dont have SVN :/\

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Just use bitbucket.org

Gajet

6:02 PM

you can try emailing, or bitbucket

@WilliamMindWorXMariager would you mind adding a subdomain to your host?

so I'll post updates about the game I'm working on?

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

I could do that. :)

Gajet

yay!

Code Assasssin

@Gajet o: Your working on a game?

Gajet

at long last someone accepted my request1

@CodeAssasssin I'm working on many different things

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Want it to point to a blog or something, or do you want to upload your own site files?

Gajet

6:05 PM

I really don't know anything about that.

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Haha

Gajet

just a blank page with upload/download feature would be more than enough, I guess

Code Assasssin

Lol

Gajet

@CodeAssasssin I'm working on many project right now.

Code Assasssin

@Gajet Sounds cool :D

Gajet

6:05 PM

two of them are games, and two other are not

and three of them are just my hobbies.

besides I'm participating in all sorts of online programming contests.

and try to study applied mathematics at university.

Code Assasssin

@Gajet I dont think I'm good enough to participate in online programming contests yet :/ But Maybe next year I'll be ready

Gajet

@CodeAssasssin don't worry about that.

only participating will help you improve faster than what you can think of

that's the only reason I'm participating myself

@CodeAssasssin are you going to send your code to me or not?

Code Assasssin

Shy =-=

Gajet

too sad, I'm not there behind you,

or I'll smash (if this word is hard enough) you in your head!

Code Assasssin

o-o

Gajet

6:09 PM

either it's something private, or show it to as many people you can find.

there are too many ideas other people have about a good code.

the more you here, the more you can improve.

and never feel shy.

I've seen worst of codes.

@CodeAssasssin now are you going to send your code to me or not?

Code Assasssin

@Gajet =-=" I will. It's all in C# using XNA

Gajet

good.

now you are being reasonable!

Code Assasssin

lol

Gajet

but I though you loved C++

Code Assasssin

I did. but for Game Development, gave me a hard time :/\

C# is easier lol

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

6:13 PM

@Gajet, I just contacted my webhost, and they won't let me add additional FTP accounts to my site.

I thought they would, so I can't give you the subdomain. Sorry kiddo.

Gajet

:(

Code Assasssin

Whats a Git repository

and whats a mercurial o-o"?

Damir

Something you should have

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

Like SVN.

Damir

Either of those :)

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

6:16 PM

It's version control. :)

Damir

A system for preserving old versions and files

Code Assasssin

Oh

eh I'm just going to send it the gui for bit-bucket is to complicated o-o

Gajet

:D

Code Assasssin

@Gajet I sent it

Gajet

yeah I got it

but what's with "The Doctor"?

Code Assasssin

6:26 PM

Doctor Who

LOL

Huge fan actually :D

Gajet

and always send project file with your code!

Code Assasssin

o-o" Lol. Eh sorry about that >_>

Gajet

how much should I w8 before you send project file?

Code Assasssin

XD

Lol

Gajet

or am I supposed to create it myself?

Code Assasssin

6:32 PM

Ill send it to u

Sent

Gajet

I'm checking

what's with air tile type?

really?

Code Assasssin

Lol

Gajet

sln?

Code Assasssin

Sln?

O_O?

Gajet

you had to attach the file with csproj extension.

Code Assasssin

6:34 PM

o-o

>_>

Gajet

:d

Code Assasssin

Sent :/

Gajet

why is your tile array 3d?

Code Assasssin

Oh I wanted to implement depth but... That didn't work out to good.

Kinda really unnecessary

Gajet

I was thinking about that too.

seems I still can't open the project :(

Code Assasssin

6:37 PM

..

Gajet

let's try something else

click on clear button on solution options.

Code Assasssin

Clear?

Gajet

then compress the whole solution file and send that

maybe clean.

there should be "build" "rebuild" and "clean"

Code Assasssin

I only see Build Rebuild and Publish o-o

Gajet

w8 a sec

it seems C# doesn't have clean button.

Code Assasssin

6:43 PM

lol >_>

Gajet

well just compress anything except "bin" and "obj" folders

that should do the same thing

Code Assasssin

Sent lol

Gajet

:D

Code Assasssin

works o-o"

Lol

btw WASD to move camera

Z and X to zoom in and out

Gajet

yeah it works now

seems nice

but I'm not sure if I can see any TD related code yet.

@CodeAssasssin it's really good

but still it's much more like legeria than a TD.

for example what I have about a TD in mind means a top-down view.

Code Assasssin

6:56 PM

:D

Gajet

while your code is generating a side view.

@CodeAssasssin now you've done it,

Code Assasssin

:o

Gajet

I'm thinking about a TD game, and I can't help myself not doing it.

how much free time do you have?

from now till 8 hours later?

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