Game Development

@ToddersLegrande I just know it's a very powerful competitor to the vmware, virtual box and ... and it runs on windows 8 pro, win server 2012 and xbox.

ToddersLegrande

9:29 PM

I'm trying to find out if there is a way for my VM to jion the host PC domain without having to call the help desk every time I spin one up

Gajoo

@ToddersLegrande I don't even know what your problem means :P

Jimmy

why wouldn't it join the host domain

doesn't it ask you for a 'user-who-can-join-the-domain' login when you try to set the computer domain?

John McDonald

Hey @Noctrine. Did you have to type out the closing reason for that recruiting one? Or which option gave that close reason?

Noctrine

I had to add a reason.

John McDonald

Ok, so off-topic -> other -> "This question does not appear to be about game development, within the scope defined in the help center"

Noctrine

9:33 PM

Don't remember

last case

"add a reason"

John McDonald

yeah, all good. Thanks

There didn't seem to be a "Not a question" equivalent

ToddersLegrande

@Jimmy from what I can tell my account does not have permissions to add computers to the domain.

I was hoping there was a way the VM could just share the domain of the host

John McDonald

But, it makes it kinder this way, and that's a good thing

*great thing

ToddersLegrande

*super dee duper thing

John McDonald

I wonder if the sentence you used shouldn't be added to the common choices @Noctrine

Noctrine

9:37 PM

We have a limited number of options

John McDonald

I guess we're at the max of 3?

ToddersLegrande

If you choose off topic -> other, do other close voters get to pick that "other reason" you specified or are they forced to type their own reason?

John McDonald

It would only make sense if you could select the same option (what they typed)

PythonInProgress

@Blue OH MY GOD IT IS AMAZING

im going to change it now

BlueBug

ME?

Noctrine

9:44 PM

I think he means "Blue"

PythonInProgress

no

BlueBug

"THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE BLUE"

PythonInProgress

just Blue

ToddersLegrande

Blue, Scotland, United Kingdom

436 2 12

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PythonInProgress

the guy who made my amazing hat

ToddersLegrande

9:44 PM

hmmm

there we go

PythonInProgress

ok

it should make it here in about .06 hours

BlueBug

I forfeit. His hat is way too cool.

ToddersLegrande

You should see the hat that @PythonInProgress is getting

PythonInProgress

:D

it should make it here in a sec

ToddersLegrande

PythonInProgress

9:46 PM

yes

hm

ToddersLegrande

It's the reason I'm boycotting hats

PythonInProgress

its not showing as my profile pic yet

ToddersLegrande

@PythonInProgress it takes a while to sync

PythonInProgress

ahh k

ToddersLegrande

I wouldn't worry about it too much

PythonInProgress

9:47 PM

ok

ToddersLegrande

It will happen eventually

PythonInProgress

:D

ToddersLegrande

Once you see it on your chat profile, refresh chat and it should show up

Could be an hour or so though

Source: Has changed his avatar at least 4 times

MarkR

Avatar malarky. I just copied the unicorn when they had the unicorns easter egg

PythonInProgress

:D

BlueBug

9:48 PM

unnicorns!! clodhoppershoes.com/shop/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/…

MarkR

I am not the only person to make their unicorn permanent

Icy Defiance

@BlueBug I believe that is not a unicorn.

BlueBug

oh.. wrong link my bad.

PythonInProgress

@Blue should make that into a hat: clodhoppershoes.com/shop/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/…

BlueBug

but close enough though.

PythonInProgress

9:49 PM

LOL

Icy Defiance

my avatar is from Ghost in the Shell. awesome anime.

PythonInProgress

is anyone else gonna upvote my answer here?

Noctrine

PythonInProgress

just want to make sure no one else will

Icy Defiance

whoo animated.

PythonInProgress

9:52 PM

yep :D

who upvoted?

Icy Defiance

hypnotizing... stares

PythonInProgress

thanks btw

Wo0t!!!

i can comment everywhere now

ToddersLegrande

@PythonInProgress I did since it was the accepted answer. Was holding off until I knew it was correct

PythonInProgress

@ToddersLegrande ahh

he messed with it some to get it to work,

ToddersLegrande

Next time... PLEASE know what you are doing before answering :P

PythonInProgress

9:53 PM

LOL

ToddersLegrande

@Noctrine The text spins the wrong direction xD

PythonInProgress

i have no knowledge of Java (yet) whatsoever

Noctrine

@ToddersLegrande I was impatient :p the effect is the same :D

PythonInProgress

@ToddersLegrande gave me the answer

:D

i implemented it

ToddersLegrande

@Noctrine is the desired effect to be really difficult to read? lol

Noctrine

9:55 PM

To show kind of what it looked like in the show :D

Quick kids, without google, where is this quote from :D

John McDonald

@ToddersLegrande heh, yeah. The text is always running away

PythonInProgress

:D

@Noctrine Ghost in the Shell

Noctrine

.1 point

PythonInProgress

why?

Noctrine

Because that's not the original source.

PythonInProgress

9:56 PM

really?

Noctrine

Really

PythonInProgress

hm

idk then

who wants to answer questions for me?

Shotgun Ninja

@Noctrine Catcher in the Rye

PythonInProgress

lol

ToddersLegrande

@PythonInProgress no one. If we know the answer we'll answer the question. :P

PythonInProgress

9:57 PM

@ToddersLegrande :D

amazing hat still hasnt updated

Noctrine

@ShotgunNinja You don't count :p

ToddersLegrande

Well by my watch its been... 12 minutes.

Noctrine

I'd post it, but I'd get flagged :D

ToddersLegrande

"Hour or so" can generally be translated to an hour or more, less if you are lucky.

PythonInProgress

true

ToddersLegrande

9:58 PM

Maybe it updates on the hour. I don't know

PythonInProgress

@Noctrine post what?

@ToddersLegrande then in 2 mins

Noctrine

The full quote :D

PythonInProgress

ah

Noctrine

You should read the book, though I figure they'll make you when you get to highschool.

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist and antihero, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel was included on Times 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its...

Shotgun Ninja

Catcher in the Rye is the source of all eternally-pissed-off guys you see on the Internet and whatnot. There's a reason it's been linked to a number of assassination attempts.

PythonInProgress

9:59 PM

i wont flag u

post it, then delete it

Shotgun Ninja

Without Catcher in the Rye, we wouldn't have Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Jimmy

@Noctrine that text is scrolling the wrong way :<

it's really hard to read text that runs away in the direction you're trying to read

PythonInProgress

yep

i agree

Noctrine

There.

Yeah, I was impatient, that was the first animated one that came up. Fixed now :p

PythonInProgress

@Noctrine the guy changed the post you closed

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Q: Beginner in Game Development

Im a beginner in Game Development. What skills do I need to obtain to be able to create a game app. I have great ideas for a app don't know where to start. What progarms will have help get into game development? -Thank You

game-maker

Noctrine

10:03 PM

To another question that needs to be closed, just for a different reason :\

PythonInProgress

:D

Noctrine

Also, idea guy :\ - At least he's learning -- The system works! Huzzah~

I'll feel like an ass if I keep shooting his questions down :\

ToddersLegrande

Heh.

Well good luck with that

Headed home, likely be back later.

John McDonald

@Noctrine :( Yeah, I did that to one guy, and it didn't feel good

Noctrine

I just want people to like meee :(

PythonInProgress

10:05 PM

k

gotta go, bbl

John McDonald

So... is it possible to change the close reason after his edit?

Noctrine

Re-open, close.

John McDonald

I kinda thought so

Noctrine

He totally didn't read the help center tho :\

First bullet under ~bad~ " how to get started making a game "

PythonInProgress

yeah. bbl all

John McDonald

10:09 PM

@Noctrine :( yeah

So, the system only sorta works

Shotgun Ninja

Hey guys, I'm a beginner in game development, I've only made three games so far...

if only

Code Assassin

@ShotgunNinja and they weren't like COD

Shotgun Ninja

@CodeAssassin To be fair, the only games I've made have been student projects (and incomplete, unreleasable ones at that), and some TI-83 Plus games I wrote in high school.

I'm going the college route, and right now, money is the more pressing concern.

MarkR

You are not going to make any money on mobile games, realistically

Unless you get a normal job working for a company

Code Assassin

@MarkR How so?

Shotgun Ninja

10:22 PM

Well, I figured there's not a lot of money in games, unless you really take the time to polish one and make it something desirable by a lot of people

MarkR

Most of them are just too cheap and don't sell enough. I can't guarantee that you won't make any money with them, it just seems unlikely.

Code Assassin

@ShotgunNinja Yes

@MarkR It really depends on how much you sell if you're really going to make a profit. It has to be something of an angry birds in sales or something

Shotgun Ninja

And Angry Birds has a shit-ton of merchandising, advertising, and corporate tie-ins to make oodles of cash around a simple gameplay concept.

They went McDonald's. Do a simple thing, do it well, then invade society.

MarkR

I think they basically had a lot of luck, they were just in the right place at the right time

Code Assassin

twitch.tv/grestranger

(real dev - this time around :P)

Shotgun Ninja

10:25 PM

McD's: Simple, fast, tolerable-quality burgers that you don't have to stop in for an hour to eat.

MarkR

Angry Birds is a great game, it's really fun to play, it's not really groundbreaking technically, but it was just absolutely spot-on with focus on fun

0xFFF1

I am watching this anime called Accel World. In the second season the main characters are left with a choice of don't try (default decision) and lose 100% of the time, eventually and inenvitably losing it all, or try and win and risk it all on the off chance you might succeed.

Shotgun Ninja

Angry Birds: Simple, fast, addicting gameplay, for free, in everyone's pocket.

0xFFF1

on paper the latter would be the obvious choice

MarkR

However, even so, it took a fairly large team of diversely talented developers and content producers to make AB

Shotgun Ninja

10:26 PM

@0xFFF1 Sounds like most anime. Also, there is a separate Stack Exchange for anime & manga.

yeah

kay

@MarkR I liked it for a little bit :/

Then I just felt that they were just abusing it and releasing angry birds after angry birds and eventually they just did angry pigs. Their more of a "franchise" now in my eyes.

I think it's success was due to all the marketing hype it got :/

MarkR

Bad Piggies is a completely different game, it's got totally different gameplay and I enjoy that too, but they reused a lot of the concepts and some artwork

0xFFF1

10:28 PM

@MarkR also make a game that is a complete paradigm shift to the current game design meta. sounds hard, but anything less will not make you money.

afaik

MarkR

I'm not sure any of the really Great game, really involved a complete paradigm shift

0xFFF1

well unless you talk about marctenbosch.com/miegakure you can't really add more dimension to a game.

it has to use current technology and design but doing so in a completely different way. No more kill X: Y times. (MMORPG games)

but i am no expert in any way shape or form.

just what I think

@MarkR what about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (in its hay day)? first time afaik something like that was really fleshed out, and although there were bugs in the coding (think the replace an item with a bottled fish to get more bottles glitch), people totally bought it and liked it and it was (is) a legendary game

but yeah gamer =/= game programmer.

i know some stuff, but I am learning still

Sean Middleditch

@0xFFF1: Ocarina of Time was a Link to the Past in 3D. It was hardly any more of a paradigm shift than Mario64 or Metroid Prime or Duke Nukem 3D. Games do well because they're fun and they're marketed heavily. Paradigm shifts and other gimmicks only matter if they're interestiong

0xFFF1

true true

Code Assassin

No viewers... I'm lonleeeeeeyyyyy <sadfacejpg>

0xFFF1

10:41 PM

i think current gamers have to want something different, but that isnt happening and I am sad.

Graphics > Game Design and Gameplay in importance level most of the time

:(

Call of Duty

e.g.

and all others somewhat similar at all

BlueBug

@0xFFF1 THE LAST OF US!

omg such a good game

0xFFF1

why don't people even want to go back to MUDs? those could potentially be way better than CoD any day, but people want realistic goring of other humans in real time, so... yeah.

different audience i know

not the point i think

why does this audience even exist ?!

omfg

BlueBug

who do i even exist

answer : youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F8GSr0OH8SI

0xFFF1

lol

no way

humans are food. lets eat food. mkay

anthropomorphized frozen chocolate ice pops.

BlueBug

more like hot guys! HOT GUYS!; Hot guys that radiate heat are the fundamental life resource in which we live off of directly or indirectly.

or "Kaskade" His music keeps the world spins.

where is my reason

0xFFF1

10:51 PM

the problem i saw was different than what the viewers of the commercial that bought those frozen ice pops saw.

people dont think{period}

developers think people don't think{period}

people buy what the developers make off of that assumption.

developers make more money{period}

BlueBug

True.

0xFFF1

rinse lather repeat

or wait

lather rinse repeat

umm

BlueBug

Most people's brain is filled with yogurt and chocolate milk. Only less than 10% of people have decent brain to actually process "thinking"

and the 10% people wear rainbow flags and marry the same sex. God forsaken this world is hell.

0xFFF1

depends on whether you end on lather or rinse would determine the validity or rinse lather repeat or lather rinse repeat. either way it continues ad nauseum according to the rule.

there really is no defined end point

(hands being worn to bone)

okay fine

BlueBug

You should abandon all this topic and just bang your head listening to trans music.

0xFFF1

10:55 PM

1

BlueBug

or dance like a pretty boy : youtube.com/watch?v=9zhB_BMvVqk

beware of the title : Andrew For QuarterHomme Lined Hipster Men Underwear | FashionTV

or option 3. Play diablo 3 till your death to find the perfect set of gears.