Game Development

Pip

9:01 PM

It works now...

meh

@AlexM. I just did it a different way

the lazy programmer that I am

want a gif?

Aidan Mueller

MickLH

yes

@AidanMueller can I suggest that it looks basically perfect except the "wall" at the back, in all the pictures I've seen like that it's only those "smaller" mountains and then the rock you are standing on disappears under the horizon

Aidan Mueller

Would this count as a "which tech to use"?

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Q: Why do I see a lot of games using Unreal engine when there are much better alternatives?

I play games on my computer often and I see a lot of games using the Unreal engine. Can someone explain why do developers choose to use this engine? In my opinion there are much better alternatives. For example games running on the cry engine look way better and the engine itself is more optimized.

Alex M.

@Pip k

Aidan Mueller

@MickLH I made the rocks smaller, and I am re-rendering.

MickLH

9:08 PM

also @hasherr I released that song I talked about: soundcloud.com/full-synthetic/error-function

Aidan Mueller

I may just shut off the inter-webs while this thing renders. It seems to be taking up a lot of CPU. BYE!

Pip

It won't upload :(

MickLH

lol uh.. peace?

Pip

come on

only 2 mb

MickLH

what the hell browser is he using where leaving a webpage open is too heavy to render

Pip

9:10 PM

idk

Aidan Mueller

@MickLH Chrome.

On a laptop.

Running winders.

Oh!

MickLH

I've had chrome eat up a lot of processor on here and on facebook

Aidan Mueller

I could close skype too. Who wants to talk to people anyway!

MickLH

lol!

Pip

It has to be...... 4 bytes smaller.... HOLY FREAKING CRAP

MickLH

9:13 PM

I always feel like in those situations they should just take the 4 extra bytes

but then what if you are 5 bytes over, then should they just take the extra byte again?

(repeat to infinity)

Aidan Mueller

Only give you ~10 bytes of breathing room.

Pip

lol

MickLH

so is 11 fine?

Pip

there

this time only 543 kb

MickLH

I'm pretty sure the solution is to just lie to the humans

Pip

9:15 PM

lol

look okay so far?

that's the same cookie Ortiel used :P

MickLH

lol look like cookie clicker

Pip

i found it on the internet

so, free game

MickLH

Is the gameplay the same as poke the rabbit?

Alex M.

@Pip cokie clacker

Pip

@AlexM. lol

getting a nice >70 frames too :D

MickLH

9:16 PM

davideogame.com/cokie/cokie.html

I'll just leave this here

Pip

lol

mine will be better

it will be for Android

and Windows and MacOSx and Linux

MickLH

lol you should have an easter egg beyond the main easter egg

Pip

and iOS if I want to pay $100 for a developer license

Kivy rules all the major OS's

MickLH

I mean the click 100 times isn't really even an easter egg in that genre of game

Pip

@MickLH what do you mean?

MickLH

9:18 PM

Normally in those games, if you click too many times, something stupid changes slightly

Pip

ah

MickLH

Like in poke the rabbit, it eventually bites your finger, and the game continues like that forever

Pip

i see

MickLH

But I would sure appreciate getting a real easter egg, like if I clicked a chocolate chip instead of just on the cookie 100 times, I'd enjoy being insulted about my chocolate addiction

Pip

If anyone wants the code, I am uploading it to GitHub atm

but I have to pick a license

and not a "free to do anything you want" license

MickLH

9:22 PM

No you don't

You can pick it later

Pip

may use this

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0

ik i can, but meh

nvm

this

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

MickLH

Pip

alright

lol

LeSam

9:36 PM

hi

MickLH

hi

Pip

hey LeSam

publishing to GitHub now @MickLH

MickLH

cool

LeSam

does someone know how to deal with Upper and lower case, with keycode returned from InputProcessor ?

Pip

alright

github.com/TheProgramm3r/CookieClicker

MickLH

9:39 PM

if (c>='A' && c<='Z') c+='a'-'A';

LeSam

@MickLH sorry I forget to say, it's for libgdx

MickLH

I was sortof playing anyways

that's some nasty shit I wrote there

LeSam

well it's for libgdx in Java

MickLH

I'm guessing you meant it the other way around anyways

LeSam

using keycodes

MickLH

9:43 PM

I usually use a character map to implement shift, if that's what you mean

Pip

so

@MickLH what should I implement next?

MickLH

I think in Java it would be something like "!@#$%...".charAt("12345...".indexOf(c)), if you're allowed to write nasty shit like that

Pip

options include a display for the number of cookies and buildings

MickLH

buildings?

Pip

um....

in the game: clickers, grandmas, farms, factories, etc

there are nine of them

so, what will I do @MickLH?

MickLH

9:51 PM

I'm not really sure yet, give me a good 10 minutes, I'm just getting my second wind that I need every morning to get out of bed at 2PM

Pip

kk

I'm going to take a walk

be back in like 10 mins, tell me when I get back

MickLH

give me another 3 minutes because I just lagged for 3 minutes and didn't get to start

Pip

10:06 PM

alright @MickLH

tell me nao :P

MickLH

lol

Pip

I even gave you an extra 2 minutes

:D

MickLH

You have to give me more info

Pip

play the game, man

orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/beta

the things in the store are the buildings

or I could do the thing on the cookie (the Label)

MickLH

I honestly, really tried

And I fucking hate it so much that I would sue you for emotional damages for posting that link if it were reasonable

Pip

10:12 PM

lol

so, what should I do next?

MickLH

eh

Pip

eh

lol

Aidan Mueller

Ok. Done.

Pip

what was that, Mick?

wb @AidanMueller

MickLH

lol nothing, just bad things

Aidan Mueller

10:21 PM

MickLH

looks nice

@Pip just complaining about how humans are literally all mentally retarded... every single one of them... physically unable to use their mind to its actual potential

Pip

ah

so, talking about me :P

MickLH

actually it's mostly talking about women

Aidan Mueller

Erm.

Pip

what @AidanMueller?

looks better btw

MickLH

10:24 PM