Game Development

Alex M.

10:00 PM

Big Layoffs At Thief Dev Eidos Montreal rockpapershotgun.com/2014/03/04/…

anime, in a single picture

Noctrine

>>

Alex M.

damn my coffee answer got 12 upvotes :\

the other better answer also got 10, so it's not all bad

I hope OP accepts his

Grey

solid-angle.blogspot.com/2014/03/…

^ Bioshock Infinite Lighting Routine ^

Alex M.

Grey

what the fuck are those screenshots in the post

FUCKING SCREENSHOTS FOR ANTS

Grey

What post

Alex M.

10:08 PM

that blog post

obviously

Grey

Its BioShock infinite

Alex M.

the ones showing the steps

Grey

Alex M.

that's fucking tiny

Grey

Hybrid Lighting System
The lighting system we came up with was a hybrid system between baked and dynamic lighting:
Direct lighting was primarily dynamic
Indirect lighting was baked in lightmaps and light volumes
Shadows were a mixture of baked shadows and dynamic shadows
The system handled both stationary and moving primitives."

Alex M.

10:11 PM

sorry, can't tell what's what in those shots

am I the only one thinking they're too tiny

Grey

u must be blind

Alex M.

still

Grey

get glasses

pls

Alex M.

I'm sure the author doesn't play his tech demo at that resolution

so what's the point of resizing them like that?

Grey

yes he does

Alex M.

10:12 PM

320x180

Grey

My first guess is,

Alex M.

that's a smartwatch resolution

Grey

his blog theme broke if it was too large

Almo

that layoff shit is right next door

Grey

@Almo :o

Alex M.

10:12 PM

YO GUIS I DID BAYOSHACK INFENITE LIGHTENG ON SMARTWUTCH DERP

Almo

eidos is in the building just to the east of this one.

well, what we in montreal call east, anyway

Grey

Oh yeah. I heard, they layed off 27 workers.

Almo

due to the funny shape of the island, east is really north east

hasherr

laid*

Grey

cant spell

hasherr

10:13 PM

Hi Grey

Grey

Go away

No

@AlexM. smertwutch*

:)

@MickLH yes

@Grey Working on anything new lately?

MickLH

10:14 PM

if only they turned down the ambient a bit

Alex M.

►

Grey

I might participate in the procedural death game jam. I asked a few people on twitter what they thought of the Godot Engine and based on my feedback.... to many wrinkles to be used with ease.

I don't want to use Unity for the jam, because Unity prevents me from polishing due to it's premium nature.

Alex M.

this is probably the most annoying thing I've heard in a while

it just annoys me at the deepest level

Grey

@AlexM. WHERE IS YO YO MA

Alex M.

the way it sounds and is laid out

Grey

10:16 PM

@hasherr that pretty much it. Not doing a whole lot that's new.

hasherr

Cool. I'm going to release an Android game this week.

Almo

:)

hasherr

I have to wait for my credit union to email me some stuff about my debit card

And then I should be good to go

Grey

pls screenshots

hasherr

Yes sir coming right up sir

Grey

10:17 PM

it better be dino man

hasherr

Nope

Grey

SCREENSHOT. too much tense

And also Congratulations

hasherr

Grey

Oh you finished it!

:D

2nd finished game?

Alex M.

@hasherr we talked about someone I knew sometime before

hasherr

10:18 PM

Alex M.

who went from Romania to the imperial college in london

to team up with another guy and release this

Grey

FLAPPYRBDIa

Alex M.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andreicioara.flappy

Grey

@hash r u charging for it

hasherr

Of course not. 100% free, no ads.

ToddersLegrande

10:20 PM

> Thanks for all your enthusiastic responses! We've received a lot of emails and comments, so we'd like to address the most popular questions:

1) Yes! This is real! We look forward to showing you just how real The HUVr is with a series of public live events coming soon to major US cities.

2) Yes! It is safe! Your safety is our highest concern. We wouldn't release a product that wasn't rigorously tested to the highest industry standards. When used properly, The HUVr is actually safer than riding a bike!

hasherr

@AlexM. lol, what about it?

Grey

@ToddersLegrande ITSREAL

nothing

!!!

Ha

10:20 PM

111

hasherr

@Grey I don't think that's the char value for !

Ugh, I don't know how to draw ghosts :(

Grey

in the grey prog lang

it is

Almo

if someone made one of those things, they would in fact make a shitload of money.

let me rephrase that: "a fucking shitload of money"

ToddersLegrande

a metric boatload

hasherr

Alex M.

10:22 PM

the police would still have to approve of them

hasherr

I like this one, but I'm not sure how to improve on it.

Or animate it :P

Grey

@ToddersLegrande I wonder if you can go offroad

ToddersLegrande

@Grey not likely. They've only planted invisible wires near roads

Grey

wait. it requires wires.

NEargh

Alex M.

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Q: A questionnaire on effectiveness of C# for developing android games/applications

I am an MSc IT student currently doing my final dissertation with a topic of effectiveness of programming language C# for developing an Android Game. I would be very grateful to you if you could give your valuable 10 minutes of time on filling my questionnaire. Your answer would mean a lot to me....

lol

Grey

10:26 PM

That's hi dissertation

can I laugh

hasherr

@AlexM. Shall we troll?

no

no

No?

no.

10:28 PM

Why?

Grey

Alex has turned a new leaf.

Almo

why not

Alex M.

because we know better than that

hasherr

lol, fuck that.

Grey

we are respectable gentleman and perservers -

@hash!

Almo

10:29 PM

wow

bad question

holy shit

hasherr

@Grey Oh shut up, you're 14 years old.

Almo

up to neg 7

or down to, i suppose

hasherr

You should be out there smoking and skateboarding with your friends

NOT BEING A M'LADY FEDORA BOI

Alex M.

GREY IN DA FUCKING HOOD

Grey

; _ ;.

hasherr

10:31 PM

You live in LA. How the fuck are you still alive.

Alex M.

> Pop pop pop, drops the sucker
If he's from another hood I gots ta shoot the mutherfucker

►

I just can't get enough of this shit

best song in gta sa

totally grey's jam

hasherr

Lol, this link crashes chrome. Make sure you're reading this before you click. > demo.cmrg.net

lmao

10:33 PM

no thats pip

hasherr

Oh, my bad

Alex M.

@hasherr I did read that but still clicked

fuck you

what is that link doing

hasherr

^

Grey

Do you have that stuff bookmarked

Instant Recall

hasherr

It's saved on my hard drive, fo

I have a folder called 'Pictures of Grey'

Alex M.

10:35 PM

On March 4, 2014 at press conference in Novo-Ogoryovo the President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that if a revolution took place in Ukraine, it is a new country with which Russia did not conclude any treaties.[13] He brought up an analogy with events of 1917 in Russia, when as a result of the revolution the Russian Empire fell apart and a new state was created.[13] However, he stated Ukraine would still have to honor its debts.

if a revolution took place in Ukraine, it is a new country with which Russia did not conclude any treaties.

what is this line supposed to mean?

hasherr

I don't know. I'm not a lawyer.

Alex M.

is it equivalent to

if revolution in ukraine then consider ukraine = new country w/0 treaties; else keep stuff as it is.

vzn

its a justification for the invasion...

Grey

It means that he's probably going to attempt to "retake" Ukraine

@vzn this

vzn

a sort of legal justification to avoid sanctions maybe

Alex M.

10:37 PM

answer my question

I'm trying to understand the phrase

it looks like a weirdly laid out english to me

hasherr

Y'know, it's be pretty cool if this wasn't the start of ww3

Grey

@AlexM. Ukraine is undergoing a large scale revolution.

Alex M.

no shit

vzn

talking to me? which phrase?

Grey

Depending on it's outcome it may not become the "Ukraine" that Russia knows

hasherr

10:38 PM

@Grey PLEASE TELL US MORE

Alex M.

2 mins ago, by Alex M.

if a revolution took place in Ukraine, it is a new country with which Russia did not conclude any treaties.

2 mins ago, by Alex M.

what is this line supposed to mean?

2 mins ago, by Alex M.

is it equivalent to

1 min ago, by Alex M.

if revolution in ukraine then consider ukraine = new country w/0 treaties; else keep stuff as it is.

vzn

it means that countries are based on "legitimate" governments

Grey

^

vzn

its not really a new country but a new govt that is regarded as "illegitimate" by putin

Grey

Those with puppets in place.

Alex M.

10:39 PM

so what I said above is true

okay

vzn

hes saying its like a new management that has to honor prior debts with russia...

Alex M.

@ColeJohnson you are terribly wrong! If you try to run this query on Jon Skeets account it will overflow! — Tomas 5 mins ago

lol Jon Skeet's rep overflows stackoverflow

hasherr

If NATO gets involved then Putin will back down. At that point he can do nothing.

Alex M.

except for war

you know, because Russia is pretty big

vzn

putin has done the opposite of back down.

Grey

10:40 PM

and then the US will probably get involved.

vzn

he upped the ante.

hasherr

@AlexM. Against NATO?

Grey

more so than they are now

vzn

US avoiding it

hasherr

It's fucking NATO, bro.

Alex M.

10:41 PM

why not it's not the first time someone went against the world

and if it's someone with enough power to do it

it's Russia and/or China

vzn

china is indeed "interested" in outcome.

Grey

"It is diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, not unilateral force, that can best solve disputes like this in the 21st century," Kerry told reporters to wrap up his one-day stop in Ukraine's capital. "President Obama and I want to make it clear to Russia and to everybody in the world that we are not seeking confrontation."
However, he continued, "if Russia does not choose to de-escalate, if it is not willing to work directly with the government of Ukraine, as we hope they will be, then our partners will have absolutely no choice but to join us to continue to expand upon steps we have taken …

WWIII anyone? ugh

I hope not

Fuck, I hope not.

10:41 PM

Same.

Alex M.

I still have programs to write

Grey

I'm too young to serve

Alex M.

and I don't want to be forced to help the rusfags

hasherr

@Grey Little shit.

vzn

US talking mainly about economic sanctions/isolation so far, not military

Grey

10:41 PM

Lmao

Alex M.

I've heard they use vodka on their balls when masturbating

hasherr

@vzn We're not interested in it.

vzn

in what?

hasherr

War.

Or anything going on their right now.

vzn

who is? only plutocrats/warmachine corps

hasherr

10:42 PM

At least in my community

Most people I know don't even know that Ukraine has a revolution.

vzn

everyone who reads news knows.

hasherr

Regardless, they don't care.

Grey

@vzn We don't need to get involved in another War. We are already suffering from the residual effects of the "War on Terror". Why the hell are you going after 50-40 guys that make up a terrorist organization with majority of our military forces. It took one Special Ops mission to take down a supposed "terrorist leader" but it takes us years to finally realize that the War on Terror overseas was a waste of time.

Alex M.

@hasherr I bet most people there also know Iraq is the place where you find the worst people ever :A

vzn

and how old are "they"? :p

hasherr

10:44 PM

@AlexM. They see a guy with a turban and dive on the ground.

Alex M.

lol

vzn

haha you guys have been playing too much Call of Duty or somethin :p

Grey

I don't play COD

hasherr

@vzn Mostly kids my age. 16, 17, 18

Alex M.

@vzn dunno what makes you say that

vzn

10:45 PM

exactly.

hasherr

But think about it, if there is a war, a lot of these kids will go into that.

They might not even know why they are fighting.

Alex M.

I'm just not confident in my future in the case of a war

vzn

take a deep breath. war extremely unlikely. was halfway joking on that.

Alex M.

last time we participated in a world war

vzn

nobody is confident of the future in a war

Alex M.

10:46 PM

half of it we went with Hitler

the other with the russians

MickLH

it'll be the same thing again

vzn

its unusual how many major powers have a stake.

Alex M.

right now we're fighting US' wars

MickLH

USA will be hitler this time

vzn

but war is generally not in any of their interests.

MickLH

10:46 PM

hehehe

hasherr

@MickLH Lol.

Alex M.

and we're having Russia nearby

MickLH

@vzn except the super-rich military industrial complex

ToddersLegrande

THE JIG IS UP

nelsoncheng.com/acting

MickLH

super rich because of wars...

Alex M.

10:47 PM

@ToddersLegrande dude, we're talking about wars

vzn

grey: preaching to the choir. you cant guess how many times have written "warmachine" myself in a blog wink

MickLH $$$ ourselves into oblivion

ToddersLegrande

@AlexM. This is more important. It's about HUVr boards!!!

Also this is GDSE so neither of our topics are appropriate ;)

vzn

what is HUVr anyway?

MickLH

@ToddersLegrande Unless we're collaborating on a game about hoverboard wars

vzn

& does anyone know the real reason that flappy bird was yanked? wanna know answer to that for wks

Icy Defiance

10:49 PM

it's an edgy misspelling of hover

ToddersLegrande

@MickLH sounds like video game gold. Let's get started.

vzn

right. a new game? url?

Icy Defiance

and no one knows the "real" reason it was yanked except the creator, because all he said was "I can't take this anymore"

hasherr

@vzn Well, a lot of reasons

Alex M.

@vzn a real world hoverboard

Icy Defiance

10:50 PM

he never clarified what "this" was, exactly

MickLH

@ToddersLegrande sounds great, such fucking easy animations ;)

Alex M.

GUYS THIS ONLY GOT 22 VIEWS

vzn

"I CANT TAKE $50K AD REVENUE/DAY" wtf

Alex M.

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Q: Ideas for the 2014 Spring GameJam

We'll hold the Spring GameJam soon enough (in a month or so, starting today, 3 March 2014). Drop all of your ideas for the new GameJam as answers here. Based on a combination of votes and relevance of comments under each answer, we'll make a list of stuff and then a poll, for everyone to vote to ...

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does nobody want more jams

hasherr

@vzn Don't think about it like that.

vzn

10:50 PM

my gamer friends all say its not the real reason, it cant be

hasherr

Money might be great, but it puts you in a spotlight

vzn

ridiculous

Alex M.

@hasherr just link him to articles

it's fastrr

hasherr

And where he lives, it might not be very safe to become rich over night

@AlexM. I don't want to have to search.

vzn

is he amish or something? haha whatever

hasherr

10:51 PM

...

Icy Defiance

it makes you a target for death threats, kidnapping threats/attempts, and scam attempts. people who are new to being rich are easy targets, so everyone goes after them.

vzn

where does he live?

hasherr

You're beyond ignorant.

Icy Defiance

but that's just speculation.

vzn

see now youre talking about a real reason there

hasherr

10:51 PM

@vzn Vietnam.

MickLH