Game Development

Buffons needle algorithm for estimating $\pi$, basically a Monte Carlo method, dates to publication in 1777. note that Monte Carlo methods date to the 1940s with the US "Manhattan" atom bomb project & were coinvented by Ulam, Von Neumann, and Metropolis.

Grey

11:24 PM

*Theoritical

vzn

ARITHMETIC?!? aieeee

Alex M.

holy shit does unity support that

Grey

unity should

Alex M.

do I have to include System.BuffonsNeedleAlgorithm;

Grey

because it's magic. emailing the devs now.

This is unacceptable.

vzn

11:24 PM

very funky which Q/A get upvoted it seems random, never would guess sometimes

earned all my pts in that crowd through stealth hypnotism haha

magic?

hasherr

Vzn, why you no answer my question?

ToddersLegrande

this is vzn

Alex M.

whoa

ToddersLegrande

Thought I'd participate

Alex M.

shit now it's only a matter of time..

oh fuck I'll tell you anyway

vzn

11:27 PM

hasherr which question

Alex M.

that A in Alex M. comes from AT&T

hasherr

Are you a dev?

vzn

5 mins ago, by vzn

yes dev from young age

hasherr

Ah

vzn

you said I was clueless about flappy bird? =(

hasherr

11:28 PM

You should @ping more, I was probably examining codez

Alex M.

codez lol

vzn

codez rulez

hasherr

Got checkbooks in the mail today

Alex M.

that's not how you talk to computer scientists dude

you say stuff like

vzn

hurt my feelings about the flappy bird thing

:p

hasherr

11:29 PM

Track an IP address with a Visual Basic GUI interface?

Alex M.

"I was in the linear process of parsing my program's source code."

instead

vzn

lol its a start :p

Alex M.

see

I'm already his friend

haha

vzn

just tryin to figure out who the alpha male is around here must be you :p

hasherr

@vzn And sorry. :(

Alex M.

11:30 PM

yes, if you don't believe it look at this

Rough day :(

=)

meh, I should probably go take a shower and sleep

vzn

hasherr you have totally good pt about ppl not wanting to be rich for good reasons, just never met an american who thought that way :p

Alex M.

11:32 PM

it's 2 AM again

Grey

shame

get some sleep man. You stay up too late - on a consistent basis. ITS NOT HEALTHY >=[

Alex M.

@vzn I'm just the one everyone thinks is an asshole

but I'm really misunderstood

hasherr

@vzn Thanks. Sorry I was rude, there.

@AlexM. bahahaha

Alex M.

hang around, smart people are always good to have

vzn

alpha male, exactly lol

Grey

11:32 PM

we are not wolves

\o/

grey stfu

fuck you grey

lol

I am a wolf

humans are much more evolved than wolves. the alpha males dont eat each other :p

hasherr

11:33 PM

@AlexM. And I am Liam Neeson

Alex M.

who's that

Grey

@vzn What is your psychoanalysis of me?

hasherr

O_O

WAT

Grey

Share.

@AlexM. u need to watch taken

hasherr

Grey

11:33 PM

vzn

psychoanalysis? is this Cognitive Sciences? :p

Alex M.

I know who liam is damnit

hasherr

Alex M.

it was a joke

Grey

@hasherr stop we get it

hasherr

11:34 PM

no

Alex M.

yesterday, by Alex M.

But I will find you, and I will kill you.

hasherr

YOU MUST KNOW THE POWER

Grey

Taken: Alex M. Edition

hasherr

Alrihgt, going for walk

Alex M.

@Grey that's a badly translated version

the original is like

"But I will find you, and I will have sex with you."

"Forcibly."

@Grey is that mike jakeson?

Grey

11:36 PM

*mickle jacons

Alex M.

doo yah remembah tha time

SHAMONE

so did justine beiber retire for good

or did she continue to make .mid files

Aidan Mueller

Is he she still in jail?

Alex M.

wait did she get to be in jail?

lol

Aidan Mueller

You did here about that right?

Alex M.

this is justin bieber after escaping jail

Aidan Mueller

11:39 PM

That picture looks fake.

I don't think the distortion field is big enough.

Alex M.

lol

it's a huge black hole

it may not be 100% accurate

Aidan Mueller

like here

Alex M.

but it is at least 98% accurate

Aidan Mueller

I could be wrong though.

Alex M.

bah nvm

justin bieber is a sad enough topic

even for me

Aidan Mueller

11:41 PM

GTG. Bye!

vzn

10 mins ago, by Grey

@vzn What is your psychoanalysis of me?

smart! =)

Alex M.

whoa

no shit

grey is pretty clever

he also makes awesome games

and the pixel art for them

vzn

cool

yeah always wanted to get into gamedev.

its changed a lot. luved it when it exceeded hollywood box office revenue a few yrs ago.

$$$ billions. not expected 20yr or even 10yr ago...

Alex M.

I wonder if they don't become too expensive for their own good

Matt D

oh god wednesday

games are already too expensive for their own good

Alex M.

11:48 PM

with games so expensive it's really not a good idea to invest in anything other than the iPhones of games

vzn

actually the whole industry is moving to cheap games.

freemium model.

the game consoles are under pressure.

along with expensive $50/$60 games

Alex M.

not sure freemiums are necessarily cheap

just much more profitable

vzn

freemiums are like drugs, they are cheap but they get ppl addicted which is costly.

buying DLC.

Alex M.

how the hell does guild wars even survive

vzn

there are many that are not profitable.

its a "hit-based" biz similar to music industry, books, movies. have to churn out multiple titles & see what sticks.

Matt D

11:50 PM

freemium's been and gone. it isnt a positive factor

vzn

the winners pay for the losers.

freemium is the new thing man.

its a major biz model that will be around forever now.

Matt D

it actually turns more people away than it brings in.

people pushed it too far

vzn

haha dunno where you got your news :p

Alex M.

oh wow Risen 3 coming soon

more ugly islands

vzn

ppl dont like it, there is some backlash, but the sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.

Matt D

11:53 PM

there is quite a lot of backlash ;) we'll see. I think we're slowly stabalising to support a small number of big budget titles, much like film. and the rest of the market will be made up of clever, cheaper to produce titles at a lower price point

Alex M.

I'm not sure what it is that which makes Risen seem so depressing to me

must be the choice of colors

vzn

what do you regard as "backlash"? your friends complaining?

Alex M.

even a sunny scenery like that one seems depressing

vzn

the whole concept of "price point" doesnt make too much sense with freemium.

Alex M.

we need micklh in here, pronto

Matt D

11:54 PM

heh

vzn

"big budget title" funded by freemium? huh? can you give an example?

Matt D

i dont really see much of a place for fremium in the general market outside of perhaps MMO and Mobile, and even mobile it turns more people away than it brings in.

Ad driven is also pretty much dead

vzn

mobile gaming is massive

and increasing

as far as overall market share.

its also expanding the market.

Alex M.

mobile gaming meh

Matt D

yep. and budgets are increasing for mobile games

you get the odd thing like "flappy birds"

Alex M.