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Q: Place objects on a 2d sprite

I am creating a base for my game ( a circular island )..I will be doing it in Photoshop and import it to Unity as PNG. Now my question is, will I be able to add grids to it and place buildings on it like in RTS games or must my island be a 3d model to do so?

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Q: Why does perspective change with uniformly changed sizes?

I have no clearer title for this, sorry. I am experimenting with scale in OpenGL and have encountered something strange. If I create an octahedron with each vertex 1 from the global center and place the camera at 0,0,1 I get hat I expect: The camera intersects with the corner at 0,0,1 and cuts a ...

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Alexandre Vaillancourt

02:02

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Almo

02:21

thank you

Alexandre Vaillancourt

No problem!

Hjorthenify

08:06

@AlexandreVaillancourt Can you link me the bots profile so I can unblock it then? :D

user92578

09:43

@Hjorthenify Just go to your profile and to "prefs"

Blue Bug

chat.stackexchange.com/users/-2

DH.

10:15

Yay no more chat bloating because of the bot

If so many people voted to have the old behavior of the bot, who changed that option?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

10:47

@Dh. I did, some users said it was nice to have them with the chat messages. So I decided to try it :p

I'm surprised no one voiced their opinion for the other option!

DH.

Seems like everyone who actually checks questions trough the chat didn't like it so much :P

Alexandre Vaillancourt

11:15

@DH. yep!

Oliver Schöning

Hey y'all, good morning

user92578

Hey

DH.

Morning

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Hello!

Uri Popov

hey hey

Oliver Schöning

11:23

I'm feeling great! I havent had this much passion for programming in ages. I worked on my game all day yesterday. Got to bed around 00:00 and jumped up at 6am and kept working :D

Uri Popov

thats cool

Oliver Schöning

Do people never get sick of pixel art? I am trying out some vector based designs for my game. (Not that I would be capable of making pixel art anyways...) but there is just sooo much pixelart

In the indie scene anyways

DH.

It's because it's a simple way to get decent graphics

Vectors were used a lot too in the Flash webgames era

Oliver Schöning

Thats true. I used to really dislike vector art in most flash games. Odd how taste changes.

Uri Popov

wohoo my rudimentary talent tree system is working

user92578

11:37

awesome

Uri Popov

tree structures are fun

Oliver Schöning

I checked out a game called Rucoy. Pretty annoyed all their art assets are stolen from games. And odd they dont get shut down for using those :/

Uri Popov

havent done them since uni days

Oliver Schöning

Nice dude

Uri Popov

List<TreeNode> abilityList = abilityTree.BuildTreeAndGetRoots(abilityFactory.CreateAbilities(5)); Damn if OOP doesnt produce some sexy looking code sometimes

Alexandre Vaillancourt

11:47

@OliverSchöning You need money to shut down a game...

Oliver Schöning

:<

You can't just tell google play store that its your assets?

That.. scares me lol.. I don't want people taking my work..

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Maybe you can, but they can defend themselves. Then you have to go to court. If the original assets come from the USA, but the thieves live in a country where the copyright laws are more lenient, or justice is a bit more lazy, they'll have a hard time shutting them down definitely and get back the money they've made on the copyright owner's back...

Oliver Schöning

Ah okay .. I thought it was more like youtubes dmca stuff

Alexandre Vaillancourt

12:04

Well there is probably something similar; just that it can be more complex for games..

user92578

12:45

user92578

I'm feeling super good about this intro rework, it's actually kinda starting to make sense now

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Did you track how many hours you've put into this project?

user92578

nope

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Any regrets of not having done so?

user92578

not really. I guess it might be cool to know but it also might be a little depressing

user92578

12:59

(it's probably quite a lot, maybe a really lot for a game like mine)

jgallant

All those hours you could have spent getting high and drunk instead.... Sigh.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Well we have a fairly mature architecture here, and I still find that releasing a software takes an awfully long time.. ;P

And you had the added challenge of 1) using c++ and 2) writing most of the engine by yourself.

Maybe someone who used Unity could have spent much less time than you did to release the same software, but I guess that's a bit beside the point.

You're doing great :)

user92578

:)

Uri Popov

13:40

@jgallant true dat

DH.

Every time I see an update of GunHero makes me think I need to stick with an idea and start a project

Oliver Schöning

@Tyyppi_77 is that your artwork? Because it looks really really really good

DH.

Yeah he drew everything!

user92578

yeah that's all me, thanks!

Oliver Schöning

Damn. That is awesome!

Pixelart done right imo. Really has a style

DH.

13:44

Yeah specially his scenario is really good

user92578

It's something that I've really learned as I've progressed with the game, the old stuff I drew looked awful

Oliver Schöning

Gee.. now I get nervous about not using pixelart. Haha! But oh well. Can't really help it

Aw. Good to hear xD

user92578

that's from my prototype
yes, the player's jump is linear

Oliver Schöning

Im really glad I just started doing my project instead of obsessing about design patterns and art. I just use "programmer art" at the moment hehe

Neat. Not ugly per se. But looks like something a non proffesional did. But the new stuff. Thats ready for steam

user92578

13:47

programmer art is great but at the start I found out that I personally feel more motivated working with "real" art.

user92578

the great trick I figured out was that if I make the characters smaller, so small that faces won't fit on them, I don't have to draw faces

Oliver Schöning

Good idea

Yes. I am also scaling down stuff at the moment. Even tho it will be vector.

Behold! My masterpiece haha

user92578

that doesn't look terrible

Oliver Schöning

I get what you are saying tho. When I made those little leaves and wall textures, bad as they are it made me happier

Thank you. I never did vector stuff before. I am using Gravit Designer now. Its really fun. But need my desktop pc for it because its using javascript haha

I mainly focus on the server side code at the moment. But whenever I feel am ready for the next iteration I update the client

Hjorthenify

14:11

@Tyyppi_77 Gotcha

jgallant

14:42

I like the guy's face. Looks like he is unimpressed with the shitty world you created for him.

Oliver Schöning

rofl!

He should smile soon. I add him some items to pick up

NaCl

15:03

github.com/…

wow

jgallant

You should see how many security cams online have default passwords

Or printers.

I printed to random printers a few times.

Sie

Well good news is I finally found a job! Bad news is it will be spinning a sign. Beggars can't be choosers I suppose.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Are you done with school?

Almo

@Sie what's "spinning a sign"

Sie

Human billboard

A human billboard is someone who applies an advertisement on his or her person. Most commonly, this means holding or wearing a sign of some sort, but also may include wearing advertising as clothing or in extreme cases, having advertising tattooed on the body. Sign holders are known as human directionals in the advertising industry, or colloquially as sign walkers, sign wavers, sign twirlers or (in British territories) sandwich men. Frequently, they will spin or dance or wear costumes with the promotional sign in order to attract attention. == History == Human billboards have been used fo...

@AlexandreVaillancourt Still in school. It's $11/hour which is not bad considering minimum wage in FL is about $8.50. I'm guessing it'll just be a little weekend gig.

Almo

15:17

oh shit

but as you say, better than minimum wage.

I almost took one of these jobs. Was wearing a chicken suit, in Texas, in the summer. I'm sure I would have passed out.

ultimately I showed up and they weren't ready so the job service was pretty pissed off.

I was relieved.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Sie Yeah. Nothing prevents you from keep on looking!

keeping on*

Sie

True but I mean really it'll be like maybe 12 hours if that a week but it'll be money and experience (lol) in the meantime.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

15:30

heh!

DH.

15:44

Experience of being in street sweating with a sign

Sie

Yep.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

This concept is fascinating, I mean... they have to sell at least 4 extra sandwiches per hour to make the job worthwhile.. I really wonder how effective that is...

Uri Popov

Sie

17:05

So how should I simulate water going through pipes? I was thinking maybe little balls that represent a certain amount of water.

Hjorthenify

@NaCl This is even worse github.com/…

NaCl

there is no god

dcfyj

17:21

@Sie Why not use a similar method to what JGallant is using

Hjorthenify

github.com/jongallant/LiquidSimulator You mean this?

dcfyj

Yup, I did link something about it, I just didn't search out the github link.

jgallant

17:40

cellular automata is overkill for liquid going through a pipe

you can achieve the effect with a tile based approach

just draw the liquid inside the pipe, and then move it up the pipe at set intervals

Hjorthenify

17:53

But that is no fun

jgallant

oddshot.tv/s/GEPMcz

Alexandre Vaillancourt

MA. GIC.

jgallant

false. it is a miracle.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

What's the difference?

jgallant

a priest vs a magician

Alexandre Vaillancourt

18:33

both do magic!

Uri Popov

19:22

nobody likes muh ripper grill ;(

Alexandre Vaillancourt

What can she do?

Is that 'which technology to use'?

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Q: How to set up and use a development environment for games with graphics on a public computer?

We don't really have any IDEs or development environments with which we could develop games with graphics on school computers. We're on a network run by the school, and can't get technicians to install them, because they're a 'security nightmare' (even though quite a few students can easily circu...

c++ java

Uri Popov

Right now she cant do shit dude :D

but give me a month and she will be a unstoppable force of destruction for all things evil. :D

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Cool :P Make her kill!

Sie

u wut m8

DH.

19:44

@AlexandreVaillancourt Kinda... the question is actually "I want to code without being the owner of the computer"

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Yep

DH.

But it fits in the "Too broad section", because he isn't saying which IDE he wants to use :D

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Well he's not after an IDE, he's after a way to program games at school. I guess if we suggest a way to install a portable Eclipse, he'd be happy about it!

DH.

But would it fit GDSE purpose?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Yes and no; no because it could be asked over SO because it's a quite generic issue, and yes, because we've started to loosen the rule about "no generic questions" here; in this case, they want to make games, with graphics, so we have to take that into consideration...

Hjorthenify

20:21

gyazo.com/2121fb610bfd66861a974cbff27c240e

Now what

Chris McFarland

Add explosions

Hjorthenify

Ah yes

Using noise functions as well?

Chris McFarland

Maybe? lol

Hjorthenify

@jgallant I need your infinite knowledge on noise

Also the perlin noise function I've found doesnt "cluster" as much as I'd like :/

Chris McFarland

:(

jgallant

20:48

What do you need

Hjorthenify

Any idea how I can "zoom" in my noise?

So that the "empty" areas become bigger

It looks too much like static noise atm to be fair

jgallant

Yes.

Sample a smaller range

Hjorthenify

Like how small?

jgallant

Adjust it based in what output you want.

Hjorthenify

Alright

jgallant

20:53

What is your current code for sampling

Just divide the x, y values by a constant

Larger than 1 of course.

Hjorthenify

:P

Also using some glsl code I rewrote for unity

Figured it out I think

gyazo.com/e9b8a15b5c8d465a75b634c310d3605b

Chris McFarland

21:14

staarrrrrss

Hjorthenify

Staaaaars

Now to add colors...

Also this is all a shader as well

Soooo easy to implement

Hjorthenify

21:48

Wonder if I can use perlin for adding galatic clouds and galaxies

Probably need simplex noise or similar for that though.. Dont think perlin produce round enough objects

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