Game Development

William 'MindWorX' Mariager

22:00

Yeah, they have this nice Release function. It'd be nice if I didn't have to manually compile them every time.

github.com/TinkerWorX/SharpCraft/releases

Alex M.

guys, help me out

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Q: Find angle between two points in java

I am making a very simple game and want the hunter to shoot the dragon when the player touches on the screen. I want the arrow to be craeted at hunterPosition.x and hunterPosition.Y and move towards the touchPoint. My Touch point co-ordinate is (x,y) I tried but I am failing to calculate the rig...

I'm trying to identify where he ripped the art from

the archer is from HOMM 1

Icy Defiance

if he's not selling it, does it matter?

Alex M.

yup, I'm curious

Icy Defiance

the only good reason :P

Alex M.

also I am pretty sure you can't just rip artwork and think it's fine for "not selling it"

Evan

22:07

All I think when I see that is, "This, again. . .really?" This site needs to restrict the ability to ask questions until you have used the search feature enough times :P

user4704

@IcyDefiance Yes

user4704

Copyright infringement is about copying not selling.

Icy Defiance

sorry, I should change that to releasing, not selling

for a project that only the creator will ever use, I don't see the problem

user4704

Technically, still yes.

user4704

Although it is of course much harder to gain any traction litigating that

Icy Defiance

22:09

legally, still yes, but morally? there is no "technically" in this situation.

Evan

I think educational institutions within the US get some flexibility with this, not 100% on that

Of course, no flexibility when it comes to commercial usage

just for the students

Icy Defiance

they don't as far as I'm aware, unless they're given flexibility in the license, which does happen

user4704

Section 108 allows some flexibility for libraries and archives.

user4704

copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108

John McDonald

Woah. While looking for the egg image, I came across this weekend's breakfast idea:

"Egg in Basket"

Icy Defiance

22:12

ooh, my mom used to make those once in a while

haven't seen it in years though

user4704

It's possible you could get a "fair use" exclusion for something you copy only privately. But fair use is thorny, and usually by the time you are relying on that you are screwed.

Icy Defiance

yeah, that's where the legal and moral questions have completely different answers

Jimmy

what's the best way to handle gl DisableVertexAttribArray?

do you just disable the vertex attribs after you're done with each shader?

I just spent like 2 hours debugging something that turned out to be "forgot to disable attrib array"

user4704

Also the law makes no real distinction for private copying, that I am able to see.

John McDonald

yeah, pretty sure that's right

Icy Defiance

22:16

@JoshPetrie wouldn't just owning the product give you the right to do that?

I mean what if I want to play a game on both my desktop and laptop. I have to copy it to do that.

Lasse

nowdays you don't own the game, you just have a licence to play it

Icy Defiance

heck, the very act of installing the game is an act of copying it, though I guess that's obviously endorsed by the creator.

@Lasse depends on how you obtain the game. through Steam, yeah, you're right. buy the disc, though, and I believe you own it.

user4704

@IcyDefiance Nope.

user4704

It's absurdly complicated.

Icy Defiance

seriously?

user4704

22:18

But it basically boils down to, you have a license to run the software on the disk.

user4704

Yes.

Icy Defiance

dang, the whole business is incredibly warped

user4704

IP law is really thorny and ugly, and completely non-intuitive.

user4704

That and privacy laws are the great problems of our time.

Jimmy

well, you wouldn't download a car, would you?!?

makes perfect sense :P

AttackingHobo

22:19

@Jimmy fuck you, I would if I could.

Icy Defiance

and people wonder why libertarians and anarchists are gaining popularity...

Jimmy

they should make a libertarian version of SimCity that plays itself

Dave

wow that would be aweful if it is based on SimCity 2013

Icy Defiance

that sounds like a pretty horrible misrepresentation of libertarian views, tbh

Jimmy

it's more likely a horrible misrepresentation of SimCity. I haven't played one in 15 years.

Evan

22:22

I think a better analogy is buying a ticket to a theme park. You get access to the theme park, but you sure as heck don't own the theme park just because you paid for access. The difference is the delivery format

AttackingHobo

@Jimmy You gave me a good idea. A game like SimCity that plays like a city builder for one person, and then a bunch of other people try to destroy the city through whatever means they can think of.

Jimmy

@AttackingHobo This is how some people play Starcraft

I remember playing Brood War back in the day and one guy getting offended that I attacked him too early (I had like 3 tanks 2 dropships and 20 marines, but he wasn't "ready yet")

AttackingHobo

lulz

Jimmy

anyways, anyone here have good ideas on how to structure a standard webGL game loop?

Icy Defiance

heck I used to do this with lincoln logs

little me was a pretty strategic guy

webGL? haven't used it yet

Jimmy

22:28

I currently have render() being called in a requestanimFrame() loop and update() being called on a setInterval(0) loop that keeps time residues to lock to 60 updates per second, since setInterval(16) seems more unreliable

AttackingHobo

@Jimmy this guy does codeofrob.com/entries/…

Jimmy

@IcyDefiance or just javascript game loops in general

AttackingHobo

@IcyDefiance Have I shown you my Virtual Extended Desktop idea yet?

Icy Defiance

no, but the name sounds cool

Lasse

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what is this

AttackingHobo

22:30

spaceglasses.com/applicants/695 if you like the idea, a vote would help(you need a twitter or github account for that)

@IcyDefiance if I can get it to work, it will be pretty damn awesome.

Jimmy

is the idea that you can use another device as a desktop extension?

Icy Defiance

definitely looks cool. I'm going to bet our first problem will be with quality, though. being able to read small text on a virtual monitor without moving your head real close to it may not be possible. then again, I haven't used the device.

Jimmy

I don't quite understand

oh, space glasses

AttackingHobo

Yeah. its a AR device that goes over your eyes. So it can display any kind of graphic in space

I would love being able to have a dual monitor setup with my laptop really

or whatever the system can hold.

AttackingHobo

23:28

Jimmy what do you think about the Virtual Extended Desktop

Jimmy

I dunno. I think it would be useful

but I'm not sure if it will look good in a AR view

AttackingHobo

Well obviously it would depend on the resolution of the device

But I wouldn't mind a low resolution large screen that I could put things on.

LIke putting this chat window floating off to the side would be awesome

Jimmy

waiting for someone to make an AR app that helps you find the LEGO piece you need

was that the intention of the lego demo in the video?

AttackingHobo

seems like it

Jimmy

a 3D interface for Zbrush would be nice too

Grey

23:50

; a ; i speaketh.

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