Game Development

MickLH

17:00

or if you know cubic equations, it makes more sense as x^3 + x^2 + x = 0

@ShotgunNinja sssshhhh

Shotgun Ninja

@MickLH oh right

MickLH

why do you think the there's poverty?

Shotgun Ninja

but yeah, my company is stuck in the late 90's.

MickLH

greedy pieces of shit

@TheProgramm3r it makes more sense because we are 3D beings

1.618 = magic itself

TheProgramm3r

@MickLH I don't care. It's fun to dev in. Also, you are being really bitchy today, unlike the nice, helpful @MickLH from yesterday

bbl

Shotgun Ninja

17:01

Alcohol!

MickLH

@TheProgramm3r noooo

I love you ;(

in a no-CP way ;(

Shotgun Ninja

good to specify

MickLH

srsly

Shotgun Ninja

<3 pip

MickLH

pippppppppp noooooooooooo!

I'm so putting that in my zombie game

TheProgramm3r

17:02

@MickLH why are there 580 available jobs for python in Careers 2.0?

careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?searchTerm=Python

MickLH

@TheProgramm3r why do I not even have a carrers account?

btw I'm a C++ guy

TheProgramm3r

so?

MickLH

if I did C# I would, and I'd say why are there <5 digit number> jobs blah blah..

TheProgramm3r

here @MickLH

careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/43048/…

Amazon Games

C++

MickLH

HLSL is much much harder than C++

but I do that that too ;)

TheProgramm3r

17:04

or this one:

careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/44228/…

Rockstar games

MickLH

network is also much MUCH MUCH harder

do you even know wolfgang?

You'd call him Mr. Engel...

sorry

Grey

I can c plurs plurs

MickLH

Wolfgang Engel is basically a god among graphics programmers, @TheProgramm3r, he edited all the ShaderX^n books

Grey

I can also c minos minos

MickLH

and is still doing the GPU Pro X books

TheProgramm3r

17:06

@MickLH 542 Jobs for "Games C++"

hmmm

less than Python

MickLH

@TheProgramm3r he takes the time to actuall talk to me, because I know how to ask

you have to know some very specific things, to know how to ask

TheProgramm3r

779 jobs for "Games Python"

MickLH

drinks his beer ... at a womans house in a country thousands of miles away from home...

TheProgramm3r

OMFG

Pic in a sec

MickLH

@TheProgramm3r just get over it bro I don't want to fight

You're too young for this, did your parent's teach you fighting instead of communicating or something? mine did. I had to learn communicating on my own

TheProgramm3r

17:09

I love the job title @Blue

Hungry Python Engineer To Wear Many Hats <3

@MickLH nope

not mine

MickLH

good :)

joapet99

the sequence is working

MickLH

thanks @joapet99, sips beer in peace

joapet99

2.0 2.3333333333333335 is translated to AD

MickLH

@joapet99 age?

joapet99

17:12

14

Grey

@MickLH

coffee dad

@coffee_dad

just a dad who loves his coffee

842 tweets, 95.4k followers, following 0 users

joapet99

why is 1 / 0 infinite

MickLH

@joapet99 mathematicaly it's undefined

it's infinite in programming because it helps nubs find their errors

think... 1/0 = ?, and 2/0 = ?

joapet99

this code could never be cracked since the radar is changing after every calculation

MickLH

@joapet99 I doubt that, sorry

joapet99

17:16

sorry? that is the coolest thing about my sequence

MickLH

@joapet99 give me more info

@joapet99 srs

Shotgun Ninja

@joapet99 radar?

wtf is a radar

stop using terms that we don't understand

Icy Defiance

Radar

Radar is an object detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio waves or microwaves which bounce off any object in their path. The object returns a tiny part of the wave's energy to a dish or antenna which is usually located at the same site as the transmitter. Radar was secretly developed by several nations before and during World War II. The term RADAR i...

my first message today is a smartass one. aww yeah.

MickLH

@IcyDefiance fucking ...

thanks though that (5) was glee

@IcyDefiance collaborate on my engine

Icy Defiance

eh?

Shotgun Ninja

17:26

Yeah, but he's using the term "radar" to refer to some variable to his bullshit sequence thing.

MickLH

@IcyDefiance it's in C++ sorry, but that's not even much different than C#

and pays more

bro we can be having ego squared every time we post a screenshot, wtf

Icy Defiance

have I just been offered a job?

joapet99

Sorry had to eat candy

Icy Defiance

are you still drunk, Mick?

MickLH

@IcyDefiance no I'm only drunk

I never offered to pay, although if you pull requested something fucking amazing I would, obviously

I'm not a piece of shit

joapet99

17:29

@ShotgunNinja I just had to call it something so why not radar

MickLH

@joapet99 because we dont know what the fuck that means

radar is already a word

joapet99

radar/number + 2

MickLH

@joapet99 ok this is still bad, but radarNumberAverage is a WAAAAAAAAY better name

because coding is a LANGUAGE

I want to read it and know what it means

I DONT ENJOY BEING AN EMULATOR

pretend you are trying to get laid and manipulating a girl

make it sound good, no matter what it says

Shotgun Ninja

try 'ratio'

MickLH

make it sounds like what you MEANT even if that's not what it's DOING

@JoshPetrie please

Icy Defiance

17:32

or call it X. and not a lowercase x. I mean X. pretend you're a friggin' secret agent.

user4704

Hm?

MickLH

please prove to him with your high rep and important job, that coding practice is imporant

That you need to name your variables APPROPRIATELY if you ever want anyone to understand

user4704

I don't think my high reputation or job is needed to do that.

user4704

It's pretty simple: if you ever want to get help with your code, ever, you should name things sanely.

joapet99

@MickLH what about decryptingNumber

user4704

17:33

I, for one, will refuse to help people whose code doesn't follow sane practice and who refuse to adjust that practice when educated about why it isn't sane.

joapet99

because it makes the sequence unreadable

Icy Defiance

that would be encrypting, but it sounds good

MickLH

@JoshPetrie not for one.. for average

Icy Defiance

decrypting is making an encrypted thing readable again

MickLH

@joapet99 make your encryption ALSO READABLE

security by obscurity is NOT SECURITY

joapet99

17:34

sorry I thought it was opposite

MickLH

security by mathematics is secure

you WANT people to break your encryption

joapet99

so encryptingNumber

MickLH

there IS such thing as unbreakable encryprion

Mathematicians don't know code, make it easy for them

They will break it first

If you fix it before any other progrmmer breaks it, no script kiddie ever comes out wiht a tool

Jon

script kiddies don't come out with tools.. they use the tools someone else made

MickLH

Make it EASY TO READ and open source if you want security, stability, or performance

OR, be the best in the world

either way works

Icy Defiance

17:36

on a tangent, is there really unbreakable encryption, or is it just unbreakable within the century on current supercomputers?

Jon

Not everyone can be a programming superstar.

MickLH

@IcyDefiance there IS unbreakable encryption

joapet99

does this make sense
encryptingNumber / number + 2 = 2.0
encryptingNumber / number + 2 = 2.25

MickLH

and of course, it's already well defined and implemented

it's called One Time Pad

Icy Defiance

huh, cool, I'll look that one up

god

the missing 'a' threw me off

MickLH

17:37

@joapet99 use my calculator

@IcyDefiance sorry, I did fix it for a reason

joapet99

@MickLH where is your calculator

MickLH

@joapet99 ill get a link for both hold on

joapet99

But I don't think it finds the answer without knowing encryptingNumber

the encryptingNumber changes every time you use the sequence

MickLH

@joapet99 szifler.com/calc/…

joapet99

I see it

MickLH

17:41

so you see, the algeabraic definition for both

in terms of the other variables

joapet99

yes, but then calculate A5

MickLH

how do you?

As an attacker, I have at least what your program does

As information to break your system

joapet99

the 5th number in the Arbendo sequence

MickLH

And I can read x86(+/-_64) IL and JVM

also most of ARM and PPC

@joapet99 give me the part of the app that calculates the Arbendo sequence, I decompiled the IL of your .NET app

Shivang Sarawagi

can anyone tell me how do we write the storyline of a game?

MickLH

17:44

I know what it does, now give me the equation

@ShivangSarawagi drop LSD

joapet99

wait a sec

MickLH

Half-Life was successful right?

cool. make sure it's pure

user4704

@ShivangSarawagi With a text editor.

user4704

Or whatever works for you.

user4704

There is no one definitive way.

MickLH

17:44

if it's not pure. not my fault for your schizophrenia

joapet99

the 5th number in the Arbendo sequence is 2.8 if the number is 5

Jon

I wouldn't recommend a typewriter.

MickLH

code it yourself, having that knowledge will make the trip better anyways

joapet99

which equals H

user4704

I think our neighbors tried to deep-fry their turkey this year.

Shotgun Ninja

17:45

@joapet99 publish codebook pls, we humans have no idea what you're doing.

MickLH

@joapet99 write it in math terms or get @Jon to help please I have to piss

Shivang Sarawagi

Suppose I want to build a football fantasy manager, that includes so many factors & all plus a storyline so is there any software or writing the flowchart or something like that

joapet99

okey

Jon

Brain Mapper

Shotgun Ninja

@ShivangSarawagi Fantasy Football + Storyline? okey

MickLH

17:46

@ShivangSarawagi if algebra slows you down, I made a webapp for that: szifler.com/calc

user4704

@ShivangSarawagi Not for doing all of that, but there is software designer to help you as an author develop a story.

Shotgun Ninja

@joapet99 wat

MickLH

brb

user4704

Or at least the outline.

joapet99

pastebin.com/0nUpvPdE

the boring stuff first

user4704

17:46

Mind-mapping software, outlining software, software like Scrivener, et cetera.

Shivang Sarawagi

thanks guys

joapet99

pastebin.com/BXjFBB1M

Shotgun Ninja

Oh, hey @Josh

joapet99

heres the code

user4704

What is the "arbendo" sequence and why is the variable called "radar?"

Shotgun Ninja

17:48

@JoshPetrie because this kid loves to invent nicknames for random things

MickLH

@JoshPetrie arbitrary...

make him fucking stop

joapet99

it is called encryptingNumber actually

MickLH

or ban him, either way, fun for me

see

Jon

i coded a snail this morning

Icy Defiance

well your parameter is still called radar

user4704

17:48

No, it's called radar, right in the paste bin you linked first.

Shotgun Ninja

@Jon ?

user4704

I'm not going to ban him, but you also don't have to answer his questions if he is being unreasonable.

joapet99

sorry forgot to change that part

Shotgun Ninja

how does one code a snail?

Jon

lol

MickLH

17:49

win

Shotgun Ninja

oh, the AI for a snail

Jon

essentially

Shotgun Ninja

the animation looks pretty smooth, and I like the slime trail

MickLH

lol he left

Shotgun Ninja

probably just went for more candy

MickLH

17:50

yeah slime trail is pro

Jon

Its not done... I need to make the animation tween a bit when it slugs around

MickLH

definitely using alpha blending... but in what way?

wow it's frame based?

Jon

this is original particle:

joapet99

@JoshPetrie http://pastebin.com/d2m0Fmyy
http://pastebin.com/TZBs6eEX

Jon

MickLH

17:51

that's high fps yo

Jon

its basically a simple alpha blend

with color variations

MickLH

@Jon I'm so fucking drunk, you owe me $5 USD if you make me do algebra

not because algebra is hard, but because I have to fix a bug in my algebra app if it doesn't work

and I also thank you, but so far, no bug :)

Jon

lol

MickLH

it's on GitHub

my ego can't handle unfixed bugs

Jon

what is the bug?

Shotgun Ninja

17:53

@joapet99 where's the input file?

MickLH

my ego can barely handle the possibility that the machine noises from the other room could be from violent entites with IQ >= 1600

joapet99

But then you can decrypt it. That is scary

MickLH

*BZHEOUWWWW WOBWOBWOBWOBW /micklh is dead

joapet99

@ShotgunNinja pastebin.com/9FTzYYf9

Icy Defiance

whooooo

MickLH

17:56

@joapet99 stop trying to fucking hide it

user4704

@joapet99 Why are you doing this?

MickLH

im being nice by not trying hard

joapet99

I gave you the file

user4704

Because this "encryption" appears to be basically akin to a Caeser cypher, perhaps the simplest form of encryption ever. And trivially crackable.

MickLH

Do you really want a drunk MickLH to crack your encryption analytically

@JoshPetrie will gladly tell you that means your fired from Microsoft

user4704

17:57

So why are you trying to write encryption code?

MickLH

Not because you thought it was ok, but because you INSISTED it was ok

Programmers need to trust you

joapet99

Just fun!!!

user4704

Okay, so, do you actually want to learn about it?

joapet99

....

MickLH

If you didn't prove it ANALYTICALLY, then say "I think."

user4704

17:58

Or do you want to pretend you learned about it?

MickLH

That's why language has words like "think" different from "know"

joapet99

I didn't learn much, but it was fun anyway

user4704

Learning about encryption isn't something you can reasonably accomplish just by muscling your way through some code.

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MickLH

@joapet99 we want to teach you or else we would be ignoring you

user4704

You can do that with, say, graphics programming (although it is suboptimal and you shouldn't).

MickLH

17:59

trust me, I go on IRC with mentally ill people sometimes

joapet99

Graphics programming is cool

MickLH

Even schizophrenic will ignore you if your ego gets too big

user4704

But encryption is based very heavily on number theory and mathematic principles that are important to understand before you just go off writing some code thinking you are accomplishing something or learning.

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