Game Development

Almo

15:02

wow

150/30

speed

Jon

I can upgrade to 450/350

or 300/30

450/350 is 250$/month

Almo

holy shit

450 MBPs?

Jon

yeah

Almo

:o

Jon

57 MB/s

Almo

15:04

fuckin hell man

Jon

if your PC can handle it

It is not very affordable

Almo

no, not really.

Pip

@Jon I would rather spend that money on... hardware

Almo

I can't image what you would need to be doing to require that kind of bandwidth

(at home)

Jon

minecraft server

Pip

15:05

Lots of youtube videos? (Production, I mean)

Servers

etc

Almo

I mean at home

Jon

lol, yeah, you could essentially run a small server farm

Almo

businesses, sure

but a home user...

Jon

have like 10 game servers running

It is not meant to be used for business either.

Joe

what if i want to multi box 40 world of warcraft characters and run molten core all in my lonesome

Jon

15:06

Great for extreme internet users who need bandwidth-to-the-max

Simultaneously-share high-data files
Game like never before
Stream multiple HD movies at the same time
Video chat and conference in HD
Edit film online
Get unlimited use – no usage caps or fees1

Game Like Never Before!

Almo

our conn can already stream multiple HD movies at a time

by multiple I mean two

haven't tried more

Jon

It is more than likely meant for people that transfer videos over the net

possibly a wanna be youtube star

Pip

How much video would you have to need that much bandwidth :/

Jon

uploading a gigabyte video on a 30MBps connection every few hours could suck balls

Pip

true

Rendering would take longer than uploading though

I would rather downgrade a bit, build some dedicated rendering/uploading hardware, and automate it

Almo

15:09

I can see more use for somethign like 100/100

I think we're 50/10

the 10 is the issue

not the 50

Jon

upstream is capped to stop you from running a at home business if you ask me

ujwal dhakal

jon sir?

whats the best library for card games?

Jon

Elton Jon... I am not.

Personally, I'd write my own libs for a card game

Deck, Card

Done.

ujwal dhakal

oh so i mean to write all those animations

:(

Jon

What animations?

A card translating from one position to another?

Man, don't strain yourself.

A card flip animation, just set animate the width or height of the card to 0, swap texture, the animate back to normal

ujwal dhakal

15:12

ok jon sir my first effort about to get success

Jon

Write it yourself -- don't look for a library for this.. you should be able to do all this

Almo

@Jon agreed

ujwal dhakal

ok sir thanks for inspiring me

i will do it without using any other libs

Jon

do it!!!

Start small

Write a Card class

make it draw

Write a Deck class.. make it store all the cards

@ujwaldhakal also, if you are writing in C#/Xna/Monogame -- Microsoft has a starter kit that you could use

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms789080.aspx

its kinda shitty, but shows you some of the concepts I talked about

ujwal dhakal

i am using node sir

Pip

15:21

@Jon who the heck are you talking to? I can't think of anyone that I've ignored.

Jon

lol

Pip

Seriously, who is it?

Jon

ujwaldhakal

Pip

ah

Almo

if you ignore someone, their icon still shows in the logged in thing on the upper right, but very small

so if someone you ignored is talking, you can tell by looking up there

ujwal dhakal

15:26

yes sir

Hjorthenify

Fist day of uni: Nailed Java class, but now i have a flat tire and there is a thunderstorm out

ujwal dhakal

@Jon sir

Hjorthenify

Hammerlock

Pip

@Hjorthenify that sucks

All three things suck

user4704

15:44

Thunderstorms are awesome.

Pip

Depends if you are stuck in the middle of nowhere with a flat or not

Lokkij

Thunderstorms are significantly less awesome when you're on a bicycle.

7

Pip

true

Jon

16:02

or swimming in the ocean

ujwal dhakal

:/

Pip

@Jon that would definitely be significantly less awesome when you're on a bicycle

I have to go home and do homework :/

user92578

:(

user92578

I feel for you man

user92578

Had to implement a list box for the new level editor UI:

user92578

16:09

Pip

Nice

user92578

Thanks

user92578

Went surprisingly smoothly

Kevin van der Velden

@Lokkij Can confirm: Was just on a bike

user92578

16:25

Ill call it a day, bye guys!

Pip

cya Tyyppi!

ujwal dhakal

16:45

jon sir?

how would u design ur database for turn wise game?

Pip

Oh this is cool

github.com/maker-dot-space/maker-dot-space.github.io

it's at maker.space

Hjorthenify

@Lokkij Or when you have to walk 7km home

Kevin van der Velden

17:12

I dunno, unless it's raining really hard with added wind I prefer walking over cycling

At least with walking my legs remain mostly dry

Stack Exchange

18:01

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Q: Should there be a migration path to Software Recommendations?

Given all the "which tech to use" questions this site seems to get, Software Recomendations looks like it might be a good place to migrate the "which tech" questions to (at least the "well defined" ones). At the least, it looks like a good location to redirect some of those users to. This recent...

OMGtechy

@Tyyppi_77 good job :)

Permanent link to this comic: xkcd.com/1571

@Jon YOU GOT IT :D

Pip

@Jon and Tallowmere :P (cc @Chris)

Almo

18:24

my favorite one like that is

OMGtechy

18:38

wired.com/2015/08/used-physics-calculate-much-yoda-weighs

@Almo ahaha

Lokkij

Oh my god why does the first practical for Autonomous Systems have to be those fucking Braitenberg Vehicles :(

Hjorthenify

Why does the first course of my math class have to be imaginary units? -.-

Kevin van der Velden

Because imagination is fun!

Lokkij

I don't know man Braitenberg Vehicles are so much more boring

Pip

@Hjorthenify You have an imaginary friend! (sqrt(-1))

Welp. I just opted myself out of taking a test to take AP Chemistry in favor of taking Honors Chemistry

Hjorthenify

18:53

@Pip At least I also have a real friend! 2+sqrt(-1)

3

Pip

Two years ago I took an advanced physics/chem class and I talked to some school admins about taking AP Chem, earlier this year. They FINALLY got back to me and I was like. No. I'm not motivated enough any more.

@Hjorthenify sqrt(-1) is real as well. That's a complex number

:P

OMGtechy

technically they are both have real and imaginary components

;D

Hjorthenify

@Pip According to my book real numbers are complex, but complex aren't necessary real

Pip

Uhhhhh yeah

that's a complex (non-real) number

2 by itself is real

Hjorthenify

Yup

OMGtechy

18:57

4

Dev2rights

lol

Almo

ahahahah

Pip

lol

Jovito

19:55

Ali.S

just what are you man?

@Hjorthenify ok so... you have a friend.... who is kinda complex, but is neither real nor imaginary?

Jon

20:29

Yah.... so basically make sure to google any computer parts you buy

LOL, I found like 5 youtube videos of this corsair PS I cancelled

everyone showing how loud the fan is

Chris

ouch

I've got a Corsair HX 650 and it's fine

also noticed mine has a spider on it atm ಠ_ಠ

Joe

nice and warm in there because the spider disabled the fan for heat

also thats why its so quiet

Chris

haha

Jon

was the CS750m

Chris

:(

iirc, Corsair uses the same parts as Seasonic?

Jon

20:34

Dunno

I ordered an Antec

Chris

remember reading it years ago, might've changed maybe

Pip

@Chris :D

Chris

I don't see him anymore, was just a little jumpy one

probably slipped back into the unit

Pip

Take it apart and use canned air!

Chris

nah, I've got things to do :D

Joe

20:36

and after you spray put on your sun glasses in a dramatic fashion and say something quirky... like "consider that, glasses your eviction notice"

Pip

lol

Chris

ಠ_ಠ

Joe

Chris

doing final testing today, then building and uploading and the like

several hours of gogogo mode

Pip

for?

Tallowmere?

Chris

20:39

yea

Pip

What's new?

Chris

this guy:

Pip

looks obnoxious

Chris

though that's an old gif

the flying body parts no longer can stun you

but they can stun enemies :)

Pip

I stopped playing after the freaking tongue things

feelers?

Chris

20:42

so you just raise your shield to deflect the initial explosion, and it's fun having the other enemies get stunned so you can whack 'em without worrying about getting hit for a few seconds

yeah the tongue mobs are the Feelers. I still think they're fine, just an extra challenge like anything else

Pip

Eh. I feel like they cool be a good late level addition.... they just got way too annoying and frustrating. Roguelikes should have some of that, but that passed my personal threshold. Not really a fault of the game, but meh.

Chris

yeah, Tallowmere doesn't really do that, was never in the scope to gate off the difficulty

Lokkij

"roguelike"

Chris

I died in Room 3 yesterday cuz I was up against 2 elites in a small space haha

Pip

lol

Chris

20:45

I say it's roguelike-inspired, but leave it at that

Joe

rougue-lite

Chris

yeah

Joe

ooo this one is better

"procedural death labyrinths"

Chris

I tried that for a little bit, but it's too long

doesn't sound as cool :p

Lokkij

Doesn't sound as cool?!

Joe

20:49

sounds like theres a monster truck announcer saying it in my mind everytime i read it

PROCEDURAL DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DEATH LABYRINTH!!!

Chris

Too many syllables

though announcers make everything more exciting

Joe

true

Ali.S

@Chris is it still selling, or did it slow down?

Joe

ok brb train time

Chris

this announcer ftw:

Robot Roller Derby Disco Dodgeball - Official Trailer

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@Ali.S It's slowed down - last month was the slowest

I'll do a sale this month

bazola

21:06

@Chris have you seen a lot of piracy on android

Chris

I have. Lots of search results

Pip

Yo Chris

You should do some DMCAs :P

Chris

It's a never-ending race

Not really worth my time, nor with my finances to hire a company to do it for me eh

Pip

heh true

Joe

21:21

DMCA?

Chris

Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice

Joe

unity has no DRM?

Pip

> A DMCA takedown notice is a notification to a company, usually a web host or a search engine, that they are either hosting or linking to copyright-infringing material. It provides them notice to remove the copyrighted works.

From www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/dmca/

Chris

21:37

@Joe Unity's editor has DRM for its Pro license stuff. Games are up to the developer to implement their own stuff

there's an Application.genuine check supposedly, docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application.html

to see if things have been modified

but mehhhhh it just gets cracked anyway

and you look at shit like Ubisoft's UPlay

nobody likes DRM except for the greedy corporates

OMGtechy

tbh they were probably never going to buy it anyway, take it as free advertisment

Chris

exactly

they share it round with their friends, word spreads one way or another

OMGtechy

indeed :D

Chris

there's a lot of intangible value

OMGtechy

I remember Skyrim came out I torrented it to try it out, after a couple of months I went and bought it

Other games ... I never would have paid for regardless

Chris

21:40

plus when you're releasing your game DRM-free on certain outlets, is a bit silly to have DRM versions elsewhere

OMGtechy

Yeah aha

Chris

heh

OMGtechy

Paid for a song on iTunes for the first time yesterday

Chris

:P I buy a few albums here and there, I'm not much of a music buff

OMGtechy

Well, I realised that other than 1 CD I've never paid for any music ... and considering I work for a music tech company that feels bad xD So I went and got an iPod and I'm slowly filling it with legal content

Pip

21:42

I need to figure out a way to stream some music for free

OMGtechy

youtube

Pip

Needs to be headless, preferably

OMGtechy

friends spotify

apple music trial

Pip

:/

I'd like something sustainable :P

OMGtechy

spotify do let you stream some for free :)

Pip

21:44

Yeah, but I have this RasPi sitting around that I want to make into a headless media center for my room

Can't do that without Premium

because Spotify doesn't have a release for ARM except for if you have premium

OMGtechy

Well, why not just download the songs you want on it?

and damn

Pip

That's what's going to happen

You need an API key for any non-spotify-signed versions

and you can only get that if you have premium

Chris

these days I just upload all my songs to Google Play Music

plus copies on Dropbox for backup purposes

but Play means I don't have to have physical copies anywhere... except for my phone when I'm out and about if I don't wanna eat up cellular data

Pip

Anyone want to help me assemble some music?

OMGtechy

Meh, Apple isn't going anywhere anytime soon so I think my music is safe with them for a while :P

@Pip "assemble"

Chris

21:46

Apple Music is horrid, but iTunes Store is fine

Pip

@OMGtechy As in "to gather together in one place for a common purpose"

I have a friend who really likes Apple Music for whatever reason

OMGtechy

ah I thought you mean "can someone tell me where to get some illegal content"

Pip

Ah, no

Well.... kind of. I'm going to use YouTube :P

I just need a list

OMGtechy

basement jaxx

fatboy slim

ed sheeran

Pip

Pastebin it :P

OMGtechy

21:48

the cat empire

NO :P

caro emerald

eminem

queen

Chris

I dunno, for me, Apple Music subscription, I click "Start radio" and then nothing happens. Doesn't even let me search Apple Music from the search bar, only lets me choose My Music and iTunes Store, it's really poorly integrated

Pip

Oh god no rap

OMGtechy

@Chris teh hax

@Pip not your thing?

Pip

Nope, not at all

Haha I remember the "Weapon of Choice" video

Chris

I liked Eminem in the 90s and 00s

then I grew up :\

OMGtechy

21:50

@Chris I really like the curtain call album

Pip

Anyone know of a tool that can download just the audio for an entire youtube playlist?

OMGtechy

Yep but I am not posting it here for legal reasons

The Noveltones - Left Bank Two - Vision On Gallery Theme

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Pip

Send me an email? :P

OMGtechy

You could probably find one with google pretty easy

which you totally should not do

Chris

@OMGtechy yeah, he's got a good style

OMGtechy

21:55

The rhyming structure in lose yourself is just immense

@Chris this is an awesome vid going on about it

Rhyme: Why Eminem is one of the most impressive lyricists ever

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Chris

nice

OMGtechy

do you know the song?

it's fun to pay attention to the structure as you're listening to it

Chris

yeah it's a good song, cool to see it dissected

Pip

Noice someone is printing me reprap parts for free

Most of them anyway, I'll need to print a few myself since a few won't fit on his printer

Ali.S

@OMGtechy yeah... it's just amazing how many rhymes there is in eminem's songs...

not just mom's spaghetti, actually that's one of his songs that I don't like, but every single one of them

OMGtechy

22:07

@Ali.S I like that album because he doesn't take himself too seriously in it

The more modern stuff ... he just seems to have lost his uniqueness

Chris

I feel like that too, or perhaps I'm just jaded

but it really is the rhyming that makes the songs good

Ali.S

the songs that like the most: "the real slim shady", "when I'm gone", "rap god"

OMGtechy

22:39

does gangsta dance

Jon

22:53

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring... Bananaphone

How "oldschool" graphics work, part 2 - Apple and Atari

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OMGtechy

@Jon it comes in bunches, I've got my hunches

TEddyBEaR

23:09

#*&^ "hello"

click

~down with the status quo~

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