How do you guys make features so fast? Are the features just really basic, or are you constantly refreshing your game?

RPS mentioned you in their now regular column called devlog watch, which basically just shows devlogs from tigsource.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/03/17/devlog-watch-kaiju-panic-somewhere-crosscode-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29

Dark Souls 2? That just came out.

I keep on thinking there's some sort of really obvious logic trick that I can do to figure out the patterns....

Can someone please explain to me what the Helix fossil/Bird jesus was?

Dammit Password stop being so talented.

http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

Puzzle game that someone showed to me.

I don't know enough about this stuff, I've never tried programming Crysis 4 :p

Then why spreading rumors?

The guy was just asking for some basic help with Java. I just told him that Java was slower for really advanced games as a side note, because that's what I had read when I learned it. I didn't expect half the thread to discuss that.

Eh whatever. Java might be just as fast as C++. I don't know enough about this stuff, I've never tried programming Crysis 4 :p

ATM, it's not bad for basic games, but don't go expecting to learn to program Crysis 4 or anything.

Why not?

I'm pretty sure Java is still like 10% or something slower than C++. It still has to run through the runtime environment. For a 2d indie game, that doesn't matter, as most computers will be able to run that no problem.

Crysis, on the other hand, has a bit more processing power needed.

While we're working hard on game mechanics and structure, here is a photo from our office:

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That's how games are made in Russia 

There is a bear on the trash can?......

Oh looks interesting btw.

I like this low poly movement that's been going around recently. Know what the actual fishing will be like? Also, I feel like you should have some killer audio. Seems like various sounds to fit the scenery would be great.

Btw, Eclipse is not a game engine. It's an SDK, so it's kind of like an advanced text editor.

Although there actually is an Eclipse SDK, you (and Siegfreide) probably mean the IDE.

Woops. With all these acronyms I get confused sometimes. 

Head first Java taught me all that fairly well.

Btw, Eclipse is not a game engine. It's an SDK, so it's kind of like an advanced text editor.

LibGDX is a game engine because it comes preprogrammed with things for graphics, collision detection (actually not sure about this one), music, and whatnot. It handles the lower down stuff so that you can focus on building your game. I dunno how good it is for non-game programs, because I primarily used Slick2d, which is like a more basic version.

Also, the public static void main thing is the first method that the compiler looks for. When your game is run, the java runtime environment automatically looks for the main method, and then carries out whatever is in that method.

Eh. I'm a programming noob myself, but I have made a couple small games with java, and a few prototypes as well.

First of all, you don't want to start off learning Java game programming with Java2d or Swing or anything like that. Use an engine like Slick2d, libGDX (which is good for android development).

Personally, I learned Java through Head First Java, which I found to be a very informative book.

Also, there is a very large stigma against Java on the internet, because it used to be slow and buggy and whatnot. ATM, it's not bad for basic games, but don't go expecting to learn to program Crysis 4 or anything. You might have to package the Java environment with your games because a lot of people don't actually have it installed.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Oh yeah, kurtss is making a game on these forums named "Rad Farming - Lonely farming game" or something like that. That's Java. Check it out.

What'd you make this with this time? Game Maker or Java?

It hasn't been updated since december......?

Don't change the site from what it used to be too much. If it's a site that focuses on reviews for AAA games, change it to reviews for indie games. Don't make it suddenly a store or something.

Also, if the previous owner had focused the newspaper on big name gaming, why would you change it to an indie mag? Seems like you'd be annoying the readers.

In China they barely even register homosexuality. If a man rapes a man, it's not actually rape in the Chinese legal system, because there's no such thing.