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Coding a documentation generator script for our project

[Richard Kain]

Just set up my first SVN repository on my Ubuntu box. Got it running properly with http access (apache) so that I can log into it from any other computer in the house. I'm going to start doing my Unity development using this repository. I'll set up a second repository later for web development.

[Sir Wolf]

I'm wanting to create some online functionality for my game, so now I'm learning JavaScript and exploring the possibilities of Node.js.

JS seems like fun. I'm already imagining all the things I could do with this... One of those times I wish I had my own small server box in the closet to be able to properly tinker with all this interesting stuff.

[Puyover]

A random dungeon generator for my roguelike

[Sean A.]

I'm starting to write my own engine in java using LWJGL for drawing. Things are kind of coming along. I'm taking my time and learning a ton along the way. I'm having trouble writing a good game state manager with easy state switching and also having trouble having certain object know about each other. I've also decided as I go along I'm gonna build simple games using the engine to test how streamlined the process is and add features when necessary. I'm starting with pong and I'm having trouble figuring out a nicely laid out way for the enemy paddle to follow the ball. I'll have to look and see how other engines do it.

[Zachariah Burke]

I got sick of pixel art programs never having all of the features that I want. Thus I've set out on an epic quest to teach myself C++ and make a pixel art program that has all of the features I want. Me, the guy without any programming experience whatsoever. Currently I'm just trying to make the most basic of paint programs. It is going very, very slowly.

[indie11]

Working on screen navigation in a platformer game + adding some transition effects

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

Finally decided to program a procedurally generated 3D voxel based overworld map for my 2D platformer world

The building voxels look terrible though (The grey things with lue specs are supposedto represent buildings)

[ThemsAllTook]

I got sick of pixel art programs never having all of the features that I want. Thus I've set out on an epic quest to teach myself C++ and make a pixel art program that has all of the features I want. Me, the guy without any programming experience whatsoever. Currently I'm just trying to make the most basic of paint programs. It is going very, very slowly.

I wasted 5 years of my life trying to do something like that. After I realized it was a dead end and gave up, I spent some time with GIMP and read its documentation more thoroughly, and it turned out that it did pretty much everything I wanted after all. Get to know your tools before you decide they're not good enough for you!

[ink.inc]

I got sick of pixel art programs never having all of the features that I want. Thus I've set out on an epic quest to teach myself C++ and make a pixel art program that has all of the features I want. Me, the guy without any programming experience whatsoever. Currently I'm just trying to make the most basic of paint programs. It is going very, very slowly.

try getting better at pixel art before blaming the program; gimp, ggale and photoshop are all used by the best dudes in the pixel art scene without much complaint

[Richard Kain]

JS seems like fun. I'm already imagining all the things I could do with this... One of those times I wish I had my own small server box in the closet to be able to properly tinker with all this interesting stuff.

Just do what I did. Grab a few old PC boxes, Frankenstein them together, and install Ubuntu on the results. (or whatever flavor of Linux you prefer, it's up to you) From there it's fairly easy to set up your own Apache installation, throw in Bind9 for DNS, and a little subversion for source control. Congratulations, you now have your own development box. You can just keep it plugged into your router and let it run.

[nikki]

Finally decided to program a procedurally generated 3D voxel based overworld map for my 2D platformer world

The building voxels look terrible though (The grey things with lue specs are supposedto represent buildings)

ooh i like how that bird eye is 3d very subtle

[kamac]

HTML5 isometric tests. Got a grid to display & a basic camera. Also a nice tooltip to display within javascript (actually I'm using coffeescript) - mouseToolTip.display("html <b>here</b>").

Crunchy.

[Zachariah Burke]

try getting better at pixel art before blaming the program; gimp, ggale and photoshop are all used by the best dudes in the pixel art scene without much complaint

I wasted 5 years of my life trying to do something like that. After I realized it was a dead end and gave up, I spent some time with GIMP and read its documentation more thoroughly, and it turned out that it did pretty much everything I wanted after all. Get to know your tools before you decide they're not good enough for you!

I didn't actually decide that the tools weren't good enough for me. The ones I use right now are PyxelEdit for tiles and the GIMP for animations (D-Pixel would replace GIMP if the animation and layer features were in there), and I like them both. There are a few reasons beyond the ones that I listed beforehand.

• I've always wanted to be able to program, and more specifically to program something like this.
• I've always wanted to make something that people can actually use to create art.
• Within the next couple of terms I am likely to take C++ courses, and I'd like to put myself a step ahead of the class.

Besides that, I'd really just like to have a pixel art program that combines features from a few of my favorite ones, and doesn't do anything else than pixel art. And the fact that it is likely to take a long time does not really matter to me.

What matters is that I'm actually making something, that I'm dedicating myself to it. That I'm making something that just might get out there. How long it actually takes doesn't really matter to me.

Also about that sprite... I was really happy with how it turned out initially, because I made it in a short period of time without any planning ahead of time. But now... it just sort of looks like they're dancing. Badly. With some random pixel movement. And the limbs stretch. And their expression is soulless.

Yeah... I'm going to have to take a second try at that one.

[Will Vale]

Back in the day I learned a lot of BASIC programming skills writing pixel art programs for the Sinclair QL, when there really weren't any tools. I think if you're enjoying making a tool you should go it - it can be a better idea than making a game since your goals for an app are easier to focus. Especially if you're using it at the same time

I must admit I stopped when DPaint became available, but it was useful experience that fed into level editors and things later.

Currently programming: Switching my cave generator from creating walls with marching squares to working directly from the path network rep.

Will

[nikki]

I found toolmaking very non-productive but fun.
The problem I have with my own tools and using them is that at every moment I think mmmhhh, yes, ... perhabs I could add X.   

then I decide "No more side quests, just use this tool already! " which works for a few hours, then I suddenly find myself deep in the source code adding feature Y.


where if I use a tool made by someone else.
I never have those urges.
And just get on with it and finish stuff.

[Moromis]

JS seems like fun. I'm already imagining all the things I could do with this... One of those times I wish I had my own small server box in the closet to be able to properly tinker with all this interesting stuff.

This, basically? http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

You can run quite the variety of different server software. Or do I not understand what you're getting at here?

[Sir Wolf]

This, basically? http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

You can run quite the variety of different server software. Or do I not understand what you're getting at here?

Something like that, yeah. The thing is, chances are I'll have use for the service for something useful in the future, I don't want to blow my free trial just for amusing but short-lived experiments. For now, I'll get by with my current setup. Thank you for the link, anyways!

[Martin 2BAM]

Coding a polygon chunk extractor for dynamic destruction of sprites.

Luckily I was able to skip triangulation code because Flash can draw solid concave polygons 

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

Calculating the expected player position on the overworld map based on what art of the world the player is in, similar to MetroidVania/Zelda III. This is difficult for a platformer.
 
Progress is calculated by mapexplored/totalmap

Rotation allowed using input

Map is a grid rendered from a matrix of dimension 25X25X3

It still feels incomplete