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[eigenbom]

Haha, maybe so, but you've still got to go outside to get to uni or see friends or w/e. Not that that dampens the spirits if you're heading down to belgrave for a few brews with mates

ooh the dandenongs eh? i used to live in knoxfield, but am closer to the city now..

and i'm self-employed, i never have to go outside, ever

[Geti]

and i'm self-employed, i never have to go outside, ever

Bahaha. Maybe so.

I'm actually in canterbury myself, but have a lot of friends out past mitcham, as far as sherbrooke.


Excellent win for testing last night, seems that healing quarters kind-of double as air-stations underwater (they dont replenish your air, but they prevent you from drowning by healing you) so we built an apocalypse mode that ended with two teams slowly building tunnels full of beds towards each other once the whole map was flooded. Amazing how rewarding

Code:

if ( TICKTIME % GOALTICKS == 0 && (TICKTIME/GOALTICKS) % RULES->water_rise_time == 0 ) water->height++;

can be.

[Strelok]

Was studying basic programming (Python), working on a project (textual game) to get to the next chapter of the book I'm using to study. The thing is, I'm not using pygame or nothing like that, just crude Python. I hit a problem with key input. But now I got it, it was so easy that was right under my nose. Although I know how to use it. I don't know how or why it works.

The code is something like this:

Code:

print("a monster appears!")
x = input() # stores a string in the variable x (what I think it did)
print("he bites you!")

[Geti]

Got the groundwork for fire and putting out fire done in 3 hours, then spent hours tweaking it and burning down houses. \o/

[eigenbom]

Got the groundwork for fire and putting out fire done in 3 hours, then spent hours tweaking it and burning down houses. \o/

mwahahaha!

[BlueSweatshirt]

Code:

class PlayableCharacter : public Entity {
     public:
     virtual void command(int cmd) = 0;
     static const int CMD_MOVE_LEFT = 0;
     // etc...
};

Why the hell did I never do this earlier 
Such an obvious abstraction, yet...


Anyway, 

[VortexCortex]

Just added several hundred lines of code without periodic compiling...

Press compile...

Code:

No compiler errors!

   

run test suite...  playtest...

Code:

Not a single bug!

    HeeeeeL YeeeeeaH!

[Quarry]

After a few years, you get to be able to make games from scratch, never compile them until you finish them and have no bugs nor glitches

[Liosan]

run test suite... 

Hm, so I'm not the only one using unittests in gamedev?

Liosan

[VortexCortex]

After a few years, you get to be able to make games from scratch, never compile them until you finish them and have no bugs nor glitches

Ah, I take it you're referring to the fabled framework, where your engine is so advanced you call one function and it procedurally generates a perfect game...

Hm, so I'm not the only one using unittests in gamedev?

Yep, using targeted unit testing just until I bootstrap into aforementioned holy grail of frameworks.

[ThemsAllTook]

Hm, so I'm not the only one using unittests in gamedev?

You certainly are not! *hugs unit test framework*

[Quarry]

After a few years, you get to be able to make games from scratch, never compile them until you finish them and have no bugs nor glitches

Ah, I take it you're referring to the fabled framework, where your engine is so advanced you call one function and it procedurally generates a perfect game...

W-W-WHAT!?

[mcc]

Ah, I take it you're referring to the fabled framework, where your engine is so advanced you call one function and it procedurally generates a perfect game...

EMACS?

[eigenbom]

Code:

class PlayableCharacter : public Entity {
     public:
     virtual void command(int cmd) = 0;
     static const int CMD_MOVE_LEFT = 0;
     // etc...
};

Why the hell did I never do this earlier 
Such an obvious abstraction, yet...


Anyway, 

omg that's a curse against the good name of component-driven programming! :/

[RobJinman]

I've now implemented enough functionality to be able to construct in a relatively short amount of time something that actually resembles a game -- a very satisfying moment. Hmm, now I just need an idea ...

I've just dumped the entire code listing of what I've done so far onto my blog. It's actually only a few pages long. Suddenly, producing a full game within a couple of weeks is starting to look feasible There's still a long way to go of course (and I could really use an artist).

What I'm calling the "engine" btw has quite a bit more functionality than I'm currently using (Box2D integration, basic menus, etc), so I'm slightly further along than it looks.