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Here we have one of those multi-talented programmers I keep talking about. The same programmer did the code, high-quality sprite illustration, and even the musi

Here we have one of those multi-talented programmers I keep talking about. The same programmer did the code, high-quality sprite illustration, and even the music to the youtube video (which was pretty good, and matched the nature of the time lapse video). I am inspired by this. I'm going to do this the next time I work on a game. Has anyone used time-lapse screencap software they can suggest?

clistctrl 16y ago
To me the really impressive part is his ability to stay attentive. He never strayed away, starting surfing the web etc.
- benologist 16y ago
  Yeah I'd really have to be disconnected to pull that off heh.
- MartinCron 16y ago
  I was impressed by that too, although I did see a quick twitter check in there at least once. I'm sure I would do my best to appear attentive when working on something like this, limiting my twitter/facebook/hn browsing to my iPhone/iPod/laptop.
  - carussell 16y ago
    I did see a quick twitter check in there He posted about development progress.
    - rev087 16y ago
      He also posted a screenshot in a Wordpress blog.
  - Tichy 16y ago
    Or maybe he has Twitter on another screen :-)
    - sprout 16y ago
      I don't think I would undertake a 48h programming contest with a single screen.
      - sciolistse 16y ago
        Yeah, he has 3 monitors and a Cintiq.. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/08/21/getting-started-heres-my-setup/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/08/21/getting-started-he...
        studer 16y ago
        And the Cintiq is a screen as well, so plenty of screen space there. Here's the sound effect program he was using, btw: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
- est 16y ago
  Because it's for a 48h coding competition http://www.ludumdare.com/ http://www.ludumdare.com/
  - bd 16y ago
    Fascinating, it's amazing what people can do under severe constraints. I just finished my second JS10K entry (also a game, but much simpler) in about the same total time (though spread over more days). I found the hardest part was to balance playability of the game. I played it so many times while developing it that what was easy for me turned out to be very difficult for others.
    - jacquesm 16y ago
      Having an endless supply of 'virgins' around is a staple ingredient of game development.
      - bd 16y ago
        Now you made me blush. At least with such short competitions your involvement is limited. Constraints work both ways: deadlines are liberating when they pass.
        jacquesm 16y ago
        There is a Billy Connolly joke in here somewhere ;)
- csytan 16y ago
  In the reddit thread about this, someone mentioned that he had multiple monitors set up, so maybe there was a bit of straying we didn't see :) Nonetheless, I found it very impressive.
bryanh 16y ago
If you are Mac/Unix you can use cron every minute and screencapture/scrot...
- deleted 16y ago
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jianshen 16y ago
It looks like he used livestream.com's Procaster to broadcast the 48hr marathon and then sped up the output later on. http://www.livestream.com/platform/procaster http://www.livestream.com/platform/procaster
erik 16y ago
> Has anyone used time-lapse screencap software they can suggest? A LD48 regular created chronolapse for this purpose. http://keeyai.com/projects-and-releases/chronolapse/ http://keeyai.com/projects-and-releases/chronolapse/
- nutmeg 16y ago
  I'll second chronolapse. I've used it for reviewing my productivity at the end of a day.
  - ElbertF 16y ago
    Oh that is way to confronting.

clistctrl 16y ago

To me the really impressive part is his ability to stay attentive. He never strayed away, starting surfing the web etc.

benologist 16y ago
Yeah I'd really have to be disconnected to pull that off heh.
MartinCron 16y ago
I was impressed by that too, although I did see a quick twitter check in there at least once. I'm sure I would do my best to appear attentive when working on something like this, limiting my twitter/facebook/hn browsing to my iPhone/iPod/laptop.
- carussell 16y ago
  I did see a quick twitter check in there He posted about development progress.
  - rev087 16y ago
    He also posted a screenshot in a Wordpress blog.
- Tichy 16y ago
  Or maybe he has Twitter on another screen :-)
  - sprout 16y ago
    I don't think I would undertake a 48h programming contest with a single screen.
    - sciolistse 16y ago
      Yeah, he has 3 monitors and a Cintiq.. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/08/21/getting-started-heres-my-setup/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/08/21/getting-started-he...
      - studer 16y ago
        And the Cintiq is a screen as well, so plenty of screen space there. Here's the sound effect program he was using, btw: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
est 16y ago
Because it's for a 48h coding competition http://www.ludumdare.com/ http://www.ludumdare.com/
- bd 16y ago
  Fascinating, it's amazing what people can do under severe constraints. I just finished my second JS10K entry (also a game, but much simpler) in about the same total time (though spread over more days). I found the hardest part was to balance playability of the game. I played it so many times while developing it that what was easy for me turned out to be very difficult for others.
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    Having an endless supply of 'virgins' around is a staple ingredient of game development.
    - bd 16y ago
      Now you made me blush. At least with such short competitions your involvement is limited. Constraints work both ways: deadlines are liberating when they pass.
      - jacquesm 16y ago
        There is a Billy Connolly joke in here somewhere ;)
csytan 16y ago
In the reddit thread about this, someone mentioned that he had multiple monitors set up, so maybe there was a bit of straying we didn't see :) Nonetheless, I found it very impressive.

bryanh 16y ago

If you are Mac/Unix you can use cron every minute and screencapture/scrot...

deleted 16y ago
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jianshen 16y ago

It looks like he used livestream.com's Procaster to broadcast the 48hr marathon and then sped up the output later on. http://www.livestream.com/platform/procaster http://www.livestream.com/platform/procaster

erik 16y ago

> Has anyone used time-lapse screencap software they can suggest? A LD48 regular created chronolapse for this purpose. http://keeyai.com/projects-and-releases/chronolapse/ http://keeyai.com/projects-and-releases/chronolapse/

nutmeg 16y ago
I'll second chronolapse. I've used it for reviewing my productivity at the end of a day.
- ElbertF 16y ago
  Oh that is way to confronting.