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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.

Yeah I'd really have to be disconnected to pull that off heh.

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.