bazookaBen

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Indie Game Analytics 101(gamasutra.com)
3 points by bazookaBen 15y ago|0 comments
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
try using Appcelerator Titanium. Code in Javascript, deploy on iOS + Android. They have enough tutorials on the site for free. are you into apps or games?
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
this is awesome news! Have been using them on my browser games, will definitely use them for mobile.
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Mark Zuckerberg's! He's just always building the product, ignoring the noise around him.
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
Tips: To avoid logging in, just click "X" when presented with the login window. Logging in via OpenID means you keep your scores,weapons,badges. Playing through the mission mode is the easiest way to get more weapons. Other way is to collec
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Show HN: made this HTML5 game
15 points by bazookaBen 15y ago|9 comments
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
Adam Carolla, Keith and the Girl. Nothing to do with tech, but they make my day :D
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
Coming from a HTML5 community, I can say that our games have evolved pretty quicky (audio + visual). We're getting closer to Flash in terms of performance, tools and support.
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
i'm sure you can modify the code to not use facebook. it's just javascript after all
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
i'd start with http://www.codecademy.com/ , to try to feel the waters with JS before going into Python
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
hold you horses everyone, we need to see the value in this. 1. it's a html5 game engine that helps you build isometric style games 2. the mobile version isn't working atm, but it'll be soon. Have talked to the guys abt this 3. they provide
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
how important are letters of recommendations in the process? there's an blank field there.
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
c'mon people, sign up! There're 700+ peeps attending, we should find some sort of way to pre-organize stuff a bit :D
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
hi, can't add details, spreadsheet seems locked
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
just went to events.hackerdojo.com, they don't seem to have anything. emailed them to ask, i think more emails will help build the case
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Ask HN: is the AirBnB coupon code for Startup School working?
4 points by bazookaBen 15y ago|1 comments
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
try making a canvas game from scratch. Or start with a html5 game engine, dissect and hack it.
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
also looking to meet a potential technical cofounder - email me
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
got accepted too! any tools we can use to see a list of participants coming?
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Ask HN: Any YC startups relocated to non-US territories?
1 points by bazookaBen 15y ago|0 comments
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
what I do when exploring any game concept is to quickly prototype a playable version, and try to "find the fun" in the game. Once a certain fun level is reached, iterate, and build the game around that. to see if people actually want to pla
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
thx for the link, it's so awesome
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
you're talking about Test-Driven-Development (TDD). Any good resources for integrating TDD into javascript based games? I'm still looking for that gem. To expand on testing a bit: at one end, there's unit testing where one tests maybe a sin
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
agreed on the iteration point. if we look at social games, they are iterating every single day. It's come to the point where Zynga can tell if a game will be a hit or not, purely based on the collective data that they've achieved, over the
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
I'm assuming that this article is catered towards ppl intending to be game developers, or ppl wanting to make a game by hiring a bunch of developers. if you count in man-hours, then yes it's into the 100ks. going from the single indie devel
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
at this early stage, the facebook version doesn't have many users Private Joe's core audience is male, 18-24. I really can't tell if adding a leaderboard/store/gifting system has helped the game. All I can do is to make sure i have those sy
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
link to the game is http://bit.ly/rhoHkH
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Ask HN: 3 months in - where should I take this project?
6 points by bazookaBen 15y ago|4 comments
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
link is http://bit.ly/rhoHkH
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by bazookaBen 15y ago
if you watched This Week in Startup, there's an episode where Jason and Jose were pitched on the ideas worked at StartupChile. the first was from brazil. second from Italy. Third was boston. No silicon valley in sight!

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