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by daredevildave 16y ago
I don't think Zynga invented this. The big Korean games like Maple Story, Kart Rider, Sudden Attack had mixed game and real-life currency for quite a while before. I remember going to a GDC (2007?) where western developers were heavily disc
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by daredevildave 16y ago
Has anyone actually had the web clipboard work? I was trying to copy and paste yesterday ( just tried it again today ) and it doesn't work. Found a few comment threads saying the same thing. It appears not to work anymore.
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by daredevildave 16y ago
There is also PyXLL, which allows you to call python from Excel. http://www.pyxll.com
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How to balance an MMO(eldergame.com)
24 points by daredevildave 16y ago|0 comments
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by daredevildave 16y ago
I wonder if the iPad and e-readers will provide s better platform for Chris's Interactive Fiction ideas than the Desktops/Laptops. It always seemed like IF was books++ and reading the tablet/e-readers are far better suited to this. Maybe he
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by daredevildave 16y ago
Doh, sorry, obviously. In which case, I wonder whether he (notch) is going to have trouble with the online performance. I've tried online play briefly and it didn't seem bad, I guess it isn't really twitch based.
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by daredevildave 16y ago
They might want to switch that to the UDP server ( dgram ) Networked games over TCP is not usually recommended: http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/udp...
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by daredevildave 16y ago
If you want to be a game programmer I would suggest giving graphics programming a miss. I would suggest concentrating on one of the following: 1. Tools: C#, Maya & 3DS Max APIs, pipelines, UX. IMO the most important area in games (hence
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by daredevildave 16y ago
I quit my job for PlayStation three weeks ago and now I'm working for the company I've founded http://codeamplifier.com I'm going to be creating tools that make game developers happier. First up is a tool to help with localization woes.
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by daredevildave 16y ago
The landlord of the pub I worked in once used to say: "There is no such thing as common sense. It's all experience"
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by daredevildave 16y ago
It didn't take me long to get into the beta after following them on twitter. So far seems pretty nice, though I haven't used it that much.
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by daredevildave 16y ago
Is there a solution like schemas for MySQL?
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by daredevildave 16y ago
And get the BlindType guys to make the software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9b8NlMd79w&feature=playe... Make sure to check out the stuff at 2mins in.
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by daredevildave 16y ago
I was very confused by the results scroll box. When I searched for beef, for about 30 seconds I thought there were only 7 results. Seems daft to have the navigation go the full length of my screen but the results stops half way up.
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by daredevildave 16y ago
They must have fixed something, because in our Confluence wiki: \\ -> new line \\\\ -> \\\\ \\Foo -> Foo \\Foo\Bar -> \\Foo\Bar Somewhat errant result for \\Foo, but the other ones seem to work.
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APB and the Flat Rate Bias(gamasutra.com)
2 points by daredevildave 16y ago|0 comments
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by daredevildave 16y ago
How does celery differ in functionality than a message queue like RabbitMQ?
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by daredevildave 16y ago
To search use the search resource. Then you have, resource: "search results containing the word 'tuesday'"; url: /search?q=tuesday To approve you create a new approval resource: POST to /approval with the id of the resource to approve. Thi
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Video Game Programmers: Ego vs Job Desirability(flickr.com)
1 points by daredevildave 16y ago|0 comments
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by daredevildave 16y ago
So is there a handy table showing the results of all these tests in all* browsers? *within reason obviously...
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by daredevildave 17y ago
Cookie-based authentication is generally only applicable to the browser interface. From my point of view where REST really shines is at the API level. HTTP authentication while not particularly great in the browser ( mainly because of UI/
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by daredevildave 17y ago
"most PC vendors wouldn't know good industrial design if you hit them over the head with it" I've often wondered about this, surely the PC market is large enough that someone could come in with exceptionally well-designed machines, pre-buil
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by daredevildave 17y ago
Write this as e^(iπ) + 1 = 0 and you have my favourite equation. It relates all the fundamental mathematical numbers: e, i, π, 1 and 0.
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by daredevildave 17y ago
I agree, there is no way a to-the-metal game engine will be written in any apart from C/C++ for a while. However, there is no reason why the higher level logic of the game ( the bit that is done by the designers/gameplay programmers ) shoul
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by daredevildave 17y ago
Not quite the same thing, you are talking about QAing the product. Test driven development or more simply unit testing code, is writing automated tests that ensure your code at the smallest unit you can access ( e.g. a single method ) is do
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by daredevildave 17y ago
I'm not sure I agree with the whining part, there is also an awful lot game developers could learn from web developers. For example: - Test driven development - Deploy, measure, iterate practices - High level languages Most of which are