springogeek

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by springogeek 7y ago
Although it isn't perfect, I put a lot of effort into the docs for my game development framework at https://domeengine.com . Make sure each document/page has a clear audience, and it's clear to the reader what that
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by springogeek 7y ago
This got me as well. Beat it after that
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by springogeek 7y ago
Programming in C requires you to take proper responsibility for what you write, but also allows for great power in return. I've been working on a reasonably large (and cross platform) project in C ( https://domeengine.com ) f
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by springogeek 7y ago
I'm working on DOME, a game development framework for making games with Wren: https://domeengine.com It was featured on HN last weekend: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22200739 We've even got a g
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by springogeek 7y ago
Everyone's support has been fantastic. I've now scheduled a gamejam in March to give people an opportunity to try out the framework: https://itch.io/jam/domejam
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by springogeek 7y ago
Thank you very much for your insights. Love2D and DOME do similar things for their languages, but I think there's still some key differences in our design sensibility and mission. My hope is that DOME provides a set of sane defaults fo
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by springogeek 7y ago
I've not run into too many, you just have to be careful around re-entrancy from Wren->C->Wren, and slot allocation in foreign constructors. There's some big stuff in the pipeline, so I'm sure it'll be enhanced soon
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by springogeek 7y ago
It'll be a while, but I think the next step is a move towards web. I've built it to run in browsers before, but that was a while ago. Because DOME sits on top of SDL2, porting to other platforms shouldn't be too difficult in
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by springogeek 7y ago
Yep, of course! TIC-80 is very well done, but it's a more constrained system (intentionally so). DOME was meant to be the foundation for larger projects :)
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by springogeek 7y ago
DOME is partially inspired by Love2D, although I've tried to approach things a bit differently. Love2D seems to expose a lot of SDL's underlying functions and concepts, whereas DOME aims to abstract a lot of that away.
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by springogeek 7y ago
I plan to, now things have stabilised. I didn't have a lot of personal reach to get people's attention. Maybe now though...?
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by springogeek 7y ago
Thank you for trying it! I hadn't tested with the WSL, so I'm relieved it worked there as well. I put a lot of work into making it build from scratch easily. I started this project because I had been making small games with the PI
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by springogeek 7y ago
That's very strange. What phone do you use? It's built from a template, so I wouldn't expect many problems.
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by springogeek 7y ago
Thank you for the kind observation! I'm hoping to improve the visuals, as more games get made with it :)
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Show HN: DOME, a framework for making 2D games with Wren(domeengine.com)
90 points by springogeek 7y ago|24 comments
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by springogeek 7y ago
I keep a TODO list in Google Keep, and I am forever shuffling entries around as priorities change. For some projects, the issues on github also suffice to keep track of things to do.
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by springogeek 7y ago
It is beautiful, but it's a barrier also. I don't think you should be barred from learning to code because you don't speak a language which uses the Latin/ASCII character set.
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by springogeek 7y ago
Games aren't just simple software. All the non-code assets (graphics, music, writing) take just as much, if not more, time and money to produce. The amount of work to produce software generally hasn't changed much in the past coup
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by springogeek 8y ago
The risk of overcomplicating. You can put a lot of effort into detailed game AI which just makes for a hugely unfun experience. Something simple or predictable often leads to be better gameplay.
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by springogeek 8y ago
This sort of thing needs to be built into password managers.
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by springogeek 8y ago
I'll admit, I missed this in my speedier skim of the article. Apologies.
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by springogeek 8y ago
I'd also suggest adding preferred pronouns.
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by springogeek 8y ago
I love this system. I've had some pretty poor experiences with custom orders when dealing with an employee. The kiosks make the anxiety of ordering much more tolerable, as I can specify precisely what I want, rather than worrying about
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by springogeek 8y ago
The same was true of the author's previous book, Game Programming Patterns, which is now complete and fully published.
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by springogeek 8y ago
Is your dog named as a Homestar Runner reference?
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by springogeek 8y ago
It also adds a couple of convenience language features and a simplified API, which is why it appears "BASIC-like".
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by springogeek 9y ago
This inspired me to try harder with my learning of VIM: https://vimebook.com
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Britney Spears' Instagram used to control malware(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by springogeek 9y ago|0 comments
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by springogeek 9y ago
A couple quick suggestions: Allow the default currency for debts to change :) I'm based in England, so Dollars don't help me. On the People list, make the whole list entry clickable, not just the name. The list of "Country&qu
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by springogeek 9y ago
I'd like both actually :)

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