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zkarcher
17y ago
If something feels like a massive waste of time, then it probably is. Find a way out. California had a "general competency exam", that supposedly proved you were sufficiently educated. You could take the exam in your Junior year and exit sc
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17y ago
You need 6 flavors of sound (1 for each color) and a mechanism for distinguishing the colors on 9 squares on each face, I think? This is assuming we're only listening to 1 face at a time. Perhaps I'm thinking about this too linearly. You co
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zkarcher
18y ago
Have you tried developing one? ;) In my experience, unusual game mechanics breed terrible edge cases. It's difficult to handle these gracefully and consistently. I'm developing a new Flash game called Toaster Bro: http://blog.zacharcher.co
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18y ago
"Edge" by mobigame.net
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18y ago
That's exactly how I discovered the über-early cycle... I stayed up later and later, one day 8am arrived and I wasn't even slightly tired. I knew I couldn't sustain that sleep cycle (waking at 4pm feels grim) so I pushed my sleep cycle forw
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18y ago
Interesting thread. My best hours are late at night, when the world is quiet, and there are no distractions. But... Recently I discovered that this also works if I rise early, _very_ early. This month, I've been waking up at 3am and accompl
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18y ago
Hmm, this is pretty tedious; no, I didn't play for long. Good idea, tho.
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18y ago
Electronic music producer, here. The unofficial rule is: if you're a Flash programmer, you also create electronic music.
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