Tweets from 2012/08
-
@Slaktus @HilariousCow naw man, 3D HUD elements are the new hotness.
-
@HilariousCow @Slaktus i was being a little facetious. I guess to give pretties & to give explanation. info & meta-info.
-
@HilariousCow @Slaktus Which is to say, I totally get why it's this way (& the best is already diegetic). But anxious to see your solutions!
-
@HilariousCow @Slaktus & which gun selected, of course. But the main reason they persist is as a conduit for good gun feel signals.
-
@Slaktus @HilariousCow sounds great! (point I've been dwelling on for a while now -- sometimes it's just enough to look great)
-
ignoring all the other fucked up parts: content.met.police.uk/News/182-people-arrested-in-protest/1400010375724/1257246745756 : police telling cyclists it's illegal to stop cycling by handing them leaflets
-
So I assume if they stopped to read the leaflets they'd be breaking the law... And I'm pretty sure it's not legal to cycle while reading...
-
@HilariousCow @Slaktus I don't know how I talked about fictional worlds before I learned that word.
-
@tigershungry @LewieP and thanks for the ambient reminder!
-
@edclef @mink_ette @jwaaaap personally I find it easier -- you've at least got a reason to be making tired crap if you're getting paid.
-
@v21 @edclef @mink_ette @jwaaaap (implicitly, the hard part here is noticing that what you're making is not worth making...)
-
RT @Littleloud: We're delighted to welcome the talented @Carachan1 to the team today, and proud to announce that the office is now 100% ...
-
@bmagnanti Blame the Olympic Broadcast Services. BBC get no control over what the feed shows. Which is amusing when the commentators bitch.
-
@cucumberoneye @terrycavanagh @smestorp I wanna make a game with FUSE about actually navigating through directories.
-
@DGoodayle Depends ont he scale of the thing. PHP for one-pagers, Python (Django) or Ruby (on Rails) for a full app.
-
@DGoodayle I'd only use C# if there were bits already written in C# I had to integrate with, or to accomodate someone else.
-
@DGoodayle Django is a little painful to deploy, but both are sane and talk web stuff well. You're locked into a MVC model, but that's good.
-
@DGoodayle otoh, don't learn a language if you don't need to. But this is how I'd roll if I was in your position.
-
@DGoodayle docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi/ is the best place to start on that. Not too terrible, just not as magical as PHP.
-
Thinking of RPS's "Staring Eyes" tag berglondon.com/blog/2012/08/01/headliner/
-
@Slaktus I had just the same thought. Sadly, I think the answer is "Yes."
-
ah ah ah ah ah. Think I might be about to drop $300 on a Kickstarter. kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
-
I should probably check how much money I have before I do. And how much that is in pounds. Not that either of these facts will stop me.
-
@Slaktus Someone should buy him a copy of "Understanding Comics"
-
@Slaktus Someone should buy me a copy of "Understanding Comics", for that matter.
-
@robertpeacock22 The only info I gleaned was "Oculus Rift, $300". Was enough.
-
@Slaktus that's okay, not been reading much recently.
-
@clq I blame the French
-
@HilariousCow but for a flight sim it seems like a nobrainer.
-
@therussmorris oh yeah, if you know anyone who'd wanna do some unity stuff at PLA...
-
@srules have you tried shaving it?
-
@robinlacey @Gillespionage looks like going through a carwash
-
@Draknek it is! I should ring the pub and confirm we exist (I think I was supposed to have done this already?)
-
Hey everyone! London Indies on Monday! There'll be drinking! In a pub! With other people! (it's at The Crown in Angel, from 6ish)
-
@D_Nye_Griffiths of course you can! be great to see you!
-
@Carachan1 @kierongillen My lovely flatmate, @asponge, bought me some from the cornershop down the road.
-
@Gillespionage you always say that
-
RT @bentosmile: @PerrinAshcroft The part where he said he quit drawing 'cos he couldn't draw what was in his head is interesting. As art ...
-
I like this whole photorealism debate, because it's clearly great for @edclef
-
@terrycavanagh @hard_band Damnit, I was just about to tweet that. I think fulfilment is best, though.
-
Speaking of Proteus, visitproteus.com/ seems to have mysteriously changed.
-
When I say mysteriously, I mean I did it.
-
RT @robertpeacock22: @v21 Haha, I do too! But I make all four fingertips face outward.
-
@Gillespionage Trust me, I'll tell you when it's been released.
-
@darrenjohngrey yeah, mobile browsers really hate things to be fixed to the viewport, apparently. Gonna give it a bit more of a look later.
-
@fonduelover getting a 500 error!
-
@LewieP isn't that common in racing games? 2 usable camera angles, one for those that like to be in the car, and one for screenshots?
-
Still pissed I'm not at this: thequeenshall.net/whats-on/shows/withered-hand-2012
-
@HilariousCow I just read these tweets to @asponge in a dramatic fashion.
-
The rapper, the rap singers, you've seen them... youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=1JFXHs_Efe8
-
@andreaszecher submissions are open... you could make this a self-fulfilling prophecy
-
@scarybones at least she's allowed to, unlike the Iranian women's football team.
-
Suggested followers include someone I had a thing with, years ago.
-
@Slaktus If this is for Trample Truck or whatever, I'd be tempted by stupid numbers. But make sure the font is great.
-
doing artwork is way more satisfying than coding. coding is all about racing up to the next roadblock as fast as you can.
-
haha, this is weird. my cursor doesn't show up on the external monitor. Twitter has great rollover effects!
-
@Slaktus good work! I expected no less!
-
@cunthorse I have eaten / the plums / that were in / the icebox / .../ they were delicious / so sweet / and so cold ?
-
@asponge We have plums? Will have to get on that, stat.
-
@Slaktus not sure, but muumuuhouse.com/mc.fiction1.html is better in a similar genre.
-
Fucking CLOP is out foddy.net/CLOP.html
-
I already want to write a bot to play this game for me.
-
My #tigjamuk7 bag contains like 70% of the value of things I own.
-
Reading an article reviewing a book describing a film based on a book I once read. The game is great, too.
-
@psychicteeth I am only as far as King's Cross at this point.
-
@Poxican :D there are plans afoot, yes! I'll be sure to yell about it when they come to fruition.
-
This is interesting, even if you don't worship Valve. blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corporations-for-and-how-does-valves-management-structure-fit-into-todays-corporate-world/
-
Jam game: Remembrance v21.posterous.com/remembrance
-
I should just look this up, not go bother @HilariousCow for the answer. *finds @hilariouscow posting about the problem*
-
@JMicklee @Draknek thank god, I can sleep tonight.
-
Fuckit, making this game requires more tech than I want to write right now. I should make something stupid instead.
-
@jwaaaap aw man! Random burst of good spirits! Thanks man!
-
@Slaktus @retroremakes call it pacing?
-
Tigjam was great even if I didn't make many "real" games. Thanks @edclef for putting me up! And everyone else for being great!
-
@terrycavanagh meant to say: as well as general thanks for organizing, thanks for bullying people into doing Show & Tell. Always rewarding!
-
@therussmorris haha, serves you right
-
@Norgg Failed! But I'll hopefully pick it back up again. The physics got a bit hairy, and I backed off.
-
Alright! Finally London Indies time.
-
Build abs the Buckenham way! Come here and let me cough on you.
-
@SimoRoth :< I played this morning, and it told me to suck it up until I was really ill.
-
@patrickashe SEVEN! Next!
-
@timoncheese flatmates eating!
-
@asponge @patrickashe My goodness, what are these games, I am sure I have never heard of them! #whatlarks
-
@tigershungry unreserved, as that claimed to cost extra.
-
@robinlacey "Shoot! There are some issues with this file." "AS size: 5967KB (max. 50KB)"
-
@robinlacey that's just the size of the code inside.
-
This blog post is absolutely amazing. It's about Hauntology. rougesfoam.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/hauntology-past-inside-present.html
-
The "gameplay" of a game. The "writing" of a book. The "sound" of a song.
-
@rubzo this seems strangely familiar rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/07/telling-the-time-isochronous/#more-119015
-
Man, @lunarcade looks like it was ace. (& that Memory of a Broken Dimension footage!) lunarcade.tumblr.com/post/28922609523/good-times
-
@patrickashe we should seriously make "Easy answers to difficult questions about videogames"
-
@terrycavanagh who at the tigjam do you know makes good music?
-
@HilariousCow normal UX is about solving problems. Games are about giving the user problems.
-
@jmickle_ not yet! Was editing together footage I shot, but apparently that takes some time.
-
@patrickashe right, well. I have a camera and some opinions, when are you free?
-
@awesommelier you know strong my feelings are on football, but that was great.
-
@robinlacey @aaronlinde "cool story bro"
-
@resiak You still working on Sayable Spice? I had an idea for it -- set it at a party that happens to happen when contact is confirmed.
-
RT @smestorp: @JonasKyratzes @v21 @S0phieH anaerobic protozoans bitching about the tragedy of the commons as cyanobacteria pump waste in ...
-
@Carachan1 @reallyfancy "...strongly addictive beats and lyrics, and is thus certain to penetrate the foundations of modern philosophy."
-
@Carachan1 @reallyfancy also. I want a yellow suit and a bowl haircut and no socks. And to dance like that.
-
Meursault & Withered Hand in London in November! Who wants to come? tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/5339/chk/e8d5 /cc @LewieP @oh_cripes @srules
-
@Dick_Hogg yeah, like it'd last a year trundling around the British countryside.
-
@therussmorris I think I prefer @LewieP's Eno suggestion.
-
PUNCH THE CUSTARD!
-
(on Sunday the 16th of September weekender.hideandseek.net/games/punch-the-custard/ )
-
I mean, you could punch your own custard if you wanted.
-
Also I guess there is a whole festival of other games weekender.hideandseek.net/
-
@terrycavanagh Thanks! I'm editing together footage from the show and tell, you see..
-
@asponge I was just wishing I had a beer and a book, so I could sit by the canal and drink a beer and read a book.
-
@HilariousCow @Superpig you guys are adorable
-
@jasperbyrne Editing up footage I took of people's Tigjam games. Can I use spacerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/musique-electronique as a soundtrack?
-
A dice game we played this weekend youtube.com/watch?v=DISP-L86i6Q&feature=youtu.be
-
@KommanderKlobb I can't remember quite how much of the credit I'm allowed to claim, but : yeah! I have the dice, let's play it.
-
@jennatar The only times I'd say that is if the person is obviously worth more than the issue they're angry about.
-
@jennatar Maybe it's just my personal style -- interpersonally I usually just stop caring about people rather than nursing grudges.
-
@Draknek Wrote 'em all up for you. v21.posterous.com/a-giant-wall-of-dice
-
@asponge Sounds pretty much great. Can I borrow some Phonogram from you? There at 6:30, 7? It's basically Limehouse Basin, right?
-
I love Rudi Zygadlo. youtube.com/watch?v=zpdK2pQ1rdw
-
I tried listening on my laptop. But I was obscurely angry (from something else). And it's too late to put it properly loud on the stereo.
-
So I've got it loud on my good headphones and it makes a lot more sense now.
-
Thinking I should try to avoid "games culture" for a few weeks. I don't doubt it'd be good for me.
-
Phonogram has made me listen to Planet Mu.
-
@tef flip
-
@tef you know that Wired account hacking article... where the whole thing turned out to be motivated by a 3 letter twitter account...
-
@tef welcome to the terrifying club of few character high status twitter usernames
-
We made some lovely things this weekend at the jam youtube.com/watch?v=XKfA98bKUoM
-
I edited up a video of people showing off the games they made at Tigjam last weekend. youtube.com/watch?v=XKfA98bKUoM
-
RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: People who accuse you of white knighting get _really upset_ when you point out that they have just leapt to the def ...
-
RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: @Carachan1 "which may OR MAY NOT result in him getting laid. It’s meant as a general statement, not involving any p ...
-
@merryVW @vorrintal @DGoodayle wading in! NHS is one of the most efficient healthcare systems in the world...
-
@merryVW @vorrintal @DGoodayle ... and what a lot of people working at the NHS want is to not have a major top down reorgs ever few years.
-
@vorrintal @merryVW @DGoodayle here's a US report that ranks us second only to Ireland commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2010/Jun/1400_Davis_Mirror_Mirror_on_the_wall_2010.pdf ?
-
Aww, shit! I wanna play this! arcanekids.com/ Luckily it's just been released.
-
I got used as an example of trolling!
-
RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: This is... amazing. bit.ly/PCdf0Z 10 Reasons Your Business Card Sucks. One is no QR code.
-
I retweeted that without reading. I have confidence. And an queuing for a drink.
-
@haikus_by_KN my boss. I casually mentioned I don't follow him on twitter on a night out. This was upsetting, and untrue, and easy to check.
-
RT @SaraMarianne: Edinburgh Playtime for Grownups: Further afield: Joue-ing in rural France edinburghplayparks.blogspot.com/2012/08/further-afield-joue-ing-in-rural-france.html?spref=tw
-
I'll admit. I hadn't planned this far ahead. But I did put aside an emergency can of Mirinda.
-
@radiatoryang brick lane beigel (I prefer the one with the yellow sign). What are you up to today? Want to come to the park later?
-
@KommanderKlobb @radiatoryang when I read this tweet I thought for a moment twitter had went wrong and put your icon on my tweet.
-
@asponge I'm aware I could just stand up, but what park?
-
@Carachan1 That looks on your twitter page. Your drawing giving the disapproving look, him staring me down, it's a whole creepy scene.
-
okcupid profile link in the readme file. that's doing it right.
-
@Carachan1 I hadn't thought that far ahead, to be honest, but the core plan of going to the park later seems sound.
-
Long term dim sum planning.
-
@Carachan1 okay. When/where in the park?
-
@radiatoryang heading off to regent's park about now to meet up with @Carachan1 and others
-
@radiatoryang @Carachan1 near the tennis courts, apparently.
-
@radiatoryang @Carachan1 wait, apparently more like south west of the inner circle.
-
@radiatoryang booooo! But reasonable. Good luck at GDCE, I'll let you know what's up Friday.
-
@KommanderKlobb @asponge oh man! I took that picture!
-
I am not telling a joke. You are terrible. archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/92/ archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/93/ archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/94/
-
@EuanReid It's also valid! Maybe more so? But right now I want to get angry at things.
-
I want to dance watching visualizations on a VR headset.
-
@cYnborg pretty much. But I think it also gets lateral movement from an accelerometer, too. And has stereo output, and lenses for wide FOV.
-
@KommanderKlobb All great cuisine was invented to make cheap food taste good. Then usually it was applied to good quality food.
-
@KommanderKlobb @brandonnn I think I'm now going to be listening to Smog for the rest of the day.
-
@KommanderKlobb @brandonnn Good advice, but it comes too late! I already love Knock Knock and Dongs of Sevotion.
-
@edjeff i would "back" you.
-
Right. Time to fucking get this done. On goes the Electrelane. Let's hope it doesn't come to Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant.
-
RT @haikus_by_KN: Designed for a girl game once where we were initially told by publisher to veer away from actual gameplay cos girls do ...
-
RT @haikus_by_KN: ...to be fair, after discussions the publisher came around to our way of thinking.
-
@reallyfancy I just agreed this morning to do the "commiting to a client's repo" thing. I'm ... a little apprehensive?
-
RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: I'm increasingly hearing all interviews in video games journalism as in the voice of Garth Merenghi.
-
@haikus_by_KN The other day I refused to play Street Fighter with my friend. Because he was good, and I wasn't.
-
@haikus_by_KN I've made a conscious choice to be fine at sucking at videogames. Which sometimes feels like being off booze when out.
-
@Lucky_Chip John Candy for sure.
-
@lefishy I'm always doing "(angle + 720) % 360"
-
RT @London_Unity3D: #LUUG 14 : 30/08/12 Featuring @v21 , @ColossalGamesEU , open mic and news from #Unite12 .meetup.com/London-Unity-Usergroup/events/76846832/ #Unit ...
-
@lefishy Yeah, that is admittedly only a related problem. Here's the code it was excerpted from gist.github.com/3342597
-
@lefishy For primo bullet-proofing, I guess those ifs should be whiles
-
@KommanderKlobb by this point it's cultural. Making the player feel powerful is just what normal games do.
-
@schonstal @KommanderKlobb Yeah for sure. It's like -ohshit great metaphor incoming- mainstream games has a hill-climbing algorithm
-
@schonstal @KommanderKlobb that metaphor might have turned out to be literal, it was so good. Anyway, indies have more random input.
-
@schonstal @KommanderKlobb are there higher hills of popularity than making you feel awesome? I don't actually know the answer to this.
-
@KommanderKlobb @schonstal Is landscape painting crying at videogames in this analogy?
-
A book on exploration and discovery of the hidden relationships between Romantic landscape paintings and videogames artificial-infinity.com/
-
@rclarke @KommanderKlobb "funny, strange and heartrending"
-
@KommanderKlobb @rclarke I reckon the medium is as naturally suited for wandering in strange lands as it is for stomping dudes.
-
@rclarke @KommanderKlobb I dunno. Lots are, you just start from a really low place in terms of power.
-
@terrycavanagh 2 or 3. Probably 2, on balance. But I'd clean it up some.
-
@haikus_by_KN I think the worst thing about that link is that it's useful, practical advice.
-
@HilariousCow I don't trust it.
-
@oopsohno I was thinking about this. I disagree. #000000 is a computer colour. I trust it.
-
@oopsohno Those non-black UI examples all seem to suffocate in their "nice taste".I don't want to be always surrounded by corporate tinting.
-
@oopsohno He doesn't actually show any pictures or UIs with pure black in them.
-
@oopsohno Here's Terminal the way I like it. bg is rgba(0,0,0,0.9). (does that count?) Text colour is dark for comfort.
-
@oopsohno Cursor is a bit brighter, for obvious reasons.
-
@oopsohno Here's the instructions for CUBES. Pure black on pure white. I wanted starkness. nottheinternet.com/cubes/launch.png
-
@oopsohno (though looking at it : ugh, that inconsistent aliasing!)
-
@oopsohno github has some nice splashes of pure black.
-
"I hope the proposal sounds good and that this is something we can work together on" @helenlewis/235038863670800384/photo/1
-
@Carachan1 @bonzrat if you keep up like that, you're going to get a reputation.
-
@HilariousCow @Slaktus Recently I've found myself getting angry about things. It's a unusual type of caring for me.
-
@KommanderKlobb I find it very difficult to play Pokemon without a fast forward button. I grew up on emulators.
-
Wishing I was going to #idgs
-
@pippinbarr @smestorp This is lovely. I only started playing today, and I also went up. So now I guess I'll go right?
-
@pippinbarr @smestorp I guess I could cry spoiler? But I like that in a time of limited information, we're playing together.
-
@PerrinAshcroft would it help if I thought you were both right, and got angry about it?
-
@PerrinAshcroft I've even been passionately insistent that I don't have an opinion on something.
-
@rclarke I think you mean: companion iPhone app with OCR.
-
@rclarke well, that's not very exciting, is it?
-
@doougle I got obsessed with this RAC cover recently youtube.com/watch?v=TuwCo94a5Js
-
@jennatar speaking of leggings, happy birthday!
-
Top tip when making videogames : feel free to make a screen recording, then play it back slowly in VLC to see what exactly is happening.
-
Those darn driverless cars! youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NUuBXCEWOhc
-
@guided1 I'm on a Mac at work, so just Quick Time Player. Fraps seems best on Windows?
-
@smestorp what's your scope, though?
-
@smestorp oh, yeah, playing Helix right now. It's good, but the controls are still unfriendly. Mebbe you want them to be, but they are.
-
@smestorp also, i'm a little sad that the eye now has an orientation. I enjoyed it when nothing had an orientation.
-
@rclarke it's about doing trickshots in basketball. but there are obstacles and they're reasonably inventive.
-
@smestorp yeah, I saw you make it, I saw it before. But the observation just occurred to me, holding my iPad.
-
@smestorp which I honestly have respect for. To be in that mindset, yet to intelligently and calmly seek marketing, much respect for that.
-
God bless you, co-op cashier who loves the smell of fresh limes.
-
@asponge RT “@Lucky_Chip: SLIDER BAR OPENS TOMORROW 6PM !! Thank you for you patience...”
-
@jennatar @AGBear @angryjedi it's a new variation they're trying out. But. Itching beats the original.
-
@jennatar @AGBear incidentally, @angryjedi , I reckon you're wrong. It's best drunk from one of the huge returnable glass bottles, hungover.
-
@smestorp that's entirely fair. I think maybe I have a strange view, where I see marketing, and brand-building as a creative act.
-
@smestorp (which isn't to say I do it well - but when I fail, I feel like when I look back on a game and see flaws I wish I'd fixed)
-
RT @FinalBullet: Live alone? While you dry your face in a towel, imagine there's someone in your flat, watching. It's great, you will ne ...
-
@smestorp I'm happy being transparently duplicitous. Or else I have to condemn Duchamp and the KLF.
-
@smestorp ie what is Three Standard Stoppages but a marketing lie toutfait.com/issues/issue_1/News/stoppages.html
-
@smestorp sorry, the response I just gave wasn't the most relevant. I do get your anger.I'm genuinely not sure if I'd advise going their way
-
@haikus_by_KN @KommanderKlobb it's on the third! Come along!
-
@haikus_by_KN @KommanderKlobb they are! It turns out I don't understand which order months go in. It'd be the 1st.
-
RT @heftyseamstress: new: Nothing ever works!
-
@8_bitape @patrickashe Gamemaker is still coding. Anything that lets you specify behaviour (of a certain complexity?) counts.
-
I think Assange is a rapist. But the Swedish extraditing him to the US, as they've refused to rule out, is not about rape.
-
@jonbro @whatisian @doougle @patrickashe @radiatoryang @NiallEM I forgot this morning, will have to when I get home. But I first went up.
-
@whatisian @jonbro @elibrody @doougle @patrickashe @radiatoryang @NiallEM I am 1 up, 1 right. Stopped going up after @pippinbarr found nada.
-
Anyone want to go to Lucky Chip in a minute?
-
@rclarke Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green in ... not very long? Co-ordinating via text now.
-
@rclarke Works for me, we're meeting there for 7:30.
-
@iamdanw well that was a mistake, wasn't it?
-
Shiiiit. Forgot to take my turn in Vesper 5 this morning, and got in only just before midnight. Looks like I'm another day behind.
-
@tiedtiger I really liked Bayonetta's story. Being stupid doesn't make it bad.
-
Smog's Bloodflow is 7 and a half minutes long. And when it ends, I always wish it was longer.
-
@patrickashe If I thought the end of the road was rape charges in Sweden, not espionage charges in the States, I'd agree with you.
-
@94Bruce but you can fuck off 'n all.
-
@smestorp I'd back that, enviously.
-
@LeehSl I'd say "She coldly dresses warmly"
-
The trolling has started! RT @heftyseamstress "any: antidisestablishmentarianism nanotechnological yttrocolumbite"
-
@smestorp @heftyseamstress Naughty old Terry...
-
mrstsk.tumblr.com/post/29613852432 "There were many games you could play with a snail if you really set your mind to it" -- Momus as Ivor Cutler.
-
@severalbees want to come to the pub this evening?
-
@severalbees @asponge @AOsher @garethbriggs oh, yeah, I remember her mentioning Dancing. And no, I'm off to Denmark for a week tomorrow!
-
@timoncheese Boolean algebra?
-
@radiodario went there Wednesday. It's the tops.
-
"the good news is, we can simplify some things... the bus is once or twice per day"
-
RT @PastorMattSays: welcome back, students: open mic nite @v21 west on sunday - 5pm service only. applies to both worship music and prea ...
-
I'm not a fucking church!
-
@doougle believe it or not, I've ended up sleeping rough in a field by a motorway in Denmark already.
-
re @heftyseamstress : message from -_- : "Your text takes really organized concepts on long useless meanderings, but I trained exhaustively"
-
@Draknek Goddamn, it would make so much more sense to be up at this point if I were in Edinburgh. Go to Penny Black's in about ... 3 hours!
-
@Draknek A pub!
-
I went swimming in the sea, and went on the trampoline, and am "helping" make a Move game. I love it here.
-
@Gillespionage Denmark!
-
@smestorp @doougle @bfod @tigershungry I've never got that far before, so maybe? Maybe it's just the power of working as a team...
-
@asponge you've went downhill fast since I've been away
-
@asponge I'm sorry. If it's any consolation, I have to wait until after Doug finishes sewing Move controllers to a trampoline for dinner.
-
Other people are playing Hotline Miami. I'm not playing Hotline Miami. This doesn't seem fair.
-
@asponge @KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes That's pretty out of character for Joe -- did he take his Ukulele?
-
@terrycavanagh them's often the best bits.
-
@greenseaweed hey, been seeing all the lush stuff you've been putting on tumblr. It's great! I should make some stuff!
-
@patrickashe had you not heard that the estate agent business was slowly imploding?
-
@bonzrat just in time for their options to not exist any more!
-
@terrycavanagh you can set the live date in the future. Then after approval, you can send promocodes. And then! release.
-
The dog stole my underwear.
-
@jonbro played it on the way over --- totally wanted a grid. But it's kind of mechanical, too -- changing multiple connectivity of rooms.
-
@jonbro most trainwrecks I've seen destroy the barrier between performer and person. Leaving you just with raw pity for them.
-
@jonbro I was trying to do that without. So at least the grid could make it clearer you can't. (Also I was really enjoying the game)
-
@jonbro I do & would love to see, but the internet is complicated here, so I might not get any for my iPad for a bit.
-
@patrickashe @HilariousCow I can't argue with that.
-
Proteus trampoline frog jumping game has been delayed by a lack of a VGA cable and failing to get Tao to talk to SDL on OSX.
-
But tomorrow it will happen! Right now we're sleepy after amazing Danish food and about to play @bfod's Get On Top, also on trampolines.
-
Did I mention I'm enjoying my holiday?
-
@asponge @oh_cripes Why not just be a person with a TV in the kitchen?
-
@radiatoryang oh hey, I'm finally editing you. Think there's going to be a condensed version, and a version with all the drunken bits left
-
New Games We Have Known And Loved. This time it's topical! @radiatoryang on @BlendoGames Thirty Flights of Loving gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/29969984740/robert-yang-on-thirty-flights-of-loving
-
(He really likes the game)
-
@radiatoryang @BlendoGames I think you mainly sound enthusiastic in the edited version. Maybe not so much the longer one.
-
Yesterday I was a frog in Proteus. I was jumping on a trampoline, and I was a frog in Proteus.
-
We projected it onto a sheet, and it gently billowed in the wind. The Danish countryside sounds blended with David's sounds.
-
@bfod the only Internet is the iPad today. But yes, there are.
-
@andrewbrophy @bfod and there's video, too.
-
@MetzoPaino bleah, yeah, but it's terrible, don't do that.
-
@hannahnicklin yeah! Just saw you were speaking, congrats!
-
@MetzoPaino yeah, it's pretty much always terrible. A first page that's mainly image, fine, but not only.
-
@LewieP what? How?
-
@patrickashe if actual NES cart, really difficult. Not the space on the cart for the audio.
-
@patrickashe but other formats would be possible...
-
@patrickashe @garethbriggs or a webcam attached to a computer which detects if the game hasn't been lost yet.
-
RT @hypatiadotca: OH: "I always tell little girls I'm a computer programmer and that's why I get to have my hair any way I want" :D :D :D
-
@jwaaaap @smestorp @JonasKyratzes @PerrinAshcroft getting to keep on doing what you love indefinitely, that's the tricky part.
-
Good old-fashioned UK internet.
-
@patrickashe @BRKeogh which reminds me we need to make that video. When are you freeeee?
-
@edclef @HilariousCow oh shit, I want that. Want that pretty badly. (Also want that on a trampoline. Now there's a test of latency!)
-
RT @flaneur: The @musichackscot organisers have put all the sponsor prizes into a random draw bucket; all hackers eligible to win. This ...
-
@KommanderKlobb I bought it ... about 30 seconds ago
-
@KommanderKlobb but I'm going to go to the pub instead of playing it.
-
@bentosmile guess that means she likes it!
-
"Thirty Flights of Loving ... is like a romantic comedy" gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/post/29969984740/robert-yang-on-thirty-flights-of-loving
-
@smestorp boo! Helix now requires I upgrade iOS to install it.
-
@smestorp yeah, that works fine. Always have the same concerns about being spammy with testflight.
-
@smestorp goddamn, this is great. My controls fiddling had ended up similar, not not as smooth or as twitchy. Just got new PB of 34.
-
@smestorp no more sliding fingers on glass, now you can just press and lean.
-
@smestorp one thing I was fighting was the tendency to go straight vertical or horizontal rather than diagonal. Which is fixed! Hooray!
-
@jonbro new bad hotel controls are way better/clearer. But can I request a "unlock everything" option, a la VVVVV?
-
@smestorp that is a Good Sign.
-
So I played 30 Flights of Loving.
-
@smestorp I keep choking! You should make the enemies have a greater aversion to each other, for jinking between.
-
@smestorp awright, awright, more work for you coming in an email.
-
Wow. Glad I'm not out playing cricket in this weather.
-
"Branch management, for instance, is easy once you realise that branches are just named autoincrementing pointers into the history DAG."
-
@PeopleIKnow holy shit! someone did say cubes!
-
Did somebody say CUBES? hookshotinc.com/on-the-download-5-cubes/
-
Which I'll take as a handy opportunity to remind people I am still selling a game called CUBES. bit.ly/cubesgame
-
I finally put up video of Punch The Custard youtube.com/watch?v=YMuXOW7xwJI
-
@ElectronDance we already ran "Bounce The Trampoline"...
-
@doougle @Babycastles this seems like one of those questions where you have an answer you want to hear. To be fair, I'm happy to provide it.
-
@doougle actually. My meagre game design ethics say you should set it up, and get someone else to play while you do the talk.
-
@realnoyb one unit is one meter, according to Unity's physics. Time to scale everything!
-
You should play this game about a girl having a joint and telling herself a story before bed. mediafire.com/?6iyist29ltrtj3d
-
@c_hedborg sadly yes! It's done in AGS.
-
Foul mood, broken habits - anyone for pub or something else social this evening?
-
@LewieP @Carachan1 can I invite myself along?
-
@LewieP yep, me an Alice are now nearby.
-
This is a noughties themed club night.
-
@hannahnicklin indie music, apparently. It's late 20s people reliving their early 20s. I am suddenly aware of my own mortality.
-
@hannahnicklin mainly, it has to be said, because of how much I enjoy and feel comfortable here.
-
PUNCH THE CUSTARD youtube.com/watch?v=YMuXOW7xwJI
-
@therussmorris filesystems for the win.
-
@smestorp @cucumberoneye @pippinbarr oh, I don't think so. If anything I want more fucking about before I make my choice.
-
@therussmorris feel free!
-
@asponge It's a shame they're publishing two of my favorite games in the near future, really.
-
@bhmwong will see if I can find my old G1.
-
@bhmwong ooh, yes. Need to decide if I'm off to emf camp... if not then definitely.
-
@patrickashe yeah, fuck you gmail and twitter and youtube and facebook and kongregate and foddy.net and tumblr!
-
My ID says Blue Fall. I'm all about big fires which is why I could do without warm plans. #ILoveCatco
-
@PerrinAshcroft @docky and then release endless expansions!
-
@HilariousCow @Slaktus iCade is becoming a standard for certain games. So it's not impossible.
-
RT @tef: “users want to own their data” isn't a use case, it's a manifesto
-
@HilariousCow what are you talking about? amazon.co.uk/Haribo-42305-Bananas-1050g-Tub/dp/B0028KJUJM
-
every day i come to love underscore.js a bit more
-
@samjermy87 you're entirely welcome. best part of organizing that was you and others starting to make games.
-
@ortoslon so that's 18 hours and 44 minutes of entertainment. pretty good!
-
@severalbees which would you pick?
-
@asponge the man in the suit?
-
@severalbees @Benhimself also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Mesquiteers oh shit, and Carry On. Or The Wong-Fei Hong series apparently has went past 100.
-
@jennatar @IcePotato "A pasta of unspeakable circumstance."
-
@therussmorris how was the policy file mangling?
-
@c_hedborg you're leaving Sept 27th? Bad timing, that's the night of Wild Rumpus.
-
@c_hedborg also yes.
-
@DGoodayle you should play Samurai Gunn and 0space by @teknopants
-
@HilariousCow I am only just starting on my talk now, you know. The one about "here is how to make a bullshit post process shader"
-
@HilariousCow so: most of this has tenuous connections to the end result. Good workmanship of shaders does not result in a good game.
-
@HilariousCow but it's inherently worth while. Because it's /doing it properly/. (also, it's learning. Also, technology as material)
-
@HilariousCow the shaders I've made so far are kinda bullshit effects. But they were fun to play with, and learning, and so on.
-
@HilariousCow mainly they feel super cliched, to be honest.
-
Oh yeah, I'm talking at the London Unity Usergroup this evening. Come along! There will be me, talking. Also other people, also pub.
-
@smestorp @elibrody @radiatoryang @pippinbarr @whatisian @NiallEM @terrycavanagh @doougle @jonbro @patrickashe just pushing on.
-
@smestorp @elibrody @radiatoryang @pippinbarr @whatisian @NiallEM @terrycavanagh @doougle @jonbro @patrickashe I get to see a flower soon.
-
"It seems like a better choice to use GameMaker and have... sort of a social life?" <3 <3 <3
-
from @Quinns108 interviewing Cactus here: eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-30-hotline-miami-preview-beneath-the-neon
-
@tigershungry ooh, whatcha getting from sparkfun?
-
@tigershungry ahhhhh. Whatever, I have one of those already.
-
@TomNullpointer hey, someone noted me!
-
RT @hidingseeking: Did you know that custard is a Non-Newtonian fluid? That means that it doesn't behave like most fluids: http://t.co/K ...
-
@hidingseeking Indeed you can! It'll look a lot like this: youtube.com/watch?v=YMuXOW7xwJI
-
RT @hidingseeking: That also means you can PUNCH THE CUSTARD if you come to the #HSWeekender, weekender.hideandseek.net/games/punch-the-custard/
-
@Minkette oh shit! man, congratulations. but you'll be missed here.
-
RT @asponge: Schizophrenic programmer who wrote his own OS (which sings to, and can speak with, God) turns up in MeFi comments: http://t ...
-
so many good quotes! "You want me to do a USB driver. I don't want to. Doesn't thrill me. I want to get people to worship God with songs."
-
@rubzo got it in one!
-
@rubzo reading the mefi thread I just retweeted.
-
@Minkette oh yes, of course!
-
@patrickashe isn't it great?
-
@c_hedborg @patrickashe I never like to collapse these things into real/not real. Let it gently remain ... possible.
-
@asponge Oh shit, yeah, I was listening to a fair bit of Distillers a while back. Good call!
-
goddamn, look at that art! incredipede.com/
-
@smestorp I don't know how I want it to end, to be honest. Maybe it doesn't fit with the game. But I do want games just engaging enough...
-
SPORTS sportsfriendsgame.com/ FRIENDS
-
@severalbees museumcrawl means I got a chance to read your Twilight fanfic again. Good show!
-
@reallyfancy I have that monitor! But I don't have those tiny tiny carrots! :<
-
@reallyfancy my desk is a mess. I've got nothing.
-
RT @applebamos: BBC getting pretty personal about Summer 2012.
-
@jennatar it's not been long, but : fuck you, Jenn.
-
"Game over. Again" "Game over--Again" "Game ove--Again" "Game over... Again" "Game over" "Again"
-
(by which I mean -- Super Hexagon is out. itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-hexagon/id549027629?mt=8 )
-
@jennatar I have my super expensive headphones on. I blame your accent.
-
oh, yeah, London Indies on Monday. It comes by so fast!
-
@smestorp fudge it to something between the two. this sounds like there'll be magic involved.
-
@patrickashe @jonbro @smestorp @elibrody @radiatoryang @pippinbarr @whatisian @NiallEM @terrycavanagh @doougle i'm nearly at the flower.
-
@srules but I just kinda ... fell into it? I mean I guess I like doing computer stuff, but 4 of 6 unis I applied to do psychology.
-
@srules maybe this is just me not caring as much as I should about my own life story, though.
-
@srules I am sorry to be a wet blanket about your project, though. I will have a think a bit more.
-
EMF Camp is a full day in and I still haven't decided if I'm going.
-
@srules maybe I should... the fucking "Ever since he whatever, at the age of 4, he's wanted to make video games" shit should be countered.
-
@srules I did write a thing! I would queue it up for not the 2nd post if I were you, though.