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#017 - "Attention Please" |
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Socoder Newsletter -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Attention Please" #017 - 21st August 2009 groups.google.com/group/socoder-newsletter Tell all your friends! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Hello all I can't think of ANYTHING to add here, this week, so instead I'll just waffle on a bit, and make it look as if I planned something really big and important to say. I didn't though, and the more you read this, the more that's probably becoming apparently obvious. Oh well, never mind. Let's get on with the newsletter! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Read Post$ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Compression If you take 100,000 bytes, and compress them, magically, into 1 byte, what would happen? Tell Afr0! socoder.net/?topic=1674 ; Gameplay vs Working Have you ever created a game that's more fun to play than it is to actually finish off properly? I think they call that Tetris Syndrome! socoder.net/?topic=1666 ; Facebook -> Blitz Is it possible to create a game in Blitz that uses the Facebook API? *shrugs* I've not got around to trying it, yet! socoder.net/?topic=1670 ; Tiles for a Ball Spinal wants some help with his next ball-in-a-maze puzzle game. With a simple enough setup, what kind of tiles can you think of? socoder.net/?topic=1669 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Repeat : Until GameOver -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Rock my Chords (Jayenkai) If you've a Guitar Hero or Rock Band guitar, plug it in, and strum away with whatever chords you like. Not much of a game, but a little fun, if you still haven't bothered to learn how to strum a proper guitar yet! socoder.net/?showcase=19998 ; Pong Out (JL235) A nice and simple idea. Balls fall towards the paddle, and you have to keep them airborne. But with multiple paddles, and health that decreases with every ball you drop, how long will you be able to last? socoder.net/?showcase=19946 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Goto Links -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Sand Animation (Jayenkai) with apologies to those who can't see it, a wonderful animation created in realtime using a box of sand. Has to be seen to be believed. If you can't see it, shove "Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation" into YouTube! socoder.net/?link=19965 ; John Carmack @ QuakeCon (JL235) John tells all about the aquisition of ID, and discusses all manner of things, from iPhones to Java and all things inbetween. I haven't watched it yet, though, since I've not had 2 hours to spare!! socoder.net/?link=19989 ; DirectX 11 (Spare) Reminding us all that there is indeed a DirectX 10, and that most of us are still using DX9 because, really, there wasn't any improvement that couldn't have been hacked into DX9 anyway, AMD are showing off their new GPUs with brand new DX11 using bog standard patterns that could probably have been done on an Amiga, after a decent Scene-Hacker had got to the thing. Way to go! socoder.net/?link=19996 ; Mobile Internet Development gets 18 million! (Spare) Wish I got 18 million for something that I could manage to do just as well without needing any extra funding. All it takes is time. Lucky gits managed to weasle 18 million out of the EU, to try and get the speed of mobile broadband up to 1gbps. Once that works, they'll be able to charge YOU loads of money for their super 1gbps mobile broadband. Bargain!! socoder.net/?link=19995 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syntax Error -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Socoder Stats! (Jayenkai) Are you the type of person who loves to see people typing things into Google? Want to know how many people have apparently been googling Diablo's Circle game? Look on, and find a bizarrely large number! socoder.net/?blogs=20001 ; A brand new titlescreen'ish (Jayenkai) I tweaked my standardised titlescreen, this week. Not really much, but nobody else blogged anything, so I'm posting this so it looks like a full section, and not just some weird section that's all about a blog post about stats! socoder.net/?blogs=20008 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- For n=1 to 7 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Top 7 Pollers (last week's position) (^ 3) 120 - TazzMan47 (> 2) 115 - shroom_monk (^ x) 110 - JL235 (v 1) 105 - Phoenix (> 5) 095 - Nolan (^ x) 095 - Tikihead (v 6) 090 - 9572AD ; Last Week's Poll Results ---Which is Better? ------066% : Branded ------033% : Unbranded ---Which is Better? ------060% : Unencrypted ------040% : Encrypted ---Which is Better? ------080% : Cash ------019% : Credit ---Which is Better? ------093% : Mobile phone ------006% : Home phone ---Which is Better? ------065% : Facebook ------030% : Twitter ------005% : MySpace ---Who's Better? ------052% : Sonic ------023% : Knuckles ------011% : Tails ------005% : Robotnik ------005% : Metal Sonic ------000% : Amy (Poor Amy!) ---Who's Better? ------045% : Mario ------025% : Yoshi ------015% : Bowser (Koopa!) ------010% : Toad ------005% : Luigi ------000% : Princess Peach ------000% : Goomba -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Competition of the Week -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; 2 Bees, Still! Afr0's joining in, DD's joining in, and some other "A game a week" guy (not me!) is also joining in. Are you joining in? socoder.net/?topic=1655 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Random Youtube Videos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Having gotten all the way up to issue 17, you'd think that people would start sending me fun stuff to add to the newsletter! Here's some random YouTube vids that I had to pick out myself! Christian Hip-Hop..? Not my cup of tea! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkeOxjwqVSw Face lols www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLAma-lrJRM A Classic www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynjIoymWHvU Game Over www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBGRA6HHtY ------------------- Load, Next List |
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