Advent of Creativity 2024

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Sat, 30 Nov 2024, 04:51
Jayenkai	Advent of Creativity 2024 Welcome to the annual Advent of Creativity This year, we're going free-reign. There's no enforced word of the day. There's no requirements for creativity. Just do whatever comes to mind. Be as creative as you can, as often as you can, and post the results here for us all to enjoy. Music, Tech demos, Poetry, Art, Games, Tools, Stories, whatever. Let your creativity flow however it wishes. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 01 Dec 2024, 08:48
Jayenkai	Day One Traditional Bauble Selfie. We're much better organised for Xmas, this year. Last year's decorations weren't put up until the 17th, as we were that bloomin' disorganised after the house move! Also, new Baubles, so slightly odd hue!! (And they're tiny, too!) -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 01 Dec 2024, 15:02
cyangames	Haiku Gets! Christmas so soon? I must buy many presents and bake many cakes -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Mon, 02 Dec 2024, 14:25
cyangames	Day Two GIving a limerick a go tonight. There once was a geezer called Santa Whose waist was so large due to pasta Eating up with such vigour He gave up his figure That your chimney is stuck with his bum. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Mon, 02 Dec 2024, 15:56
Jayenkai	Excellent effort! Today, me and Mum have been trying to finish off decorating the living room. It's been rather tiresome, if I'm honest. I also wrote a Match Pairs game for Shoebox, because I played it in that DS game I got earlier, and went "OMG, I don't have that in Shoebox!!" -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 03 Dec 2024, 01:17
cyangames	\o/ noice!
Tue, 03 Dec 2024, 17:48
Jayenkai	Day Three I ended up doing the same sort of thing again, today. I played that terrible "Fashion Designer" thing, and felt like it was better in the 80s when we had line drawings and imagination and pen and paper. and.. ... pen and paper.. and.. .. So, Mannequin is the end of that thought process. True, it isn't the worlds "best" Mannequin, but it is at lest something fun to doodle against! You can be the Fashion Designer over at Foldapuz!! Probably best to click a magnifying glass, and print a single sheet full size, then be the artist!! (Or save as a png, load it into an art package, then try to be amazing!) -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 04 Dec 2024, 10:02
cyangames	Day Four Another limerick today Penguins, they kinda like Christmas But this year, their mood was most cheerless The briskly chilled weather Required coats made of leather So swimming was quite sadly fishless. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Wed, 04 Dec 2024, 15:54
Jayenkai	I think I need to make the Mannequin heads bigger..! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 05 Dec 2024, 17:05
Jayenkai	Day Five All I've done today is work on a game. All bloody day. This one dragged a bit. You can Play Orbital Protector in JSE Drag all the rocks with your electronic tractor! - Turn - Thrust Tractor beam is activated automatically, and may not always be what you want!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 06 Dec 2024, 16:03
Jayenkai	Day Six Though I'm trying my best, To get all the things done. I'm struggling with Advent. It's really no fun. Trying to cram in, A new game each day, Leaves me struggling to fit, All the fun times and play. I've an ROG Ally, That's sat and disowned, By my Meta Quest headset, With gaming postponed. I'd planned for this month, To be happy and free, With the Typing game finished, And time left for me. But it isn't that way, And each day there's more work. So I wrote this short ditty, Whilst going berserk. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 07 Dec 2024, 16:18
Jayenkai	Day Seven Haven't a lot to show for today. Plenty to hear, but not much to show. // Music Test (requires at least v.3ghy) // by Jayenkai // Created 2024/12/7 Graphics 512,512,1 Print "Hello MP3" PlayMP3("Walking AL") Repeat If GamePad(ButtonA)>0.5 then PlayMP3("Walking D") If GamePad(ButtonB)>0.5 then PlayMP3("Closure") If GamePad(ButtonX)>0.5 then PlayMP3("Xenial Dancing (inst)") If GamePad(ButtonY)>0.5 then PlayMP3("Binky") if GamePad(ButtonUp)<0.5 then dis1=0 If GamePad(ButtonUp)>0.5 and dis1==0 then PlaySFX("Gun_2");dis1=1 if GamePad(ButtonDown)<0.5 then dis2=0 If GamePad(ButtonDown)>0.5 and dis2==0 then PlaySFX("Gun_1");dis2=1 Flip Forever --v Be sure to refresh JSE so it updates to v3ghy There's a new PlayMP3 function, and it plays pretty much anything from my Music Archive, though there's a few quirks.. 1. Obviously, the music is only ever going to be the _lofistream quality, just to save on bandwidth. 2. The music is limited to my archive. I KNOW this makes it all a bit "Me Me Me", but I don't want JSE becoming "Everybody uploads copyrighted music" like PlayMyCode did, so limits are good...!!! 3. If you download with the "Download HTML5 Project" button, this functionality currently doesn't work. I need to rewrite the exporter, so that it can grab the mp3 and pack it into the zip, before it works there. Once I've added that functionality, you'll be able to replace the mp3s with your own. For today, I CBA doing that!!! This has been a long, long day. 4. Obviously, bandwidth, transfer speed, etc, will all impact the quality of this function. If you'd like the complete list, hit the new "Music Library" button, and all is there. Otherwise you could also copy+paste the titles from my Music Archive. I think I'll probably fix up the Music Library interface a bit, so it's .. anything other than a giant scrolling list!!! Not today, though. I've done more than enough! But.. \o/yeay\o/ finally got around to this! Woot!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 09 Dec 2024, 01:59
Jayenkai	Day Eight? I'm going to aim to do something a bit more creative, for Day Nine, but that all depends on how the time goes. Yesterday was a nice enough day, with 2 visitors coming to the bungalow. We spent early afternoon with one of the neighbours, and then later on my Uncle turned up and spent a few more hours here. On top of that I wrote a game, and once all that was done there was no time left in the day. Where does the day go?! Generic Simon game added to Shoebox. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 09 Dec 2024, 16:13
Jayenkai	Day Nine Today I tried to make a Skyroads style effect using sprites, but the maths got confused to hell and back and I eventually gave up. // Abandoned Skyroad // by Jayenkai // Created 2024/12/9 Symbol 0,"2__4_4_4_4!5_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,445_5_5_5,4_4_4_4!6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_6_"; Dim grid(10,128) Graphics 800,520,1 GameHandler("New Project","Easy\|Normal\|Hard") .StartGame Gosub NewLevel Return .NewLevel px=4;py=2 px2=4 scry=0 ca=Rand(0,7) cb=Rand(0,7) cc=Rand(0,7) a=0;b=0;c=7 h=Rand(0,2) for y=0 to 128 h=(h+Rand(0,2))%6 for x=0 to 7 grid(x,y)=8 next if h!=0 or y<8 then grid(a,y)=1 if h!=2 or y<8 then grid(b,y)=2 if h!=4 or y<8 then grid(c,y)=3 if y<2 then grid(a,y)=8;grid(b,y)=8;grid(c,y)=8 if y>4 if h!=0 and h!=1 and h!=2 then a=Limit(a+Rand(-1,1),0,7) if h!=2 and h!=3 and h!=4 then b=Limit(b+Rand(-1,1),0,7) if h!=4 and h!=5 and h!=0 then c=Limit(c+Rand(-1,1),0,7) endif next Return .InGame CLS:ResetDraw;AA False w2=jscrw0.5 h2=jscrh0.3 dp=2.7 z=(-dp)+scry dx=jscrw0.5 for y=py+8 to py-4 step -1 z2=z^2 z3=z^1.5 dy=z20.5 a=Limit((dy0.02),0,1) SetAlpha a SetSize ((dy+50)/90,(dy+50)/90) dy=(z20.5)+h2 if dy>=0 for x=0 to 7 dx=(((x-3.5)z3))+w2 s=0; if px2==x and py==y then s=1 if grid(x,y)==8 then s=2 SetSkew((3.5-x)/3,0) if grid(x,y)==8 then DrawImg dx,dy,0,0 next endif z=z+dp next z=(-dp) for n=0 to 7;z=z+dp;next z2=z^2 z3=z^1.5 dy=z2 SetSize (dy/200) dy=(z20.5)+h2 dx=((px-3.5)*z3)+w2 SetSkew 0,0 SetAlpha 1;Text(dx,dy,"Y",1) if GamePad(ButtonLeft)<0.5 and GamePad(ButtonRight)<0.5 and GamePad(ButtonUp)<0.5 then kdis=0 if GamePad(ButtonRight)>0.5 and kdis==0 then hop=hop+1;px2=px2+1;kdis=1 if GamePad(ButtonLeft)>0.5 and kdis==0 then hop=hop+1;px2=px2-1;kdis=1 if GamePad(ButtonUp)>0.5 and kdis==0 then hop=hop+1;px2=px2;kdis=1 px=SmoothTo(px,px2,6) if Abs(px-px2)<0.1 then px=px2 ResetDraw Text 32,32,px+":"+px2,0 spd=0.2 scry=scry+spd //if hop>0 then scry=scry+0.175 if scry=>dp scry=0;py=py+1 if hop>0 then hop=hop-1 endif Return --v ABANDONED!!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 10 Dec 2024, 07:11
cyangames	Day Ten There once was a reindeer named Rudolph Who nose was repeatedly pulled off When it was replaced It became disgraced When honked it blew all Santas Clothes off! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Tue, 10 Dec 2024, 10:59
steve_ancell	@cyangames:
Tue, 10 Dec 2024, 15:23
Jayenkai	Today I've been formulating a game, mostly the ruleset, and am intending to add it to Shoebox, but .. Honestly, I've been juggling the rules of this game all day!! If you have a set of Scrabble tiles at hand, the rules are pretty simple. Deal yourself 10 tiles per round, and make one or two (or three) words. (each tile should be used only once, but if you make a five letter word, a three letter word and a two letter word, that's awesome!) If you've used ALL the letters in a single round, that's a bonus. If you have any tiles left at the end of a round, those are discarded before the next 10 tiles are drawn. Give yourself points per words, and if you put the word into a "correct" box, you also get the Bonus as displayed on the row. Pretty much Yahtzee but with words. Give yourself 8 rounds (so 80 tiles in total) and score as appropriate. Tally up at the end, and let me know how good/bad the game plays. Do all the little rules make sense? Does everything play as it oughta? I'm not sure if it's possible to earn ALL the rows in a single game (since there's 20 rows, but only 80 tiles). If you feel that's "wrong", let me know, but I think the lack of those last few tiles makes for an interesting complication to the game. Oh, and before you begin, nominate letters for "Starts with" and "Ends with", and a score for "Exactly"! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 11 Dec 2024, 13:12
cyangames	Day Eleven Deep inside the yuletide tree There lurks a most mysterious bee In stead of hun It consumes your fun And stuffs itself full of glee Might try that game out over Christmas Jay -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 02:46
Jayenkai	Day Twelve Spent yesterday working on this silly little game. I'm fairly sure I've done this game before, though, and kinda recently, too, though I can't find it, so.. shrugs -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 11:18
cyangames	It's fun though Also, this happens... Baubles, Baubles Everywhere And lots of Rum to drink But wait This rum is extra spicy So I farted up a stink -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 09:52
cyangames	Day Thirteen Need those old school gravatars but without the external calls? Here's a PHP function that does it rather well. Just be sure to create a sub directory called "ticketAvatars" for them to be stored in. function getGravatar($emailAddress){ $hashData = hash("sha256", $emailAddress); if (file_exists("ticketAvatars/".$hashData.".png")){ } else { $r1 = intval(hexdec(substr($hashData,0,2))0.5); $g1 = intval(hexdec(substr($hashData,2,2))0.5); $b1 = intval(hexdec(substr($hashData,4,2))0.5); $r2 = max(min(255, $r1 + intval(hexdec(substr($hashData,6,2))0.75) ), 0); $g2 = max(min(255, $g1 + intval(hexdec(substr($hashData,8,2))0.75)), 0); $b2 = max(min(255, $b1 + intval(hexdec(substr($hashData,10,2))0.75)), 0); $variant = hexdec(substr($hashData,12,1)); $mirroring = hexdec(substr($hashData,13,1)) % 4; //0= no mirroring, 1= vert mirror, 2 = horiz mirror 3 = both $im = imagecreatetruecolor(200,200); $bkgcolor = imagecolorallocate($im, $r1,$g1,$b1); $fgcolor = imagecolorallocate($im,$r2,$g2,$b2); imagefill($im, 0, 0, $bkgcolor); $cellSize = 25; $halfCellSize = $cellSize / 4; for($i=0; $i<64; ++$i){ $num = hexdec(substr($hashData,$i,1)); $x1 = ($i % 8) * $cellSize; $x2 = $x1+$cellSize; $y1 = floor($i/8) * $cellSize; $y2 = $y1+ $cellSize; if ($num > 7){ imagefilledrectangle($im, $x1,$y1,$x2,$y2, $fgcolor); if ($num > 11){ imagefilledrectangle($im, $x1+$halfCellSize,$y1+$halfCellSize,$x2-$halfCellSize,$y2-$halfCellSize, $bkgcolor); } } else { if ($num >3){ imagefilledrectangle($im, $x1+$halfCellSize,$y1+$halfCellSize,$x2-$halfCellSize,$y2-$halfCellSize, $fgcolor); } } if ($mirroring > 10){ //MIRROR TOP TO BOTTOM $subImage = imagecreatetruecolor(200,100); imagecopy($subImage,$im,0,0,0,0,200,100); imageflip($subImage,IMG_FLIP_VERTICAL); imagecopy($im, $subImage, 0,100,0,0,200,100); } else { if ($mirroring < 5){ //MIRROR LEFT TO RIGHT $subImage = imagecreatetruecolor(100,200); imagecopy($subImage,$im,0,0,0,0,100,200); imageflip($subImage,IMG_FLIP_HORIZONTAL); imagecopy($im, $subImage, 100,0,0,0,100,200); } else { //MIRROR EVERY WAY $subImage = imagecreatetruecolor(100,100); imagecopy($subImage,$im,0,0,0,0,100,100); imageflip($subImage, IMG_FLIP_HORIZONTAL); imagecopy($im, $subImage, 100,0,0,0,100,100); imageflip($subImage, IMG_FLIP_VERTICAL); imagecopy($im, $subImage, 100,100,0,0,100,100); imageflip($subImage, IMG_FLIP_HORIZONTAL); imagecopy($im, $subImage, 0,100,0,0,100,100); } } } imagepng($im, "ticketAvatars/".$hashData.".png"); } echo "<img src=\"ticketAvatars/".$hashData.".png\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" />"; } --v -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 10:47
Jayenkai	Nice
Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 10:50
Jayenkai	getGravatar("630106"); Limit those numbers!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 12:39
cyangames	Ohh, I shall have to see what that makes on Monday Is it overflowing 255 on the colours there I take it? -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 12:59
Jayenkai	Yep. PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: imagecolorallocate(): Argument #3 ($green) must be between 0 and 255 (inclusive) in /Users/jayenkai/Downloads/Installing/temp/test.php:22 -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 23:59
cyangames	Cool, I'll add a range check to that on monday then, haha! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
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