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#064 - Your Sweet Surrender

Socoder Newsletter

The Streets are Empty

          #064 - 16th July 2010


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Hello World

          A package came for me yesterday.
          hmm..
          I hadn't ordered anything, so was slightly worried
          as to what kind of dangerous weaponary might be
          awaiting my signature, this time.

          Turns out, it was just a random PC magazine from
          Ukrania.

          ...I'll let you off, this time, Mr Machette...

          If you buy issue 139 of a strange non-english
          magazine, JNKPlat's on the coverDVD! woot!

          Although they didn't send the DVD due to licensing
          issues, so the only proof I have is "JNKPlat 2010"
          written in small text, hidden amongst the list of
          included software.
          d'oh

www.dpk.com.ua

     In the Shoutbox..
          XNA, Adobe, and Graduation!
          Congrats, DD!

     In the Mudchat..
          Running,
          Testing,
          Restarting,
          Scraping
          and
          Moving

Last Week

          Nobody was visiting the Worklogs, because they
          thought the WW stood for Wednesday Workshop, even
          though we'd had a whole topic about it a couple of
          months earlier!
          d'oh!

     Things That Got Done
          Live Wallpaper
          RPG Work
          Other folk's RPG Work
          Plenty of Website Overhauls
          and
          Trying to make money from an ecological disaster

socoder.net/?topic=2032

Read Post$

Sprites vs Co-ordinates

          j'ordos is having issues with a batch of sprites
          that aren't quite lined up in such a way that his
          bullets appear accurately.
socoder.net/?topic=2029

Waroffice!

          Socoder welcomes back WarOffice.
          Um, there was more in the Shoutbox.. Kinda forgot
          about his topic!
          Welcome back, WarOffice!!
socoder.net/?topic=2033

Ranty Bit

The Frontpage

          Constantly making polls is ticking me off. What
          else can go on the frontpage?
          Current suggestions include..
          Why not make another page with all the sidebar
          info, so I don't have to visit the frontpage?
          Why not add another Shoutbox where we can type in
          what we're doing, because, really, the shoutbox
          can't possibly already do that...
          and
          Why not juggle things around, and not bother adding
          something that is at least causing people to turn
          up daily.
          I hate asking for suggestions.
socoder.net/?topic=2031

Android Spam

          When you're trying to reach your audience, it
          usually helps when the audience isn't wowing over
          the latest stupid god damned Fart app.
          Why the hell are they popular?!
          Ooh, I can push a button and it goes "Puuuurp!!"
          Stupid god damn bloody kids.
          In my days, kids were coding games!!!
          ..
          Lazy feckers..
          ....
          Gah!!
          ..
          Noel's rant is more or less the same, but about
          Wallpapers instead!
socoder.net/?blogs=23598

Goto Links

Use Strict

          A handy security feature in recent Javascript
          versions. Strict mode removes all the older
          Javascript features that can cause issues.
socoder.net/?link=23568

Zero G Cup

Yeay! Space Stuff!
socoder.net/?link=23589

Syntax Error

Making little blue Avabars

          HoboBen asked how I generate those little avabars
          for folk that don't have them.
          Here's the code..
          (or, how to use php to create pictures!)
socoder.net/?snippet=23573

Precompression

HoboBen tries to compress 1918151617 and finds it
doesn't compress too well.
socoder.net/?topic=2030

Precompression - Part 2

HoboBen finds that if he makes it "11111|98576",
then it compresses much better.
socoder.net/?link=23575

Repeat:Until GameOver

Print Chr$(22)+Chr$(1)

Socoder Games

RetroRaiderII

A remake of my Pitfall vs Tomb Raider mashup. Run,
Shoot, Kill, Collect!
socoder.net/?showcase=23597

Moshboy's Abandonware

Abandoned Indie Games

          Games that got left, ignored, unfinished, halfway
          through, for whatever reasons..
          Shame

#22 - Strict Machine

A simple little arena shooter, with a background
that makes me want to play Sneech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjiDnhN7pYY

#23 - Within a Deep Forest 2

A Bouncing Ball platformer, hop around and reach
bouncable places.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pNgWJI66ME

#24 - Aurora

A metroid-esque game, with a nice variety of
weapons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CASG_sIENR8

#25 - Savior of Lapratan

A nice looking game that got abandoned, and then
redone as a totally different game!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuwhscPi7RI

Pixel Prospector

Unabandoned Indie Games

Games that aren't quite yet abandoned, and may
still have more gameplay in them..

Jables Adventure

          A new trailer for Jables Adventure, a lovely
          looking roaming. exploring, platforming, adventure
          game.
bit.ly/PPGames_Jable

Modern Warfare 2D

          They've renamed Call of Duty 2D to Modern Warfare
          2D, and have a nice new updated version available.
          Lovely look to the game.
bit.ly/PPGames_COD2d2

Curly's Freeware

Finished Indie Games

Games that are done and dusted.

Santaman and his Iced Muffins

Help Santaman grab all his Muffins, in this lovely
Snes-esque platformer.
bit.ly/SantasMuffins

Illuminator

A great little ghost-busting platformer with a nice
and simple lighting effect.
bit.ly/WhoYaCall

Retweet

     @bobbyllew
          Brilliant bit of art me and the Mrs just found.
          Fascinating for some weird, arty reason.
bit.ly/74HuQo

     @zagrebista
          New ZX Spectrum title "Invasion of the Zombie
          Monsters" released for free
tiny.cc/77wtm

     @retroremakes
          Must reads: Gnome on Manic Miner, Cliffski on Mark
          Rein, Will Porter on PC Zone
is.gd/dtAHh
is.gd/dtAI7
is.gd/dtAIQ

     @POStudios
          We're hiring! We're looking for talented people to
          join our team!
tinyurl.com/2u3f448

     @richardtlowe
          You know that you haven't quite woken up yet when
          you go to the fridge for milk for coffee and return
          with a tub of butter.

Random Tube

Hip to the Hop

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hELTtsBRie4

\o/ yeay! Kawaaiii!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NixgpktVZdA

ImprovEverywhere's Latest

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI

Cat vs Cake

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDa5IO9ASoc

Relaxing Country Music

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQsiLDAxud0

Dance Break

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuvRRPq-AtY

This is an iPhone

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdk2cJpSXLg

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