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Created : 27 August 2010
Edited : 31 December 1969

#070 - Four!?

Socoder Newsletter

Four!?

          #070 - 27th August 2010


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Hello World

          Another week gone, already.

          I'm trying to relax, but the days seem to be
          flowing much faster, now that I'm doing naff all.

          I'm tempted to buy a game or something, but it's
          been a while since I even bothered to look at
          proper games, and I'm not too sure what to go for.

          Maybe I should just get Mario Galaxy 2, and be done
          with it..?

     Upcoming Birthdays
          We still don't have enough members to have a
          birthday this week.
          Shroom's is next Sunday, though!

     In the Shoutbox..
          Half Life, good or bad?

     In the Mudchat..
          Stealth and DD discuss the ins and out of sleeping
          patterns, as they both struggle to decide upon, and
          cope with new ones.

Last Week

     Things That Got Done
          Jay did nothing,
          DNA did Graphics,
          Cower tried to do App stuff,
          Shroomy tried to code,
          and Mole tried to Amp.

          What did you do, this week?
socoder.net/?topic=2065

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Mole's Mate

          Mole's friend wants to do Computer Sciences at Uni.
          He isn't sure what it'll entail, or what things he
          should know before hand.
          Let him know!
socoder.net/?topic=2062

Half'n'Half

          Spinal's trying to make semi-transparent pixels,
          but is struggling to figure out how to mix the sets
          of numbers together.
socoder.net/?topic=2063

Printing

          BGDDisco's building a nice big game, and wants it
          to include a printable rulesheet for folk to follow
          along with.
          .. How DO you print from Blitz?
socoder.net/?topic=2064

Timing

Later, BGDDisco asks how to get an accurate "Right
Now" universal time for his game.
socoder.net/?topic=2067

Semi-Rant

          Both of BGDDisco's posts have eventually gotten to
          the same common end reply.

          "Doesn't, Won't work, Don't bother"

          In my days we struggled to actually DO the things
          we couldn't, and felt a wonderful sense of worth
          when we actually stumbled upon a solution that at
          least "tricked" our way around an issue.

          I find it really disturbing that nowadays, people
          are happy to just give up, and not bother at all to
          do something they're not meant to be able to.

          At this rate, we'll get to a point where
          "MakePong()" isn't a command, and folk are happy to
          never bother to make a game of pong.

Goto Links

Chrome Does Apps!

A very scary eyed man describes Chrome's WebApps
without blinking!!! EVER!!!!
socoder.net/?link=23953

GNU grep is fast

Use this to go faster..
socoder.net/?link=23966

Creating secure passwords

But don't go too fast!!!
socoder.net/?link=23967

GLBasic

          Version 8 of GLBasic is out, and now it's semi-free.
          Free for basic basic, premium for advanced stuff.
          Nice!
socoder.net/?link=23968

Repeat:Until GameOver

10 MODE 0:BORDER 0:INK 0,0:INK 1,6
20 PRINT CHR$(22)CHR$(1):PEN 1
30 LOCATE 1,10:PRINT STRING$(20,"_")
40 SYMBOL 250,24,24,16,0,0,0,0,0
50 SYMBOL 251,0,0,0,124,16,0,0,0
60 SYMBOL 252,0,0,0,0,0,16,40,68
70 INK 2,24:INK 3,25:INK 4,23
80 PEN 2:LOCATE 10,10:PRINT CHR$(250)
90 PEN 3:LOCATE 10,10:PRINT CHR$(251)
100 PEN 4:LOCATE 10,10:PRINT CHR$(252)

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C:\Indie Games

Moshboy's varied Indie Game collection continues!
www.youtube.com/user/Slumlord27

Boondog

A Flashback-looking puzzle platformer with switches
and buttons and jumping and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtbq-DwHgvY

Nation of Reincars

          A puzzle platformer with a character trying to get
          to the other side.
          If the character dies, he's reincarnated as a
          different animal, each with different abilities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_N1g-Tb6EM

rhacp

          Like Snake, but in 3D with loads of baddie
          creatures that you have to collect..!
          Looks great!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gIhV1fpcJg

PixelProspector

          I'm only including Kaizen's choice of "In
          Development" games, here. If you'd prefer to see
          the finished games, try here..
www.PixelProspector.com

Legend of Iya

A great GBA Styled action platformer, with some
wonderful looking sprite work.
bit.ly/PPGames_Iya

Ask Twitter

     @Jayenkai
          If you could travel back in time, and show your
          younger self a super-fantastic new-age video game,
          which one would you pick?

     @GeorgeBray
          Katamari Damacy, Wario Ware or Jikkyo Oshaberi
          Parodius.

Random Tube

What the Hay!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Co6GAaXFw

Thwack

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzO4u9aenz4

Coffee, Decaff or Tea

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdcySIs2CQ8

Yeay! Happy Faces!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=okh8cvOJbEo

Exciting

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o94pyUhUv3A

Doctors with Guns

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEg-R4yw_M

Rock Band 2013

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTS16klgqMU

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