jojoe's Forum Posts

  • Here is a cool way using an array.

    scirra.com/tutorials/360/generating-a-random-tile-map

    Nice if you want to line things up, and to make sure there are no extras drawn.

  • There is a bound to layout behaviour that might help.

  • Ok, thanks to an ancient thread from back in 2007 Ashley gave me the answer I was looking for:

    69.24.73.172/scirra/forum/viewtopic.php

    You want to make so that when the user clicks on the titlebar it sets a variable (like MoveWindow)to 1. And on left mouse button up, set it back to 0... That way the cursor can even leave the window area, and disengage the move function when the user releases the button.. This even works across multiple monitors :)

    Here is a cheat-sheet for anyone interested:

    docs.google.com/file/d/0B7p8-X5UMeryTDVkTU10dXdUUFk/edit

  • I am trying to move a frameless window around when the user clicks on my custom title-bar.

    All i can find to do this trick is this from the node-webkit manual.:

    github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Frameless-Window

    Does C2 have anything for mouse-dragging the window? All I can see is how to set the X and Y of the window.

    TIA for any help :)

  • LOL, that controller looks awesome.

    I bet whoever designed it had an Intellivision as a kid:

    <img src="http://www.gratuitousscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IntellivisionController.jpg" border="0" />

    I cant wait to get one of those babies!

  • How does this look?

    https://googledrive.com/host/0B7p8-X5UMeryY21yWEVqUklDYnM/index.html

    If you like it I will rig him for animation for you too. He is made in Blender.

    <img src="https://photos-6.dropbox.com/t/0/AAAT5Pl_ngh5uOp7BmxqsSJQUldQlJAUsHi-bOcnUkDMaw/12/1660874/png/2048x1536/3/1380250800/0/2/leroy.png/wHLCgwUvdDssW2k9ZU1UJxkCh7abQ07XG42K0qRoI8Q" border="0">

  • That looks really cool. I like your concept art!

    I really enjoy cel-shaded games like Shank, and Afro-Ninja.

    I think I might give this a try-out as well, will PM soon.

  • I have a feeling there will be an explosion like any linux other distro at first.

    I also have a feeling they will not be starting from scratch, I would be willing to bet they are going to base it off Debian or Gentoo.

    If this is the case there will be thousands of applications ready for use on day 1 from the parent distros repository.

    This might even turn out to be Valvebuntu, a remastered Ubuntu.

    They take ubuntu, add and remove a few apps, Change artwork and icons, and roll up an ISO.

    The advantage to using a pre-existing distro is that they will not have to re-invent the wheel for a lot of things.

  • Any of the sprites I try to load from URL screenshots seem to get doinked on canvas resize.

    My solution is to only let the user go fullscreen from the main menu. I do it before I draw the game board, or load sprites from URL's.

    My only problems seem to stem from trying to set the canvas (or maybe layout?) scale after I have drawn and positioned them on the screen.

  • how about no coding required

    Codes can be visually expressed too. Look at boat signal flags, hieroglyphs, and petroglyphs.

    Codes can also be auditory like Morse code.

    It took me a few thoughts to understand it, But I think "No Programming required" is OK. Maybe not OK for non-english speaking people, but Google translate will confuse them no matter what you say. I have been speaking english since I was 15, and I get a hard time sometimes.

    No Coding required might be better for internet-savy users. I usually link "Code" to programming syntax/gibberish.

    I have a little formal programming training, and I can honestly say this is nothing like anything I have ever tried.

    It is a GODsend for my Dyslexia. I can look over an event sheet and instantly identify what is going on by the sprite thumbnails. I look at even a single line of Python or C# and instantly see gibberish for the first few seconds. (Even with the best syntax highlighting.)

    Well anyway, C2 is not "old-school" programming in my book. I would like to hold my head up and say I am a programmer now though.

  • Sorry for the typos, the forum will not let me edit any of my posts.

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    Scirra really needs to look into a functional forum package.

    vanillaforums.org

    osqa.net

    bbpress.org

    simple-press.com

    forumsoftware.ca

    minibb.com

    phorum.org

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    Maybe install a working forum package until this template is completed and functional? I am sure the users will appreciate it too.

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  • Blender has a great feature called a constraint.

    You can constrain the movement, scaling, and rotation of an object with one simple menu of constraints.

    The existing constrain to layout behaviour could have X+,X-,Y+,and Y- settings so we could define a "play area" . This would be extremely useful for Physics simulations.

    During physics simulations I have to put in barriers and boundaries so things do not encroach the GUI area. It would be really cool if I could just put a location constraint on a family of objects instead.

    I do not think the Pin behaviour supports rotation or scaling, So a "constrain to parents scale", and "constrain to parents rotation" feature would be really nice.

    I have run into a few situations where I did not want a pinned object to rotate with the sprite it is attached to. My solution is to reset the rotation on my sprite every time the parent sprite rotates.

    On the flip side I have run into a few situations where I wanted every object in a container to scale or rotate with the parent object. This is useful for special effects and drop shadows.

    It seems like every time I am using a container, I have to include little hacks for rotation and scaling.

    Well, anyway, with a few tweaks to the existing Pin, and Bound to layout behaviours we could have a nice set of constraint tools.

  • I think they mean no traditional text based programming, or text based scripting.

    C2 uses its own visual language to program and script with, maybe this is what they mean? I am terrible with written English, so I can not say whether it is right or wrong.

    You do not need to know any language to learn C2's programming language. This is true.

    You do not need to use the Event system at all for a simple game. Just add behaviours for amusing little toys and games.

    This is a true statement for C+, and Assembler too, you need no formal programming experience to learn how to make games under the C+ or Assembler environment either. It sure good to have some programming training though. C2 is the same way.

  • Fontforge is a cool Utility for making all sorts of fonts.

    <img src="http://a.fsdn.com/con/app/proj/fontforge/screenshots/328607.jpg" border="0">

    Last time I checked they only had Debian .DEB file. They now support Windows and .RPM.

    sourceforge.net/projects/fontforge/files/fontforge-executables

    I suggest loading a TTF font file first, then you can see how the draw tools work. Most of the tools are based on beziers curves like inkscape objects.

    Double click on any glyph to edit them.

    The advantage to making your own fonts is that you do not need to get permission to use them in commercial projects. (They look great too!)

    I was very happy to see this on windows. In the past I had to run VirtualBox

  • Some nice music! Thanks for sharing it with us.