techlord's Forum Posts

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  • It's been a while since I posted in forums, but, progress with Arcade Komodo Online (web portal) development has been steady for the past two weeks. Although, it may not be very exciting visually, the screenshot below is my current state of progress with TournamentBlitz Content Management System Wordpress Plugin. The TBCMS WP Plugin is designed to communicate with the Arcade Komodo UDK Soft Console via Game Server Control Protocol (GSCP) TCPLink. TBCMS manages Arcade Komodo tournament events and services.

    <center><img src="http://electric-lizard.servegame.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/TBCMS_WP.png" border="0"></center>

    Of course, the above is the administrative back-end and it will follow the traditional WP admin theme. Following the WP Plugin, is development on a unique WP Theme specifically for Arcade Komodo Online. A Wordpress Theme powered by Construct 2, that integrates HTML5 Games directly into Arcade Komodo Online to provide an additional layer of Tournament Arcade Game play to compliment Soft Console Game Modules (UDK).

    If you're interested in keep up to date with the progress on the entire project go visit here.

  • Hello World! I'm F.L.Taylor aka 'Techlord' in various 3D game creation forums:1,2,3,4. I'm a games, application, web developer using the amazing Construct 2 to power a HTML5 Wordpress Theme and integrated Tournament Games at ArcadeKomodo.com.

  • Hi Jax, thanks for sharing your experience and insight on this topic. I researched the software packages (Hippo HTML Animator & KompoZer) you mentioned. Designing the Constructicon Theme to be compatible with a WYSIWYG Web Builder would be nice, however, I would only use it internally to design the Themes Layout. I could see a purpose for Kompozer in this regard. However, I cannot quite place how I would use Hippo as a HTML5 animator.

    I would prefer to master one application and I believe Construct 2 can handle all of tasks mention: layout design and animation. I will not rule out any extra applications at this time. It will be dependent on the restrictions of the Wordpress API.

  • Ah looking through it seems you want to make some sort of website/game hybrid. As long as the games are the content, and not peripheral to the content, then I guess C2 makes sense. anticipate them being both. However, at this juncture I have no solid idea how things will turn out as it will require R&D. I have a good feeling compelling me to pursue this.

    PS: Mortar Melon looks like fun! Unfortunately, I cannot run it on XP.

  • I've read C2's online manual in its entirety and started constructing a simple Shooter Game to get very familiar with it. I've found several of the games in the Scirra Arcade very entertaining, addictive and inspirational.

    I must say that I'm very impressed with C2's non-coding approach, although its taking me way longer to get used to then I'd like to admit. I often find myself looking for the CODE button to jump into the code. The more, I play with the C2 Editor, dragging and dropping objects into the layouts, the easier it is to visualize it as Visual Editor for organizing entire web pages. (Yes I know it's not its primary function, but, it doesn't mean it should not be capitalized on)

    Anyways, don't expect anything fancy visually with my first game. Once its complete, I'm certain I'll have a solid strategy for developing the Constructicon Wordpress Theme.

    BTW

    Joannesalfa I'm still interested in collaborating on the Wordpress Theme github project?

  • I'm finally starting to formulate an idea for Constructicon. I'm now considering the use of Construct to generate Full Page Wordpress Theme. I believe this strategy will allow me to embed the integrated games into the pages in a seamless manner. I found inspiration on (www.bigpoint.com/gameglobe). It contains a full page static background image and animated foreground images. The web interface is concise. It really captured my attention. I can easily visualize Website Interface in front, with an interactive background/parallax scrolling backdrop imagery in behind. Construct's Layer's system is perfect for this.

    So my current plan is to have a simple interactive backdrop game to compliment the Premiere Game on Arcade Komodo's Soft Console. Similar to the Premiere version, the Complimentary version allows Players to compete in tournaments and earn achievements usuable in the Premier. Arcade Komodo's Soft Console supports many game, so I'm working out a list of Gadgets and requirements for Constructicon to generate on a per game basis.

  • techlord, would you make a github project? i like to contribuite it, i have 2 years of experience using wordpress.es, I would like to collaborate. I use Perforce (www.perforce.com) for source version control. I'm not familiar with Git, however, Perforce offers a Git Fusion application (www.perforce.com/product/components/git-fusion). Lets discuss further.

    Visit the link below to view more details on the entire project:

    forums.epicgames.com/threads/948901-Arcade-Komodo-seeks-Multi-Talent-to-build-NextGen-Cash-driven-Tournament-Arcade

  • I am really trying hard to see the benefit of using it for the whole page. All examples I have seen of it so far look like early flash/frontpage sites where everything is just big boxes... You also lose all indexing, etc... of content... I just don't see any reason to use this as the main content of the site as opposed to using it for specific dynamic content in canvases on the page. That sport shirt site really drives home the point of looking like a flash site from 10+ years ago. Not sure where the excitement is on that one. I am going to use it to create a nice under construction scene on my site but other than that, I really don't think there is any advantage to using it for the main content, and there are many disadvantages using it that way. At the end of the day, you are putting more effort into it than the return will likely get you... interactive 'under construction' game for your website is a great idea. I also intend to use C2 for games that are integrated into my website. I'm leaning towards using multiple C2 Canvases for interactive gadgets (ie: image slider show, image grids) on a page, verses a single C2 Canvas for the entire page. I visualize a web interface similar to a in-game menu. At this stage, I'm not sure if is or isn't possible as I'm still learning the ins and outs of C2 and HTML5. However, I believe its worth investigating.

    I believe the sport shirt site does a decent job as a C2 Website proof of concept. Yeah, the graphics could use work, but, as far as graphics aesthetics go, I'm soliciting a pro.

  • However, my priority at the moment is work out hyper-linking from interactive canvas objects.Found a topic at scirra.com/forum/hyperlinking_topic37159.html discussing hyperlinking. Scirra Dev/Ashley recommended putting a link in the File object's execute/run file action to launch a browser. That's a great start, however, a Plugin may be necessary. So I've been visiting w3schools.com to brush up on my JavaScript while reviewing the C2 Manual.

    <img src="http://www.hpquest.com/ArcadeKomodo/wp_components/themes/c2_dev/SpaceBlaster/logo.png" border="0" /> <-- Here's a pic loading png for Constructicon (inspired by the Transformer's Decepticon Logo which fits perfectly in the HTML 5 logo.)

  • Thanks for the link. I'm actually going with full scale Wordpress Plugin and Theme development for my website so, I'm referencing the entire codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_APIs.

    For testing, I've exported and uploaded the Space Blaster HTML5 index.html and c2runtime.js (unminified) source to my server. I relabeled file extensions to *.php so that I run the both *.html and *.js files thru the Hypertext Preprocessor. I've uploaded the media into a database. So far, the Tests (www.hpquest.com/ArcadeKomodo/wp_components/themes/c2_dev/SpaceBlaster/) are working as expected. The design for WP Theme is slowly forming in my mind's eye. Multiple canvases may be needed. However, my priority at the moment is work out hyper-linking from interactive canvas objects.

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  • > ... I believe C2 is suitable for a Wordpress Theme.techlord

    Are you sure? Any WordPress theme development I've done has been in PHP, not JavaScript (which is what C2 generates).

    See codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development.

    C2 is my intro HTML5, but, I have experience on web programming on the

    • Client-side: HTML,CSS,JavaScript
    • Server-side:PHP/MySQL,Coldfusion,ASP,CGI

    I'm currently using the wordpress.org/extend/themes/black-green and it uses JavaScript for a dynamic accordion display effect on the client side. I'm replacing Flash, DHTML with Constuct's HTML5.

    Velojet i was supposed he could use AJAX and Browser Query Param how can get and post php files. It looks kind of hard work.

    I would expect HTTP POST/GET Client request to operate traditionally. Please elaborate.

    I'm currently reviewing many different wp-themes and sites to get a feel of what I want to achieve visually. I really want to present some unique eye-candy that conveys FUN and EXCITEMENT (without a lot text-print clutter).

    <center>View image name for website (*.png -> *.com)

    <img src="http://www.hpquest.com/techlord/images/skillvillegames.png" border="0" />

    <img src="http://www.hpquest.com/techlord/images/mmorpg.png" border="0" />

    <img src="http://www.hpquest.com/techlord/images/steampowered.png" border="0" />

    <img src="http://www.hpquest.com/techlord/images/bigpoint.png" border="0" /></center>

    I would like a Theme with a menu similar to Games. Very simple and easy to use, little clutter. Below is a pre-vis.

    <center><img src="http://www.hpquest.com/techlord/images/ArcadeKomodo_theme1.png" border="0" /></center>

  • Greetings all. This is my first forum and my first C2 project. My goal is to develop an entertaining theme with highly animated gadgets and built-in arcade games for my UDK Game Software Website. The inspiration: what better way to power a website about games, than with a games engine? I created this post to blog my development. I will release the WordPress Theme (codename: Constucticon) free of charge when completed.

    I've read previous post on using C2 for website building:

    1. www.scirra.com/forum/construct-2-website-my-professional-webpage_topic44637.html
    2. www.scirra.com/forum/making-websites-with-construct-2_topic51310.html
    3. www.scirra.com/forum/wordpress-html5-construct-2_topic42974.html

    I was very impressed with Jax's sportstarscreenprinting.com.au. I'm taking warnings into consideration but, I believe C2 is suitable for a Wordpress Theme.

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