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klocwerk writes "At the game developers conference, Sun is releasing a white paper on their new "Java Games Profile." Their ultimate goal? To have one CD you could pop into an Xbox, a PS2, a Windows machine, or a Linux machine, and play the same game on them all. If they get full support for it I can finally get rid of that windows gaming partition!" Sun's got an article on their site describing what they hope to accomplish.
I claim this first post for the Queen of Spain!!
Some of you who are new to running Linux on your box
may believe there are only a few choices for window managers. You probably know about Gnome
and KDE and you have heard about enlightment, icewem, etc.
You may not, however, have heard
of the ultimate window managers Linux has to offer: TWM. Just open your "konsole" and type
twm and you will know what I am talking about.
Here are some reasons TWM stomps all over
KDE 3.0:
Ultra light memory profile means more RAM available for running all those Linux apps
Manual window placement gives you ultimate control over X
Unicolor window UI reduces clashing color schemes
Aged and mature software means rocksolid stability and completely bugfree.
No windows wannabe start menu
Thank you for your attention. I shall expect all of you to try and love TWM today.
I wipe my ass with TWM.
Windowmaker's got all my lovin'.
Look here for the soft and wet.
I do not understand. Get WHAT in me? and more importantly, WHERE inside me? Please respond, this is not a troll.
-michael
My prediction! \broken
The fantastic new 'G' language is the future of game coding.
:
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'G' runs at speeds comparable to hand-coded assembler.
According to developers, 'G' is heaps easier to use than Java, since it does
not require native methods, and the documentation makes no mention of garbage
collection.
Here are some examples of complete games written in 'G'
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Quake clone -
File: quakeClone.g
program main (arguments) {
Game myGame = new Game (Game::FIRST_PERSON_SHOOTER_TYPE);
myGame->loadMapFile ("myQuakeClone.map");
myGame->loadCharacterFile ("myQuakeClone.char");
myGame->loadStoryLine ("myQuakeClone.story");
myGame->run ();
}
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Or how is this, a Soldier of Fortune clone written in G
File: soldierOfFiction.g
program main (arguments) {
Game myGame = new Game (Game::FIRST_PERSON_SHOOTER_TYPE);
myGame->loadMapFile ("mySOFClone.map");
myGame->loadCharacterFile ("mySOFClone.char");
myGame->loadStoryLine ("mySOFClone.story");
myGame->run ();
}
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Another example of the power of 'G', writing a GrandTourismo clone
File: grandTourism.g
program main (arguments) {
Game myGame = new Game (Game::RACING_SIMULATOR_TYPE);
myGame->loadMapFile ("Silverstone.map");
myGame->loadCharacterFile ("DieZweiShumacherTwins.char");
myGame->loadStoryLine ("formula1_season_2002.story");
myGame->run ();
}
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G Allows you to extend games in new and exciting ways, for example
you can see how well Max Payne compares to Hitman 47 when driving
hot Honda Civics around the original DukeNukem 3D world
File: wacky_races.g
program main (arguments) {
Game myGame = new Game (Game::RACING_SIMULATOR_TYPE || Game::FIRST_PERSON_SHOOTER);
myGame->loadMapFile ("DukeNukem3D.map");
myGame->loadCharacterFile ("MaxPayne.char" + "Hitman47.char" + ("FastAndFurious.char" || Game::CAR_FILES));
myGame->loadStoryLine ("zorak_vs_thundercleese.story");
myGame->run ();
}