GameMaker is a free/shareware development kit that has syntax very simular to C++.
It is windoze only and has its limits, however it is a great starting point to learn about how games work. It is mainly 2D based programming, but since the release of 6.0, Mark Overmars (its creator) added quite a bit of 3D functionality. There is even a tutorial for making your own basic FPS, but from what I've seen on the forums, some people have figured out how to do some really cool stuff with it.
All this time, I thought Rocket Fuel was liquid Hydrogen!
Which would explain why at first it didn't phase me that they said it ended up in our water but now I'm a bit worried as I live in one of those areas mentioned and all I drink is water (from the tap of all places too). *sigh*
Is there a water filter that one can buy to filter out this type of pollution?
The water out here is bad enough with all the chlorine and lead. This is not cool.:-(
Has anyone ever wondered if comets are possibly ancient spaceships or satelites that may or may not be working anymore and have accumulated a bunch of space crud?
I mean, say a ship had taken some damage in space and its air and water leaked out, wouldn't it just freeze around the ship?
Then you add any dust particles that it encounters sticking to it so that over thousands of years, it just ends up looking like the dirty ice balls we all see through our telescopes.
I know it sounds all sci-fi and stuff, but I wouldn't be surprised if we find some ancient fossilized life on that thing (simple or complex).
I believe the Luxor hotel (the one shaped like a Pyramid) is covered in Solar Cells to power the beam of light that shoots into the sky they have on at night.
If I had my own house instead of an apartment, I'd love to cover it with solar cells. We get around 12 hours or so of sunlight every day, even in the winter.
I also wonder how much it would take of these to keep a battery charged in a car. It could further improve gas milage on hybrid cars (at least during the day anyway).
What you do is not be such a big baby that you have to have yours NOW! You wait until it's a price you want to pay, and then you buy it. You've lived your whole life up to this moment without it, and will actually surivive a few more weeks or months more as well. Later the price will be better, and more games available. So control your urges, before they control you and ruin you life.
No, actually I have no interest in getting a PSP at this time, probably won't ever get one. I was just upset at this guy's actions.
**BEGIN RANT**
DONT TELL ME ABOUT URGES YA TROLL!
I AM STRAIGHT-EDGE AND PROUD OF IT!
I HAVE GREAT SELF-CONTROL!
I DON'T DRINK, SMOKE, OR DO DRUGS!
I DON'T SLEEP AROUND!
I DON'T IMPULSE BUY ANYTHING!
GO FLAME SOMEONE ELSE!
**END RANT**
But I do get upset when someone insults my integrity. Buh-bye now.:-P
I may get modded offtopic for this, but I noticed that some people who work in toystores and gameshops have been hoarding PSP's to sell on eBay.
I was in a KayBee Toys yesterday at the local mall. The lady in front of me asked about getting a PSP and the guy working the counter said there was a great shortage and that they were going for over $500 on eBay. He said he was glad that he grabbed the 2 he got the moment they came in and is thinking about selling them for big bucks eBay because he knows that people will pay it.
I sooo wanted to knock this guy upside his head for being like that, but what are ya gonna do?
For a side job, I used to teach seniors how to use their computers
I would have come over to their house for about 2-3 hours every other weekend. I was paid $20/hr to teach 2 seniors how to use Windows, Word, and how to get online and avoid getting viruses / spyware.
They were very pleasant to work with and it made me feel good helping them learn how to use their computer.:)
Build a green screen or a blue screen or just use a wall painted one of those colors. A plain white wall can work if you use a luminance key (not quite as good as chroma but still cool).
With that you can do all sorts of effects from changing the background to teleportation effects to vaporization of people/objects effects. The possibilities are endless.
Another effect that is fun to mess with is overlaying the same footage over itself but timeshifted a few seconds. As long as the camera is sitting still on a tripod locked into place, it should work out nicely.:-)
Surgeons can feel on their tongues the tip of a probe inside a patient's body, enabling precise movements.
This could be quite a boon for those who have lost limbs and have to use prosthetics. By putting sensors inside the artificial limbs and electrodes at where they're attached to the person, I'm betting they could be on the way to a breakthrough in bionic/cybernetic technology.
I could also see this being great for VR and remote controlling machinery such as robots and animatronics in movies.
If the DS can download a game from another DS using one cartridge, doesn't this open the door for someone using a computer (probably with a little emulation) to send a rom image to the DS?
This could open up a quite a bit of possibility for homebrewed games:-) and of course piracy:-/.
Average Joe Somebody sends playfull letter to Hot Actress and she responds by playfully sending him a restraining order. It's plenty of fun, you should try it sometime.:-P
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Do you have to burn a mini CD-R / DVD+-R?
Or do you have to connect the PSP to your PC to upload it to it?
Or can you just save it to a memory stick and put in the PSP which will automatically recognize it and play it?
Where is MEGA MAID when you need her?
;)
Suck...Suck...Suck...
Besides...if space is just a big vaccum, why doesn't someone just change the bag?
I thought we already had a Cluster version of Windows!
:S
Aren't hacked zombie machines actually being run as a cluster and on Windoze as well?
GameMaker is a free/shareware development kit that has syntax very simular to C++.
It is windoze only and has its limits, however it is a great starting point to learn about how games work.
It is mainly 2D based programming, but since the release of 6.0, Mark Overmars (its creator) added quite a bit of 3D functionality.
There is even a tutorial for making your own basic FPS, but from what I've seen on the forums, some people have figured out how to do some really cool stuff with it.
I thought it was called WebTV? *shrug*
Now that we know how to communicate with them...
Could someone convert the following messages to morris code for me?
To my head hair follicles: START GROWING AGAIN!
To my back, ear, and nose hair follicles : STOP GROWING SO MUCH!
They'll knock on your door and threaten jail, but give you the option to enlist instead to put those 'skills' to 'good' use. :-P
What the heck is rocket fuel made of?
:-(
All this time, I thought Rocket Fuel was liquid Hydrogen!
Which would explain why at first it didn't phase me that they said it ended up in our water but now I'm a bit worried as I live in one of those areas mentioned and all I drink is water (from the tap of all places too). *sigh*
Is there a water filter that one can buy to filter out this type of pollution?
The water out here is bad enough with all the chlorine and lead. This is not cool.
Has anyone ever wondered if comets are possibly ancient spaceships or satelites that may or may not be working anymore and have accumulated a bunch of space crud?
:-)
I mean, say a ship had taken some damage in space and its air and water leaked out, wouldn't it just freeze around the ship?
Then you add any dust particles that it encounters sticking to it so that over thousands of years, it just ends up looking like the dirty ice balls we all see through our telescopes.
I know it sounds all sci-fi and stuff, but I wouldn't be surprised if we find some ancient fossilized life on that thing (simple or complex).
Just a thought...
If that is possible, I guess you really could have a 'Grape' flavored iMac with a little hacking. :P
How about the Mojave dessert here in the US?
I believe the Luxor hotel (the one shaped like a Pyramid) is covered in Solar Cells to power the beam of light that shoots into the sky they have on at night.
If I had my own house instead of an apartment, I'd love to cover it with solar cells. We get around 12 hours or so of sunlight every day, even in the winter.
I also wonder how much it would take of these to keep a battery charged in a car. It could further improve gas milage on hybrid cars (at least during the day anyway).
Just a thought....
sheesh, someone needs to get laid...
;-)
:-P
Yeah, that'll solve all my problems.
Besides, my left hand is on strike and I don't trust my right as she has cheated on me before.
What you do is not be such a big baby that you have to have yours NOW! You wait until it's a price you want to pay, and then you buy it. You've lived your whole life up to this moment without it, and will actually surivive a few more weeks or months more as well. Later the price will be better, and more games available. So control your urges, before they control you and ruin you life.
:-P
No, actually I have no interest in getting a PSP at this time, probably won't ever get one. I was just upset at this guy's actions.
**BEGIN RANT**
DONT TELL ME ABOUT URGES YA TROLL!
I AM STRAIGHT-EDGE AND PROUD OF IT!
I HAVE GREAT SELF-CONTROL!
I DON'T DRINK, SMOKE, OR DO DRUGS!
I DON'T SLEEP AROUND!
I DON'T IMPULSE BUY ANYTHING!
GO FLAME SOMEONE ELSE!
**END RANT**
But I do get upset when someone insults my integrity. Buh-bye now.
I may get modded offtopic for this, but I noticed that some people who work in toystores and gameshops have been hoarding PSP's to sell on eBay.
I was in a KayBee Toys yesterday at the local mall. The lady in front of me asked about getting a PSP and the guy working the counter said there was a great shortage and that they were going for over $500 on eBay. He said he was glad that he grabbed the 2 he got the moment they came in and is thinking about selling them for big bucks eBay because he knows that people will pay it.
I sooo wanted to knock this guy upside his head for being like that, but what are ya gonna do?
He's pretty much considered to be the mascot for the XBOX and all the XBOX owners seem to really love him.
For a side job, I used to teach seniors how to use their computers
:)
I would have come over to their house for about 2-3 hours every other weekend. I was paid $20/hr to teach 2 seniors how to use Windows, Word, and how to get online and avoid getting viruses / spyware.
They were very pleasant to work with and it made me feel good helping them learn how to use their computer.
Build a green screen or a blue screen or just use a wall painted one of those colors. A plain white wall can work if you use a luminance key (not quite as good as chroma but still cool).
:-)
With that you can do all sorts of effects from changing the background to teleportation effects to vaporization of people/objects effects. The possibilities are endless.
Another effect that is fun to mess with is overlaying the same footage over itself but timeshifted a few seconds. As long as the camera is sitting still on a tripod locked into place, it should work out nicely.
One can only dream....*sigh*
Surgeons can feel on their tongues the tip of a probe inside a patient's body, enabling precise movements.
This could be quite a boon for those who have lost limbs and have to use prosthetics. By putting sensors inside the artificial limbs and electrodes at where they're attached to the person, I'm betting they could be on the way to a breakthrough in bionic/cybernetic technology.
I could also see this being great for VR and remote controlling machinery such as robots and animatronics in movies.
If the DS can download a game from another DS using one cartridge, doesn't this open the door for someone using a computer (probably with a little emulation) to send a rom image to the DS?
:-) and of course piracy :-/.
This could open up a quite a bit of possibility for homebrewed games
the accidental creation of The Littles, in which case someone should alert the Bigg family about them living in their walls.
Someone also might want to alert the Fitzgibbon's that they should keep an eye on the Rats living under their rosebush as they might be up to no good.
Soup even?
:-P
Uh...maybe if the soup is just a broth type soup, otherwise it will become a broth type soup on the 1st pass...
I can quit...
..anytime I want!
*CLICK* *CLICK*
anytime I....
*CLICK* *CLICK*
*CLICK* *CLICK*
Ok...maybe not...
Average Joe Somebody sends playfull letter to Hot Actress and she responds by playfully sending him a restraining order. :-P
It's plenty of fun, you should try it sometime.
At one point QNX was supposed to be part of the new AmigaOs. Its such a shame that fell apart. *sigh*