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Voting closed: September 17, 2011, 12:37:34 pm

[Knight of Fools]

Siquo has decided to go with an isometric Action(?) RPG involving space dragons and Princess AI's.

Don't pay attention to the rest of the discussion on this page, though.  Eventually we'll get back to snickering over clever utterings such as "Astro Blaster".


So, Siquo, is the design you currently have the scale you're going for?  If so, I can start experimenting with some pixel sprites.  I've never done isometric, but it sounds fun.  Are there any hard limitations I have to keep in mind as far as size and color goes?  Is the little dude you have on there the size of a normal person, or just an imp or something?

[DreamThorn]

Siquo, if I run the game, it immediately crashes with a NullPointerException in GameCharacter.tick(), where it is trying to access currentMove, because currentMove was not initialized.

One can fix this by changing line 6 to:

Code: [Select]

    private Vec3 currentMove = new Vec3(0, 0, 0);


[Siquo]

Oh thanks, I just coded until tired and then thought "oh yeah still have to upload the whole thing".
That whole part is still new and I'm not sure I like it, yet.

Also, I was just reading my "Introduction to Java programming" and read that you can't even compare strings with ==. WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT OPERATOR OVERLOADING?! @#$%^&*(!!!! So that's another (currently invisible) bug somewhere.

ATL: Survival how? Not being killed by monsters is survival, too, but I guess that's not what you mean. Specify!

KoF: I've decided nothing, I just try to integrate every single suggestion. It's going well, so far.

On the sprites: I'm not sure yet, because in Max's link they mentioned a whole site with "free" sprites, also isometric sets. We might pick a set from that.
We could also use Stonesense's sprites, it has a lot of variety in the stone, I personally like GrimDarks. The first person to pick a set wins uhhh... 200 Zerblax.

[eerr]

Also, I was just reading my "Introduction to Java programming" and read that you can't even compare strings with ==. WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT OPERATOR OVERLOADING?! @#$%^&*(!!!! So that's another (currently invisible) bug somewhere.


Because, a string is both a series of letters, and an object in memory.

They choose == explicitly to compare objects in memory, and primitives as primitive values.


Because they want to limit niche cases for which nobody has any idea what the fuck is happening, and makes things more complicated.

Verbosity over complicated edge cases.

Capiche?

[Max White]

It still doesn't explain why Java doesn't have operator overloading.
Even though String is a class, not a primitive type, if you had operator overloading, a feature that Java is missing for some stupid reason, it would be possible, so being a class is no excuse.

[eerr]

does operator overloading make it easier for other people to understand your code?

[Max White]

Sometimes very much so.
Take for example, I want to compare two users to see if somebody is already registered for something. It is nice and quick and easy to just say if (User a == User b) rather than if (User a.Equals(user b))

The worst thing you could do is if (User a.Username == User a.Username && User a.DOB == User a.DOB && User a.Cats== User a.Cats) yet it happens all too often.

[Siquo]

What Max says. I really feel I'm learning a language designed for the mentally challenged.

And I'm only drunk 4 days out of 6. (as in right now)

*Yay a new record since 2008*

[Max White]

Just wait until you need function points, A.K.A delegates.

[Siquo]

Not todyt i won't :DS


try again
Not doay I won't


Tpd
Day
To Day
finally..

[Max White]

Devs don't let devs drink and driver drunk.

[Siquo]

Hey, they cam eto myhouse! Not myfault is it? Snuhow didnt'do nything tonight (oh hryehatsnew) so I shll make it uptomoronw.

I could ike
like
you nkow. reread thah and fix it
But you knowe waht? I wont.
Because this way is funniiiier tomorrow hey I just typed a word tifhgt right.

[Max White]

I would honestly advice against trying to program right you, for the sake of the poor compiler you understand.

[eerr]

I would honestly advice against trying to program right you, for the sake of the poor compiler you understand.

The first part was reflection on programming.

The second, about bad spelling.

[Siquo]

Well, using backspace is just plain boring, that first post from last night took me ages to type. It's not so much the spelling as the eye-hand coordination. Tonight == coding night again, I'm hoping for some progress.

Also, because "everyone" wants to haul rocks, how about doing it sokoban-style? Just pull & push, and taking them to the "stairs up" of the current level makes them disappear.