zkom Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Coded a 128 byte intro in x86 assembler for a little competition I have with my friends.. Haven't really done any 16-bit x86 assembler in the last ten years but it all came back pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I've been searching for a viable programming solution to all my pointless-idea needs. I used to program almost anything I wanted with BASIC and my TI-83, but since throwing my calculator away ( :-( ), I need something new. Due to doing web coding shit for the past 15 years, I've concluded that maybe the best option to create my programs is java/javascript/node.js/php-- you know, that whole powerpack ultrapunch of web-based utilities. Combined with the awesomeness of modern css, I figure I could make anything quite pretty and snazzy. The php would mostly be for spider shit and statistical analysis, node.js for realtime game/comm related shit, and js for whatever pointless else. (the last computer based programming I did was on Chipmunk Basic, ha-!) But can anyone hardcore dyudes/dyudettes recommend to me maybe a self-contained world of programming that can accomplish all my pointless programming needs in a convenient and efficient manner? Any IDM insight much appreciated. Thoughts on Xojo, if any (which I just learnt of now, after remembering I used to fuck with real basic)... An example of the type of shit I'd be working on (and have been working on in non-code-specific logic): Web crawler to gather text from various forums, create grammatical rules to analyze text data and output emotional trends on various tingz; for purposes of cross-referencing data on other topics for correlation, over time. Facial recognition pointlessness, to connect with your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 p.s. Xojo seems shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 @peace7: Try Python Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 @peace7: Try Python Well- if you could elaborate on benefits, that'd be cool. Or I could research! Because from a technical perspective, I could use Java for almost anything. Or I could be a real hard ass and use BASIC, writing 20,000 lines of code just to draw a sprite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 @peace7: Try Python Extensive libraries, fast development, etc. There's a python library for almost anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jasondonervan Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I need to up my programming game - my job doesn't exactly call for anything particularly taxing in that department, but I used to enjoy the buzz from just coding away. I should have a dig around in this thread for some inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 @peace7: Try Python Extensive libraries, fast development, etc. There's a python library for almost anything. Dead easy to crawl web pages, harvest and manipulate text data, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 @peace7: Try Python Extensive libraries, fast development, etc. There's a python library for almost anything. Dead easy to crawl web pages, harvest and manipulate text data, etc. Thanks d00dz. You both formally have pre-invites to my crystal castles that I build using purely Python. (I've already downloaded a Python book, thanks-- buuut I wanna get an e-ink e-book reader, no backlight, cuz I'm sick of reading on a computer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 @peace7: Try Python Extensive libraries, fast development, etc. There's a python library for almost anything. lel never really tried an interpreted language.... getting more and more into C, does that have an xkcd too? something with secret underground tunnels which you can use to crawl to places where nobody else gets, but if you take the wrong turn you will die a horrible & slow death...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 lel never really tried an interpreted language.... getting more and more into C, does that have an xkcd too? something with secret underground tunnels which you can use to crawl to places where nobody else gets, but if you take the wrong turn you will die a horrible & slow death...? Well, in my experience this one is pretty accurate in regards to working in a HUGE C project. It took about an hour to compile everything from scratch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I'm programming a game where you are a cow that breaks free from a slaughter house and kills things by either shooting it with milk from its udders or shitting explosive cowpies. You can also drink beer to power yourself up. First level and boss done. [youtubehd]g3a9MBISI4s[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenton Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I'm doing CS50 at harvardX, already know some bash, html etc, would swift be a logical next step after i have got all the fundamentals or is it something I should follow on after python/perl etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I'm programming a game where you are a cow that breaks free from a slaughter house and kills things by either shooting it with milk from its udders or shitting explosive cowpies. You can also drink beer to power yourself up. First level and boss done. [youtubehd]g3a9MBISI4s[/youtubehd] beautiful. I really like it, and the music is nice too. which language, platform, are you using? edit: Unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Yeah unity c# and the music is done by me in Ableton/Renoise :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Sweet game! Graphics remind me a bit of that meatball game...? uh, whatever it was. Aesthetically, perhaps flat colors would be good for the wood bits? Cuz that super blocky style is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Yeah, I haven't quite figured out the aesthetic yet. I only did that super blocky style cuz i'm shit at drawing. The guts are bit too high quality to match as well, but I really like how they turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 noob here, starting out learning python. good fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Yeah, I haven't quite figured out the aesthetic yet. I only did that super blocky style cuz i'm shit at drawing. The guts are bit too high quality to match as well, but I really like how they turned out. Maybe look at some of the Cactussquid ( http://cactusquid.com/games.htm ) and Messhof ( http://www.messhof.com/ ) games. They seem to have a similar style of your sprites with the 'high res' particle effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Anyone messing with Swift? I started a day ago. I actually feel like its charming the pants off me in some reguards, and not in others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 JSwift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I read the swift manual the day after it was announced, and was very pleased with what I saw. I am, however focusing on C/C++/objectice-c for now, as there will be a lot of legacy code for sometime, that I want to be able to understand. Also,a lot of the lower level stuff like core audio etc is in C, and so I want to really know how to use that. I do really look forward to getting hands on with swift soon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlemflolia Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 My Mandelbrot set viewer is coming along beautifully. Making it in C++ and Qt. Makes high quality images. Just wish there was a cross platform floating point type longer than "long double" - it gets pixelated when you zoom in too far because of rounding errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 that's cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Question: So I have decent skills in Processing, also I'm learning Pure Data (but I guess it isn't that much of a versatile language). Which language should I learn next? I like to do creative cool stuff, no boring databases and shit like that. C++, Java, C#, Python, or any other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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