SantaHack 2012

SantaHack 2012

Arthur Kalliokoski

Second in Command

February 2005

So now we start coding a game that's based on our wishlist or what? I have the next two or three days off, even if I don't decide to ragequit.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

SiegeLord

Member #7,827

October 2006

Gosh, you people really need to RTFR.

Quote:

When the development phase begins, each eligible participant will be assigned to a Secret Santa for fulfillment.
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As a Secret Santa, you are expected to create a game that fulfills at least one of the descriptions from the given wishlist.

So you wait a few more hours until the magic machine assigns you to some other person's wish list (based on your scores, platform support etc) and then you develop that.

Obviously you could whip up some engine/etc before you know the specifics...

"For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."-Ecclesiastes 1:18
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Fishcake

Member #8,704

June 2007

Development begins! 8-)

FMC

Member #4,431

March 2004

I'm quite happy of my task.
What do you guys think: should the app be full-screen or not?

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Elias

Member #358

May 2000

I wonder if I should pick one of the three ideas or try to do all three.

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GullRaDriel

Member #3,861

September 2003

FMC: make it an option.

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BAF

Member #2,981

December 2002

The blog functionality is still a little rough. There's an update in the pipeline that adds preview, edit, and delete functionality and allows uploading of screenshots with the posts. That should be coming later today or early tomorrow.

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Arthur Kalliokoski

Second in Command

February 2005

FMC said:

What do you guys think: should the app be full-screen or not?

Selectable or windowed, please!

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

This assignment should be fun. I have a good idea of what I want to do for this one. And a bunch of the setup stuff is done already, with Eagle5...

Hardy har har <evil grinning laugh>

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Erin Maus

Member #7,537

July 2006

Blagh, shame me, but I can't participate.

Sorry ...

I wanted to manage something. Ah, well.

edit: To clarify, I'll try to make time, but there's a large chance I won't be able to get anything done because of lack of said time.

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_Kronk_

Member #12,347

November 2010

I'm just now getting started o.O

But I've got my idea and a chunk of the generic code already done, so I think I stand a chance of finishing something

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FMC

Member #4,431

March 2004

I asked about the fullscreen thing hoping each would respond (and so also my gift receiver), as Arthur did.

So, i completely started from scratch, i hope i'm not being too ambitious. Coding in Java makes things a bit easier for me though.

Trezker

Member #1,739

December 2001

+1 for windowed at least an option, and make it default.
Especially for games made in a short time the risk for fullscreen fucking up your desktop in the event of a crash is substantial.

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Johan Halmén

Member #1,550

September 2001

So I didn't participate this year. But I hang around kind of a stowaway and actually try to make an update to my last year entry. Works fine.

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FMC

Member #4,431

March 2004

A little teaser:
{"name":"607037","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/c\/8\/c8b7f215d86a4e925039084e2491ea30.gif","w":870,"h":623,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/c\/8\/c8b7f215d86a4e925039084e2491ea30"}

Fishcake

Member #8,704

June 2007

Damn, I only got rectangles that don't do anything on my screen so far. :-/

Slartibartfast

Member #8,789

June 2007

So far I've got this code:
// TODO: Make game
Yeah, I'm kind of sick and turns out I have an exam this week :X
I still think I can make it since I'm not that sick and the exam isn't that important or hard, but it is an added difficulty.

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Arthur Kalliokoski

Second in Command

February 2005

I'm working on using various stretched icospheres and prolate spheroids to make crude 3d body parts, OTOH I might just use cubes like Minecraft in the end.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

Dario ff

Member #10,065

August 2008

I'm still working on coming up with an excuse.

I didn't start yet. I need to get something out because the Mod of the Year voting in ModDB ends in some days, so I need to get some media out before then. If I feel bored maybe I'll get to my task in the last days. Last time I did GiftCraft in like the last 3 days.

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bamccaig

Member #7,536

July 2006

I got libal5poly building and running in Windows, but it's not pretty. :'(

BAF: There appears to be a problem with the blogs because I can't post anymore. Is there a length limit or something? Perhaps "profanity" is not allowed? Perhaps I just screwed up some Markdown syntax and need the preview functionality to tell me... :-/

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Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

Is fullscreen window okay? What is the consensus?

Biden Harris 2020! | Modern Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide
King Piccolo will make it so Then I could just flip it with some sweet, sweet matrix math.

bamccaig

Member #7,536

July 2006

I think the consensus is prefer configurable or windowed.

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Arthur Kalliokoski

Second in Command

February 2005

Edgar Reynaldo said:

Is fullscreen window okay?

I wouldn't mind that, as long as I can see the taskbar.

[EDIT]

Oh, wait, I just tried ex_display_options again! NO!

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

Okay dokay that answers that.

Biden Harris 2020! | Modern Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide
King Piccolo will make it so Then I could just flip it with some sweet, sweet matrix math.

Elias

Member #358

May 2000

Mine is windowed, but the window is resizeable and supports the maximize button.

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