Skoofoo

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by Skoofoo 11y ago
Microsoft is trying to monopolize an industry? Stop the presses! I wish Microsoft never entered the video game industry in the first place. They made it worse for everyone for their own profit.
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by Skoofoo 11y ago
One of my favorite aspects of Ruby is that everything is an object with methods. Adding global operators/functions like this would only complicate the language. > But we also -- perhaps more often? -- ask questions like "Is thi
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by Skoofoo 11y ago
Tools don't necessarily become less useful with time.
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by Skoofoo 11y ago
The best guide to Ruby that I've seen is "Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide". http://ruby-doc.com/docs/ProgrammingRuby/
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Ruby is duck-typed, so it is advantageous to write code and tests that are not tied to classes at all. http://www.poodr.com/ goes in-depth about this.
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - remote High-quality custom web apps. Effective interface design, good code w/ Ruby on Rails, emphasis on agility, long-term provision of maintenance. http://bytesofmight.com
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
You can achieve this effect in any common language with a Makefile.
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Early on I took a close look at Pixi.js, though it turned out to not be the right fit for the project. However, it is planned for Yeah to have an interchangeable WebGL renderer at some point, similar to Pixi.js and Three.js.
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Thank you for the kind words! Great suggestion, I will add all those to the README soon; in the meantime here it is: IRC channel: Freenode #yeahrb Email: skoofoo@gmail.com Issues: https://github.com/yeahrb/yeah/iss
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
I think that this framework will be ideal for sprints like Ludum Dare. Please do write about any questions, suggestions, issues, and bugs via GitHub issues, or to my personal email: skoofoo@gmail.com
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Thanks, I did not catch that before. I hope that the confusion will subside after Yeah becomes more well known.
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Gosu is a library that provides the basic building blocks for a video game, while Yeah is an opinionated framework designed to be fast to build games with. It is similar to Sinatra vs Ruby on Rails. A major feature of Yeah is a Processing&#
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Author here. Make sure to check out the examples and docs! This is alpha-stage software, but there is roughly enough functionality to build a complete modern video game. Please ask me any questions you have! Feedback is appreciated.
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Show HN: Yeah, a Ruby video game framework(github.com)
54 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|19 comments
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Show HN: Yeah, the Practical Ruby video Game Framework(github.com)
2 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Yeah, the Practical Ruby Video Game Framework, Usable Alpha(github.com)
3 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|0 comments
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Why Atom Can't Replace Vim(medium.com)
3 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|1 comments
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Vienna is a Ruby web front-end framework that looks promising. https://github.com/opal/vienna
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
I thought I knew how to write good Ruby code, but then I read "Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby". http://www.poodr.com/
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Test everything but accessors(xprogramming.com)
1 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|0 comments
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
Have been going through those to learn how to build out the rendering for my game framework. Awesome stuff! Your tutorials have saved me a lot of grokking time.
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
You have to drop down to JavaScript at some point, though in practice you would not write this much JavaScript mixed with Ruby in an app. The joy of using Opal is having the JavaScript wrapped away in a module, letting you use pure Ruby for
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Group By in Plain Ruby(adomokos.com)
3 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|0 comments
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by Skoofoo 12y ago
One option is building an open source framework to be the base for your commercial projects. Rails and Django started this way. What XChat does is charge for the official Windows binary[1] while being open source. I think something like thi
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Opal(mike.filespanker.com)
6 points by Skoofoo 12y ago|0 comments
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by Skoofoo 13y ago
YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRtvze-4R9E
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by Skoofoo 13y ago
The game's physics, visuals and sound actually seem to be thoughtfully designed. It has an open yet secluded feel that can be compared to Minecraft or other historically successful games.
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by Skoofoo 13y ago
The games that were in the Humble Android Bundles seem to all fit the criteria and tend to be wortwhile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humble_Bundles
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by Skoofoo 13y ago
The issue is that JavaScript is being given a larger load to carry than it was designed to hold. We need to upgrade to using Ruby with Meteor-esque frameworks, and fast.
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by Skoofoo 13y ago
The best markdown editor for me would be a minimal web app (vertical split, implicit URL generation, no settings). There is no particularly good solution for efficiently writing and sharing Markdown notes.

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