mscottmcbee

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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
This has been my experience as well, even after trying to follow a few guides.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
While it makes sense, "I'm a ludophile" is way too easy to mishear.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I see it less being an issue of violence, and more of an issue of conflict being the only means of resolution. It's become so pervasive, that a game where you don't fight or compete against SOMETHING is considered very weird. As f
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I've been thinking about this lately, and I wonder how much of the problem is a result of the games themselves. A majority of games, and almost all "real games" (as categorized by people who identify themselves as gamers), ar
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
It looks like a disaster on FF as well. I don't understand why designers have been on a binge of typefaces that look like unreadable garbage.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Not sure why this was downvoted, I'd like to see a DartVM as well, once the spec is standardized.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Man, that's a lot of effort put into something so hateful and deplorable.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
There's a pretty decent discovery mechanism. The more you rate, the closer you are to the front page. It's not perfect, but I don't think I've gotten less than, say, 50 people rating my games ( http://www.ludum
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Do it for yourself. Don't worry about comparing your work to others. If you make something you yourself are proud of, then what does it matter if Notch or Terry Cavanagh are participating?
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
There's two parts to a jam, the theme and the time limit. If you throw either one out, you're not really doing it.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I think this is mostly a reflection of tech/science reporting. Batteries are hard. They're complex with many factors into what goes into a good battery. But the moment a lab creates one with good energy density, headlines just say
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
No, I'm not out right discrediting it, but given how little I do in web and how small most of my experiments are, I probably won't use it for a long time just because I don't need what it provides.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Who said anything about giving up?
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
A lot (a majority?) of websites aren't made by people that need those things. A lot of people just want to get their ideas up on a page so they can show their friends. The thing I walked away with from the article was that PHP is still
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
True, it's not exactly fair to compare getting started with a language and getting started with a framework, especially one as opinionated as Rails.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I don't do much web development, just a product once every year or so to play around with an idea. Always in PHP. A few months ago I was asked by a close friend to help them with a not-so-serious site. I decided that I'd use Rails
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I have the first 4 books, but reading that makes me want to get it as an e-book, as well.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
What would you call the middle ground between the two of them? I feel like I spend a lot of time reading, but I just can't bring myself to blog. I've had one for years that has maybe 5 posts. It's a combination of being tired
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Ok, that makes me feel better. I've been watching and waiting for Windows support to get better, and I'd hate to have it fizzle before I really got to play with it.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
>If Servo (written in Rust) isn't faster than Gecko (written in C++), then Mozilla won't continue funding Rust. Rust needs to be fast in a very existential way. Ouch, I didn't know the project had a deadline. By when does
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
If you're looking for an engine for mobile games, checkout Unity3D and Corona
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Other than the official documentation, you'll probably have to wait a few days/weeks.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
You might want to do some moderation on tags. Looking up "Android" brings up "Android", "Android Development", and "Android App Development". Looking up "Golang" returns "golang" a
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
It's not much better in the US. I live in Atlanta and I feel like I'm missing out on most of the fun. If you're not in SF or NYC, there's a lot you don't get.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Isn't this essentially the point behind 4chan?
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Go is still very young. Doesn't make sense to write such a critical piece of software with it quite yet.
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I was wondering about that. Can you can still buy an unlocked phone and use it with their service?
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
I love this as a stark juxtaposition to the Apple "Hold a grand event to announce new OS and phone dates"
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
Can you expand on this with examples?
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by mscottmcbee 13y ago
It depends on the kind of game you're making, but C# is a less ideal language because of garbage collection. Fighting GC pauses are no fun when you're trying to make a real-time game. C++ is largely used because of speed, memory c

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