{"author_name":"GreaseMonkey","cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"August 17, 2010 11:21 pm","epoch":1282105260,"text":"Sadly, the font that\u2019s being used here is arse, but I\u2019m assuming (hopefully) that when it comes up it\u2019ll be in a nice, sans-serif font.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"xhunterko","time":"August 17, 2010 11:32 pm","epoch":1282105920,"text":"&#8220;By the way, I was one of those who voted +1 for zombies. Sorry guys.&#8221;","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"GreaseMonkey","time":"August 18, 2010 12:31 am","epoch":1282109460,"text":"Sorry! I won&#8217;t do it again!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"sfernald","time":"August 18, 2010 1:27 am","epoch":1282112820,"text":"The nice thing though is that 200+ new zombie games might really pump up the economy! Zombies sell!!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"GreaseMonkey","time":"August 18, 2010 3:22 am","epoch":1282119720,"text":"A couple of links.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"stqn","time":"August 18, 2010 7:47 am","epoch":1282135620,"text":"I got it as far as understanding that Amiga users are your enemies, but what has it got to do with copyright laws?","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1282105140,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"70333","p_author":"GreaseMonkey","p_authorkey":"2396","p_urlkey":"106153","p_title":"Wait, I can post here?!","p_cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282105140","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"6","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2396","us_name":"GreaseMonkey","us_username":"greasemonkey","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"<p>Sadly, the font that&#8217;s being used here is arse, but I&#8217;m assuming (hopefully) that when it comes up it&#8217;ll be in a nice, sans-serif font.<\/p>\n <p>So, I&#8217;m keen to give LD18 a crack. Not sure if I&#8217;ll get something out, but nevertheless I might give it a crack.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m keen to do something in Java which&#8217;ll simulate the hardware of the Sega Master System to some extent (none of the memory paging crap, just the VDP and PSG). To do this, I&#8217;m making a .it-to-.vgm converter, which I hope to have finished by the time this starts, and if anyone wants it I&#8217;ll post a link if\/once it&#8217;s done &amp; uploaded.<\/p>\n <p>So, speaking of software, likely software will be:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>The Diablo JDK for Java 1.6. Duh.<\/li>\n <li>Kate for editing eleventy-billion .java files.<\/li>\n <li>GIMP for graphics.<\/li>\n <li>SchismTracker for music, and maybe a few of my own tools which will be &#8220;lying around&#8221; by the start of the compo (if you want any, feel free to bug me &#8211; I made one called &#8220;AutoTracker&#8221; but I do NOT recommend use of it as it&#8217;s still pretty awful and I&#8217;ll be composing by hand, but it&#8217;s there if you need it).<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>If we&#8217;re doing enemies as weapons, I&#8217;ll probably make everyone* here who&#8217;s likely to make a game which won&#8217;t work on FreeBSD (or make it a downright pain in the arse to do so) a throwable weapon if I can obtain their cariacatures. This includes:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>*Any* version of Flash.<\/li>\n <li>Game Maker, at least after a certain stage (it&#8217;s a PAIN IN THE ARSE to get it to work well under wine and even then it&#8217;s BUTT SLOW).<\/li>\n <li>Java folk who decide to use jinput and\/or lwjgl instead of using jogl like a normal person.<\/li>\n <li>XNA or Silverlight.<\/li>\n <li>The Microsoft dialect of C++ (you CANNOT believe how much UTTER HELL I had in the last Allegro Speedhack &#8211; I could only get about 5 to COMPILE, let alone not crash.)<\/li>\n <li><em>Maybe<\/em> FreeBASIC. (I haven&#8217;t managed to bootstrap it for FreeBSD.)<\/li>\n <li>Later versions of DirectX.<\/li>\n <li>People who insist on using shaders (I have an nVidia GeForce 5200 FX AGP).<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>By the way, I was one of those who voted +1 for zombies. Sorry guys.<\/p>\n <p>(*) I&#8217;m making exemptions for people who are doing it on alternative hardware. But not the Amiga (because copyright law sucks arse as it stands).<\/p>","time":"August 17th, 2010 11:19 pm","title":"Wait, I can post here?!"}