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So, in G1, if Destiny was really just a universe-wide algorithm controlling the behaviour of every being in the MU, there's a number of disturbing implications... 1. First up, nobody has free will. Many species became self aware and sapient, but their personalities and emotions are just a manifestation of the source code. All choices they make are predetermined, and nobody can successfully make the choice to refuse their destiny. 2. Even when groups of characters appeared to be in opposition/conflict with one another, their actions are ultimately working towards the same goal. The destiny algorithm behaves in such a way to make many beings into complete psychopaths who work towards the universe's unified goal by brutally slaughtering others. One would think there'd be more efficient ways to program a bunch of demi-robots to repair a big robot to repair a planet, but, nope, bloodbath it is. 3. The destiny algorithm would have to account for outside factors, such as if a being from outside the GSR got in and interfered with things. Thus, the behaviour of all the beings in the area would have to change in order to deal with the intruder and then carry on with the algorithm. We know that MU beings' programming can be altered remotely, such as when Mata Nui gave them the ability to speak Agori. So presumably something similar could happen if the algorithm needed to respond to external factors. They're basically a hivemind. So, what are the implications of our favourite characters not having free will? Does it diminish the value of heroic acts like Matoro's sacrifice, or acts of cruelty by the villains? Does the algorithm still operate on Sphereus Magna? Or have they now truly transcended their programming? Thoughts?
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Ludum Dare is an online programming competition. You have 48 hours (or 72 for Jam) to make a game with given theme. You can use any engine or tools you want and don't have to travel anywhere, but everything has to be made in those 2/3 days. I'm in! This is actually my third LD, but I had a year pause now. Anybody else in? Ludum Dare official website My LD profile
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Things have stood rather still the past few weeks, at least as far as game development goes. Due to a slew of school work and other things, I have not found the drive for heavy programming. I have at least completed a new ability or two for the old BIONICLE Fighter game engine, and I will upload these as soon as I polish them a bit with sound effects and stat tweaking. I have unfortunately not succeeded in fixing any of the crashes that occur on Windows 8 whenever certain abilities are used. For this reason I will instead implement a very sad countermeasure: A Settings button to temporarily disable the problematic powers. This will keep Toa of Lightning from using their secondary, and it will keep the Exo-Pyro boss from using its multi-fireball attack. It will instead fire a single fireball, while Toa of Lightning will get a lesser version of Chain Lightning. Please note that this is a completely optional setting meant for those who have trouble running the game as-is, and once I manage to fix the crashing it will be removed again. The new engine is still just in the planning stages. There are lots of things that need to be planned in advance, so that I don't run into the issues I have with my current engine: Bloating of file size, slow and inefficient code, and a rigid system that can't easily be added to. I am working on splitting up sprites, recoloring them, and making new position arrays for keeping track of equipped items on your character. This will lend itself to a better and more flexible animation system, but it will also take time to finish. Until I get a system I am comfortable with I can unfortunately not move on to programming the rest of the revised game engine either. However, once the baseline is done, it will be rather easy to port over all the attacks etc. from the current game. While there will be changes in the way the stats work, and in the effects of some abilities, most will stay the same and thus need no real reprogramming. What you are all waiting for, though, is multiplayer. Multiplayer is finicky, but I am looking at ways to make it work right. I've posted a connection test before, which worked for two players in a simple shooter environment. Once I figure out exactly how to structure the networking to work efficiently with all the things that BF needs to keep track of, I will put together a new demo for you to try. Keep checking my topic; I will be posting sprites and other tidbits there as they get done.
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So I've been doing some stuff. I decided to start learning Javascript, mainly because it's useful and it's also pretty fun to code. I'm not very advanced yet, but the concepts seem easy enough, and I've found that the more I practice, the more fluid I become. I've built up a knowledge of the syntax fairly quickly, in my opinion, but there's still a lot of code that I have to learn. All in all, I can make simple programs that take a set of variables (usually applicable to real life), manipulate them in some relevant way, and spit out a coherent answer. And it actually makes me pretty proud. The other thing I've been doing is recording music. After finally getting a cord that connects my MIDI keyboard to Garageband on my desktop last November, I've really started to get into the swing of composition. My most recent escapades have been for the current Homestuck Music Contest, the theme of which is to record a song for a certain character. It ends on February the 13th. Gosh I really hope I make the deadline in time.... Anyway, I've been recording two songs: one for John, titled "Do the Windy Thing" and one for Eridan, titled "Sepulchre for a Prince". John's song is a mix of retro music and more modern techno, while Eridan's song resembles a funeral dirge, hence the title. I have virtually no input on these songs, so I'm kind of in the dark as to what I should do composition-wise. But I'll just keep stumbling along and hopefully end up entering them in the contest before the deadline's up. tl;dr: I'm learning Javascript and composing music for a Homestuck contest. -CM
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Any coders on BZPower? We can use this topic to discuss programming, ask and answer questions, share interesting problems and interesting solutions, etc. I'm a reasonably experienced programmer, I'm quite capable at Python and I'm learning Java and JavaScript. I'm finding that once you learn how to program, and one language, learning new ones is really easy. All you need are the basic programming skills, problem solving, basic knowledge of how computers work, etc. I did an Australian competition called NCSS (for high school students), which was some (increasingly difficult) problems, 25 in total, which you had to solve, 5 per week, in Python. I took the advanced course, which had things like "Build a TF-IDF search engine", with really specific problems to overcome. So, any interesting problems, or non-interesting problems, or stories, or questions, or answers, or discussion? Or am I the only programmer on BZPower?
