Also if anyone could take a look at this and tell me what they think, I developed some of that in notepad while at work so I'm not even sure if it'll compile. I also had trouble getting my head around the math-y bits, so if there's improvements or fixes I'd like to hear them.

im back boys.

At 8/26/14 11:03 AM, Farza wrote: im back boys.

Hi.

My next project will be a fucking card game or something, no nape or complicated things.

At 8/26/14 11:10 AM, MSGhero wrote: My next project will be a fucking card game or something, no nape or complicated things.

:P

At 8/26/14 12:08 PM, egg82 wrote:

At 8/26/14 11:10 AM, MSGhero wrote: My next project will be a fucking card game or something, no nape or complicated things.

P

Playing cards. Someone said that innovative casino games or point n click/escape games will do well in the coming future. I had an idea for an isometric point n click sorta game, but ofc I featured creeped the hell out of that idea and now it's huge.

Also this.

At 8/26/14 12:20 PM, MSGhero wrote: Playing cards. Someone said that innovative casino games or point n click/escape games will do well in the coming future.

I know I've been out of the Flash and mobile loop for a while, but whut?

Also this.

My girlfriend's last name is Schwab.
also "Challenging" AI is a pretty loose term. The recent Naxx pack for Hearthstone didn't have fantastic AI, just fantastic cards, cheaty decks (more than two of the same card in at once, which you can't do) and way overpowered hero abilities. Also the heroic versions had more health.

Not saying they weren't interesting or fun, just saying the AI wasn't that great. Made some pretty big misplays even a newbie wouldn't miss. Also tended to get stuck in loops quite a bit as long as you had the cards to keep that loop going. Lorewalker Cho was a good card for that.

Also, Hearthstone uses Unity and C# - well played, Blizzard

At 8/26/14 12:31 PM, egg82 wrote: I know I've been out of the Flash and mobile loop for a while, but whut?

Idk, the guy in charge of a publisher-finding website said that's what they were looking for, geared more for mobile I assume. I've heard stories of ppl making casino websites and being threatened by vegas bigwigs to take them down, so I'm slightly skeptical.

They prototyped hearthstone in flash before moving the actual meat to unity.

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1510071514/203642070

Welp, THAT was a long game..

At 8/26/14 08:45 PM, egg82 wrote: Welp, THAT was a long game..

Dumb short game

So the place where I work does phone protection. Our most popular phones by far are the iPhone 4 and 5 models since we are right next to an Apple store.

Now, we have a product called "glass" that is extremely popular and sells out quickly. Today, we got a shipment in for five boxes of glass, which is fantastic. Except that instead of being for something sensible like the iPhone 5, it's for the LG G3 which I've seen maybe two of since I've been here.

Great. No commission for egg :(

At 8/27/14 01:05 PM, egg82 wrote: Great. No commission for egg :(

Why does a programmer work for the carphone warehouse? :P

At 8/27/14 04:30 PM, Rustygames wrote: Why does a programmer work for the carphone warehouse? :P

Because moneys!
I actually chose this job out of quite a few that called me back because it's really chill here.

At 8/27/14 05:24 PM, egg82 wrote: Because moneys!
I actually chose this job out of quite a few that called me back because it's really chill here.

Stop coming to newgrounds to preserve your 3.000k posts. I missed my 2500th postiversary, so that's my next goal.

At 8/27/14 05:29 PM, MSGhero wrote: Stop coming to newgrounds to preserve your 3.000k posts. I missed my 2500th postiversary, so that's my next goal.

3,001 posts and none of them are interesting or informative in any way :D

Life = complete

So apparently Adobe decided to make the GameInput classes (for controllers) AIR-only after FP 14 - so my library's input requires you to compile for versions 11.8-13 or to switch to AIR

that's just weird.

At 8/27/14 05:24 PM, egg82 wrote:

At 8/27/14 04:30 PM, Rustygames wrote: Why does a programmer work for the carphone warehouse? :P

Because moneys!
I actually chose this job out of quite a few that called me back because it's really chill here.

Programming pays more (I hope) :D

At 8/28/14 04:57 AM, Rustygames wrote: Programming pays more (I hope) :D

Well, so far my job's gotten me $1,200 and programming's gotten me $0
you decide :P

Unless you know of a place I can live comfortably for free?

At 8/28/14 04:59 AM, egg82 wrote:

At 8/28/14 04:57 AM, Rustygames wrote: Programming pays more (I hope) :D

Well, so far my job's gotten me $1,200 and programming's gotten me $0
you decide :P

Unless you know of a place I can live comfortably for free?

Depends how quickly you made the 1200 bucks.

With your skills I bet you could just walk into a job paying an awful lot more than that :)

Can't speak for 'murca (which is where I assume you're from), but here (uk) we're desperate for talented developers!

At 8/28/14 05:18 AM, Rustygames wrote: Depends how quickly you made the 1200 bucks.

Six weeks, about?

With your skills I bet you could just walk into a job paying an awful lot more than that :)

Hahahahaha, I wish. Here they require certificates and degrees which requires at least four years of college. (don't kid yourself, two won't cut it any more)

Can't speak for 'murca (which is where I assume you're from), but here (uk) we're desperate for talented developers!

'MURRICA

oh, also I "finished" my little swiss-army knife lib. There might be a couple things here and there, but it's done enough for me to say it would work with just about anything.
check it out, plox? :D

requirements:
FP 11.8-13
-or-
AIR (FP version 11.8 or above)

contents:
Basic inner-workings of a preloader to build off of
Input engine that includes everything you could want, including controller support. Ideas partially taken from XInput
Mod engine that gives you the ability to load any external swf in whatever way you see fit
Sound engine that gives you the ability to load music and sounds in whatever way you see fit (includes wav file support)
State engine with the ability to layer states on top of eachother (includes options for forced background-state updating)
Pixel-perfect collision detection for both DisplayObjects and BitmapData
2D Raycasting collision detection using its own poly shapes
Quadtrees!
Utility class - contains helper functions and a "timed function" which sets a function to run after a certain amount of time
KeyCodes class - translates AS3 key codes to english

The point of it is to work with everything, so it should work just as well with Flixel as it does with Starling and plain Flash or whatever else you use it with.

At 8/28/14 06:32 AM, egg82 wrote:

At 8/28/14 05:18 AM, Rustygames wrote: Depends how quickly you made the 1200 bucks.

Six weeks, about?

That's less than minimum wage unless you weren't working 40hr/wk.

With your skills I bet you could just walk into a job paying an awful lot more than that :)

Hahahahaha, I wish. Here they require certificates and degrees which requires at least four years of college. (don't kid yourself, two won't cut it any more)

At this point, you need grad school or previous experience to get anywhere, and you can't get previous experience without first getting a job.

check it out, plox? :D

Not haxe.

At 8/28/14 06:32 AM, egg82 wrote:

At 8/28/14 05:18 AM, Rustygames wrote: Depends how quickly you made the 1200 bucks.

Six weeks, about?

Here a junior developer would make that in a week and a half. I'm sure the wage differences in the US and UK aren't that vast so it's probably similar over there.

With your skills I bet you could just walk into a job paying an awful lot more than that :)

Hahahahaha, I wish. Here they require certificates and degrees which requires at least four years of college. (don't kid yourself, two won't cut it any more)

Is that really true though or is that just what some people have told you? Because here people think the same thing but 50% of people I've ever recruited don't have any formal education at all (like myself).

A portfolio of work and a good interview beats any sort of formal education hands down. I know for a fact some US companies feel the same way.

How many job applications have you sent out? How many invited you for an interview?

At 8/28/14 08:57 AM, MSGhero wrote: That's less than minimum wage unless you weren't working 40hr/wk.

$8.50/hr at 22-35 hours per week, depending on the week.
I work at a kiosk in a large, fancy mall putting protection on phones and mobile devices.

At 8/28/14 04:01 PM, Rustygames wrote: Is that really true though or is that just what some people have told you? Because here people think the same thing but 50% of people I've ever recruited don't have any formal education at all (like myself).

It's actually true. You can get a job, but it'll be labor and won't pay well. Here, they pay you to do one of two things: hard work or hard thinking. Hard thinking gets you a nice job with good pay and good benefits, but requires 4+ years of college and some previous experience. Just look at Blizzard's jobs. The rest of us go to hard work which gives little to no benefits and pays very little.

How many job applications have you sent out? How many invited you for an interview?

9,000+ with the craigslist application I developed (which is now defunct because CL changed their site) and about a hundred callbacks with 30 or so interviews.

That's "no previous experience" and "GED education" in a resume.

At 8/28/14 08:57 AM, MSGhero wrote: Not haxe.

I should probably open a thread and a github page about it, actually.

At 8/28/14 04:18 PM, egg82 wrote: 9,000+ with the craigslist application I developed (which is now defunct because CL changed their site) and about a hundred callbacks with 30 or so interviews.

That's "no previous experience" and "GED education" in a resume.

Gotta see this CV which only had a 0.003% hit rate :P

At 8/28/14 06:30 PM, Rustygames wrote:

At 8/28/14 04:18 PM, egg82 wrote:

Gotta see this CV which only had a 0.003% hit rate :P

That's pretty awful. Though I have a 0% success rate with mine...

I do have more junk to add to it now, so maybe I'll get some bites

At 8/28/14 06:41 PM, MSGhero wrote:

At 8/28/14 06:30 PM, Rustygames wrote:

At 8/28/14 04:18 PM, egg82 wrote:

Gotta see this CV which only had a 0.003% hit rate :P

That's pretty awful. Though I have a 0% success rate with mine...

I do have more junk to add to it now, so maybe I'll get some bites

I'm sorry my massive math fail meant I forgot to multiply by 100 at the end, so it's a 0.3% hit rate. Anyway, it's a real shame you guys aren't in the UK, I'd of got some free referral bonuses :P

At 8/29/14 10:54 AM, Rustygames wrote: I'm sorry my massive math fail meant I forgot to multiply by 100 at the end, so it's a 0.3% hit rate. Anyway, it's a real shame you guys aren't in the UK, I'd of got some free referral bonuses :P

I'm planning on going to grad school, you could write me a letter of recommendation if you want :P
"Dear HR:
MSG--I mean Nick is great.
-Rusty Matt"

Guys click the red square here, it makes a ng save file: http://www.newgrounds.com/projects/games/782393/preview

I need save files from other people to test the haxe api. I got the save query to work, but I can't test much with only 1 savefile.

Save query conditions gives me back a server error even though the request is successful. The save file data is a .zlib file that I have to download, but it looks like the data is invalid bc none of the decompression algos are working on it...

At 8/30/14 12:31 AM, MSGhero wrote: Save query conditions gives me back a server error even though the request is successful. The save file data is a .zlib file that I have to download, but it looks like the data is invalid bc none of the decompression algos are working on it...

3am inspiration: The file is amf compressed. Haxe has a lib with crossplatform readObject(). Good night.