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dulsi

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 02:19:20 +0100 last edited: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:12:45 +0100

Built part of the Fantasticar for my youngest's party. He is a big Fantastic Four fan. I normally do an alternate build to include with the build but not provide instructions. This year I thought about including a picture to the full Fantasticar and challenge people to make their own. #lego #fantasticfour

dulsi

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:56:49 +0100 last edited: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:57:06 +0100

7 Days to Die really hurts my productivity. Keep thinking about getting the linux version but being able to play on my laptop will probably just consume more of my time. #ps4 #7daystodie

dulsi

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:41:25 +0100 last edited: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:52:16 +0100

Been working on adding a title screen on Squirrel Eat Squirrel. It will eventually list high scores in the game. The squirrels enter and leave the screen just like during the game. #gamedev #squirreleatsquirrel #python #screenshotsunday

dulsi

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:51:33 +0100 last edited: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:07:22 +0100

I enjoy the ability to send screen shots on the PS4. Usually we use them for graphically weird things like bellow. I wish it had better support for splitscreen. Have it detect who is taking the screenshot and render a frame with only that player's screen. #ps4

dulsi

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:41:29 +0100

Worked on new icons for pocketchip mode of Bt Builder. This allows you to use the larger images on the small pocketchip screen. Hunt has the death icon next to his name. #screenshotsunday #btbuilder #gamedev

dulsi

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 01:53:30 +0100

My youngest wanted a cyborg squirrel. I decided to try a robot one. I'm not entirely happy with it.

dulsi

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 23:13:12 +0100

No Linux user group for me today. Car decided not start.

dulsi

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:48:01 +0100 last edited: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:04:19 +0100

My updated Squirrel Eat Squirrel is on github. It alters the graphics but has no effect on game play. #gamedev #python

poVoq

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:31:42 +0100

@dulsi would you like it to be a Guinea pig for our new project development tool?
https://kanboard.freegamedev.net

The idea behind this Kanboard* based service is to decouple issue tracking from Github, so that one can easily switch to another git provider (such as Gitlab, Bitbucket or even a selfhosted one on Gitea/Gogs) and also to have some nice additional PM tools like a Kanban board, user groups etc. and also automatic notifications to chat rooms.
I am still setting it up, thus user integration isn't fully there yet, but I can give you access if you are interested.

*see:
https://kanboard.org/

poVoq

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:38:45 +0100

Also has an Android App:
https://github.com/andresth/Kandroid

dulsi

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:59:45 +0100 last edited: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:01:06 +0100

Squirrel Eat Squirrel continues to occupy my thoughts. Found a better squirrel image on opengameart. Then I created a bunch of squirrel variants. #gamedev #python #pixelart

dulsi

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:39:39 +0100 last edited: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:40:22 +0100

Oldest wants to make a game for the arcade machine to get the game design pin. I started looking at various pygame ebooks I have. I found Squirrel Eat Squirrel in Making Games with Python & Pygame. Fun little game. #arcade #python #gamedev

dulsi

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 13:25:42 +0100

Stumbled on Warlock's Gauntlet. Looks interesting but I can't get it to run. Description says it has hot-seat 2 player which isn't what I want either. It uses an old SFML library like Ostrich Riders did. I'm not sure I have the interest to port the code to the current library.

dulsi

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 04:56:40 +0100

Tried to take pictures of the running arcade this afternoon. It failed to launch games. Tried swapping hard drive to another computer but it didn't boot. Tried reinstalling on a different hard drive. Still failed. We were setting it up at the blue and gold dinner that night so I had also setup my laptop as a back and used it. Trying to calm myself from the frantic day. #arcade

poVoq

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 06:54:33 +0100

@dulsi Sorry for that. These DIY projects always have the bad habit of failing in the worst possible moments :(
But did you check the "arcade" category on the LibreGameWiki for titles to add?
https://libregamewiki.org/Arcade_games

dulsi

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:33:31 +0100

@poVoq I haven't looked at that list. I was specifically looking for 2 player simultaneous games. Ideally with the ability of anyone to jump in if one person dies. Some of those games look promising. I could try adding 2 player if it doesn't support it.

dulsi

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:44:14 +0100 last edited: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:44:39 +0100

@poVoq Thanks for pointing out EmulationStation. I have it up and running on the arcade machine. Ostrich Riders and Super Tux Kart have been configured. Alas I don't think I will have time to add more before tomorrow. Ostrich Riders does have a new arcade mode to better support being in an arcade machine. #arcade

dulsi

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 23:55:06 +0100

Looking for games for the arcade machine. Found the OpenBOR project. Too bad everyone uses copyrighted images/music in their games. #openbor

dulsi

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:41:38 +0100

Connected the computer in the arcade machine to the TV used as monitor. The DVI interface didn't display properly. If I connected with another monitor I could configure it to a working resolution but whenever it was connected solo it reverted to a non-working resolution. Switched to VGA interface since it has an audio input as well. Now I just need to get an interface and games. #arcade

dulsi

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 04:10:54 +0100

Cub scouts put together the arcade machine today. Still need to add the electronics and get a game or two running on it. #arcade

poVoq

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 06:18:45 +0100

@dulsi RetroPie or general EmulationStation is a cool platform for such things.

https://retropie.org.uk/

dulsi

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:22:12 +0100

@poVoq My plan is to put open source game(s) on it rather than use an emulator. Emulators are great but I want to make sure the cub scouts respect copyright. Also I think open source is inline with the goals of scouts.

poVoq

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:28:42 +0100

@dulsi Why not both :D
But RetroPie also supports what they call "ports" out of the box which is mostly open-source games, see:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

Its mainly about the easy maintainability and GUI that can be well managed without a mouse and keyboard.

dulsi

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:24:02 +0100

Learned about TAS-CON too late. All tickets were sold out. Definitely need to be on the alert for this next year. #boardgames

dulsi

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:03:29 +0100

Screenshot of OpenGameArt Movie Video Game's director screen. In the game you chose the direction of the "movie" so you can change which characters used in some cases. #screenshotsunday #gamedev #opengameartmovie

dulsi

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 15:52:38 +0100

My wife got me Megaman 11 for the Switch. My oldest laughed at the difficulty I was having with the game. He decided to try it but at the easiest difficultly. He got destroyed. He finally got to one of the bosses and gave up after who knows how many deaths. I took the controller and defeated the boss on my second try.

poVoq

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 15:56:59 +0100

@dulsi Enjoy the sweet victory while it lasts...

dulsi

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:10:23 +0100

@poVoq He was enjoying Mario Kart and winning. I joined in and took first for two races. He didn't understand how I kept winning. I explained he needed to hug the curves more. He took first the next race. He is learning fast.

dulsi

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 05:28:10 +0100

My two sons are in cub scouts. The iconic cub scout activity is the pinewood derby. You are given a block of wood, four nails, and four wheels. There is no motor. Instead the cars start at the top of an incline and race down. See my review of DerbyNet.