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#021 - Alien, Cat, Whats the difference? |
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Socoder Newsletter -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Alien, Cat, what's the difference?" #021 - 18th September 2009 groups.google.com/group/socoder-newsletter Tell all your friends! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Hello all I'm completely blank, this week, and can't think of a single thing to put here. ... Let's move on, shall we?! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Read Post$ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Some of your favourite things What would you consider to be your most treasured possession, and why? A wide and varied set of answers for this one. socoder.net/?topic=1705 ; Sticking to plan What do you do when you get a new game idea? And what do you do when you've loads of them! Stick to what you're currently doing, or juggle a handful of different things at once? socoder.net/?topic=1707 ; Reading the book... Afr0's decided on his book. If you're following his line of upcoming teaching posts, make sure you have a copy of 'C++ Programming for the Absolute Beginner' Afr0 hasn't said which edition he has, but Agent Smith's already got the 2nd Edition, so you should probably go for that. socoder.net/?topic=1694 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Write -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- It's like WW on speed! ; Weather Effects Take 10 minutes out of your day to make a neat looking weather effect. Post it for glory! socoder.net/?topic=1703 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Repeat : Until GameOver -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A couple of games, this week, as folk rush to get things done in time for a compo that then decided to break all the rules and move the deadline. ; ColdWar Chaos (JL235) Destroy the incoming missiles using your two weapon filled turrets. A Missile Command remix with extra juicy bits. socoder.net/?showcase=20337 ; Operation : Sourcecode (Afr0) Collect the USB Thumbsticks, and avoid the evil green monsters. socoder.net/?showcase=20367 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Goto Links -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Tetripong in Russian (JL235) Strangely, the word "Tetripong" sounds a lot like "Tetripong" when spoken in Russian. socoder.net/?link=20347 ; FastFlip (Jayenkai) Google have created a new method of displaying web news, by taking screenshots and letting you flick through them like you would pages in a newspaper. .... socoder.net/?link=20355 ; I wanna go home! (Jayenkai) What happens if you take video-game drivers, and drive them full speed around Silverstone? Codemasters find out! socoder.net/?link=20360 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syntax Error -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Batch Rendering (Mog) What you call it when you take a batch of PCs, network them, and try to do some complex rendering between them all. Wonder if it works? socoder.net/?blogs=20336 ; Nolan's new site (Nolan) Nolan's finally got around to building his new site. Go take a look at stripey the results! socoder.net/?blogs=20369 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- For n=1 to 7 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; Top 7 Pollers (last week's position) (^ 4) 105 Phoenix (> 2) 100 TazzMan47 (> 3) 95 JL235 (^ 5) 90 9572AD (^ x) 90 Tikihead (^ x) 90 redmoth (v 1) 80 shroom_monk (^ x) 80 Nolan ; Last Week's Poll Results -- Which chocolate is Better? ---- Total votes : 18 ------ 27% : Dark ------ 22% : Plain ------ 22% : Mint ------ 16% : White ------ 11% : Orange -- Which is Better? ---- Total votes : 18 ------ 38% : Long Levels, Occasional Saves ------ 33% : Short Levels ------ 27% : Long Levels, Frequent Saves ------ 0% : Long Levels, No Saves -- Who's Better? ---- Total votes : 17 ------ 35% : Stan ------ 23% : Eric ------ 23% : Kenny ------ 17% : Kyle -- Who's Better? ---- Total votes : 19 ------ 78% : Homer ------ 10% : Bart ------ 5% : Lisa ------ 5% : Maggie ------ 0% : Marge -- Which long forgotten media format was Better? ---- Total votes : 18 ------ 38% : Betamax ------ 33% : Zip disk ------ 16% : Laserdisc ------ 5% : Minidisc ------ 5% : UMD -- Which disk is better? ---- Total votes : 18 ------ 83% : 3.5 inch ------ 11% : 5.25 inch ------ 5% : 3 inch -- Do you Trade-In your games? ---- Total votes : 17 ------ 64% : Never ------ 17% : Rarely ------ 11% : Often ------ 5% : Occasionally -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Competition of the Week -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ; How 2Bee an Indie Compo Sham In a bid to get more links out of our Newsletter, 2Bees decided to completely destroy the point of having a deadline by moving the bleedin' deadline. socoder.net/?topic=1655 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Random Youtube Videos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXyTScLe7g www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb9UZ-I22E4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghqjailPGOQ ------------------- Load, Next List |
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