Agagagagaga I want to code!
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Hello everyone! I need a bit of help here. You see, I used to code every day, all of my time was spent on eating, sleeping, and coding. It was a happy life, until I began to stare at lines of code for whole minutes and then "waking up" and wondering what I was doing; sort of like a zombie. I couldn't seem to concentrate at all, so I stopped for a while, I think about a week. Then I came back and guess what? I coded a new game engine, a game using that engine, and a very neat GUI system for that game - in less than 4 days. The GUI thing I thought was impossible for someone of my skill level, but it just came natural, I didn't worry at all about not being able to finish it. Didn't get "stuck" or anything. I coded it and enjoyed coding more than ever. But now I'm back to zombieing... damn. So, has anyone else gone through this? Any tips? My dad has some Focus Factor pills, maybe that helps? Don't tell me to wait another week, I've got nothing better to do but play video games and watch Dragonball. It's always been like this, but I had never fully stopped for a whole week before, so the comeback was more dramatic than previous times. Thanks in advance!
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
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Hello everyone! I need a bit of help here. You see, I used to code every day, all of my time was spent on eating, sleeping, and coding. It was a happy life, until I began to stare at lines of code for whole minutes and then "waking up" and wondering what I was doing; sort of like a zombie. I couldn't seem to concentrate at all, so I stopped for a while, I think about a week. Then I came back and guess what? I coded a new game engine, a game using that engine, and a very neat GUI system for that game - in less than 4 days. The GUI thing I thought was impossible for someone of my skill level, but it just came natural, I didn't worry at all about not being able to finish it. Didn't get "stuck" or anything. I coded it and enjoyed coding more than ever. But now I'm back to zombieing... damn. So, has anyone else gone through this? Any tips? My dad has some Focus Factor pills, maybe that helps? Don't tell me to wait another week, I've got nothing better to do but play video games and watch Dragonball. It's always been like this, but I had never fully stopped for a whole week before, so the comeback was more dramatic than previous times. Thanks in advance!
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
Ah come on, nobody has ever felt the same way?
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
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Ah come on, nobody has ever felt the same way?
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
I think were all different. I have worked with a few people who thought I was insane due to the amount of time I spend in front of the computer. Certainly there are days where I feel like a Zombie but if I have problems thinking about code, I go read a book on design patterns or software architecture or Linux Kernel or I look at the code of others and either admire it or cringe. :P There is plenty you can do to distract yourself long enough to shake the Zombie thing. Just do something related but different.
I'm finding the only constant in software development is change it self.
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I think were all different. I have worked with a few people who thought I was insane due to the amount of time I spend in front of the computer. Certainly there are days where I feel like a Zombie but if I have problems thinking about code, I go read a book on design patterns or software architecture or Linux Kernel or I look at the code of others and either admire it or cringe. :P There is plenty you can do to distract yourself long enough to shake the Zombie thing. Just do something related but different.
I'm finding the only constant in software development is change it self.
Yeah, now that you say it, I've got a good game programming book that I never really got into due to laziness... Guess I'll try that. Thanks yo! :)
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
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Hello everyone! I need a bit of help here. You see, I used to code every day, all of my time was spent on eating, sleeping, and coding. It was a happy life, until I began to stare at lines of code for whole minutes and then "waking up" and wondering what I was doing; sort of like a zombie. I couldn't seem to concentrate at all, so I stopped for a while, I think about a week. Then I came back and guess what? I coded a new game engine, a game using that engine, and a very neat GUI system for that game - in less than 4 days. The GUI thing I thought was impossible for someone of my skill level, but it just came natural, I didn't worry at all about not being able to finish it. Didn't get "stuck" or anything. I coded it and enjoyed coding more than ever. But now I'm back to zombieing... damn. So, has anyone else gone through this? Any tips? My dad has some Focus Factor pills, maybe that helps? Don't tell me to wait another week, I've got nothing better to do but play video games and watch Dragonball. It's always been like this, but I had never fully stopped for a whole week before, so the comeback was more dramatic than previous times. Thanks in advance!
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
I don't know how good your engine is, but as a guy who is into graphics as well... If you can create a decent graphics engine and game to go with it in 4 days then you've got some talent sir! Sounds to me like you should be applying for a job at Blizzard and help them build SC2 ;)....
Mark Brock Click here to view my blog
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I don't know how good your engine is, but as a guy who is into graphics as well... If you can create a decent graphics engine and game to go with it in 4 days then you've got some talent sir! Sounds to me like you should be applying for a job at Blizzard and help them build SC2 ;)....
Mark Brock Click here to view my blog
Yeah, it does all the stuff you need to make a 2D game (the game I mentioned was a Scorched Earth clone), but only graphics, nothing else (input, sound...) is implemented. I made a few demos with it after that, but then the mystery Sharpie marker wrote "retro" in my eyelids so I started making demos for stuff as old as ColecoVision. :~ But now my current "main project" is almost done; the next thing will most probably be using that engine. :)
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
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Yeah, it does all the stuff you need to make a 2D game (the game I mentioned was a Scorched Earth clone), but only graphics, nothing else (input, sound...) is implemented. I made a few demos with it after that, but then the mystery Sharpie marker wrote "retro" in my eyelids so I started making demos for stuff as old as ColecoVision. :~ But now my current "main project" is almost done; the next thing will most probably be using that engine. :)
Windows Calculator told me I will die at 28. :(
Feel like uploading a Demo EXE? :) I can assist with sound... http://hepca.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8[^] C# only... Soz :/ Adds the lovely functionality of
Load(1, @"C:\mySound.wav"); // Every Sound Format is supported
Play(1);So like
global variable int shootSound = 1;
void onShoot()
{
Play(shootSound);
}Any suggestions / hints / comments, feel free to e-mail me at: 4ree5li6x@gmail.com (Removing 4, 5 and 6)
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