(11-15-2012, 01:49 PM)coty-crg Wrote: I totally understand. Highschool student, right?

I didn't learn crap from my math teachers until Calculus in college. Even my calc teacher in highschool was useless.

Oh well! Although honestly; now that I'm at this university I'm doing more research on my own than I do in class.

Nah, I'm actually 23
Teachers in my local equivalent of high school were useless. I didn't do any maths in College after 1st year and after that it was only really base conversions, logic and pointer arithmetic (Which, tbh, I don't count as 'maths' because you only need a basic grasp to understand it all).

(11-16-2012, 01:55 AM)Phaze Wrote:

(11-15-2012, 01:49 PM)coty-crg Wrote: I totally understand. Highschool student, right?

I didn't learn crap from my math teachers until Calculus in college. Even my calc teacher in highschool was useless.

Oh well! Although honestly; now that I'm at this university I'm doing more research on my own than I do in class.

Nah, I'm actually 23
Teachers in my local equivalent of high school were useless. I didn't do any maths in College after 1st year and after that it was only really base conversions, logic and pointer arithmetic (Which, tbh, I don't count as 'maths' because you only need a basic grasp to understand it all).

Oh man.. You need to get some harder classes, then. Since I'm a Computer Science Major; I'm doing stuff from Calc I through Calc III; trig; physics; and all other sorts of scary stuff. You won't learn unless you take the initiative! And if you can't afford classes; check out Google!

(11-16-2012, 04:55 PM)coty-crg Wrote: Oh man.. You need to get some harder classes, then. Since I'm a Computer Science Major; I'm doing stuff from Calc I through Calc III; trig; physics; and all other sorts of scary stuff. You won't learn unless you take the initiative! And if you can't afford classes; check out Google!

I was doing a Bachelors of Comp. Sci at what was prob'ly the best Uni around here. We were learning about Functional Programming, Assembly, system architectures, security, that kinda stuff. Unfortunately I did end up failing because loldepression but that's a long story.

Why do you think I'm researching trig on my own now? This knowledge will be useful to me in the future so I'm (occasionally) looking at it. Been trying to get a grasp on the GL Shader Language, too.

(11-16-2012, 08:42 PM)Phaze Wrote:

(11-16-2012, 04:55 PM)coty-crg Wrote: Oh man.. You need to get some harder classes, then. Since I'm a Computer Science Major; I'm doing stuff from Calc I through Calc III; trig; physics; and all other sorts of scary stuff. You won't learn unless you take the initiative! And if you can't afford classes; check out Google!

I was doing a Bachelors of Comp. Sci at what was prob'ly the best Uni around here. We were learning about Functional Programming, Assembly, system architectures, security, that kinda stuff. Unfortunately I did end up failing because loldepression but that's a long story.

Why do you think I'm researching trig on my own now? This knowledge will be useful to me in the future so I'm (occasionally) looking at it. Been trying to get a grasp on the GL Shader Language, too.

Shaders are something I have yet to look into. Just haven't had a real use for them; yet.

Actually.. better start now, just for the knowledge. Heh.

(11-23-2012, 12:04 AM)coty-crg Wrote: Shaders are something I have yet to look into. Just haven't had a real use for them; yet.

Actually.. better start now, just for the knowledge. Heh.

Well, Shaders and other similar features will probably be invaluable to me when I do get to work on the bigger things I have in mind, since I would like some neat effects.

More knowledge can't really hurt. Now if only I could stop procrastinating

Working on a Pixel/Voxel art editor for PC/Mac/Android.

Check out a screenshot here.

You'll be able to work on Pixel art and turn it to voxel art, and in turn, use a sculpting program like Blender or Mudbox to convert it to an awesome 3D model.

It's also being designed with everyone's workflow in mind, like a dedicated palate area that you can zoom in and edit just like on the canvas, full control over RGB HSL and HSV, layers, and an epic UI.

EDIT: I updated the UI, so now it looks even better!

Gonna be learning C

C is a... fun language. Just be careful with it, you can screw up all kinds of stuff if you're not. It's surprisingly low level, actually.

I'm in on the C shenanigans as well.

I actually got about halfway through my C book over the summer and have been kinda anxious to pick it back up.

String manipulation in C is... a very special type of fun

You can get libraries to make it more... normal, but it is a special kind of fun. Enjoy having no protection on your data.

(12-06-2012, 05:46 AM)Hoeloe Wrote: You can get libraries to make it more... normal, but it is a special kind of fun. Enjoy having no protection on your data.

Personally, I use XOR encryption for -everything-

But that's just me

Who needs data protection anyways!


All levels open source! Player tinkers with data and breaks the game (or makes it boring)? Too bad!

I feel like a derp programmer after reading most of this, I've tried out C++ and all I've managed to do in it so far is make a window and make an image display in that window.

I hadn't really gotten back into programming though. I've been distracted by lots of other stuff lately though. (Mostly real life and suddenly spriting attempts) I'm thinking of whether I should use Java or C++ though for making games. I'd probably try to do 2D games because anything involving 3D would be overly complicated for me right now.

(And I really hope this didn't double post because my internet derped while clicking post reply)

libgdx

For those who wanna do some Java game stuff. I haven't tried it myself (yet) but I heard it's good.