/prog/ - Collab game for great OC

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 11:12

The 2012 resolution thread (http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1324897198) took a turn after some riders suggested collaborating to make a video game. This thread attempts to more formally continue that line of thought.

Main points from previous thread:
0. /prog/riders of 2012, unite
1. Collaborate to make vidya game
2. Should be easily extendable by non-programmers to make Original Content
3. Make a simple campaign to demonstrate scripting so others will be able to learn and contribute their OC

Goal of this thread:
0. /prog/riders interested in the game idea, stand up and be counted (please use a throwaway name#trip)
1. We can see what set of skills are available in the group (please indicate what you're able to contribute - code in [language], 2D/3D art, text - in order of your ability with each, most skilled first). Feel free to mention anything else that might be useful/important.
2. Based on skills available, we can brainstorm realistic game ideas ITT (simpler deliverable is going to be better, since we likely haven't worked together before - if a solid group forms from the experience, we can later try something more ambitious).
3. Reach consensus on a specific project (reply to any you like, add your own ideas, repeat...).
4. Set up communication channels (IRC/wiki/mailing list) for those who formed the consensus (it's possible more than one project attracts an interested group).
5. Work out details, responsibilities, timeframe, etc. on alternate communication channels.

tl;dr Read SICP.

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:10

>>37
engine in C, augmented with scripting in a Lisp.
As much as people love to bash C++, and me being one of those people, it IS useful for two things: GUIs, and like it or not, games. Of course it depends on the game. Not every game needs to be object-oriented, but with some games it makes life tremendously easier, as long as you treat it like ``C with classes'' and ignore all the shitty features.

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:11

>>40
you're all
I assume you're only one person.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:13

>>41
Are you sure you quoted the text you meant to? You reply doesn't seem to make any sense in that context.

Name: >>37 2011-12-30 18:15

>>43
I think he was implying I disliked C++.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:16

>>42
By stating that even one person of this `all' lot isn't more familiar with Git than Mercurial, I've successfully proved your assumption wrong, and thus my statement in >>40 is correct. Just how stupid can you be?

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:17

>>45
I assume your Asperger's is off the charts and IHBT.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:18

>>44
How does C++ even enter the picture here? This is about the shitbrained idea of using C+Lisp versus simply using Lisp.

Name: >>44 2011-12-30 18:23

>>47
God damnit, can't you fucking read? The quote in >>41 was rambling about C++. How does Lisp even enter the picture there?

The matter of C+Lisp vs. Lisp was not contained in either >>43 nor >>41.

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:24

Okay, well this is already turning into a shitstorm about programming languages. Does anybody have any ideas for an actual game they want to make?

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:27

>>48
Reread the thread, and this time, think.

>>49
Yeah, it should be written in Lisp.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:28

>>49
I'd like to see a simple but old-style hacky-slashy RPG (no turn-based combat, please!). I wasn't thinking isometric, but that could be a possibility. What do you think?

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:35

>>50
Here's a game written in BASIC:
10 goto /g/

>>51
I'm down with something like that. A ``Link to the Past'' style game would be awesome. Those types of games are pretty ambitious I would suggest working a good design document and tilesets before writing a lot of code.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:37

>>52
a good design document
Do that and don't come back until it's finished.

Name: >>51 2011-12-30 18:41

>>52
I'm down to start working on a design document, for reals. Are you an artist? I can do decent art, but nothing spectacular. Regardless, plot and setting and items and gameplay design all have to come first.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:48

>>54
Considering you're replying to kc!taZqHR8ods, you probably meant: ``Are you an autist?''.

Name: COBOL engine, C++11 scripting 2011-12-30 18:49

The programming language part can be resolved, just agree on a language nobody likes.

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:51

>>54
I'm not a pixel artist, no. I would suggest finding some free tilesets online, even just placeholders. It isn't hard to swap tiles later if you have a decent level editor.

The design document should be collaborative. How should we do that?

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 18:54

google docs

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 18:55

>>55
http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/184304/haters-make-me-famous.jpg XD

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 19:04

>>57 , >>58
Here's the google doc we can use.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pI8HwKZCL1K1odO-ti3zD3-YYcp_swV105E24l3terY/edit

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:09

>>60
>>58
How about a Google Code wiki instead?

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 19:12

>>61
Go ahead and start one

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:20

>>62
http://code.google.com/p/progame/

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 19:22

>>63
kc.taZqH...@gmail.com
wut

Name: howdoicomputer !4kK4ZvnpWI 2011-12-30 19:27

how to becum comitter lul

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:28

>>64
It's a throwaway account. If this project starts going something I'll use my real account. Till then it's not worth the spam and trolls.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 19:30

Apparently mail delivery to your account on the wiki failed... 'does not exist'

Name: howdoicomputer !4kK4ZvnpWI 2011-12-30 19:33

Are we going to use seperate threads for different parts of the engine?

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:33

>>65
Email kc.tazqhr8ods@gmail.com with your trip to be added as a user. I'll give you pass phrase to post here to prove it's your trip, then I'll escalate your privileges.

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:35

>>67
Try again.

Name: howdoicomputer !4kK4ZvnpWI 2011-12-30 19:35

>>69
The trip source or trip result?

Name: bs !i46na0DXp. 2011-12-30 19:35

I'm >>51 and such. Now creating a trip or you to see.

Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:37

>>71
No, not the source. Just tell me who you are.

Name: howdoicomputer !4kK4ZvnpWI 2011-12-30 19:37

>>69
If I send you the 'source' of the trip code you could just test to see if legit. No passphrase required.

Name: howdoicomputer !4kK4ZvnpWI 2011-12-30 19:45

>>69
desu

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Name: kc !taZqHR8ods 2011-12-30 19:48

>>75
Ecstatic.

Now which one of you is OP?

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-30 19:50

>>76
I dunno if OP is still here. It was not me. I'm >>51 and onwards

Name: bs !I7fwVWlXaE 2011-12-30 19:51

>>77
damnit forgot my fucking trip shit

Name: howdoicomputer !4kK4ZvnpWI 2011-12-30 19:51

>>76
Anonymous.
I think he left a while ago.

Name: bs !i46na0DXp. 2011-12-30 19:51

>>78 aaargh wrong trip. here it is.
I shall stop polluting this thread now.

Collab game for great OC

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56 Name: COBOL engine, C++11 scripting 2011-12-30 18:49

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