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by shatterblast
Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:51 am
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: Coin boy! Second LOVE2D Game, advice wanted!
Replies: 2
Views: 2680

Re: Coin boy! Second LOVE2D Game, advice wanted!

For those interested in the controls, "A" is left and "D" is right. The game is interesting. I suggest making the coins fall down slower at first and then speed up as time goes on, sort of like Tetris, if you have ever played that. Also, I would appreciate something like a life m...
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: ZeroBrane Studio Lua IDE v0.70 is out
Replies: 73
Views: 39984

Re: ZeroBrane Studio Lua IDE v0.70 is out

paulclinger wrote: As several users already noted, ZeroBrane Studio v0.70 is out: http://studio.zerobrane.com.
I love this software. Is there a guide or FAQ on how to use the debug feature? I started with Java and the Eclipse IDE, but I never got far enough as far as debugging one's own software.
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: I might be making a tool to generate LÖVE executables
Replies: 10
Views: 6971

Re: I might be making a tool to generate LÖVE executables

Plu wrote:You can reconstruct the .love file from the .exe in minutes if you know what you're doing
In Ubuntu Linux, you can open an .EXE with Archive Manager, and BOOM: system files. Making a Windows executable should only be done for convenience, in my limited experience.
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: [Poll] Choose a graphics style
Replies: 5
Views: 1791

Re: [Poll] Choose a graphics style

How can a non living thing be evil? I think it is what it represents. It's the same reason why people outside the United States of America burn the U.S. flag. It doesn't hurt the U.S., but it makes someone feel better. You could also bring up politics, faith, or abortion, and someone will get mad. ...
by shatterblast
Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:22 am
Forum: Libraries and Tools
Topic: Communication amongst team members
Replies: 14
Views: 8444

Re: Communication amongst team members

Hat Cat was actually a lot like this for a long while. We both always had an ambition to finish it, but when we didn't meet in person development just stopped. If you can't meet, I'd say find some other activity to do together, just to get talking. Playing Minecraft while Skyping works for example,...
by shatterblast
Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:28 pm
Forum: Libraries and Tools
Topic: weather effects
Replies: 33
Views: 11970

Re: weather effects

nuno wrote:lol of course, I'm not making a weather simulator :P
Well, why not? Just kidding. :awesome:

I like the music in the examples. It makes the environment seem surreal. I also like the weather effects.
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:06 am
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: Trying to Get Rid of Globals
Replies: 9
Views: 2794

Re: Trying to Get Rid of Globals

The rule of thumb is to make variables occupy as small scope as possible, but not smaller. So, if you place local back_ground = love.graphics.newImage("background01.png") as your first line of main.lua file, that makes it accessible only within this file. But as this is your only file (no...
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:39 am
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: Trying to Get Rid of Globals
Replies: 9
Views: 2794

Re: Trying to Get Rid of Globals

How would you transfer this data, if not via globals? Well, my approach so far has been that if it doesn't make the software crash, make it "local". Just want to add that you can totally have local variables that are accessed from both love.load and love.draw, like this: local mpgisquote ...
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:20 am
Forum: Support and Development
Topic: Trying to Get Rid of Globals
Replies: 9
Views: 2794

Trying to Get Rid of Globals

I do not consider myself a professional coder, but I pass it by as a hobby. To my understanding, it is standard etiquette to avoid global declarations. To my limited knowledge, I have made some globals into locals. I am also aware that my software needs work, but I'm not yet ready to focus on animat...
by shatterblast
Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Poll monday: AMD or Nvidia
Replies: 23
Views: 7676

Re: Poll monday: AMD or Nvidia

I chose AMD when building my computer since it supports Linux more than nVidia. I'm not saying that nVidia doesn't work well, and I have used it in other computers with Linux builds. It is just that Linus Torvalds himself has bad-mouthed nVidia. I'm very happy with my present setup since I use Windo...