Ludam Dare Comp

Chaos · 20 Aug 2011 at 22:49

If anyone's interested Notch is streaming his competition entry for Ludam Dare (Create a game in 48 hours)

http://www.twitch.tv/realnotch

http://www.ludumdare.com/

Garee · 20 Aug 2011 at 23:12

I thought it would be cool to watch a professional at work however boredom kicked in very quickly

His choice of variable names is shocking although I assume that is because he has a time limit.

Chaos · 20 Aug 2011 at 23:13

Yeah im just popping in every so often to see how its coming along

Limenote · 20 Aug 2011 at 23:51

what is he using to make the game? the video is terrible quality for me?

Garee · 20 Aug 2011 at 23:59

Xink said:
what is he using to make the game? the video is terrible quality for me?

The programming language Java and the Eclipse IDE. Paint.net for graphical work.

RobH · 21 Aug 2011 at 13:06

Xink said:
the video is terrible quality for me?

Make the video fullscreen, you can read what's going on then, it's scaled down by default.

Rroff · 21 Aug 2011 at 13:11

I know hes doing it to a time limit but ugh... hardcoding color values with blocks of if statements goes against the grain.

That said the game conceptually does look awesome.

Garee · 21 Aug 2011 at 13:14

Rroff said:
I know hes doing it to a time limit but ugh... hardcoding color values with blocks of if statements goes against the grain.

Magic numbers everywhere

Rroff · 21 Aug 2011 at 13:18

Yeah :S I know its a time limit and all but as a programmer it grates.