Mark Sta Ana booyaa

#Live blogging the #procjam 2014 talks

Sorry for any inaccuracies, typos and words... *

The full schedule can be found at http://procjam.tumblr.com/post/101676802994/procjam-talks-schedule

#12:40 pm - Make Something That Makes Something That Isn’t A Game

##Dr. Gillian Smith, Northeastern University

#Unity Hints and Tips; and Live Training Notes (WIP)

link test

##collisions

player should have a collider, but not triggering. rigidbody maybe required (for physics?) target to collide with should have a collider and a trigger, also has the controller script

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

I am booyaa on github.
I am booyaa (https://keybase.io/booyaa) on keybase.
I have a public key whose fingerprint is 3967 2016 BD0A 941C 5AD4 AC1C 45BF 67FF B938 AA2F

To claim this, I am signing this object:

Stackanoid - 5th game in the One Game A Month Challenge

Beginning

The game started as a doodle, messing around with 2D physics and wasn't even the first iteration. I had started playing around with spinning and swinging objects, also hinges seem to be equally promising and certainly easier to grasp in the 2D vs the 3D versions.

The concept of stacking items as a game mechanic happened after the 3rd iteration. I had noticed a curious property of objects interacting with the player sprite. If a falling object landed on the player sprite you could move it up and down, but the object would slip off if you moved left and right.

Fixing a problem

Destinations of LotRO Middle Earth

This is a first draft, it will get better. The data is based on Vinny's awesome TravelRef plugin, that I've used previously in my project From A to Bree webtoy. I converted from Lua to a JSON object. The data was then flattened.

The force directed graph is copy of the one by Malcolm Maclean in his very useful D3 Tips and Tricks book.

If you're viewing this on github, you might prefer a live demo via bl.ocks.org.

#Regex to convert Ratings ENUM into a CSV

Works for Notepad++ regex which is POSIXy.

Assume data looks like this:

enumtype.def:
      0       "    "   Not allocated
 1 "AAA " The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

###password input

user feedback will be stars instead of password

$secret = Read-Host 'Enter a secret: ' -AsSecureString
$notSoSecret = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($secret))
Write-Host $notSoSecret

###get a random number from a range between 1 and 5

Random random = new Random();
int randomNum = random.Next(1,5);

###hardcode app.config name into binary

	#!/bin/bash

	echo Creating MySQL data container
	docker create --name foo-mysql-data -v /var/lib/mysql mysql:5.6

	echo 'Creating MySQL server container'
	docker run --name foo-mysql --volumes-from foo-mysql-data -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password -d mysql:5.6

	echo 1st attempt to create database, will fail without sleep
	#Error follows:

	~$ telnet bbs.fozztexx.com 9600
	Trying 50.79.157.209...
	Connected to allyoucaneat.fozztexx.com.
	Escape character is '^]'.


	Welcome to Level 29, your SysOp is FozzTexx
	BBS hosted on an Apple IIgs running ProLine

	Access via dialup, telnet, and web browser.