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Garbage Collection and Del()

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:57:53 +0000

I was wondering if, since the project I'm working on is already fairly well done (yet not very efficient), it it was possible for me to be lazy and simply override the Del() proc for an object and simply set the reference variables it has to null as well as its loc and allow the garbage collector to take it from there. I ask this because I realize del() calls Del() at some point but I wasn't sure if I would have to go through the entire source code and redo each del() by itself or if this override would suffice and ultimately save some processing power and memory.

Replace the Anime Genre

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:33:58 +0000

I believe that we should do a change and make it so that the Anime genre doesn't exist, instead things get listed as a tag of fangame or original game. If we have anime as a genre, it's showing that anime is an exclusive enough part of BYOND that it can hold its own genre, despite they're actually fangames.

And yeah, maybe they are but it doesn't mean we want to show it.

One Piece Pirates Galore

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:34:19 +0000

Today I got to test One Piece Pirates Galore, a game in production by Narakzi and Kidpaddle45 and I was pretty surprised.

Upon starting I noticed a really nice change to the icons that not only brighten up the game but also have potential for mapping detail. Really lightened up the map from what it had started as:

Good stuff.

One of the features that surprised me was something I haven't seen in a game so far. The swimming feature, this feature had me incredibly stoked.

Character takes a dive and bam, they're in the water.

I would've been okay with that when suddenly...An option popped up for me? ..."Dive" ?!

And in a flash I find myself with a breathe meter diving under the water! But I STILL had option to dive?! One more dive and I go even deeper and deeper into the water...

It's gonna be a really interesting form of gameplay when you can see Fishmen swimming underneath and even Devil Fruit users dying to the sea. Amazing and lovely. It's not like diving underneath has no benefits. You find random things on the bottom of the seafloor.

But becareful not to stay there for too long. You might drown.

The game seems interesting. I love the additions on the Skilltree.

The skilltree allows you to be primarily anything you want based off of your progress in the game. This way you're not limited to one class, and at the same time also not limited to certain abilities. You can diverse around and learn anything you'd like to learn. Maybe you want to be your own original character and dwell into the art of Swordsmanship and be a Gunslinger at the same time.

I was content and then bam! the thing I've been looking for in a game shows up. A large pirate ship!?

I walk to it in excitement and enter the ship.

And I'm piloting?! Of course while focused on the piloting, I have no idea what's going on inside but the idea that there's actually an inside to this ship amazes me.

And here we were on a mother f---ing boat just chillin'.

Nonetheless, although still in development it's coming along nicely. Can't wait to see the game when it's done.

I'm Back (One Piece)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:19:10 +0000

(Narakzi speaking)
Well production has been slow in the past few months because I lost interest. But now that I'm back production for this one peace game is going very well, infact in the past week we've done more work then we've done in the past few months. The only problem we are having now is the lack of GFX/Pixel Artists. If you are interested please contact me at Mmmehdinia@hotmail.com

Heres the link to the hub if you are interesting in seeing the current screenshots.

http://www.byond.com/games/DarkMoonProductions/ OnePieceGrandAdventure

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This message is to Jarquille concerning One Piece, if you see this please try to get in contact with me.

Why are there so many fangames?

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:53:27 +0000

Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of games here on BYOND that I enjoy to play and I love being here. Yes, they're amazing. But you put it to ratio with original games(as in non-fan games) and it's a little...daunting. I can't come to mind that many original games I actually enjoy playing as much as a fan-game.

But then when I go to any other Game Making community there's probably 1 fan game for every 10 original game. It's starting to feel like BYOND is for making games based off of your favorite subject irl, and making it playable.

I really want to see new games of the original subject showing the true limit of the imagination instead of just "Original gameplay for our Naruto game" or "Gameplay you've never seen touching Dragonball Z."

Idk.

~ Zack101

ACTA Awareness

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:27:27 +0000

A friend sent me another video but I can't find that specific one, so this is what I'll link to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roMf2RmRzFc&feature=related

They have the right to arrest you under suspicion of piracy...Suspicion. =/

The current official version of the draft has been released April 20th. Mm.

Ranting - Outrage in America. No More Religious Freedom?

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:48:15 +0000

Issue:

Outrage rising about more mosques and plans to build them in America. Concerned citizens are wondering why mosques are being built in their communities. Anger has arose among many non-muslims which is resulting in vandalism and death threats.

Demonick's Comment: ...What the f---?! Are they fucking serious? Complaining about mosques being built which is the structural foundation for a religion in a country which was founded almost strictly upon the right to religious freedom? You have to be fucking joking. Are these pretentious pricks really that racist and self absorbed? What the fuck is wrong with you? How would you like it if every time you want to have a church dinner or a fund raiser to restore an old christian church if I came by, stuck a few wooden crosses in the yard, set them on fire, spray painted the doors of the church, pissed on priest, and them threatened to kill anyone who called the cops? Probably would hate me and try to mob me.

I'm sorry for all the anger in the past paragraph but it just does not register with me the amount of selfishness which has absorbed our societies in America. You are willing and happy to practice your religion and enjoy the freedom to do so in a nice well built Church, and can go and join any denomination you want with no one criticizing you with the exception of a few atheists and internet no-lifers. This just does not sit right with me in the least. Here we are under President Obama's leadership (which I'll admit hasn't gone great so far) trying to rebuild a relationship with the Middle East which is predominately Islamic, and you go and do a 180 degree turn on the goal, and shoot for the other basket. You may as well ask for World War 3. I understand Obama isn't doing stupendous and he probably wasn't ready for the job, but it's not all his fault. He needs cooperation of the people because this is a democracy and all the power does not lie with him as much as some people would like to believe it does. People want to think so because they do not want the burden of responsibility and accountability for their own actions resting on their shoulders.

The American people as a society and a nation is diminishing and falling away from its core values. How can you expect other countries to respect us if we do not respect them?

GS Summer-Update

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:55:55 +0000

We need a name badly.

But other than that, I have an interface and maybe small insignificant updates that I don't remember enough to post.

The interface is a WIP but something I'd imagine it can use for the time being. I hope to include a button on there to give full-screen options.

Ventrill City. Starting City, and City of new beginnings. It's a Port Town right by the Sea.

Walking up to the Helei Desert. Desert Terrain in the Helei Desert is dark because of all the Dark-Malik Energy residing there.

Cave meant to be the first dungeon with the first boss inside. Nothing too majorly planned.

NPC Talking System. I didn't really know how to make it through the actual coding so I used the interface in a time like this.

Equipment and Stat System opened up through clicking the bottom.

Bad Bow and Arrow screenshot. Fail miss and fail delayed pose.

Level Up directly from Sword of Mana. It's temporary until we can find something more flashy.

Rape by Wolves.

We never get much feedback on this game so I don't have much motivation to ever work on it really but the testings are always fun. I plan on having another testing once I get a proper party, quest and shopping system done.

We need a name baadly. Peace for now, some Superhero Comic storyline thing is on...history channel?

~ Zack101

SPECTACULAR! Coolio effects, no. :'(

Thu, 27 May 2010 01:20:33 +0000

So over the past year Me and DemonicK have found ourselves creating amazing effects for techniques and other features within NFF. Mainly out of experiment.

The way we do them though normally involve pixel_x and slowly moving and...*cough* generating a lot of objects.

Of course we know it's bad, but it's sorta like a guilty love. The effects end up turning out and looking amazing, but if we overuse them they cause lags. We've used things like this ranging from Suiton techniques exploding into bubbles once they hit or are no longer active(gives a nice feel instead of things just dissapearing) or even Fire/Explosions turning into smoke once they're left. BUT, what we find in a problem in, as good as this looks it causes lag from object creation and their constant movement.

Now, I guess we could just icon the smoke effect and such...But it doesn't have that randomized feeling look that smoke gives. It won't look good again when it gets pushed away and reveals the enemy. The same goes with a lot of things we used this for so although we could use this system for a lot of things it's not efficient, although it looks sexy and would give a really good effect to a lot of games.

Correct me if I'm wrong though, but I never felt these were exactly bad coding techniques just...not smart. We always wondered how a lot of these things could turn out if BYOND actually was capable of supporting these objects constantly moving at once...The possibilities of graphics enhancing, and effect adding. Particles here and there, things would look sexy at all times by adding in effects to everything that ends instead of it just disappearing...

So what if...?

Gunryo Shukumei Closed Testing

Mon, 17 May 2010 23:55:27 +0000

I'd like to take the time to thank all the 18 testers that helped test some things with Gunryo Shukumei.

I am slowly beginning to take a new direction for the game to bring it into a new form of gameplay unlike the last planned form of gameplay. A gameplay similar to that of a typical MMORPG.

From the testing the game had a couple lag session but we're still going through small glitches.

I'm hoping to have something "reasonably" playable instead of just grinding by the end of this summer, hopefully. For now I'll be thinking of changing the system. Looking for a game that's pure Quests, Raiding and Clan/Guild oriented.

~ Zack101