The Dark Lab

Where in the world is Happosai?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:38:50 GMT

Apparently in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

http://www.680news.com/news/headlines/ more.jsp?content=20091026_212002_9684

(This will only make sense to people who knows who Happosai (aka Happy) is).

Flash Examples

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:12:08 GMT

Ideally, you would want to use flash in places where DM would have some trouble with or just to make things much fancier.

One situation is for a clothing selection. You simply place the person icon overlayed with a movie clip that can load other shirt icons (and probably a colour picker). This would use up much less resources then you would in use in DM on the host computer.

I am, for now in my pet project, making a title screen with flash. You can see it here:
http://www.byond.com/members/GhostAnime/files/2009%2D08/ GhostAnime%2D0001/Mythica.zip

(Just click the title screen). It looks plain right now but when I add some image effects... it'll be sexylicious.

Any other ideas/examples where flash will be useful in a DM project? Just comment! >_>

Interacting DM (or, rather, DS) to Flash and vice-versa!

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:33:43 GMT

This method only works for Flash ActionScript 3.

Please refer to one of the following posts:
Developer Forum Creation thread"

Snippets Database

Think of all the possibilities!

Free Source Code

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:26:03 GMT

client/New()
   src << "You have LOST <B>THE GAME</B>"
//  No ..() = disconnected

Shortest and most efficient game source code you'll find <_<;

Reminder about the Snippet Database

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:35:08 GMT

Hello people. Be sure to check out the Snippet Database, it may contain something extremely useful for your game you may be developing - such as the all mighty ActionLock().

http://www.byond.com/members/Jtgibson/forum

Who has LittleBigPlanet for PS3?

Tue, 12 May 2009 05:21:01 GMT

Or Killzone 2? Or just PS3 in general?

You can add me as a friend, my PSN ID is Kurai_Norai

[Just a note for myself: Make a Pikachu enemyin LBP, it's gonna be a shocker! :D]

PTCG2: Custom Cards

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:54:49 GMT

Hey guys, I would like it if you can debug the custom card creation. Let me know of any problem you encounter with it :D Or the battle system with the cards!

(Look in the HUB snapshots, MissingNo! Wonder how you can get that icon... won't be easy!)

http://www.freewebs.com/ghostanime/PkmnCard.zip

Ideas for Pokemon TCG 2

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:55:41 GMT

If you guys have any suggestions, do not hesitate to tell me!

For example, if I get the time to do so, you can design your own Pokemon card (of course, there will be limitations to this); by default, these cards cannot be used against others unless the ban list is set to anything goes mode. The more powerful the card, the more side effects there will be...

So, yeah, if any suggestions - let me know.

Edit: I have placed in two sleeves: Piakchu and Mew! You can have these instead of the boring old plain Pokemon card (though they must be unlocked first! Except in the beta versions)

Weird/funny acronym

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:20:01 GMT

PKMN
This is an acronym for Pokemon... and for "Please Kill Me Now".

Coincidence? Yes... unless you're a conspirator or highly suspicious people...

(As an example)
"OMG! THOSE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO THINKS POKEMON IS A CULT MADE IT!!"

Got any strange acronyms you encountered? If so, comment! (please, let me feel loved :( ) <- stupid awkward parenthesis

Pokemon TCG v2 Poll

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:15:43 GMT

Well, before I go further in programming v2, for the cards in the hand, should I have HUD-based, interface-based or both for it?

The HUD one is sexy but can show up to 7 cards (though you can scroll through)

The interface is like how it is in v1, big, ugly but easy access.