FredrikTheEvil

Recopying from my G+ post: I've been working on a game with a friend lately and been creating a general purpose game engine framework, which should make it alot easier to start with creating games. Its written in C++ and the core api is entirely portable. The graphics part is currently opengl 2.0 and soon gles 2.0 only. I'm releasing the core api I use for this game engine, not the game engine itself, I'll release it when I release a binary The core api is also very strict about interfaces, and wherever possible a interface should be made for a group classes sharing similarity. I didnt go for this with the graphics api, its only lots of extra work and I only designed it for opengl anyway. Its far from complete or to be used in anything production, and it lacks documentation, but it might prove a nice read if your interested in this stuff. I strongly advise against using it as is, and if you intend to use most of it, its better to wait until its more polished, I will release updates to it regularly. It lacks alot of vital things like error checking in most areas as I wasnt clear on what error handling system to use when I started. I'm still uncertain about this issue, but have implemented a crude placeholder that works for now. If you have ever used osg(OpenSceneGraph) you will notice I have adopted a similar system for refcounting, and alot of the base classes for objects are subsets of their classes, albeit without anything related to threading. Dont take the similarities to be absolute though, there are differences and this must be considered or else there will be errors in the code. If you havent, then it means all objects that will be allocated on the heap, must always be allocated on the heap, and implement the IReferenced class with the virtual keyword. A base class Referenced is provided that implements the empty virtual methods in IReferenced. Referenced is always used unless a wrapper class for another library which uses refcounting is created. The template class ref_ptr<typename> is used to implement smart pointers for IReferenced objects. Example of this system in pratice with a memory blob (useful for temporary dynamic arrays, since they automatically delete themselves): grow::ref_ptr<grow::Blob> buffer = new grow::Blob(new char[dataSize], dataSize); void * bufferPtr = buffer->GetBuffer(); size_t bufferSize = buffer->Length(); I'm happy to get feedback on what you like and what you dont like, so I can work on improving it I dont have any project files or makefiles, make those yourself Requires SDL and GLEW Download link

Beats my pc. But I dont care. I just got a 40" 1080p tv

SG's previous point is so right on I cant believe you havent noticed it. Mario 64 had the perfect type of storyline for a Sonic game. A game with deep stories, should be games where the story should be a important factor in keeping you interested, like RPG's, adventure games etc. A Sonic game on the other hand, has no need for a story, since its about runnning fast and foiling Robotnik's plans. There isnt a need for a story, the gameplay is all that is needed, so why spend the time that could be spent on improving the levels and engine, on creating really bad stories? I also think that all these new abilities and such is just annoying. Personally, I like Sonic 2 best in that regard, with just jumping, spindashing and shield. Sonic 3's additional shields were nice, but I still prefer just single one. Atleast in Sonic 3 none of the shields were required

Thats because of MMF2. I'm sure that if Dami made this in a programming language, that wouldnt be the problem at all, but that wouldnt make it as feasible as a MMF2 version, since its meant to be easy to use. If he had to make this in a programming language, he would need to make tools, implement scripting etc. which suddenly elevates the scale of the project to another level. I'm glad he used MMF2, as that means it will be done, and done fast ( Dami always delivers ) . It also makes it easier for those already used to the click product series ( which is atleast over half of all Sonic fangame makers ) I may be wrong though, but I believe thats it

Its been known for years. They say so in the clip, but its getting more and more known, mostly due to the internet I would assume. Made myself one earlier today, and it works like a charm.

Is that a bad thing?

The movie isnt shown here until the end of september, so I have to wait. Dont know if I'll laugh though. I laugh silent for some reason. Wasnt like that before, but I just cant get myself to laugh anymore, no matter how hard I try :E

D all the way baby

Create a text object, and set the alterable string to check what it says. You may need to add a slash or so. I'm not sure, I dont know how MMF handles it, but often, like in the GNU C library, getcwd returns the path without the last slash appended. So as a example, the above would result in: C:\GamedirSavings\Savefile000.sav

Really awesome stuff. The only issue I see, is that the body + head seems very small compared to the length of his legs. It may be supposed to be like that, in which case, I cant find any issues at all. Keep up the good work!

Mickey Mouse: Castle of Illusion ( Megadrive/Genesis ), James Pond 2: Robocod (PC version), Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ( NES ), Beneath a Steel Sky (PC CD version) MM: COI has been my favorite game all my life. From the first time I played it, I loved it. I still do. Definitaly worth a try if you havent tried it before. Robocod was I game also played alot as a kid. A friend of mine and I played it all day long. I just found it on a abandonware site a few days ago, and I still love it. Rescue Rangers is also very awesome. Its a game I often find myself replaying when I have my NES available. Beneath a Steel Sky is probably the most underrated game of all. If you like point and click, science fiction, bizarre humour, and a good story, this game is really recommended. Its free now too

*faints* Awesomeness

Heh, a 43% discount? Thats awesome. I'll buy it right away. Although its probably going to collect dust like MMF XD

You can change font and color in the text blitter setup dialog ( Options tab->Generate). Since its a bitmap font blitter, you can import bitmap fonts, which can have multiple colors, and use that too. Its also possible to swap colors via events. And if you want, you can use it as a sprite engine too Its absolutely one of the better extensions out there. Very flexible, very easy, and very very useful

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