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At 4/10/09 10:10 AM, JohnnyWang wrote:

At 4/10/09 02:02 AM, josh-tamugaia wrote:
Hehe, I never said all addictions are equal. If I did, and I forgot, quote me. But most addictions are bad.

You didn't say it, you insinuated it.

Wquating caffeine addiction to drug addiction is a major overstatement.

At 4/10/09 10:10 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: You didn't say it, you insinuated it.

Wquating caffeine addiction to drug addiction is a major overstatement.

It is an overstatement to equate (wquate) Caffeine addiction to drug addiction? But caffeine=drug. There is no denying it.

Quote from Site 1
:For those who love coffee, the taste is often cited as the reason for the "addiction" and the use of that word does not imply anything like a drug addiction. However, try to take away someone's coffee abruptly and chances are they will experience withdrawal symptoms (2).

Quote from Site 2
:...caffeine is arguably the most robust form of drug self-administration known to man

Quote from Site 3
:Caffeine is the world's most popular drug

So:

caffeine=drug
caffeine addiction=drug addiction

The difference between caffeine addiction and other drug addiction is just how the addict looks like and behaves.

At 4/9/09 11:54 PM, JKG1069 wrote: OH thought of another idea

for a high speed rush move, the way it could trigger is you press the attack button really fast, then slide your finger across that row on the keyboard.. so lets say u press A like 4 or 5 times, then slide it across and hit S D F G H J K L

i dont know if youd be able to do that but its worth a shot!

I'm not sure that is a good idea. But it's a unique idea though. And hard to make.

Ah I know. Try to search on Youtube. I believe I've seen lots of Blender tutorial videos there.

At 4/9/09 07:01 PM, JohnnyWang wrote: Put correctly, regular internet usage sounds like a drug addiction. Lay off the allusion already; yes caffeine is addictive, but not all addictions are equal.

Hehe, I never said all addictions are equal. If I did, and I forgot, quote me. But most addictions are bad.

At 4/8/09 08:30 PM, WadeFulp wrote: Also drinking coffee in the right amounts has shown to be good for your health. They are finding more and more benefits from coffee all the time.

Yes, probably so, but a lot of people either screw up by not knowing the right amounts or thinking that the wrong amounts is right, or ignoring that because of their craving/addiction. I'm talking about people who replace their drinking water with coffee altogether. It's like every cup of liquid that they drink everyday has to be coffee. Hmmm...

At 4/8/09 11:54 AM, Bryan wrote: It does taste horrible. The point of drinking it is for the caffeine.

So I understand from observing and asking coffee drinkers that they are drinking it everyday because of the caffeine? Caffeine is making them more stimulated, feel stronger, more vitalized, more awake...? Or they just like the taste? Sounds like drug addiction. Seriously.

And coffee is no doubt not as dangerous as man-made beverages like "Power Drinks" because coffee is still somewhat "natural" but coffee is still a stimulant, and probably can rank among stuff like cigarettes.

At 4/8/09 12:27 PM, bigDproductions wrote: Thanks. I don't have ANY experience with actionscript. I have experience with FLASH, but that's about it.
So, I can only make movies, but I want to learn how to make games and stuff. Should I start with AS1.0?
Any tips on how to go about learning the basics of actionscript would be much appreciated. Thank you.

I'm going to sleep in a bit, but to sum up, do not learn AS1.
You can learn AS2 or AS3. But! If you browse around the net, you'll see that people are saying AS2 is going extinct and we should all learn AS3. But from my personal experience, AS3 will take 5x the time to learn and make things work. Not because it is hard, but because things run differently. AS2 will be easier to learn but it is not as powerful as AS3. I've made successful games with both AS2 and AS3 and in the end, I like AS2 a lot better and will still be going AS2 in the future, until it is officially extinct and I will have no choice but to use AS2.

There's a site called Kirupa.com that has lots of tutorials on both AS3 and AS2.

At 4/8/09 12:13 PM, Agramon wrote:
hope you like the screen shot. i can do another if you want. theres loads of characters, moves, and backgrounds.

Ah it's Ok. The screenshot looks awesome. It will be a damn fine game!

At 4/8/09 12:16 PM, Delphinki wrote: I am using a program called Blender to do my animations but i don't understand how to get it to work properly. I have found a few tutorials but they were not very much help for the version i was using. Does anyone know how to use Blender to do animation?

I know how to, I think. I used that program a year ago and I forgot quite a lot. So I think I'm not able to help. Blender is very powerful, but very hard to use. I prefer Swift 3D to Blender.

Hi... maybe you can try

For an introduction, and start from there

and then this one gives you some tips

12 pieces

and then when you decide to go advanced...

Here

Hope that helps.

Ah, this brings back memories. About the same time last year, I released a game called "Kondense", and it uses the same concept. Also made using Actionscript 3. A flat rotating board.

Coool.

I'd play it if the gameplay is as good as the GBA version where the characters could fly about. I forgot the name. But from your description, it's gonna be pretty kick as$

What I did last time was I had everything in a stage (floors, walls, characters, baddies) all in a big movieclip. And I had the whole timeline filled with stage movieclips, each frame one stage. Then as a player enters a door or goes to the edge of the screen or something, the timeline plays to the appropriate frame that would load another stage. I did this for my game called "Huntloween".

At 4/8/09 10:56 AM, Xarnor wrote: Coffee might not be the healthiest drink ever, but it doesn't suck. That's only your opinion, not a fact.

An opinion that I am entitled to.

At 4/8/09 07:30 AM, J1mp wrote: Ill buy the Reg Lounge a nice traditional english SPIT ROAST PIG with stuffing and apple sauce.

I cant stop thinking about Nigel Thornberry for some reason...

I prefer turkeys.

Only Dragonball Z? No Dragonball GT?

Be careful not to use too many filters if you plan to use them, because they may cause some lag. Especially when viewed with slower computers.

I'm curious. The special moves will be more powerful and appealing taekwondo moves, right? Since this is a taekwondo game. Or will the special moves be "special powers" or unrealistic stuff like tatsumakisenpukaku or Hadokken!

At 4/8/09 10:29 AM, thedo12 wrote: things you should awnser if youre looking for an artist

-are you going to get this sponserd

- if so then how much of a percentage split are you offering (if any any)

- any other monetary means of compensation

I know it sounds greedy but artists have to make a living too .

I have an idea... Google Search for : Artist for hire.
You could get lots of stuff from there, I think.

At 4/8/09 08:56 AM, BloodSucker150 wrote: were can iget Pico day preloader 2009???

I suggest waiting for it or modifying the Pico day preloader for 2008.

At 4/8/09 10:57 AM, virtual-addiction wrote: by the way
the combat is realtime
and i don't really care which is easier, just whats best quality

Real-time would be better and easier done with side-scroller. You see, if you do top-down, you need to do either 4 different sprite orientations for the player : up down left right. And sometimes you may need 8, including the diagonals. And each orientation has its own other sprite conditions, like ready, walk, attack, die, get hit, jump...
But if you do side scroller, you only have to do it once. And you need to have 2 orientations : left and right. You can just flip it.

Your choice.

At 4/8/09 09:23 AM, JackPhantasm wrote: Rich enough yet to add monthly audio awards?

That would perhaps never happen.

At 4/7/09 02:13 PM, StarNightRnd2 wrote: Heres what happens when you have too much coffee

Nice pic, StarNight!

At 4/7/09 02:46 PM, JadeTheAssassin wrote:
I THINK YOU'RE BAD ENOUGH.

What is YOUR favourite beverage, then?

Thank you!

Come to think of it, I don't have any favorite beverage. I'm not addicted to any particular beverage and I just don't like coffee.

At 4/7/09 05:24 AM, JadeTheAssassin wrote: Pick your poison--something's going to kill you in the end, whether it's coffee, vanilla ice cream, driving your car, or hiding from the ebil germs!

My poison?

Caffe latte, twist of lemon.

Sweet and Low.

Makes me wonder. Coffee's bad enough, but I was wondering about what it would look like drinking coffee + vanilla ice cream + caffe latte + twist of lemon, while driving your car filled with ebil germs?

At 4/6/09 08:31 AM, JohnnyWang wrote:

At 4/6/09 08:16 AM, josh-tamugaia wrote:
I heard of a good saying to stay healthy:
"If it is man-made, don't eat it (or drink it)
If it tastes good, spit it out!"

That is a very sad way to live.

Also, define man-made.

I know, it's sad indeed. We don't get to enjoy the cool stuff. But you know what's sadder? Ending up in the hospital with a chronic disease. The definition of Man-made is quite wide but I think here it basically means processed stuff that cannot be found naturally, like Ice-cream as opposed to Fruits.

Well, I heard that quote from a TV personality promoting healthy eating habits. I forgot who.

At 4/6/09 08:14 AM, Draxonicar wrote: have you EVER had a decently sweetened holiday spice coffee?

or a mocha latee from starbucks?

drink it with cream+sugar and coffee=heaven

im especially a fan of the cupcake flavored coffee seven-eleven has now

I heard of a good saying to stay healthy:
"If it is man-made, don't eat it (or drink it)
If it tastes good, spit it out!"

At 4/6/09 05:26 AM, Murudai wrote: Flash games will never take over. No matter how good Flash gets it will always be several steps behind the console and dedicated PC games.

True. True. But the most important thing is the fun that it will give to the players, not how many steps it is behind. Like if you ask me to choose between a beautiful PS3 that is not fun to me and a simple flash game which is addiciting, I'd still choose the flash game though it's steps behind. But yea, in many cases, several steps behind means a lot less fun.

I'd like to see more professional developers use Flash that way. And what would you guys have to complain about anyway, sure 'Gears of War 2: The Flash version' asks you to buy the console version, but it's not like you can play the console version on your PC anyway and you just got a free game :)

Very good point. This is a brilliant tip.

And congrats on your game's success!

At 4/6/09 03:06 AM, FurryDemon wrote: Just because one person doesn't like something doesn't mean you have to say it's a bad beverage.

I know I know. I say it not because I have to say it because I don't like it. I say it because I can. This is a free country.

Cheers (holds up a mug of PLAIN WATER)