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by Bob the Hamster
Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: in what silly world...
Replies: 14
Views: 3105

couda swore they killed it sometime in 2013. maybe it was a dream or somethin' There were two bills introduced in congress to try and kill the US penny, but both failed. Last year President Obama publicly stated his support for killing the penny, pretty much guaranteeing that no republican would da...
by Bob the Hamster
Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your ideal taco?
Replies: 14
Views: 3489

Thanks for necroing this thread, it has reminded me that it has been waaay too long since I made home-made tacos :)
by Bob the Hamster
Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: in what silly world...
Replies: 14
Views: 3105

Meowskivich wrote:...Plus, since the penny has been discontinued,...
In which country?

I know there has been a campaign to discontinue the penny in the united states, but it has not succeeded yet.
by Bob the Hamster
Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Surlaw Reviews - 7/1/21 - 2021 Mid-Year Update
Replies: 601
Views: 105928

Whoa! That is kinda horrifying!

I can't tell if that is a suffocation-hazard plastic Pac-Man Haloween costume, or an S&M pleather Pac-Man fetish-suit
by Bob the Hamster
Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:15 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Work for Hire
Replies: 162
Views: 98208

Was Indigo that cool side-scroller demo for [I can't remember which] contest?

EDIT: answered my own question: <a href="http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewgam ... =2556">Yes it was</a>
by Bob the Hamster
Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:18 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Advice on graphics?
Replies: 43
Views: 8036

For the sideways doors, I like to put a patch of bright carpet. It draws attention to the door, and makes it look like there is some light shining through the doorway from the next room.
by Bob the Hamster
Mon Aug 04, 2014 3:48 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Anti-Piracy features?
Replies: 2
Views: 530

Nope. There is no built-in anti-piracy support. I am sure it would be possible to plotscript some, but I can guarantee it would be way more trouble than it is worth. Think of the bright side; you can advertise being "DRM-Free"! That is the Indie-Game equivalent of Organic Grass-Fed Beef ;)
by Bob the Hamster
Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:37 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Floyd-Steinberg dithering experiments
Replies: 10
Views: 3194

However bleed between tiles is still a serious problem. I guess that could be special-cased as well, though. Like it would iterate through the tileset tile-by-tile and dither them each one-by one? Goodness gracious, those dither patterns look like Rule 110! I had to google that, and it is cool!
by Bob the Hamster
Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:17 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Floyd-Steinberg dithering experiments
Replies: 10
Views: 3194

That is pretty cool! Your implementation does look better that the one The Gimp uses. I notice that it dithers the transparent color in the vikings tileset. Optimising dithering is fun. But on the other hand, it's a far better use of time to switch the engine to a 24-bit bitdepth than to work on thi...
by Bob the Hamster
Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:04 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Advice on graphics?
Replies: 43
Views: 8036

I love that house! Perhaps someday in the future the OHR will have transparency, but with some extra work it can still be possible to get a foggy effect with opaque pixels. I was recently replaying Faxanadu, and I really love how they managed to fake a fog in some areas of that game. http://strategy...
by Bob the Hamster
Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:39 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: OHR games you wish had been finished?
Replies: 16
Views: 2173

Speaking of Bob projects, I was surprised to see your math game on Ouya. When did that make it on there? I was wanting to port it for a while, but only this weekend did I finally have the brainstorm of how to do the gamepad input for typing the numbers. That reminds me! I updated the OUYA port so t...
by Bob the Hamster
Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:08 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Couple of plotscripting questions.
Replies: 9
Views: 1402

Glad you got it working! fades always happen at the same speed. If you want to fake a faster fade, you can do something like this: #Faster fade out variable&#40;i&#41; for&#40;i, 0, 7&#41; do&#40; tweak palette&#40;-8, -8, -8&#41; update palette wait&#40;1&#41; &a...
by Bob the Hamster
Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: OHR games you wish had been finished?
Replies: 16
Views: 2173

That could take a while! Were you planning to resume Bell of Chaos too? Nope. Bell of Chaos is officially cancelled in favor of Vorpal Florist (which actually contains a fair amount of copy-and-pasted BoC plotscripts) Only two projects are in line ahead of Wandering Hamster. Vorpal Florist (40%), a...
by Bob the Hamster
Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Surlaw Reviews - 7/1/21 - 2021 Mid-Year Update
Replies: 601
Views: 105928

When I first saw that article I suddenly got really excited, thinking that Nintendo had blessed Exploding Rabbit's SMB Crossover, and ported it to WiiU

http://www.explodingrabbit.com/games/su ... -crossover

But what it actually is does look fun too :)
by Bob the Hamster
Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:51 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: OHR games you wish had been finished?
Replies: 16
Views: 2173

The hat is now optional (but still very important)

I have written an outline for the rest of the game, but I want to finish up some other projects before I jump into finishing Wandering Hamster.

Focusing on one game at a time seems to help me get things done a little better (a little!)