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Living Room / Re: What is the DonationCoder.com Internet Citizens's Club (Cody's Club) ??

« Last post by mouser on January 02, 2007, 08:10 AM »

Did I say January 1st?
I mean on the first january newsletter (Jan 7).

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Black Cat in a Black Room

« Last post by mouser on January 02, 2007, 06:12 AM »

By the way, for anyone who doesn't know, haaf is the author of the amazing (and now open source) 2d game engine for windows, HGE.

• Haaf's Game Engine (HGE): http://hge.relishgames.com/

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Black Cat in a Black Room

« Last post by mouser on January 02, 2007, 06:11 AM »

So sweet!!! 

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Asteroids of Orion

« Last post by mouser on January 02, 2007, 04:52 AM »

very very well done 

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: SelectoSurf v1.0.2 - Dec 25,2006 - AutoHotkey Script for Plaintext URLs, etc.

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 08:45 PM »

Hmm.. yeah but is there an easier way to do it?

[ps in case it's not clear - i'm being sarcastic]

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: DC Forum Post Notifier Lite (a.k.a. Pop-Up Cody) - v1.1.10 - January 1, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:56 PM »

really great job anderson, i have to say this is absolutely a great thing.

i can see several requests coming soon after you catch your breath..
id love to be able to tell it to only alert me when one of several people or keywords were found in a post.

maybe be nice also to be able to add several smf forums and make it a generic smf forum notifier?

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Virtual Resolution (V.R.) 1.0

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:54 PM »

Blaster, make sure you build it with the settings saying it doesnt need runtime or memory manager; there is a thread about this in bcb contest section (or else bundle in the dlls).

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Living Room / Re: Daily Rotation v2 beta - from Shell Extension City

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:52 PM »

new version just went live at http://www.dailyrotation.com/

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Zombies Ate My Peoples

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:44 PM »

i'll give 5 credits to anyone who can get to level 100

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Zombies Ate My Peoples

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:39 PM »

level 91, almost all arrows, all maxed out:


feels a bit sad that it's so easy to max out everything
and then at level 90 or so it gets so impossibly hard..

i wonder if there are actual good "strategies"..  anyone got a better score and strategy?

ps. i do think this game works really really well as a one-switch game.

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Zombies Ate My Peoples

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:31 PM »

i have to say i love the mechanics and everything..
but i cant help but feel its hard to lose no matter what you do..  hard to think of strategies when everything is so powerful.

maybe some more game balance and playtesting would have helped... or  i could be wrong.. just some initial impressesions..

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Zombies Ate My Peoples

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:19 PM »

hey it closed in the end before i could see my final level!!!!!
it needs to stay open and show me my levels so i can screenshot and post and compare!!

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Zombies Ate My Peoples

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:08 PM »

the laser towers seem so powerfull.. im still experimenting but i wonder if the lasers aren't just too powerful?

though i could be wrong.. just added some maxed out arrow towers and they are like machine gun arrows

fun game!!!!

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Zombies Ate My Peoples

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 07:01 PM »

Welcome CPM!
As im currently in love with these tower games i'm thrilled to see this.

Would you like me to upload the file on our server to avoid the megaupload annoyances?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.07 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - December 23, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 06:17 PM »

it seems i was probably wrong about the starting \ restricting it to c:\

to speed things up farr also does handle * stuff in dir names, i was just using them as a way of explaining what it does, dont actullay type those in your search.

in general what it does is this:
IF it thinks you are specifying an exact path, like
C:\program files\....
then it will ONLY search there.

if not, it will search all your normally specified search directories.

so the first thing it does it tries to grab the left most eact path match and start there.

so if you type
c:\Program Files\ad\acro

it finds "C:\Program Files"
but not
it finds "C:\Program Files\ad\"

so it will search everything in C:\Program Files

ill have to study your other screenshots for more comments to make..

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: One Switch platformer

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 05:55 PM »

ARHG!!@# SO CLOSE!!!!!!    made it right to the end before that last guy got me!!

the challenge level on this game is quite good.. 

did you actually end up implementing a level designer?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.07 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - December 23, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 04:26 PM »

Read the help file page on directory searching!

the \ is used to specify DIRECTORY patterns to look in.

there are a few special rules though:
the \ at the end means only display directory names in results.

the \ at the begining is like typing C:\ i think (if my memory serves me correctly).

so when you do \dow\dow\
it is looking for only folders matching c:\*dow*\*dow*\

farr behaves differently if you start with a real path like c:\ or \
it will only look where you tell it.

but if you do like dow\dow
then it is going to look for *\*dow*\*dow*

which can take a long time and search everywhere..

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: TPClock - v1d - December 19, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 04:05 PM »

Works like a charm - bravo!

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Official Announcements / Re: What changes would you like to see on DonationCoder.com in 2007?

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:35 PM »

I want to see more games created by DC members!

Me Too!!! SO GET STARTED#&*(*%$%$

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: TPClock - v1c - December 19, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:33 PM »

I'm afraid it's not that simple TPReal,
Here's the dreaded effect I see at startup:



I've seen that effect before when trying to hide main forms into the system tray before - there is a way to solve it i just have to go into my code and remember it, if you continue to get stuck.

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: DC Forum Post Notifier Lite (a.k.a. Pop-Up Cody) - v1.1.05 - December 31, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:28 PM »

Fantastic!
But it sure seems to be checking frequently - like every 5 to 10 seconds!  I think this should be an option and default to something less frequent maybe?

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Official Announcements / Re: What changes would you like to see on DonationCoder.com in 2007?

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:26 PM »

One thing I would really like to see implemented on DonationCoder.com are some resources to help our regular members get some exposure for their websites and projects.

Maybe a special page where members can list their projects, or offer their computer-related services (web design, programming, art, etc.).

I am a bit reluctant to re-implement stuff that surely is done much better on other job posting sites, so we should think hard before doing anything elaborate.  It might simply be better to add stuff to just link to users profiles on another site.

Another idea: Rather than (or in addition to) putting google ad boxes on the site, we could show random boxes with info about member sites.

I think this internet of ours is becoming too much a matter of the giant businesses which are overflowing in money to buy publicity and attention, and then the rest of the population which can't get noticed.  I'd like DC to help out in it's own tiny way to bring some attention to projects created by normal people.  Anything we can do to advance that i'd be very interested in.

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: TPClock - v1c - December 19, 2006

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:12 PM »

Delphi and C++ Builder do not like their main form to be invisible, that's why you are having the troubles, but it can be done.  I'll try to find the technique i use a little bit later if you don't find it yourself on google GROUPS (usenet), that's where i find most of these tricks out (search for Delphi not C++ Builder).

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Accessibility Game Contest / Anyone participating in the contest need some free webspace?

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:10 PM »

If you would like web space (ftp+www) to upload your game entries, just message me with your desired USERNAME.dcmembers.coom location;
we are happy to provide free permanent space.

I encourage you all to make a little web page home for your game, whether you win or not.  Of course you don't have to do it here, you can put it anywhere you want and just post the link.  Now that your game has been submitted to the contest you are welcome to share it with the world

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: Switch game entry - Wakerider

« Last post by mouser on January 01, 2007, 03:06 PM »

Really a fantastic entry to the contest, and extremely professionally done 

Alen - do you want to upload the game so people can play it now?