Under the Rowan Tree

Things I did this morning

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:41:33 +1000

handed out around twelve resumés to various places drove for an hour, which puts me on 71/120...

Nick, what are you doing.

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:59:36 +1000

Nick, what are you doing.

So I totally might’ve just pulled a 7’56”3...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:33 +1000

So I totally might’ve just pulled a 7’56”3 time on Cave Story’s Boss Attack mode, earning myself the Boss Attack S Rank achievement, and finally completing Cave Story+.

It’s a game I’ve loved for years, and one I’ve desperately wanted to get on my 100% list.

It’s now #15 on my list.

A happier day has not been had <3

OMG TEXTURES I got them in today! Check out how nice it looks...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:26 +1000

OMG TEXTURES

I got them in today! Check out how nice it looks now!

Yes, the players are still squares, I’ll work on their sprites soon.

But it’s so pretty now! <3

(these textures are probably not going to be final)

Fucking Moon Moon.

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:46:47 +1000

Fucking Moon Moon.

I GOT UNSTOPPABLE! :D Four more to go!

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:39:33 +1000

I GOT UNSTOPPABLE! :D

Four more to go!

I will beat you, Cave Story+. Missing achievements: Sanctuary S...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:58:00 +1000

I will beat you, Cave Story+.

Missing achievements:

Sanctuary S Rank - I could barely do <4min, let alone <3… it’ll need practice.
Unstoppable - Currently working on a 3HP Easy run (doing Easy instead of Hard for Super Missiles and less damage, it still qualifies). Granted, I’ll be fine until I get up to Sacred Ground… that’s when things will get ridiculous.
Boss Attack B, A and S Ranks - It’s a long run, and thus is more tedious to practice for.

The red open achievement is Curse Broken, which is, ironically, a broken achievement. You can’t unlock it.

I’ve been looking forward to putting this on my 100% list for quite some time…

(Taken from my AStats profile.)

Bomb kick! It’s now in my Bomberman clone! Granted,...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:01:34 +1000

Bomb kick! It’s now in my Bomberman clone!

Granted, it’s super-buggy at the moment, but I’m fairly sure I’ll have it sorted soon. The bombs move… but when they explode, weird stuff happens. Their explosion origin is where it should be, but I’m fairly sure the bomb is still occupying its original position.

At any rate, this is where it’s at:

Super-accurate mechanics such as chain bomb explosions, brick burning, panel pickup and fire contact ranges
Corner turning! (holding a direction at a block while hanging off it allows you to walk the right direction to get around it, then continue in your held direction; it’s something people don’t notice when they play, but they notice it if it’s not there :/)
Multiplayer!
Randomly generated powerups!
60 frames per second! (not bloody 700 like it was before I limited it)
FUN!
Plenty of ideas for new features hidden away in my Evernote :3

So basically it’s going really well. I’m not running to a schedule or anything, and it’s working somehow!

I was unwrapping a Chupa-Chup, and its wrapper came off weirdly. It looks like this: His name is...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:55:55 +1000

I was unwrapping a Chupa-Chup, and its wrapper came off weirdly. It looks like this: His name is...

Vriska, I forgive you.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:09:25 +1000

AG: To 8e honest, I am nervous a8out this fight. AG: 8ut I'm still going through with it, for a...

Some footage (finally) of my Bomberman clone! Frabjous!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:18:08 +1000

Some footage (finally) of my Bomberman clone! Frabjous!

Working on my Bomberman clone, and ended up writing this...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:51:00 +1000

Working on my Bomberman clone, and ended up writing this function to return the size of a character’s bomb explosion.

Then I actually stopped and read it, and couldn’t stop laughing.

Sometimes you just-

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:03:04 +1000

bonkalore: I love how both of them fall over for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

ILY John <3

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:40:57 +1000

EB: ok, anyway, i will make a new suit, but i am not ditching my ectosuit!!! EB: it is so sweet, i...

The algorithm of the bomb explosions for my Bomberman clone....

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:19:00 +1000

The algorithm of the bomb explosions for my Bomberman clone. (Yes, I’m still working on it.)

Bombs explode in each direction (Direction.UP, Direction.DOWN, Direction.LEFT and Direction.RIGHT), which each specify a Vector2f of (0, 1), (0, -1), (1, 0) and (-1, 0). This is multiplied by the current space count to determine the grid space to check.

It then checks to see if the target space is a solid block, and if it isn’t, places a Fire object on that space in an overlapping grid. (Think two sheets of paper with identical grids drawn on each.)

It stops once the bomb’s explosion radius has been reached, which in this case is 3.

After checking each direction with the above, the bomb finally overwrites itself with a new Fire object on its coordinates.

Making a Bomberman clone.

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:47:00 +1000

Okay, so it’s really basic at the moment. You’re the white square, the black, the red...

It seems I am the reigning King of Audiosurf. You actually...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:01:00 +1100

It seems I am the reigning King of Audiosurf.

You actually can’t get a higher bonus than that. Let’s do some maths here:

Clean Finish (+25%)
Match 21 (+21%)
Seeing Red (+5%)
Butter Ninja (+5%)
Ironmode (+10000% style)

That’s a total of +56%.

Can’t argue with that.

GAMZEE YOU MAD FOOL BE RATIONAL FOR A MOMENT AND APPRECIATE...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:30:45 +1100

GAMZEE YOU MAD FOOL

BE RATIONAL FOR A MOMENT AND APPRECIATE KARKAT’S LOSS

YOU INSENSITIVE CRACKHEAD

50 followers! Yay!

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:39:40 +1100

50 followers! Yay!

hugs Eridan tightly I WILL LOVE YOU ERIDAN I PROMISE

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:46:13 +1100

*hugs Eridan tightly*

I WILL LOVE YOU ERIDAN I PROMISE