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<0> should be fine
<1> gameflow.c is the main loop for my game.
<0> particules heh
<1> what?
<0> is that supposed to be particles?
<1> well, when you hit a rock, don;t you see some particules off?
<1> or when the rock is destroyed
<1> spaceship thrust flame is implemented with particules
<0> "particule" is not a word. it's "particle"
<1> really?
<0> well, not that i know of anyway
<0> unless it's game specific
<1> must be my french. :)
<1> damn! lol
<0> ahh, could be
<1> indeed. in french it's particule
<1> Gotta love the "replace in all files" feature of editors
<1> So? looks motivating?
<0> yeah
<0> how much if anything in gameflow.c is actual allegro?
<1> actually, not much. bad choice of source file for showing off allegro.
<1> let me send another one
<0> mkay
<0> though i did want to see that one
<0> i also noticed at some places you seem to expect more than 2 players and at others you dont. did you change your mind halfway through?
<1> actually there isn;t much of allegro anywhere. allegro is simply an API for input, images, sounds, etc.
<1> I may have thought of having 4 players at some points. but the reason is it's always better to have defines than constants.
<1> it makes code easier to read. you know that MAX_NUM_OF_PLAYERS mean where as if you see a comparasion to the number 2 you may not ncessarely know why it uses the number 2
<0> no, i meant like is_other_player_alive() and get_player_id() ? MSG_PLAYER_2 : MSG_PLAYER_1
<1> sent you another source file
<0> vs for (player = 0; player < num_of_players; ++player)
<0> is_game_key_valid is a riot btw ;)
<1> it's tempodary
<1> what you mean anyway?
<1> it's declared static, so the name is mangled beyound recognition
<0> huh?
<0> no, i know it's temporary. but that's still what makes it funny
<1> you mean it's a riot cause it'd be easy to crack it?
<1> oh
<0> no, just for what the value is and how it's tested
<1> yeah, it's temporary. :)
<0> yeah structs!
<0> there's no objects whatsoever in c is there
<1> I love structs
<1> no
<0> they'd have made it much easier
<0> dunno what it would have done for performance though
<1> overhead
<1> constructors, destructors...
<0> yeah but you're effectively emulating them in c as it is
<1> MAny say it's better to use C++ in large scale games, but I find C a very suitable language
<1> well, yes, to a point
<1> the update_sounds() is called every game loop
<1> and there are equivalent for rocks, particles, ufos, spaceship. etc
<1> you probably saw from gameflow.c anyway
<0> (beat_timer == beat_delay)
<0> stuff like that.. doesn't allegro have other timers you could use to implement those delays?
<1> It uses the main timer, which allegro provides th einternal, and which I have set to 100 per seconds
<1> the beat changes all the time depending on the number of rocks.
<0> does that change the delay?
<1> since I have music, cause I didn't plan to have music at first, I have a beat to "Stress" the player
<1> No, I manupulate the beat delay.
<0> the beat is very nice
<0> though i think something closer to a heart beat would be more effective
<1> One drawback of allegro is it has many high level functions which can interfere with user's code
<0> i think people react to those subconciously
<1> well, I can always chage it. just a matter of changing the wave file
<1> the allegro manual: http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/onlinedocs/en/allegro.html
<0> yeah, i've got it up
<1> By the way, my game writes a few files for debugging purpose. if thew game ever crashes, send me the files, please.
<0> yeah i saw those
<0> the snaps?
<1> yes and there's a third one...
<1> dump.txt
<0> ahh, yeah
<1> those are overwritten each time you run the game
<0> mkay.. well my head hurts now :) i think it's time to start drinking and veg out to a movie
<1> ok
<0> thanks a LOT for letting test your game and pick your brain
<1> thanks for testing my game and all the feedbacks
<1> no problem
<0> now i've got that itch
<1> :)
<0> i just know i'm going to want to make some game somehow
<0> of course, i dont know when i'll ever get the time
<1> I love doing that kind of proigramming
<1> That games was meant as a learning experience. I kept adding and adding.
<1> and lots of rewriting
<0> if it's a learning experiene it's SUPPOSED to have a lot of rewriting :)
<1> yeah, but I could have just gave up on that particular game and start anew
<1> with my new knowledge
<0> true
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