In this highly realistic tennis game... Its always a plus, in my book at least, when the dev has a solid sense of humor...thanks for the work and I hope it helps a youngster get into game programming.
Thanks, I spared no expense!
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#12This reminds me of microStudio https://microstudio.dev/>. I used it for a game design class this past semester. All the editors made it easy for my students to jump in and create. It has really great debugging tools now, too.
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#13In this highly realistic tennis game... Its always a plus, in my book at least, when the dev has a solid sense of humor...thanks for the work and I hope it helps a youngster get into game programming.
It's a very deep sense of humor, too, as actual 8-bit sports games were unironically marketed as "highly realistic" or similar. In fairness, those copywriters were probably referring to the simulation code, and not necessarily the graphics, being realistic for the standards ofnthe day.
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#14This looks like a really neat educational platform! A few questions I couldn't find answers to (although didn't do a ton of digging beyond exploring each page/section): 1. Is the language for this open source? If not, is that planned? 2. Is the language compiled or interpreted, and what targets? Is the execution environment a VM that runs in the browser similar to Scratch? 3. Is this a charity or for-profit? If the f…
> 1. Is the language for this open source? If not, is that planned?
It's a language I designed specifically for this platform and is not currently open source. If it proves popular I'm certainly open to it.
> 2. Is the language compiled or interpreted, and what targets? Is it the execution environment a VM that runs in the browser similar to Scratch?
It's interpreted. To improve the performance at some stage I'd like to compile it directly to JavaScript rather than run it through my intermediate layer.
> 3. Is this a charity or for-profit? If the former, how will it be sustainable (i.e. donations, premium memberships, etc.)? If the latter, what are the plans for monetization?
It's for-profit. I'm planning a freemium model so there would be additional features (when I build them!) and access to more advanced tutorials.
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#15How'd you come up with the name? Does it stand for something?
It's actually the Japanese translation of arcade (as in shopping arcade). I wanted something short with available domain names.
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#16Great stuff! Consider having a game jam on itch.io to attract some users I can't help but plug my own 3D version: https://turtlespaces.org
Thanks, that's a great idea!
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#17This looks like a really neat educational platform! A few questions I couldn't find answers to (although didn't do a ton of digging beyond exploring each page/section): 1. Is the language for this open source? If not, is that planned? 2. Is the language compiled or interpreted, and what targets? Is the execution environment a VM that runs in the browser similar to Scratch? 3. Is this a charity or for-profit? If the f…
> 1. Is the language for this open source? If not, is that planned? It's a language I designed specifically for this platform and is not currently open source. If it proves popular I'm certainly open to it. > 2. Is the language compiled or interpreted, and what targets? Is it the execution environment a VM that runs in the browser similar to Scratch? It's interpreted. To improve the performance at some stage I'd like…
Great thank you! Looks like a super awesome project and one that can do a lot of good, so I wish you luck!
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#18This reminds me of microStudio https://microstudio.dev/ >. I used it for a game design class this past semester. All the editors made it easy for my students to jump in and create. It has really great debugging tools now, too.
Looks super-cool, would love to try it. However...
> All from your web browser. Your project is stored in the cloud, accessible from anywhere.
I don't want that. I want my code on my machine, not someone else's. And I most certainly don't want to create an account. :-(
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#19This is a platform where a DALL-E like bitmap generator would be really useful. Boom... instant assets.
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#20This reminds me of microStudio https://microstudio.dev/ >. I used it for a game design class this past semester. All the editors made it easy for my students to jump in and create. It has really great debugging tools now, too.
Looks super-cool, would love to try it. However... > All from your web browser. Your project is stored in the cloud, accessible from anywhere. I don't want that. I want my code on my machine, not someone else's. And I most certainly don't want to create an account. :-(
Would you like to work completely offline? Download the microStudio standalone app for Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi: