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Re: Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer

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Post by pcestrada »

Can anyone discern what tools he was using? I know the IDE was Eclipse. And Paint.net for the artowrk. He had something really cool for the sound effects, but I couldn't tell what it was. It's a fun little game with some neat ideas: http://www.mojang.com/compo/metagun/

Re: Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer

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Post by Luc »

This is a great portfolio idea, actually! The guy doing this is a pro, but this is within reach of people just starting in the business. Someone straight out of college applying as junior programmer with a video like this would move to the top of my pile (were I hiring, which I'm not).

This video shows off a sense of initiative, a love of games, talent, and a knack for getting things done under time pressure. Nice!

Re: Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

pcestrada wrote: post #11

Can anyone discern what tools he was using? I know the IDE was Eclipse. And Paint.net for the artowrk. He had something really cool for the sound effects, but I couldn't tell what it was. It's a fun little game with some neat ideas: http://www.mojang.com/compo/metagun/

> He had something really cool for the sound effects, but I couldn't tell what it was

It's sfxr: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html

Re: Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer

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Post by MartinCron »

clistctrl wrote: post #7
MartinCron wrote: post #4

Here we have one of those multi-talented programmers I keep talking about. The same programmer did the code, high-quality sprite illustration, and even the music to the youtube video (which was pretty good, and matched the nature of the time lapse video). I am inspired by this. I'm going to do this the next time I work on a game. Has anyone used time-lapse screencap software they can suggest?

To me the really impressive part is his ability to stay attentive. He never strayed away, starting surfing the web etc.

I was impressed by that too, although I did see a quick twitter check in there at least once.

I'm sure I would do my best to appear attentive when working on something like this, limiting my twitter/facebook/hn browsing to my iPhone/iPod/laptop.

Re: Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer

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Post by est »

clistctrl wrote: post #7
MartinCron wrote: post #4

Here we have one of those multi-talented programmers I keep talking about. The same programmer did the code, high-quality sprite illustration, and even the music to the youtube video (which was pretty good, and matched the nature of the time lapse video). I am inspired by this. I'm going to do this the next time I work on a game. Has anyone used time-lapse screencap software they can suggest?

To me the really impressive part is his ability to stay attentive. He never strayed away, starting surfing the web etc.

Because it's for a 48h coding competition

http://www.ludumdare.com/

Re: Time lapse screencap video of a games programmer

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Post by bryanh »

MartinCron wrote: post #4

Here we have one of those multi-talented programmers I keep talking about. The same programmer did the code, high-quality sprite illustration, and even the music to the youtube video (which was pretty good, and matched the nature of the time lapse video). I am inspired by this. I'm going to do this the next time I work on a game. Has anyone used time-lapse screencap software they can suggest?

If you are Mac/Unix you can use cron every minute and screencapture/scrot...
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