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Notch programming a Doom-like in Dart

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Re: Notch programming a Doom-like in Dart

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Post by minimaxir »

netcraft wrote: post #3
hayksaakian wrote: post #2

It sucks that hitbox doesn't work on mobile.

I haven't ever heard of hitbox before - are there other streaming sites out there that are popular other than twitch?

Hitbox is only popular because it isn't Twitch (in the same vein as Facebook and Google+ a couple years back)

Specifically, Hitbox has laxer policies regarding non-gaming content [which is relevant in this case], better streaming quality, and lower stream delay.

Re: Notch programming a Doom-like in Dart

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Post by dubcanada »

chucknelson wrote: post #5

So how does his process work? Does he start with the original C engine source and start porting to Dart? Does he do some of the work beforehand?

It does it mostly all in his head. He's built a fair amount of rendering engines so he knows all the basics of how to do it.

Re: Notch programming a Doom-like in Dart

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Post by valarauca1 »

netcraft wrote: post #3
hayksaakian wrote: post #2

It sucks that hitbox doesn't work on mobile.

I haven't ever heard of hitbox before - are there other streaming sites out there that are popular other than twitch?

Twitch is in the middle of a media fiasco resulting in policy changes.

Hitbox and other twitch like platforms already existed but are enjoying people mass moving from twitch.

:.:.:

>What happened?

Twitch introduced a new service to flag copyrighted music, and. The problem is a lot of games have copyrighted music inside of them, so a lot of music was cut out of footage simply because you couldn't stream the music, just the games footage.

Valve actually had most the sound removed from their "The International" DotA2 tournament. Because in-game music was owned by Valve. As an example. Even twitch's own podcasts were flaged and muted due to this.

Twitch started enforcing a 30second + stream delay, which angered both Users and Streamers. Since it removed the instant feedback/conversation from the stream.

Twitch also deleted terabytes of recorded video on a policy change.

You can get the long version from the AMA Twitch.tv's CEO did during the middle of this shit storm http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2cwfu2/i_am_twitch_ceo...

Re: Notch programming a Doom-like in Dart

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Post by frik »

hayksaakian wrote: post #2

It sucks that hitbox doesn't work on mobile.

Haven't heard of hitbox before, great there is now an alternative to Twitch. There were rumors that Google wants to buy Twitch (parent company already closed Justin.tv) But today Amazon.com has agreed to acquire Twitch for more than $1 billion.

Interesting, it's an Austrian company (http://about.hitbox.tv/imprint/). Keep up the good work!

Edit: changed the "Google bought" to "rumor that Google wants to buy", thanks ender7. Edit2: added Amazon.com deal sentence

Re: Notch programming a Doom-like in Dart

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Post by jiggy2011 »

valarauca1 wrote: post #8
netcraft wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't ever heard of hitbox before - are there other streaming sites out there that are popular other than twitch?

Twitch is in the middle of a media fiasco resulting in policy changes. Hitbox and other twitch like platforms already existed but are enjoying people mass moving from twitch. :.:.: >What happened? Twitch introduced a new service to flag copyrighted music, and. The problem is a lot of games have copyrighted music inside of them, so a lot of music was cut out of footage simply because you couldn't stream the music, jus…

So basically they got big enough that they had to start taking copyright seriously, then users switch to other services causing them to grow....
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