i would be more impressed if he coded this in sql.
Difficult to do with a language that isn't Turing complete.
It is though. You just write the results of a query back in the database in a loop (along with the current commands from the player).
Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
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Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#12i would be more impressed if he coded this in sql.
Nah, needs to be written in CSS or I'll never be impressed.
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Difficult to do with a language that isn't Turing complete.
It is though. You just write the results of a query back in the database in a loop (along with the current commands from the player).
Also SQL variants are turing complete http://www.valuedlessons.com/2009/08/sql-is-now-turing-compl...
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#15i would be more impressed if he coded this in sql.
Difficult to do with a language that isn't Turing complete.
You can at least make a raid 4 simulator in SQL: (from http://www.baarf.com/ ) http://www.miracleas.com/BAARF/raid.zip
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#16Hey Nikolay, now write it in Bash!
Bash would be really painful :)
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#17Cool stuff! Coding attack sequences, combos and reading commands like quarter-circles is a fun exercise, too. You have to balance between precision and ease of use.
Interesting strategies arise when this glitches:
http://wiki.shoryuken.com/E._Honda_(ST)#Stored_Oicho (Street fighter 2)
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#18Very cool and readable.
For something even cooler (but less readable) here is SF alpha, in js: https://github.com/gamedev8/js-sfa (very faithful to the SF alpha game mechanics)
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#19Very cool and readable. For something even cooler (but less readable) here is SF alpha, in js: https://github.com/gamedev8/js-sfa (very faithful to the SF alpha game mechanics)
yeah i saw that one. it's alright. i'd do the sprites mapping in css with `clip` though :)
Re: Building Street Fighter II in Ruby [video]
#20Very cool Nikolay. I also dig the git-wayback machine briefly showcased. https://github.com/MadRabbit/git-wayback-machine
thanks for the find, tried it found a bug and fixed it too :)