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Off Topic / Re: Internet Bandwith Caps

« on: February 29, 2012, 10:03:21 PM »

Where I am, no wireless company can get a signal to, so I have to tether with a 3G phone. I grandfather'd over the unlimited data plan, but they throttle the hell out of me. I can only get about 16 GB per month out of it.

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Games / Re: Magic: The Gathering

« on: February 29, 2012, 08:28:24 PM »

You should be able to play those at a much faster speed. For example:
Turn 1: Forest, Llanowar Elves
Turn 2: Forest, Predator Ooze
Turn 3: Forest, Primordial Hydra, Swing with the Ooze for 2, Main Phase 2 drop the Primordial Hydra with 2 counters
Turn 4: Upkeep the Hydra becomes a 4/4, Swing for 7 total.
Turn 5: Hydra becomes a 8/8, Swing for 12, GG

Take into account that that is considering they don't block.

Yeah, I can get them out that fast, but my hand isn't usually perfect.

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Games / Re: Magic: The Gathering

« on: February 29, 2012, 02:52:10 AM »

I don't play it too seriously myself, but I just recently made a green/artifact deck from some of my friend's cards.
Let's just say that I feel like a douche when I play primordial hydra and predator ooze by the 4th turn.

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Games / Re: Simple Lock Picking Simulator

« on: February 26, 2012, 06:42:18 AM »

Yeah. Rake picking with this simulator is pretty much useless compared to using a rake pick in a real lock. The only thing you can do is position it and hope for the best, really.

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Games / Re: Simple Lock Picking Simulator

« on: February 26, 2012, 04:18:58 AM »

Nope. Oblivion is one reason that I made this, though. I thought it wasn't very faithful to actual lock picking, so I decided to have a go at it, and put it in my other game. Of course, Oblivion uses different kinds of locks, so I can't really compare the two.

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Games / Simple Lock Picking Simulator

« on: February 26, 2012, 04:12:12 AM »

This is a simple Lock Picking simulator I made to eventually be implemented into my other game. It originally started out as a stand alone executeable, so you can try it out without extra junk added on to it.

DL link:
https://sites.google.com/site/desecr8game/download
You can choose either Lock Picker.zip, or Lock Picker v2.zip.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbZl-sW32K0

Controls:
Move mouse around to move the pick.
R: Reset game
1: Select hook pick.
2: Select rake pick.
3: Select second rake pick.
Scrolling up or down will increase or decrease the pressure from the tension wrench, creating more friction on the pins, and sometimes making pins set on the shear line.
When all the top pins are lined up correctly at the shear line, left click to unlock it.

By the way, this simulator isn't an exact simulation of how a real lock works. Locks work similarly, but the pins move differently.

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Off Topic / Re: Brian Regan is now my favorite comedian.

« on: February 25, 2012, 10:06:55 PM »

Louis CK. B)

Agreed.
B)

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Games / Re: Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 14, 2012, 11:29:41 PM »

Thank you. :)
I am currently in the stage of trying to make a map editor, exporter, and importer.

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Games / Re: Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 14, 2012, 11:48:37 AM »

Bumped softly.
Added a blogspot thing to incorporate on the website instead of using Google's crappy comment "feature".

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Games / Re: Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 13, 2012, 07:24:28 PM »

Made a new, not sped-up gamepaly video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H71q3FjPU6Q

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Games / Re: Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 13, 2012, 06:21:04 PM »

Yeah, I actually KINDA made one.
I made some music for it and just sped up some game play and slapped it together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfdv-MTlsms
This game play is just a little bit before 0.5, but it's pretty much the same. It's a bit fast, but it's something. I might make a better real-time on later.

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Games / Re: Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 13, 2012, 06:15:48 PM »

Ha, I wish. I don't really have the patience for coding or large walls of text. That's why I use Game Maker. So I can keep being lame, but still make games with drag-and-drop junk.

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Games / Re: Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 13, 2012, 06:10:45 PM »

It's just a Gamemaker game.

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Games / Desecr8 - v0.5

« on: February 13, 2012, 06:04:20 PM »

Desecr8 is a game I have been making for a long time now. I only really work on it when I have a lot of free time, so it doesn't update quickly, but progress is made.
I posted a topic a while ago about it, but it got no replies so I let it die. I decided to post it again since it has updated to 0.5, which is a large improvement over the previous versions.
Screenshots.

New to v0.5. Destructible terrain, a whole load of particles, aim-lines, and the player will turn according to the position of the mouse. Animations were improved for the sword, and arms for guns were added to the player. Ammo boxes and health kits will no longer stop your motion. You can step over them like skeletons.

Story and Features.
In Desecr8, you are a grave-robber and tomb-defiler, which makes the dead hate you. You are hunted down by the remains of those who have lived in another time. Skeletons will claw at you, and some will shoot arrows, but either way, you will find weapons that can defend you.
You can find Shotguns, SMGs, Grenade Revolvers, Pistols, Grenades, and RPCs (Rocket Propelled Chainsaws).
You can use your environment to your advantage by picking up tables and crates to use them as barricades, or even break down walls. Be careful, though! What you can break, skeletons will break too.

There are 3 different kinds of maps. Survival, Massacre, and Objective.
-Survival maps place you in a large area where skeletons and archers spawn every so often, and you have to try to survive for as long as you can.
-Massacre maps are similar, but instead of surviving, your goal is to destroy all forms of skeleton on the map.
-Objective maps will give you a special goal, whether it's getting to the end of a map or retrieving an item. I have not made more than 1 Objective map, but I will hopefully have more in future updates.

Enough of me rambling. Here is website:
https://sites.google.com/site/desecr8game/home

Gameplay video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H71q3FjPU6Q

Download page:
https://sites.google.com/site/desecr8game/download

If you would like to help out by making some music, let me know.
Tell me what you think.

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Games / Re: Just now installing Age of Empires II

« on: February 12, 2012, 11:34:40 AM »

Ctrl + Alt + Delete to open Task Manager.
Go to processes. Look for explorer.exe. End the process. All the desktop icons and bars will disappear, but you can start it again by going to task manager, running a new program, and typing in "explorer.exe".