Author Topic: Does Badspot Work All By Himself? (Read 4151 times)

coolitic · September 17, 2013, 04:48:09 PM

Does Badspot have anyone helping him with the development of Blockland (you know, other than the modders).

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Altiris · September 17, 2013, 05:02:21 PM

I believe Rotondo and Kompressor help as well. However, I believe that Kompressor only works on things that have to do with editing/changing the main engine. Rotondo basically performs the same tasks as Badspot does.

Greek2me · September 17, 2013, 06:55:13 PM

Quote from: Altiris on September 17, 2013, 05:02:21 PM

I believe Rotondo and Kompressor help as well. However, I believe that Kompressor only works on things that have to do with editing/changing the main engine. Rotondo basically performs the same tasks as Badspot does.

I don't believe that Rotondo has access to the source code. Look at the bots he made - they use hacks to get things (like the GUI) to work rather than being tied into the game, as, in my opinion, they should have been.

Edit: To add on this, Badspot seems to do more work in TorqueScript than in C++, while kompressor handles the more advanced issues such as the oct-tree, networking (?), and shaders.

Caribou · September 17, 2013, 06:56:45 PM

Badspot does many things on his own, but Kompressor and Rotondo have helped with the making of many Blockland features. I think for the most part, Badspot works by himself.

Swat 3 · September 17, 2013, 07:34:43 PM

Quote from: Greek2me on September 17, 2013, 06:55:13 PM

I don't believe that Rotondo has access to the source code. Look at the bots he made - they use hacks to get things (like the GUI) to work rather than being tied into the game, as, in my opinion, they should have been.

Edit: To add on this, Badspot seems to do more work in TorqueScript than in C++, while kompressor handles the more advanced issues such as the oct-tree, networking (?), and shaders.

So would you suggest making it so Bots were part of the game itself?

Toadzard · September 17, 2013, 07:43:19 PM

I've pressed F1 a few times before.

Daenth · September 17, 2013, 08:20:17 PM

http://blog.bengarney.com/about/

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Ben Garney helps you build better games faster cheaper. He is an expert in game engine architecture, design, and implementation with experience running engineering teams from 1 to 40 members.

In 2007, Ben began contributing to Blockland, a multiplayer brick building game. Areas of improvement include destructible user environments with multithreaded physics, HTTP asset streaming, substantial network performance improvements, and support shaders + shadows.