Why are you a gamer?

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Captain_Obvious

I developed a game playing agent for an AI project a long time ago. It was in Java. Apart from that, I’ve been able to make stuff like hangman. With XNA I’ve developed some 2D sprite based stuff. Not something I could call a game, but more like a prototype.

Oh I loved working with agents. AI has some interesting stuff. So what kind of agent was it? What games could it play?

@MM

Because I’m a boss at Tetris, Solitaire, Mah Jong and any Mario Bros game ever created!!

Racing/ car games I like to pretend like I know what I’m doing and make ‘vroom’ sounds when i’m “driving”.

FPS, not a good idea. I get scared when someone comes at me or pops up out of no where… and end up throwing the controller at the TV or who ever I’m playing against. Too realistic for me! (That includes N64’s Golden Eye - 007.)

Mah Jong Titans is the bestest game ever. I can play it all day and night and not get tired.

Racing car games … not a fan.

Solitairi.. bring it ON!!!

[Captain_Obvious]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Hadeel

Oh I loved working with agents. AI has some interesting stuff. So what kind of agent was it? What games could it play?

It was made to play a 3D Connect 4 game over the network. We had all the agents play against each other.

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Captain_Obvious

It was made to play a 3D Connect 4 game over the network. We had all the agents play against each other.

That sounds really cool. I’m impressed.

[Captain_Obvious]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Hadeel

That sounds really cool. I’m impressed.

Well it was more of a client/server app, where both clients would connect to server and then play against each other. However, there was nothing graphical there.

[Lilly]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Hadeel

It’s pretty complicated. I have developed some basic games with Matlab and Java integration. Like Sudoku and a few card games.

For Image processing scenarios, I used AI concepts and Matlab.

NO 3D games though.

Guess what,I hate MATLAB,it is not hard, it is just weird. I am totally surprised we can develop games in Matlab. All I knew,it is really good for image processing. I am good at 3D games since we worked in OpenGL to draw graphics objects. Working in Matlab with the use of Java Integration will be something new to me.

@MM

Because I’m a boss at Tetris, Solitaire, Mah Jong and any Mario Bros game ever created!!

Racing/ car games I like to pretend like I know what I’m doing and make ‘vroom’ sounds when i’m “driving”.

FPS, not a good idea. I get scared when someone comes at me or pops up out of no where… and end up throwing the controller at the TV or who ever I’m playing against. Too realistic for me! (That includes N64’s Golden Eye - 007.)

Yeah Mario bros

@Captain_Obvious

Well it was more of a client/server app, where both clients would connect to server and then play against each other. However, there was nothing graphical there.

I remember MSN allowed users to play games online, both members could connect to the same server and then play against each other.

[Captain_Obvious]

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@Lilly

I remember MSN allowed users to play games online, both members could connect to the same server and then play against each other.

Most games you can play online would work like this. I remember back in the day I had played Need for Speed and Command and Conquer online. We would play with friends over the modem.

[uzzybuzzy]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

Interesting discussions going on here. I don’t really know anything about game development to its fascinating reading a little bit more about what experiences you all have!

[MM]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Hadeel

Mah Jong Titans is the bestest game ever. I can play it all day and night and not get tired.

Racing car games … not a fan.

Solitairi.. bring it ON!!!

Yea I’ve got Mah Jong, Tetris, and Solitaire on my phone. SO loads of pracitce!
Watch out! I don’t wana kick your booty and feel bad for laughing that you lost

@Lilly

Yeah Mario bros

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Captain_Obvious

Well it was more of a client/server app, where both clients would connect to server and then play against each other. However, there was nothing graphical there.

So no human players? Did you try doing it with one human and one system?

@Lilly

Guess what,I hate MATLAB,it is not hard, it is just weird. I am totally surprised we can develop games in Matlab. All I knew,it is really good for image processing. I am good at 3D games since we worked in OpenGL to draw graphics objects. Working in Matlab with the use of Java Integration will be something new to me.

haha I agree. MATLAB is very weird. It is awesime for image processing but integrations help a lot. OpenGL is really awesome. I remember constructing 3D house tours in OpenGL. My teacher thought I was a fail.

[Captain_Obvious]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Hadeel

So no human players? Did you try doing it with one human and one system?

No, no human players, though it could have been done in theory. Since there was no graphic representation, it would have been very difficult for a human player to visualize the game state anyway.

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@uzzybuzzy

Interesting discussions going on here. I don’t really know anything about game development to its fascinating reading a little bit more about what experiences you all have!

Game development is fun! I’m glad you’re having a nice time reading about it. =)

@MM

Yea I’ve got Mah Jong, Tetris, and Solitaire on my phone. SO loads of pracitce!
Watch out! I don’t wana kick your booty and feel bad for laughing that you lost

You kicking my booty? Ha! In your dreams little kitty.

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Captain_Obvious

No, no human players, though it could have been done in theory. Since there was no graphic representation, it would have been very difficult for a human player to visualize the game state anyway.

Yeah put in some Graphics for a human player and it would work perfectly.

A lil OpenGL and you’re set!

[Captain_Obvious]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

I haven’t tried anything with OpenGL since I was in university. I’d like to try it out sometime.

[Lilly]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Captain_Obvious

Most games you can play online would work like this. I remember back in the day I had played Need for Speed and Command and Conquer online. We would play with friends over the modem.

Did you develop this game on your own or was it your assessed group project at uni?

@uzzybuzzy

Interesting discussions going on here. I don’t really know anything about game development to its fascinating reading a little bit more about what experiences you all have!

We develop , you play!

We do need addicted end users for our product such as you.

@Hadeel

haha I agree. MATLAB is very weird. It is awesime for image processing but integrations help a lot. OpenGL is really awesome. I remember constructing 3D house tours in OpenGL. My teacher thought I was a fail.

Constructing a house was my very first lab with OpenGL and I was like WTH. I had even constructed that house in Eclipse. Matlab’s revision going on for the exam,I have been banging head,learning Digital Sound and Music as if I 'll become a singer some day,burrr. I am glad for enjoying OpenGL more than Matlab. Now this tells me, i shall join gaming industry,lol.

@Captain_Obvious

I haven’t tried anything with OpenGL since I was in university. I’d like to try it out sometime.

That means you haven’t done graphics development? or you used Flash ?

[Lilly]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

A friendly question to the game developers, what kind of GUI design you like to see in the game? A straight forward design or full instructions for the user?

[Captain_Obvious]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Lilly

Did you develop this game on your own or was it your assessed group project at uni?

That means you haven’t done graphics development? or you used Flash ?

That was a project for my AI class. There was no graphics development in it, there was no graphic interface. It was just a simple console interface, where the user had no more input than starting the process, which would interact with the server on its own. The professor developed the server. We simply developed the client programs to interact with it.

I’ve done modeling elsewhere, but did not use the models in games. As far as graphics for games, I’ve some simple sprite/texture animations.

[Captain_Obvious]

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@Lilly

A friendly question to the game developers, what kind of GUI design you like to see in the game? A straight forward design or full instructions for the user?

That totally depends on the type of game. Something mostly straightforward. However, instructions should be available when required. A game that did it really well was Final Fantasy VII. It gave you options to skip tutorials if you knew how to do the stuff. If not, it presented them in a way that didn’t hinder gameplay.

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

@Captain_Obvious

I haven’t tried anything with OpenGL since I was in university. I’d like to try it out sometime.

You should. It’s a little tricky but it’s fun when you get the hang of it.

@Lilly

A friendly question to the game developers, what kind of GUI design you like to see in the game? A straight forward design or full instructions for the user?

Like CO said, if the game is simple.. no 3D involvement then there’s no need for a full instruction manual.. but if you’re developing something like Mortal Combat or Racing games.. then you need to give instructions. The pop up instructions are cool too.. like the ones that show up during the games.

@Lilly

Constructing a house was my very first lab with OpenGL and I was like WTH. I had even constructed that house in Eclipse. Matlab’s revision going on for the exam,I have been banging head,learning Digital Sound and Music as if I 'll become a singer some day,burrr. I am glad for enjoying OpenGL more than Matlab. Now this tells me, i shall join gaming industry,lol.

haha I’m glad you’re enjoying. Eclipse eh? Nice. I’ve never really worked on it as such.. what language are you using? Java?

[Captain_Obvious]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

I’ll give it a shot when I have a chance. They say OpenGL is part of the standard VS2012 installation. I’ll find out soon enough.

[Hadeel]

Re: Why are you a gamer?

^

You definitely should. oh I didn’t know that. I thought they dropped GLUT from VS2012 as they say it’s outdated no?