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Jayenkai
Feb 3, 2022, 6:11:30 AM2/3/22
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#553 - Thursday 03rd February, 2022
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Every Thursday, screwing furniture together.
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; Hello World
Mum and My birthday's this month, hers this week, and mine towards the end of the month. We both decided new bedroom drawers would be the best way to go.
We got Mum two bedside chest of drawers from Amazon, but as of typing, only one of them has been built up.
With my distinctly rubbish levels of energy and fitness, I'm absolutely freakin' exhausted from doing one. We're probably going to leave it a couple of days before tackling the second.
Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be tackling my room. Clearing out probably a decade of untouched mess, and building up a couple of larger ikea drawer sets.
Give how knackered the 3-drawer slimline bedside cabinet left me, not really looking forward to building up a giant 6-drawer, 5.5ft chest of drawers!!..
Hmmm..
This might kill me!!
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8594
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SoCoder
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; Flapping On
Rychan continues to work on Flap Happy, squeezing out a few more morsels of memory as he shaves the poor bird.
.. In between rescuing a PC!
https://socoder.net/?GotoPost=82378
; iPad Coding
Pakz is getting on quite well with Codea on iOS, which allows you to code games straight on the iPad.
Woot!
He's now discovering the horrors of having to write things for different resolutions and screen ratios.
https://socoder.net/?Blogs=82377
; What Have You Done
The return of the irregular thread where we discuss all the things we've done during the month.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8590
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SoPuzzling
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; Worldly Wordle Success
The online game Wordle is a direct rip from the ITV gameshow Lingo.
Jay knows this, because last January 2021, Jay also ripped off the gameshow and put it into the Shoebox of Games. (Wordle wasn't a thing until October 2021)
Wordle took on stratospheric levels of popularity, and has now been bought by the New York Times.. Even though it's just a basic word game idea, and is quite frankly as much of a rip off as Jay's version.
The creator of Wordle pockets millions.
Jay's version continues to be ignored.
Jay isn't pissed off about this, or the 100 different newspaper-ready puzzles that he coded in Foldapuz, either.
Nope.
Not at all.
Congratulations to the Wordle guy.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8595
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SoRetro
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; JavaCPC Desktop
A new CPC emulator, for Win/Mac/Linux, that uses Java as its core.
Includes the ability to load from virtual tapes (using wav recordings of the originals), as well as having some nice hardware plugins emulated, and more.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc/
; Puzzle Bobble C64
What better way to showcase the colourful palette of a C64 than with a nice port of Puzzle Bobble. What could possibly go wrong!?!
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=213965
; 10 Liners Combo
This year's BASIC10Liners combo has kicked off.
If you want to enter, you have until March 26, 2022, to submit your entry.
Why not try writing something using the JavaCPC emulator..?!
https://basic10liner.com
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SoMelodical
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; More Perfume
TomToad lets us know of another Perfume concert available on Amazon Prime Video.
I'm SO happy that I can actually properly enjoy stuff like this, nowadays. Long gone are the days of Kazaa, Morpheus and Newsgroups being my only way to enjoy proper music.
https://socoder.net/?GotoPost=82392
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SoGrumpyJay
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; Jay quickly finds it annoying when magazines repeat themselves
Having started to regularly read magazines again for the first time in a decade, Jay quickly finds it annoying when magazines repeat themselves.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8589
; bad tutorial
Jay tries to follow a bad tutorial, but the Bad Tutorial randomly jumps Between different capitalisation Rules for one of its Variable Names and Jay ends up getting ConfuSed As heLl later on down the line.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8593
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SoTinyCoder
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1 Dim c(9,9):Dim l(9):Dim k(9):w=2560
2 GameHandler("Mini Frog")
.StartGame :for y=0 to 9:for x=0 to 9
4 c(x,y)=x+Rnd(-0.4,0.4):k(y)=Rnd(1,3)
5 l(y)=0:if y%2==0 then k(y)=0-Rnd(1,3)
6 Next:Next:px=10:py=13:pl=13:z=1:d=0
7 sc=0:Return
.InGame :ResetDraw:CLS:Ink 9
9 Rect 0,0,640,72:Rect 0,408,640,72
10 for y=0 to 9:cy=(y+3)*32:v=GamePad(3)
11 l(y)=l(y)+k(y)*z:for x=0 to 9
12 cx=(c(x,y)*256+l(y)) mod w
13 Ink 16+x:if cx<0 then cx=w+cx
14 if y%2==0 then Text cx-64,cy,"{-={",1
15 if y%2==1 then Text cx-64,cy,"}=-}",1
16 if Abs((px*32)-(cx-64))<28 && y+3==py
17 d=1:PlaySFX("Hurt_3"):EndGame:endif
18 Next:Next:if GamePadHit(1) and d==0
19 px=Wrap(px+GamePad(1)-v,1,20)
20 py=py+GamePad(2)-GamePad(0):endif
21 if py==2:sc=sc+25:py=14:pl=13:z=z+.2
22 PlaySFX("Beeper_Fruit_Extra"):endif
23 Score=Sc:Ink 26:TextScore 320,16,1
24 Text px*32,py*32,Chr(224+d),1
25 if py<pl:sc=sc+1:pl=py:Endif:Return
https://GotoJSE.com/cgDwkGWq.BAS
If you'd like to write your own 40x25 mini game, check out the Box-Coding thread.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8555
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KiloTube
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; Happy Thirtieth, Sonic
https://youtu.be/xXNTd-pgKVc
; Musical Interlude
Wheelie Bins rejoice
https://youtu.be/z7YfFwiij2g
; Rocks
Mmmm, rocks..
https://youtu.be/EfdwRRpiYGQ
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MegaTube
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; Reminder to Backup
https://youtu.be/Npu7jkJk5nM
; Afterlife Art
Adam takes a look at the Ghostbusters art department
https://youtu.be/DgT4eSpAQVg
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GigaTube
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; Boiling Vodka
.. as you do..
https://youtu.be/VzqN4Cn8r3U
; Happy Puppets
https://youtu.be/_krGKwq3kcg
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Meal Pursuits
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; 5 days on 5 pounds
Atomic Shrimp goes shopping for 5 days.
https://youtu.be/WHDTP8P9SFI
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Revenue Persuits
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; Ad Blockers
Linus gets into a wild argument over YouTube Ad Blockers
https://youtu.be/a-PH2GUy_zM
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In Conversation
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; RIP : Barry Cryer
Richard Herring interviewed Barry Cryer, last year.
https://youtu.be/WtUMFdS-0IA
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80s Cover Corner
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https://youtu.be/vCRGgnZoSCo
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MovieCover Corner
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https://youtu.be/lZ8cDBYLZSc
https://youtu.be/Gy6Es2LYiqg
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VGRemix Corner
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https://youtu.be/GlyFOvy-HHM
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#553 - Thursday 03rd February, 2022
[subscribe]
http://groups.google.com/group/socoder-newsletter
Every Thursday, screwing furniture together.
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Hello World
Mum and My birthday's this month, hers this week, and mine towards the end of the month. We both decided new bedroom drawers would be the best way to go.
We got Mum two bedside chest of drawers from Amazon, but as of typing, only one of them has been built up.
With my distinctly rubbish levels of energy and fitness, I'm absolutely freakin' exhausted from doing one. We're probably going to leave it a couple of days before tackling the second.
Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be tackling my room. Clearing out probably a decade of untouched mess, and building up a couple of larger ikea drawer sets.
Give how knackered the 3-drawer slimline bedside cabinet left me, not really looking forward to building up a giant 6-drawer, 5.5ft chest of drawers!!..
Hmmm..
This might kill me!!
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8594
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SoCoder
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Flapping On
Rychan continues to work on Flap Happy, squeezing out a few more morsels of memory as he shaves the poor bird.
.. In between rescuing a PC!
https://socoder.net/?GotoPost=82378
; iPad Coding
Pakz is getting on quite well with Codea on iOS, which allows you to code games straight on the iPad.
Woot!
He's now discovering the horrors of having to write things for different resolutions and screen ratios.
https://socoder.net/?Blogs=82377
; What Have You Done
The return of the irregular thread where we discuss all the things we've done during the month.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8590
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
SoPuzzling
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Worldly Wordle Success
The online game Wordle is a direct rip from the ITV gameshow Lingo.
Jay knows this, because last January 2021, Jay also ripped off the gameshow and put it into the Shoebox of Games. (Wordle wasn't a thing until October 2021)
Wordle took on stratospheric levels of popularity, and has now been bought by the New York Times.. Even though it's just a basic word game idea, and is quite frankly as much of a rip off as Jay's version.
The creator of Wordle pockets millions.
Jay's version continues to be ignored.
Jay isn't pissed off about this, or the 100 different newspaper-ready puzzles that he coded in Foldapuz, either.
Nope.
Not at all.
Congratulations to the Wordle guy.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8595
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
SoRetro
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; JavaCPC Desktop
A new CPC emulator, for Win/Mac/Linux, that uses Java as its core.
Includes the ability to load from virtual tapes (using wav recordings of the originals), as well as having some nice hardware plugins emulated, and more.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/javacpc/
; Puzzle Bobble C64
What better way to showcase the colourful palette of a C64 than with a nice port of Puzzle Bobble. What could possibly go wrong!?!
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=213965
; 10 Liners Combo
This year's BASIC10Liners combo has kicked off.
If you want to enter, you have until March 26, 2022, to submit your entry.
Why not try writing something using the JavaCPC emulator..?!
https://basic10liner.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
SoMelodical
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; More Perfume
TomToad lets us know of another Perfume concert available on Amazon Prime Video.
I'm SO happy that I can actually properly enjoy stuff like this, nowadays. Long gone are the days of Kazaa, Morpheus and Newsgroups being my only way to enjoy proper music.
https://socoder.net/?GotoPost=82392
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SoGrumpyJay
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; Jay quickly finds it annoying when magazines repeat themselves
Having started to regularly read magazines again for the first time in a decade, Jay quickly finds it annoying when magazines repeat themselves.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8589
; bad tutorial
Jay tries to follow a bad tutorial, but the Bad Tutorial randomly jumps Between different capitalisation Rules for one of its Variable Names and Jay ends up getting ConfuSed As heLl later on down the line.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8593
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SoTinyCoder
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1 Dim c(9,9):Dim l(9):Dim k(9):w=2560
2 GameHandler("Mini Frog")
.StartGame :for y=0 to 9:for x=0 to 9
4 c(x,y)=x+Rnd(-0.4,0.4):k(y)=Rnd(1,3)
5 l(y)=0:if y%2==0 then k(y)=0-Rnd(1,3)
6 Next:Next:px=10:py=13:pl=13:z=1:d=0
7 sc=0:Return
.InGame :ResetDraw:CLS:Ink 9
9 Rect 0,0,640,72:Rect 0,408,640,72
10 for y=0 to 9:cy=(y+3)*32:v=GamePad(3)
11 l(y)=l(y)+k(y)*z:for x=0 to 9
12 cx=(c(x,y)*256+l(y)) mod w
13 Ink 16+x:if cx<0 then cx=w+cx
14 if y%2==0 then Text cx-64,cy,"{-={",1
15 if y%2==1 then Text cx-64,cy,"}=-}",1
16 if Abs((px*32)-(cx-64))<28 && y+3==py
17 d=1:PlaySFX("Hurt_3"):EndGame:endif
18 Next:Next:if GamePadHit(1) and d==0
19 px=Wrap(px+GamePad(1)-v,1,20)
20 py=py+GamePad(2)-GamePad(0):endif
21 if py==2:sc=sc+25:py=14:pl=13:z=z+.2
22 PlaySFX("Beeper_Fruit_Extra"):endif
23 Score=Sc:Ink 26:TextScore 320,16,1
24 Text px*32,py*32,Chr(224+d),1
25 if py<pl:sc=sc+1:pl=py:Endif:Return
https://GotoJSE.com/cgDwkGWq.BAS
If you'd like to write your own 40x25 mini game, check out the Box-Coding thread.
https://socoder.net/?Topic=8555
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
KiloTube
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Happy Thirtieth, Sonic
https://youtu.be/xXNTd-pgKVc
; Musical Interlude
Wheelie Bins rejoice
https://youtu.be/z7YfFwiij2g
; Rocks
Mmmm, rocks..
https://youtu.be/EfdwRRpiYGQ
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
MegaTube
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Reminder to Backup
https://youtu.be/Npu7jkJk5nM
; Afterlife Art
Adam takes a look at the Ghostbusters art department
https://youtu.be/DgT4eSpAQVg
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
GigaTube
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Boiling Vodka
.. as you do..
https://youtu.be/VzqN4Cn8r3U
; Happy Puppets
https://youtu.be/_krGKwq3kcg
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Meal Pursuits
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; 5 days on 5 pounds
Atomic Shrimp goes shopping for 5 days.
https://youtu.be/WHDTP8P9SFI
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Revenue Persuits
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; Ad Blockers
Linus gets into a wild argument over YouTube Ad Blockers
https://youtu.be/a-PH2GUy_zM
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
In Conversation
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
; RIP : Barry Cryer
Richard Herring interviewed Barry Cryer, last year.
https://youtu.be/WtUMFdS-0IA
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
80s Cover Corner
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
https://youtu.be/vCRGgnZoSCo
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
MovieCover Corner
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https://youtu.be/lZ8cDBYLZSc
https://youtu.be/Gy6Es2LYiqg
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
VGRemix Corner
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https://youtu.be/GlyFOvy-HHM
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