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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Marbsticle Course is Now Open Source!

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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 21st Jan 2011 03:07 Edited at: 25th Jan 2011 03:48




As quite a few of you likely know now, Marbsticle Course has been cancelled. Too many complex, strange things have happened and i cant dev it anymore.

But what ive always wanted to do and realized i could do it with MC, ive made the unfinished game open source, i just want to see what will happen with it if it becomes open source. It could just sit here, but that would be sad. Or it could become amazingly amazing!!

Now i think i saw in the AUP that requesting for team help isnt allowed, but here, im saying anyone who wants to contribute can feel free to! Thus im not requesting help.

Ok, currently the whole file is included in the below attachment, and ill tell you, it's a mess. Be prepared. You may faint. Nah, just joking. if you make a change, attach it to your post and then people will dev off that one if they like it.

However, if anyone knows of a program we can use to make patches and apply them, that would be awesome!

below i will list how MC was to work so things should make sense:

It was going to use wasd movement as well as arrow key and mouse look and move.
The graphics were to be bright and colorful looking. The game currently looks dark as there is no skysphere yet, but a file called sky is what i was going to use.
There were to be powerups and downs.
Here's where things get more technical--the level obstacle system was going to use a file that would allow for the placement of up to four of each of the ten kinds of powerups and downs. A zero would indicate no item, a one followed by 3d coordinates would indicate that item existed in the coordinates.
Collision, controls, physics (preferably not PhysX, hard coded is for the 'cool' programmers), more courses, obstacles, powerups, etc
The main menu buttons need to be connected and their subroutines should be fixed and completed.


Now that's just what I was going to do. You can do whatever you want. The code is a bit low on comments, so be prepared. You can use and include whatever files you please as well. Get the game how you like, or even move it just a step forwards, post the new file, and it will be very fun i think!!

Again, if anyone has an idea for patch programs that are free please tell me!! It will be easier to download and apply patches.

Well, either way, please contribute!! This will be very fun!! Thanks guys

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes. ~Author Unknown

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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2011 03:58 Edited at: 24th Jan 2011 04:59
Well it seems no one wants to do anything???

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: 22nd Jan 2011 05:01




I just, thought you should use the banner I used on my open source project.

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Posted: 22nd Jan 2011 05:08
Im so tempted to take that banner, put NOT in big red letters right above open and stick at at the top of my current project.
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2011 07:07 Edited at: 22nd Jan 2011 07:16
@C0wbox Haha has been done!! So i assume you use GIMP to make all of these very cool logos?? I think i saw somewhere you used GIMP for most of your games. How do you do these, is there an online tutorial you could link me up to?? I have a pretty good knowledge of GIMP, and the other day i made this totally cool thing in GIMP with the help of a tutorial





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Posted: 22nd Jan 2011 11:44
Downloading now...

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Posted: 22nd Jan 2011 12:46
Open Source - What a GREAT Idea!
Sorry to hear you won't be working on it anymore,
but glad to see that all your work can benefit others to learn from,
as well as continue your work as they desire.

Nicely Done!
Downloading Now.
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2011 01:25 Edited at: 23rd Jan 2011 01:26
Cool guys!! Thanks for letting me know!!

Im extraordinarily excited to see what it turns into!

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Posted: 23rd Jan 2011 07:05 Edited at: 23rd Jan 2011 07:08
xD I just taught myself how to use Gimp so I've got no links to tutorials. I do most of my groovy effects with the select colour/region tool with feathered edge set to 10. Then I put a gradient over it and it turns out all glowy n modern.

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Posted: 23rd Jan 2011 10:12
Cool, I'll try that!

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Posted: 24th Jan 2011 05:02
@BillR How are things coming along with Marbsticle Course?

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Posted: 24th Jan 2011 09:16
I'm on a business trip, in a hotel, will be home in a few days...
then I will get a chance to look at it better.
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Posted: 25th Jan 2011 00:16
Sweet!

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Posted: 25th Jan 2011 23:51
I would suggest you check out Google Code and the SVN system, that way you can have this be real open source code...

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Posted: 26th Jan 2011 00:37
@thenerd I see!! But is there Much DBP stuff there??

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Posted: 26th Jan 2011 00:58
There's fpsc there lol
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Quote: "@thenerd I see!! But is there Much DBP stuff there??"

No, but you can create your own project so that people can contribute and add without having to distribute a ZIP every time they make a modification.

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Posted: 26th Jan 2011 02:00
I will contemplate on that!!! Thanks for the way to do it w/o upzipping

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Posted: 30th Jan 2011 02:33
Just bumpin' the forum

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
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Posted: 4th Feb 2011 00:58
@BillR have you looked at it yet?

@DarthBasicVader Same^^

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2011 20:29
Ok i REALLY hate quadruple posting (and to bump a thread none the less), but i just wanted to see if anything has happened with MC being open source. A couple of you said you would look at it but then i never heard anything else.

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2011 20:59
Try not to bump your threads though, if people are interested they will post. Also, sorry to burst your bubble, but that code really isn't much. I would try to at least have it use functions instead of gosub. There isn't really a lot to add to source like this, it's not much of a base.

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2011 22:05
*sigh* People aren't going to complete your project for you.

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2011 22:30
@TheNerd Good points

@Indicium I never said i would wanted anyone to finish it for me, it was simply an open source thing that people could do if they liked, i just wanted to see what MC would turn into. The reason i did post is just to see if anybody did anything. But again, i didnt want anybody to finish it for me, but to finish it for fun I dont at all care if it gets finished

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