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alvivar | 5 days ago | on: Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)

Inspired by this blog post by Noel Berry, I started playing with SDL3 and C# yesterday, experimenting with falling sand algorithms (implemented sand, stone, and water) https://github.com/alvivar/falling-sand

alvivar | 11 days ago | on: Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness

I plan all the time. I just tell Pi to create a Plan.md file, and we iterate on it until we are ready to implement.

alvivar | 8 years ago | on: Why Is Python Growing So Quickly?

Maybe you should try F#, to me both are kind of fun compatible (plus the functional focus that is kind of fun by itself).

alvivar | 9 years ago | on: TensorFlow 1.0 Released

I wish so much for experimental APIs compatible with .Net stuff. Mostly because I want to use it with F#.

I really like Python, but F# <3

alvivar | 12 years ago | on: Poll: Where are you currently living?

There is something that needs to be changed in this kind of pool. Every time the same misconception.

- North America

- Central America (Northern part of South America?)

- South America

This needs to be common knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America

alvivar | 13 years ago | on: Here comes the game controller from Apple

I like it as a product, I hate that everything nowadays is patented.

This control will allow some serious gaming on iOS and this is really cool for game developers.

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Unity 3D is free on Android and iOS until April 8th

There a lot of plugins to handle 2D (2.5D) games on Unity, I am currently using 2D Toolkit ($50) for sprites and it's awesome. I also recommend to check RageSpline and RagePixel, this tools provide features totally integrated with the IDE and really easy to use.

I haven't try CoronaSDK but I can see a lot a potential in 2D games with Unity, not just 3D. I fact, you can see a lot of nice 2D games in his showcase, for example Zombieville USA and Max & The Magic Marker.

- http://unikronsoftware.com/2dtoolkit/

- http://ragepixel.com/

- http://ragespline.com/

- Max & The Magic Marker http://goo.gl/H9Hl0

- Zombieville http://goo.gl/fzZP0

- Showcase http://goo.gl/g4uux

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: The Gaming Community and the E3 boycott, ESA support PIPA/SOPA

Here you can sign the online petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-esa-petition-and-bo...

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?

What about Central America? I guess we are few in HN, but if it's not part of poll, we never know :( This happen in almost all the demographics polls here...

Can you add this option sasvari?

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Scroll Reddit

You know what I have been doing the last hour? Scrolling Reddit :P I got to say, it's really a nice experience... Good work!

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Google puts MySQL in App Engine Cloud with Google Cloud SQL

Why MySQL over PostgreSQL? I would like to know how they choose one over the other...

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Awesome use of js page scroll on mystery short comic

Just scroll down and enjoy.

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Request for Google+ invite here - Let's help each other.

[email protected] thanks in advance!

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Flask 0.7 Released (Python Web Framework)

Merge is an excellent idea when two projects, frameworks, etc have the same goals (Not necessarily the same features). For example The Pylons Project taking BFG as is base and making Pyramid, with all the experience from Pylons community and BFG. This will make changes on both sides of the community but brings a new Framework with the possibility of improvement. I guess the idea is take the best from both frameworks y make a new one, better, with a big community, and a lot of knowledge from the previous experiences.

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: My weekend project, QR-codes for everybody

awesome! so easy to use...

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement

I guess is part of the concept... transparency, clarity...

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: DotCloud Pricing Announced

That's a good idea!

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: DotCloud Pricing Announced

I am just saying that a lot of people are searching for a platform where we can deploy for what we need. DotCloud let's me choose the stack I need, that's really good, but it would be awesome if also there is a plan with the price and features that I need. Flexibility. There is a big leap between free and pro, it's like take it or just play with it. I'm not suggesting a "better free", just an intermediate plan.

alvivar | 14 years ago | on: DotCloud Pricing Announced

I would recommend something between Free and Pro, If I were about to launch a startup I won't pay $100 a month at the beginning. A programming language, a database and a custom domain are the basics, this "combo" needs to be an option.

With the free account we could test the platform and develop, with the "startup account" we can launch our product, with a little success we take an upgrade to pro for cache, etc.