John: I don't really understand why you say it's a waste of time. Speeding up the feedback cycle seems great to me.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread so far! On Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:48:28 PM UTC+1, John Smith wrote: > > Yes, but are you saving time with this? What types of games do you want > to make? > RTS? FPS? RPG? What's the platform that you're targeting? No offense, > but I've > seen a lot of people like this (me including :) ), who want to learn > technology X for... > wait for it... to make games or something else that's fun. > > Look, I'm not trying to be mean, but unless you have a specific goal in > mind, then > this new feature is a waste of time :) . > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Oskar Kvist <oskar...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> It's not about looking cool, it's about saving time. >> >> Den lördagen den 23:e mars 2013 kl. 16:03:19 UTC+1 skrev John Smith: >>> >>> If you want to make a game, then make a game. Don't worry about looking >>> "cool" about it. You don't need to have some feature to make something >>> entertaining :) . >>> >>> I'm making a game with a tool called GameMaker. Not as full-featured or >>> powerful as with a programming language? Sure, but then I want to first >>> have a game under my belt, then I'll worry about looking cool in the >>> process >>> :) . >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Oskar Kvist <oskar...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I saw this video >>>> http://www.youtube.com/**watch?v=BES9EKK4Aw4<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BES9EKK4Aw4>of >>>> Notch coding on Minecraft while the game was running, and of course >>>> seeing the changes in the running program. He used some kind of debug mode >>>> in his IDE (I don't really know which IDE). I want to make a game, and I >>>> want to to also be able to code while the program is running. I know this >>>> sort of thing is common in Lisps, so even without that IDE's debug mode it >>>> should be possible. Is there anything in particular that I need to do or >>>> look out for in order to make it work? Are there some JVM settings I >>>> should >>>> use? Does anyone know how that debug mode works? I kind of understand how >>>> it can be done with a plain repl, but I don't wanna miss out on anything >>>> that would make it easier. Any kind of insight is very appreciated. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>>> your first post. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> clojure+u...@**googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/clojure?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to clojure+u...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
