OFF TOPIC THREAD: Where derailing the thread is impossible!

Post by **Keening_Product** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:11

Gameboy version mod of importing tiles into DOS engine?

troublesomekeen · Post by **troublesomekeen** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:55

Maybe. I dunno. I was just poking around, seeing if I could rip tiles. Unfortunately I've run into some palette problems (which is quite a roadblock in my efforts to recolor Keen's red shirt to purple/pink). It's possible to mod all the graphics, but it'd be extremely difficult to do because the tiles don't line up proper. This game. My gosh. Can't figure out how to flip switches.

In other news today, Bros. gots to give me more customizing powerz.

MoffD · Post by **MoffD** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 14:25

Sooooo.... I have an imdb.com page

it says I'm an actor! that's like a celebrity right? who wants my autograph?

Post by **Keening_Product** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 0:30

Links or it didn't happen.

MoffD · Post by **MoffD** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 0:33

I think Melkor added them, I was an extra in a movie
Edit: Also more meme picfoolery:

Pegtor · Post by **Pegtor** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 18:51

Someone requested links?
SPAGHETTIIIII!

See if you can pick him out of the crowd of extras!

MoffD · Post by **MoffD** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 22:36

Pegtor wrote: SPAGHETTIIIII!

ftfy

chrissifniotis · Post by **chrissifniotis** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:52

troublesomekeen wrote:...
In other news today, Bros. gots to give me more customizing powerz.

You're not the only one!

If you have the Wii U game, when custom stage sharing becomes available I'll send you my two Keen stages. Guess where this is! It's from the Vorticon series.

Pegtor · Post by **Pegtor** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 23:25

I should really stop using passwords that MoffD knows or he'll just keep spaghe-diting my posts

Post by **Fleexy** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 20:09

It's happening. The .NET Runtime is coming to Linux! You can read the .NET Team's blog post about the open-source release for more information. Personally, I am very excited about the possibility of developing for other non-Windows OS's using my favorite tools. Exciting times!

Post by **Keening_Product** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:15

Woah, that's really neat! I wonder what else will be open sourced by Microsoft over the year - the company seems to be making a major announcement every other month at present! Maybe Windows?

KeenEmpire · Post by **KeenEmpire** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:59

F# seems like an interesting language, and I'd be cautiously interested, conditional on the platform being made FOSS and cross-platform. Having a JVM competitor would also be nice.

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 21:47

Hey cguys,

I'm really into the "curved" line of monitors. I think they're easier on the eyes and you get the feeling of seeing more. I'm pretty sure it would be awesome for some 3D racing games or FPS/TPS games. Thus I would like my next monitor to be curved. Just found the first one that got my attention:

Samsung's first 27" inch curved monitor

But I have some concerns. Especially when it comes to pixel art and DOS resolution games. I would not like to see a platform game being curved. It won't feel natural as I'm used to flat screens. And with lower resolutions and bigger pixels, the curving will bend too much the graphics. Or imagine if you have to draw straight lines. I don't know. What do you think? Is it worth it?

troublesomekeen · Post by **troublesomekeen** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 2:11

That's pretty cool. Never gave those curved screens a serious thought. I'd be interested to see how a DOS game looks on it, if curved monitors were rentable.

Edit: There's this couple that stops by the restaurant when I'm working. The nicest people. I don't know how but we got on the subject of old games. So we talked about this and that, Commander Keen and Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure in between soups and salads. What a treat! Very nice indeed.

VikingBoyBilly · Post by **VikingBoyBilly** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 17:23

Alf is not an alien.

He's a tapir. It's a puppet of a tapir, or tapir muppet.

I just realized this.