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Re:Journey in Odessia – One-Bit RPG on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:00PM (#38928497)
Journey in Odessia is a 1-bit, turn-based RPG similar to Pokemon or Breath of Fire for the Gameboy Advance. There are currently 150 maps. I originally built this game for the TI graphing calculator ( NSpire CX || ) in order to inspire youth to pursue computer science education. We are approaching a time where CS may be the only path to employment for the next generation. I think most programmers were inspired to pursue CS education by playing games. I certainly was. I ported it to PC and published in the Microsoft Store as a way of generating passive income.

TI version (free): https://ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/477/47756.html

PC Version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/journey-in-odessia-chapter...

Re:Coldbox is only for theists? on Monday July 25, 2016 @02:36AM (#12156870)
Certainly not me. I abandoned a project, and the new guy coming in wants to abandon the current solution and use coldbox running on lucee. I've given my advice that it's too risky/too niche, but we'll see what happens.
Re:Company with zero revenue and one employee currently worth 3.8B on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @07:25PM (#8012775)
"intends to develop..." LOL
Re:Ask HN: Please help me teach CS to a HS student from a very differe... on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @02:10PM (#8005854)
this is the cutest story ever. i dont have any advice but want to say that what you're doing is really amazing <3
Re:How an “investor” from Silicon Valley almost kills our company on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:26PM (#7938611)
fuck i hate this investor guy
Re:How an “investor” from Silicon Valley almost kills our company on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:26PM (#7938610)
You guys deserve your money
Re:How an “investor” from Silicon Valley almost kills our company on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:26PM (#7938609)
Thanks for your post. We should try to get this out to the major news outlets too. This guy is so f*cked up...why is it that rich people are always so stingy
Re:Why is there so much hate for .NET? on Friday June 06, 2014 @03:32PM (#7859905)
I feel the same way as the author. I got introduced to .NET two years ago at a job. I came from a PHP background. I've come to really appreciate .NET and the CLR, and as a developer, I'm convinced I'm way more productive in .NET. I'm currently building something in Mono outside of my day job, and it's so great to be able to use .NET on linux.

I realize that Microsoft and .NET may not have had that great of a past (WebForms ruined its rep IMHO)...but using the new MVC and EntityFramework...it's clear that .NET is back on the bleeding edge.

Also...most .NET devs like working in .NET because we can be productive in it, but keep in mind--.NET haters--that most of the time we're not the ones that chose the stack...we're just left in a position where hardware/sys-admins/MIS at companies that are still afraid of the cloud are mandating that we have to use Windows and .NET.

Re:Burying the URL on Friday May 02, 2014 @12:13PM (#7686523)
It's going to be annoying for developers. We often put special query string hooks to test functionality or debug queries...it'd be kind of a pain to have to enable flag in chrome just to be able to type in the URL.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? on Friday May 02, 2014 @10:13AM (#7685754)
I'm a .NET dev too...there's more of us on here than you think
Re:Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images on Thursday April 17, 2014 @09:03PM (#7607461)
FML
Re:Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images on Thursday April 17, 2014 @08:55PM (#7607438)
where are you seeing the hiding I/O tickets?

Ask HN: Does anyone know why Brendan Eich donated?

Posted by rnirnber on Monday March 31, 2014 @07:06PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I read his response...but he seemed like he was basically avoiding any mention of why he did...seems like he basically said "yeah, i donated to prop 8 but i support LGBT folks too."Has he mentioned anywhere to anyone any motivation for why he donated? I can only assume he must be anti-gay

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Re:Sources: Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Start... on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @08:56PM (#7426167)
Guys this is bad new! I don't see why everyone's cheering this on. Xamarin is what gave life back into the Mono project. It renewed interest in the Mono VM ecosystem, educated people about the possibility of running Mono in the enterprise....Xamarin was giving Mono the boost it needed. Mono sat dead for years...Microsoft's probably just trying to buy Xamarin to cherry-pick the cross-platform mobile development and kill off the VM outside of a mobile app context.
Re:Is mobile messaging possible without data or wi-fi? on Monday March 03, 2014 @05:36PM (#7337045)
I kinda had an idea once to implement a data/wifi-less messaging system. They're probably going for P2P Wifi (ad-hoc) or bluetooth distributed messaging system. Basically the idea is...at some point people bump phones with each other...and given enough time...the message could be bumped to its intended desitination
Re:Ask HN: How do I sell an iOS app to a local dentist's business? on Thursday February 20, 2014 @07:52PM (#7274754)
May I ask why you are trying to sell an App to someone who--according to the description you gave--probably doesn't need it?

If he's your first client...the thing is people might want to contact him as a reference point...and if he feels misled and disappointed, you probably wouldn't want to use him as a reference...

Re:Ask HN: What is your opinion about Wordpress? on Thursday January 02, 2014 @03:56PM (#7002223)
Doing freelance/contracting in Monterey, CA...my experience with clients requesting work on Wordpress sites or asking you to build them a site with Wordpress don't want to pay people very much. They tend to ask for fairly complex features, and get upset when it requires a programmer to actually program instead of installing some "plugin".

Dart is for sure coming to Android?

Posted by rnirnber on Saturday December 21, 2013 @01:35AM
from the self-post dept.

A while back I noticed this.... https://api.dartlang.org/docs/channels/stable/latest/dart_io/Platform.html#isAndroidAnd then today on Google+ I saw this... https://code.google.com/p/dart/wiki/AndroidWith Chrome being the default stock browser on Android...I get a strong feeling we'll soon be seeing Android API's ported over to Dart.

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Re:Ask HN: What is "expert" level Javascript? on Monday June 03, 2013 @07:53PM (#5816865)
good question...i wonder the same thing
Re:Ask HN: Do you use your favorite programming language at work? on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @12:01PM (#5780786)
No...and to be honest, I'm pretty sure the majority of us aren't working with our tool/language of choice. The nice thing about that though is you get to bite the bullet and step outside of your comfort zone. I think that's one of the things that separates good devs from bad ones...the ability to pick up new (or in most cases old..if you're going by release date) toolsets and hit the ground running
Re:Ask HN: Do you click on ads as a way to say thank you? on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @06:27PM (#5708809)
I never thought anyone else would do something like this too, but yeah I do it all the time
Re:Ask HN: What Software Did You Pay For In 2012 on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @11:12AM (#4969695)
Mono for Android