[FP] Jetman go to this one (this one includes the game)

[adigamov]

well this is my jetman game for my final in grade 9

it includes the source code and the compiled version.

the cheatcode section could be understood if you read the source code or if you get enough points in the game.

all those experienced coders can you please tell me what i can do to make my game more KISS

by kiss (if you dont know what i mean) i mean like, do the same thing but in a simpler way.

keep in mind that i am in grade 9 so keep critisicm polite

btw for the speeds i reccomend 2 for the jet and 6 for the clouds if your just starting.

[FP]

[Tony]

adigamov @ Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:37 am wrote:

by kiss (if you dont know what i mean) i mean like, do the same thing but in a simpler way.

Keep It Simple, Stupid

And you could, for example, not package things in .rar files.

[darkangel]

for Grade 9 i think this is awesome. Graphics are good, you added music, and collision detection is decent.

I ran into one problem, when i tried to play "shadow of the beast" it froze on me. Not sure if its just me or if its ur program. Other than that its good.

(Also .rar is better because it condenses better than a .zip any day)

[SMasood]

Tony @ Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:50 am wrote:

adigamov @ Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:37 am wrote:

by kiss (if you dont know what i mean) i mean like, do the same thing but in a simpler way.

Keep It Simple, Stupid

And you could, for example, not package things in .rar files.

And it's actually Keep it Simple, Student
Denniss this is awesome stuff =( I still cant get my connect 4 going..

[Tony]

darkangel @ Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:23 pm wrote:

(Also .rar is better because it condenses better than a .zip any day)

RAR is a proprietary format, that requires installation of paid (or shareware) software. In contrast, .zip format support is build into Windows and OSX. The slight improvement is compression is negligible for the tiny files we are dealing with here.

[adigamov]

hi people
i dont want to ask for too much but can u please post some suggestions of how i can clean up my code
dont actually give me the code but tell me what i can do to clean it up please
its just that this is due wednesday jan 16 so all help would be appreciated.

[ericfourfour]

It's pretty good. One thing you can do to clean up your code is to make all lines under 80 characters. That way, you don't have to scroll horizontally to see the whole line.

Also, 7zip has better compression than rar and zip for .exe files. It is also open source (GNU Lesser General Public License). A win-win situation.

[Zampano]

On the other hand, many programs can read files even while they are in .zip format or a .zip folder. Though .7z has good compiling ratios and is freeware, it does not have this critical advantage. Furthermore, as said before, the lesser file size is redundant with files of this size.

[ericfourfour]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z#7z_support_at_present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers#Operating_system_support

There is 7z support in quite a few programs and operating systems. Also, when you use zip you are leaving out the potential linux audience (WINE does run Turing produced exes). The only downside is 7z is much slower in comparison to zip when compressing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers#Comparison_of_efficiency.

[Tony]

ericfourfour @ Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:26 pm wrote:

Also, when you use zip you are leaving out the potential linux audience

I think you might have meant it to be the other way around

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format) wrote:

By 2002, all major desktop environments included ZIP file support in their file managers: a ZIP file is typically presented as a directory or folder, so that files are copied into and out of it in the same manner as any other folder and the compression is handled in a way largely transparent to the user.

When you are using 7z, you are leaving out everybody who doesn't have it installed.

[Dan]

I always thought that it was zip for windows and tar and gziped for *nix and rar was for script kiddys on p2p networks :p



Note: i know there are implmenations of all of the above for most OSs.

[ericfourfour]

Tony's right. I understand where I went wrong. The list I found was on archivers, not archive formats. All formats have implementations on most OSs like Dan said. Zip files will have a larger audience though.

[Ksenia]

*Falls down on the floor because she's laughing so hard*

Adigamov? Oh my god, you are such a geek. I was googling 'How to make Jetman Code' because I don't want to be behind all you MaCS snobs and this was the first thing to pop up. Seriously, this is way too funny. So yes Mwahaha. I'm going to go try stuff out now. The tutorials here are actually really helpful *shifty eyes* and this is fun