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loktar
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Hey everyone. My names Jason, obviously I'm new to this site. Ive been here a few times lurking and I think its great that theres a site like this mixing coding with christianity. This also brings back some memories for me because I loved Blitzcoder.com and this obviously looks alot like that ... I still think that needs to be reopened especially with Codersworkshop going down

Anyways Im a christian who loves programming so hopefully Ill fit right in.

Here's my site with a few of my software titles.
http://www.loktar.com

I primarily work with Blitz3d, haven't finished a game yet but have started many lol anyways hello.

kenman

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Posts: 518
From: Janesville WI
Registered: 08-31-2006
Welcome to the boards loktar, Looks like screensavers R U!
Brandon

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From: Kansas City, Mo, USA
Registered: 02-02-2004
Welcome to CCN ^^

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Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
Cool! Welcome to CCN. I'm also in Blitz spectrum. Its nice having more people now with Blitz.

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CPUFreak91

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Welcome to CCN. Wow. Blitz seems pretty popular around here...

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Realm Master

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Posts: 1971
From: USA
Registered: 05-15-2005
Blitz rules!

Wow dude,that stuff looks... wow....

holy... I mean...

GEEZ!

Welcome to CCN and dang your stuff looks cool!

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HanClinto

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Posts: 1828
From: Indiana
Registered: 10-11-2004
Hey Loktar, welcome to CCN!

There certainly are a number of Blitz guys here now. It's not my cup of tea, but it looks like a fantastic tool that many of the guys here have done some sweet stuff in. BTW, your screensavers look really good and creative as well! I'm impressed with your site.

We hope you enjoy your time here. It's not perfect by any stretch of the word, but it's still my favorite forum on the 'net.

In Christ,
clint

CPUFreak91

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quote:
Originally posted by HanClinto:
It's not my cup of tea, but it looks like a fantastic tool that many of the guys here have done some sweet stuff in.


Yeah it's not my cup of tea either. I prefer open languages who's interpreter works on several OSes.

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loktar
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Registered: 01-16-2007
quote:

Yeah it's not my cup of tea either. I prefer open languages who's interpreter works on several OSes.

Thats where I want to go next with programming, I want to get some linux and Mac programs out there. For some reason I'm just scared of taking that next step into Bmax, or C++... I've used basic languages all my life so I've grown very comfortable with them.

Thanks for the welcomes and comments


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Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
BM isn't to terrible of a change from B3d. I can't say the same for C++, it looks pretty frightening. BM is actually pretty basic.

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PointOfLight

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Posts: 60
From: Indiana, USA
Registered: 11-26-2001
If you're looking for cross-platform (Windows, Mac and Linux) and want to stick with basic, check out RealBasic: http://www.realbasic.com/. The only reason I'm not using it is because I got so spoiled by Visual Basic's interface that it's been hard for me to switch to anything else.

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CPUFreak91

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quote:
Originally posted by loktar:
For some reason I'm just scared of taking that next step into Bmax, or C++...


I don't blame you.

quote:
I've used basic languages all my life so I've grown very comfortable with them.


May I recommend Ruby, Python or Lua as your next language? You can do game programming in all 3 langauges, web programming in the first two and GUI programming in all 3.

EDIT: And you can do 3D easily in Python.

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Mene-Mene

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From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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PointofLight: BM also does cross-platform over all 3.

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jestermax

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Posts: 1064
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 06-21-2006
is there some "Blitz hangout" i missed in my life? i've never even HEARD of it until i joined CCN, and half the people here use it!

Weirdness...

loktar
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CPU freak thanks for the suggestions, I've heard of all of those just have never tried using them.

Jestermax, I used to work the helpdesk, it was shift work and I worked Mids. I was searching the internet due to lack of calls (I'm in USAF and all the jobs are 7-4 for the most part) and I happen to find B3D by luck. That was over 2 years ago, been hooked ever since.

jestermax

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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 06-21-2006
it sounds simple enough... (what 'basic' language isn't?) but i've never tried playing with it... i should consider it so i can get some 3D stuff going maybe... but in the past i've just used Ogre3D for my 3D rendering
Mene-Mene

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Posts: 1398
From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Registered: 10-23-2006
My father was a Systems Admin. and I wanted to make games, so he looked for some books, picked out Game Programming for Teens. I went through it, got good. On the demo was a list of 4 sites, CCN was one of them. Went on, got better ever since. BTW, I think Krylar is on the tutorials as well.

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jestermax

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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 06-21-2006
thats a good book. i know someone who read it and made some nifty things with it those sorts of books are great for getting started with. i wish i had one of those back in the day i've wanted to make games since about grade one (years before i even had a computer)...
loktar
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Registered: 01-16-2007
quote:
Originally posted by jestermax:
thats a good book. i know someone who read it and made some nifty things with it those sorts of books are great for getting started with. i wish i had one of those back in the day i've wanted to make games since about grade one (years before i even had a computer)...

I wish I had one too, I learned the hard way with my C64 (128C) and the user manual with all the commands.

jestermax

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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 06-21-2006
thats harsh
kiwee

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From: oxfordshire, england
Registered: 04-17-2004
quote:
Originally posted by jestermax:
is there some "Blitz hangout" i missed in my life? i've never even HEARD of it until i joined CCN, and half the people here use it!

Weirdness...


you have to remember that the sister site of CCN was blitzcoder. Both done by Kryler. (I think...)

anyway, welcome to the site, enjoy your stay

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samw3

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From: Toccoa, GA, USA
Registered: 08-15-2006
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I wish I had one too, I learned the hard way with my C64 (128C) and the user manual with all the commands.

W00T! C64! POKE 53280,15 BTW, welcome to CCN

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D-SIPL

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From: Maesteg, Wales
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quote:
Originally posted by CPUFreak91:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by loktar:
[b]For some reason I'm just scared of taking that next step into Bmax, or C++...


I don't blame you.

quote:
I've used basic languages all my life so I've grown very comfortable with them.


May I recommend Ruby, Python or Lua as your next language? You can do game programming in all 3 langauges, web programming in the first two and GUI programming in all 3.

EDIT: And you can do 3D easily in Python.

[/B][/QUOTE]

Yup. http://panda3d.org/ is a good Python 3D game engine. Used by Disney in fact. I've done some quick prototyping in it for our C++ coursework.

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