Probably should've written a game, yesterday.
I didn't write a game yesterday.
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I didn't not do anything, though. Don't worry, I've been coding tons of stuff, and trying out all manner of crazy things.
First off I tried getting a Sprite Generator to work.
Not like the JNKsg SpriteGen tool. No, much more powerful than that.
What if I could take something like StableDiffusion, and get it to make 32x32 pixel sprites that could integrate into JSE?!
OMG!!!
...
No.
That didn't happen.
I did have a good hunt through all the options available, looked at open-source methods, and tried to figure out the best methodology, but.
.. Yeah, I think I'll leave that for another time!
Sure would be nice, though, right?!
Hmmm...
Meanwhile...
Next up, then, was AFrame, VR, etc.
As you may or may not know, I've been trying for a couple of years to figure out a decent methodology to make a version of SpikeDislike that can run on VR headsets using the browser.
Well, I figured the AI Chatbots might be able to guide me through the process, and after a LOT of to-and-fro'ing yesterday, I finally managed to...
Get the screen to go "BUTTON" when a button is pressed on the controller.
"But it doesn't work, ChatGPT."
"Oh, sorry, let me try another method."
"That doesn't work, either"
"Oh, I see my mistake, let me try again."
"Nope."
"I see, let me try another way."
And on and on we went, from ChatGPT, to CoPilot, to Claude, and back.
Not one of them could figure out why, when switching to VR mode, the Quest 3's controllers no longer functioned.
Baffled, I tried googling "Quest 3" and "AFrame", and eventually found that the version of AFrame that ALL of the chatbots had suggested, didn't function with the Quest 3.
I had to switch from 1.4.0 to 1.6.0
Then it worked.
Of course, now the nice AR Mode button has vanished, so I'm going to have to figure that bit out, next.
But, hey, at least it goes "Button" now.
After several hours.
*ugh*
AGameAWeek still hasn't happened yet!
Maybe today.
Int. Dave's apartment - Evening
[Dave and Green are staring intently at the computer screen, with the YouTube view counter showing 7... No, 8 views for their Burrow Office trailer]
Dave: [excitedly] Greenie, look at this! Eight whole people, all around the world, are interested in my amazing Burrow Office!!
Green: [sarcastically] Wow, Dave. Eight people. That's practically a tech revolution. Should we start preparing your Nobel Prize speech?
Dave: This is a monumental achievement! It's way better than that time we held a meeting about the trapdoor and only Matt showed up.
Green: At least Matt was genuinely interested. These eight views could just be us refreshing the page.
Dave: It doesn't count that does it?
[Greenie shrugs]
Dave: Don't be such a pessimist, Greenie! This is the start of something big. Remember when I filled my entire trolley with Coke bottles? You thought I was crazy then too.
Green: Yes, and I still think you're crazy, every week when you do it. At least the Coke bottles were tangible. This is just... pixels on a screen.
Dave: Pixels that represent real people, Greenie! Real people who are interested in Burrow Office! I'm gonna make a fortune.
[Scene Two]
Int. Dave's apartment - 2 hours later
[Dave is pacing around the room, gesticulating wildly, while Green watches from the couch]
Dave: Think about it, Greenie! Eight people! That's like... two people per continent!
Green: [sighs] Dave, there are seven continents. And I'm pretty sure at least half of those views are just us refreshing the page.
Dave: Details, details. And this is proof that people are watching!
Green: Proof? Dave, for all we know, those views could be from bots or people who accidentally clicked on our video.
Dave: Bots, people, what's the difference? They're all potential customers!
Green: The difference is that bots don't buy software, Dave.
Dave: Not yet, they don't. But with Burrow Office, even bots will want to increase their productivity!
Green: [facepalming] I'm starting to think the Coke-filled holodeck wasn't your worst idea after all.
[A plink sound is heard]
Dave: NINE! YEEEAAAHH!!!!!
[Scene Three]
Int. Dave's apartment - 6 hours later
[Dave is now writing on a whiteboard, planning world domination, while Green lounges on the couch, exasperated]
Dave: Okay, so if we can get each of our eleven viewers to tell eleven more people, and then those people tell eleven more...
Green: Dave, that's not how viral marketing works. You can't force people to share your video.
Dave: Of course it is! It's like buying coke. You buy one bottle, and within 30 years you've a whole apartment full of coke merchandise. Start small, think big!
Green: Yes, because soft drinks and productivity software are exactly the same thing.
Dave: You're missing the point, Greenie! This is our chance to revolutionise the office software market!
Green: Dave, you dressed me up as a squirrel and called me Nutkin the Rabbit. I don't think we're revolutionising anything except perhaps the field of misguided marketing.
Dave: [beaming] See? Now you're getting it! We're breaking new ground! Next stop, Burrow Office on every computer in the world!
Green: More like next stop, the recycling bin. At least then we'd be organising something.
Dave: Organising peace throughout the spreadsheet meadows!
[plink]
[End credits roll with Dave trying to calculate how long it will take for Burrow Office to reach 7 billion users]
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