Inputtie – Beta Drawing Near!
Final testing is under way here at mission control for the Inputtie Beta.
1 Keyboard, 1 Mouse, 1 PC, 2 Laptops, 1 Netbook, 4 Operating Systems.
All systems are go! Almost ready for takeoff!
Ludum Dare Hour 408 (15 Days later) – Results!
Well the judging is now finally over for the Ludum Dare competition I entered 17 days ago.
So overall I placed #21 which is just outside the top 20. Not bad for a first time entry but I thought I would of done better considering some of the game ranked higher than me but oh well.
I actually game second in one category.. Community? Not entirely sure how I managed that but oh well 
I think I may have received the most number of votes out of any of the games, it certaintly seems like a lot take a look:
Ratings
| Inn | Fun | The | Gra | Aud | Hum | Ove | Com |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | - |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 3.17 | 3.45 | 3.57 | 4.09 | 2.64 | 3.20 | 3.43 | 4.38 |
So my overall scores in the various categories were:
Innovation: 3.17
Fun: 3.45
Theme: 3.57
Graphics: 4.09
Audio: 2.64
Humor: 3.20
Overall: 3.43
Community: 4.38
The winners in each category are as follows:
Innovation: Switchbreak 4.21
Fun: Invicticide 4.17
Theme: TomBom 4.36
Graphics: NialM 4.63
Audio: Greasemonkey 4.07
Humor: Deps 4.06
Overall: Invicticide 4.07
Community: HybridMind 4.52
Oh well, I enjoyed the competition. Im planning on polishing the game a little more now the competition is over then im going to release it to the wider world.
Joa Does It Again!
So I have written about Mr Joa ‘The Flash God’ Ebert before. He is well known throughout the Flash community for his incredible coding skills, particularly his work on low-level SWF optimisation.
His latest project is called JITB and its nothing short of stunning as this video taken from his blog shows:
Basically he has gone and written a Flash Player in Java. What this means is that you get all those awesome speed benefits and optimisations that the Java team has worked hard for years and years to implement but you can write it all in a language already familiar and sexy, AS3! The result? You get about a 30x speedup! (disclaimer: a micro-benchmark taken from Joa’s blog)
This is all great news and very exciting. I cant wait to see a custom browser plugin using this flash player, or even having Pixel Bender shaders running on the hardware *me drools in anticipation*.
