Author Topic: The Welcoming Committee (Read 604998 times)

ccss · « **Reply #960 on:** December 29, 2012 »

i'm new here, dont hurt me.

benny! · « **Reply #961 on:** December 30, 2012 »

Hehe ... don't worrry ... and welcome to dbf!

Shockwave · « **Reply #962 on:** December 31, 2012 »

Hey ccss, Welcome to DBF

A warm welcome to all the other new peeps I've missed too

stavs · « **Reply #963 on:** January 05, 2013 »

Hi everybody. I've been interested in demoscene for ~25 years, and I released a few wholly unremarkable efforts for the Acorn Archimedes back in the day. In the last 6 years I've managed to visit at least one demo party each year.

A few years ago I purchased an Acorn RiscPC, the platform I could never afford in my youth. I began dabbling with gfx effects in ARM assembly embedded in BASIC. More recently I've been learning and using C, with a sprinkling of inline ARM.

I'll no doubt be asking for pointers on old-school algorithms. There's still some effects that stymie me.

Cheers folks. Perhaps I'll see you at Outline this year.

Kirl · « **Reply #964 on:** January 05, 2013 »

Hello stavs!

benny! · « **Reply #965 on:** January 06, 2013 »

Hi Stavs,

welcome on board. Almost forgot about the Acorn Archimedes. Back in my youth when I owned an Amiga2000 I was quite interested in the Archimedes, too. But since I already owned an Amiga2000 I had no money left to buy on Archimedes, too.

But I remember that this computer was highly interesting, amongst other things for the game Zarch

Enjoy your stay here

stavs · « **Reply #966 on:** January 06, 2013 »

Hehe. Yes, Zarch was a great tech demo, but I didn't find it very rewarding to play.

There were several much more entertaining, and technically superior, games for the Arch such as Star Fighter 3000 and Aldebaran.

Raizor · « **Reply #967 on:** January 06, 2013 »

Welcome Stavs. Just wondering if you're 'Stavros' from Sundown?

stavs · « **Reply #968 on:** January 06, 2013 »

I am indeed the drunk brummie from Sundown. o/
rc55 is moving to Australia in a few weeks, so I'm not sure if Sundown is going to happen again this year...

Shockwave · « **Reply #969 on:** January 06, 2013 »

Hi Stavs, welcome to DBF

Quote from: stavs on January 06, 2013

rc55 is moving to Australia in a few weeks, so I'm not sure if Sundown is going to happen again this year...

Good for Ruairi, I thought about emigrating there myself about 10 years ago... No chance now though. Gutted that I missed Sundown this year again - I've been twice in the past and enjoyed it on both occasions but the last 2 times I've planned to go my eyes have been playing up and I've been unable to drive

Anyway, maybe the other one (sunrise) will be on this year instead.

stavs · « **Reply #970 on:** January 06, 2013 »

Quote from: Shockwave on January 06, 2013

Anyway, maybe the other one (sunrise) will be on this year instead.

Or maybe Ruairi will run "uʍopuns uʍop-ǝpısdn".

Raizor · « **Reply #971 on:** January 06, 2013 »

Quote from: stavs on January 06, 2013

I am indeed the drunk brummie from Sundown. o/
rc55 is moving to Australia in a few weeks, so I'm not sure if Sundown is going to happen again this year...

I thought so

o/

Yeah, Sundown does sound like it may well not happen this year. Fingers crossed that something does come together as I had a great time there last year

Exilepilot · « **Reply #972 on:** January 10, 2013 »

Hey guys, I'm a graphics designer, I also code some Lua, C, C++.

combatking0 · « **Reply #973 on:** January 10, 2013 »

Greetings Exilepilot, and welcome to the forums.

Shockwave · « **Reply #974 on:** January 10, 2013 »

Hi Exilepilot Welcome to DBF.

benny! · « **Reply #975 on:** January 10, 2013 »

Hi Exilepilot ... it's cool to have a graphic designer who can code around. Do you have an online gallery of your art? Would be interesting to see.
Enjoy your stay.

Raizor · « **Reply #976 on:** January 10, 2013 »

Hi Exilepilot, sounds like a very useful mix of skills to me! Welcome aboard.

Exilepilot · « **Reply #977 on:** January 10, 2013 »

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Greetings Exilepilot, and welcome to the forums.

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Hi Exilepilot Welcome to DBF.

Thanks guys!

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Hi Exilepilot ... it's cool to have a graphic designer who can code around. Do you have an online gallery of your art? Would be interesting to see.
Enjoy your stay.

I have an online portfolio, although it's not the most organized one. It contains really old work and some new, most of my good work is on DeviantART. I've progressed from manipulations to UI design, I'm also learning vector art which is really handy when creating game sprites/characters...etc

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Hi Exilepilot, sounds like a very useful mix of skills to me! Welcome aboard.

Indeed, I use Lua in a game called MTA. It's an online version of GTA:SA, it uses C++ and has Lua virtual machine embedded into it, for server-side/client-side scripting which has grown over the years and gives you the choice to create pretty much anything (Within reason, obviously). I learned C from a 'C for dummies' book, which I finished within 3 weeks and found it very interesting. I progressed onto C++ which was a big move, using a language with object oriented capabilities was hard at first but I am most comfortable with it, but still got allot to learn.

I'm interested in programming syntax's, paradigms, how they're typed...etc.
I also have the slightest knowledge of Ruby, D, PHP, Java.

Links:

~Exile

Kirl · « **Reply #978 on:** January 11, 2013 »

Hi there Exilepilot! Some cool desktops on deviantart, love the LUA image.

Welcome aboard!

benny! · « **Reply #979 on:** January 11, 2013 »

Hey ... thanks for additional information. Looks like you are a minecraft fan. Like it, too! Nice style. Keep them coming.
Best,
benny!