I'm STREAMING my MAGS game being developed

DoorKnobHandle · Mon 04/03/2013 15:49:59

Stream is about to go live, the action starts in 10 minutes - at 5:00 PM CET!

I reduced the quality/bitrate of the stream, it looks a tiny bit worse but will require much less bandwidth, so if you've previously had lag problems, it should be much better now!

Tabata · Mon 04/03/2013 16:58:50

You already started !?

Seems to me that I need to get some free days from work to follow this live

btw.
Your changes of the settings for the stream work fine for me.

Now I wanna see your fingers dance on the keypad . . . hop, hop, hop . . .

Bulbapuck · Mon 04/03/2013 21:51:26

Haha, the timing of this stream was really off for me. Went away, you went live. Came home, you went offline :p

DoorKnobHandle · Tue 05/03/2013 17:41:09

Thanks for the support! Going live right now for a short two-hour stream session!

Demicrusaius · Tue 05/03/2013 21:14:04

This is a really cool idea! I hope I'll be able to check in while you're on. Good luck!

Tramponline · Tue 05/03/2013 23:51:47

Hey DKH, tuned in pretty much every day at some point or another and just wanted to give you some thumbs up! (...both of 'em!)

Can't emphasise strongly enough how valuable these streams are to us novice scripters.
They are very intersting to watch and at the same time, both inspirational and highly motivating.

Inspirational, because your whole approach to problem solving reminds me, once again, that we've a fairly open scripting language at our hands.
There never is just ONE way of going about stuff, when it comes to scripting and overcoming obstacles.
People starting out learning the AGS scripting language tend to get wound up in minor details and forget that! (...me!

).

Motivating, since it is reassuring that even an advanced scripter, such as yourself, has to go throught that same 'feedback loop' of scripting, try-outs, searching
AGS help, database and the forums in order to succeed. And, especially, that patience is a key factor in all of this.

So, thanks again for doing this!

Anian · Wed 06/03/2013 00:17:38

I, on the other hand, feel scared over the fact that dkh had to figure out so much stuff (in scripting) while still on the first room. I understand there's an amount of customisation involved because of specific interface design, but still...

kconan · Wed 06/03/2013 01:36:43

Just want to say that this a great idea; especially for those new to AGS.

DoorKnobHandle · Thu 07/03/2013 19:00:11

Thank you, everybody. Stream is going online in a couple of minutes!

DoorKnobHandle · Fri 08/03/2013 13:45:51

Stream starting right now! Will only be able to stream for a bit today, unfortunately. Until 5:00-5:30 PM CET methinks!

Miez · Fri 08/03/2013 22:22:09

Very cool to witness the whole process! Awesomez

Kasander · Sat 09/03/2013 22:18:32

Some great work you're doing here, DKH.
It's a unique experience to witness the process of creating a game from start to end.
And, as Trampoline said, a fellow AGSer can learn, get inspired, or just be entertained.
Honestly, you had a brilliant idea with this.

IMHO, links to your streamed videos should be permanently glued somewhere on the forum, and the videos themselves should be preserved for all the present and future AGSers to watch & learn & get inspired.

Cheers, and keep them coming!

Stupot · Sat 09/03/2013 23:29:51

Quote from: Kasander on Sat 09/03/2013 22:18:32
IMHO, links to your streamed videos should be permanently glued somewhere on the forum, and the videos themselves should be preserved for all the present and future AGSers to watch & learn & get inspired.

I agree. Also, DHK. This would be a big job and one for a later date, but it would be awesome if the videos came with some short notes with time references telling the viewer what is being achieved at various points. This way, people could dip into the videos to see how you solved certain problems.

DoorKnobHandle · Sun 10/03/2013 14:33:42

Thank you for the support! Stream is live again! I obviously can't worry about setting up an archive right now, but I will sort out something after we're through and done, if there is interest. Having said that, tho, if somebody wanted to set up a similar show and actually design it in such a way that newbies can learn the most, that would probably be more helpful than this no-walkable-areas, no-cursor-modes hacky way we're working with haha!

DoorKnobHandle · Tue 12/03/2013 15:29:47

Going online right now!

www.twitch.tv/nihilstarcraft

DoorKnobHandle · Wed 13/03/2013 16:10:27

Stream is going online in 5 minutes!

DoorKnobHandle · Fri 15/03/2013 14:11:07

About to go online again! Tune in! www.twitch.tv/nihilstarcraft

DoorKnobHandle · Sat 16/03/2013 15:27:06

Going live again for a couple more hours of work on the game! Tune in!

DoorKnobHandle · Mon 18/03/2013 13:33:26

Going live again for a loooong session since there was no stream yesterday and we need to make progress badly! Tune in @ www.twitch.tv/nihilstarcraft

DoorKnobHandle · Tue 19/03/2013 15:32:04

And I'm back for a shorter stream session today after a total of over 7 fun but exhausting hours of streaming yesterday!