Any ideas for tutorials?

[lcl]

Hello!

I have a computer with a microphone nowadays so I could make some tutorials.
Please tell me what you need tutorials about and I'll see the requests and make tutorials
of the requests that I find best thinking from the view that the tutorials should help many people
and not just one person with his problem.

So, let me hear what you want to learn!

[master0500]

what about a platformer fighting tutorial

[SuperSonic]

How about raytracing or bitmap tutorials?

[hunter84]

im not good with timers. i need to set a timer so the enemy only shoots when hes near the player

[happyjustbecause]

I don't know if there are already is a full tutorial on this, but could you explain and show the code for the use of parallax backgrounds and such. I would really appreciate it if you could.

[lcl]

what about a platformer fighting tutorial

That is a bit difficult because it won't be universal. It would just explain one type of making fights with enemies. And in most games the moves and how the actors act vary so much that my tutorial wouldn't help that many people.. Can you make your suggestion more exact? I'll consider this anyway.

How about raytracing or bitmap tutorials?

I think you mean raycasting since raytracing is like 1000 times more complicated version of it But I haven't even taught it to myself yet so I won't be able to make a tutorial of it. But if I learn it I could do a tutorial of it. And bitmaps, yes I can, that is a good idea!

im not good with timers. i need to set a timer so the enemy only shoots when hes near the player

Yes I could do a tutorial of setting up timers, that's easy one

I don't know if there are already is a full tutorial on this, but could you explain and show the code for the use of parallax backgrounds and such. I would really appreciate it if you could.

Sorry but this is something I can't help you with because I don't know the mathematics for it so my tutorial could mislead people but search the forum, DST made a good explanation post of parallax scrolling some time ago. (I'm writing this on mobile so I can't provide you the link..)

[SuperSonic]

I think you mean raycasting since raytracing is like 1000 times more complicated version of it

Haha, yeah. I meant raycasting xD

And bitmaps, yes I can, that is a good idea!

Yes!!! That's something that I've been trying to figure out FOREVER! You'll be my best friend if you make a tutorial on it haha

[Bee-Ant]

I request a tutorial how to simplify 100 lines of code to be 10 lines

[lcl]

I request a tutorial how to simplify 100 lines of code to be 10 lines

That's easy, just write the brackets and all to the same line and you can have 1000 lines in 1 line

[lcl]

@happyjustbecause: The link to the post from DST is here: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6942&hilit=parallax+scrolling

[Bee-Ant]

I request a tutorial how to simplify 100 lines of code to be 10 lines

That's easy, just write the brackets and all to the same line and you can have 1000 lines in 1 line

As I expected, you would say something like that
Well, actually what I request is code-simplifying tutorial. It's good to learn how to simplify our code sooner. Moreover for fresh-advanced coder where they're advanced enough but still haven't found their own coding style.

[lcl]

I request a tutorial how to simplify 100 lines of code to be 10 lines

That's easy, just write the brackets and all to the same line and you can have 1000 lines in 1 line

As I expected, you would say something like that
Well, actually what I request is code-simplifying tutorial. It's good to learn how to simplify our code sooner. Moreover for fresh-advanced coder where they're advanced enough but still haven't found their own coding style.

Yeah I understood your point. =) It is just that I think I may not be a good enough coder to teach things like that..
I could lead others to the wrong direction and that's not something I want to do.. I think you or DST or Fuzzy should do the tutorial
of code-simplifying since you are the best coders in here

[Bee-Ant]

Roger, I shall call them here

[Bee-Ant]

im not good with timers. i need to set a timer so the enemy only shoots when hes near the player

Enemy -> Timer -> YourTimerName -> Script Editor:

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if(distance(x, y, Player.x, Player.y <= 150))
{
    //Attaaack!!! :o
}

[Fuzzy]

Who dares speak my name? A dark summoning has succeeded.

One hundred down to 10? That would be remarkable. I think any example would have to be taken from truly awful code, or any function wrought for purpose of illustration would be very contrived.

In other words, a stage magicians trick.

So I am looking for a function that we can reduce, taken from code in use. Then we - as a community - will talk about how it may be written differently.

Any volunteers?