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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 11:37AM Shiaoran said

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"And now, friends, we play the waiting game."

I hate this game more than The Game... :/
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 11:39AM DBuckEye said

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You're a dick.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 11:39AM Tre said

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Which The Game are you referring to?
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 11:47AM Shiaoran said

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That lame mind game.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:31PM Johnny Locke said

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The confused game.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 1:30PM The Monarch said

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I lost the gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:07PM Levi said

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half of gaming is waiting for the next cool game to come out though.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:35PM (Unverified) said

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Mr.ESC, if Candlejack kidnaps you when you say his name, how come the comments are still posted? How does th
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:51PM (Unverified) said

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Actually, once someone loses a game, the rest is immune for 30 minutes. An official rule to avoid dickwads that bite the bullet by announcing 'YOU JUST LOST THE GAME!' and start a chain reaction.
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Posted: Jul 7th 2009 10:19AM Timerider said

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"The waiting game sucks, lets play Hungry Hungry Hippos."
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 11:46AM Roofie said

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@[tre]

The one you just lost.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 11:50AM Ryuk said

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I believe you lost sir. ;]
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Posted: Jul 23rd 2009 8:38AM (Unverified) said

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Aww, the waiting game sucks, let's play hungry, hungry hippos!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:01PM Tre said

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I'll call Conan O'Brien, you get the board out.

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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:05PM Rhamsey said

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can i be the blue one?
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:11PM Shiaoran said

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I'll be the dragpo!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:34PM MystileArmor said

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Why are the hippo's hungry? Did someone not feed them?
What are the rules again....?

Yaaaaaaaay I like jello!!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:36PM Tre said

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@MystileArmor:

What in the world?
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:37PM (Unverified) said

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I rather see the movie.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:39PM MystileArmor said

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Hungry Hungry Hippo's the movie? That has Uwe Boll written all over it. Well, not so much "written" as more like Uwe Boll thrown up all over it.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:36PM (Unverified) said

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Kirby as the Red Hippo!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:15PM imikedaman said

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Haha, this is like the first thing people do when they want to learn how to make a physics engine with ragdolls. It's called a ball-and-stick constraint system. Ball and stick constraints are easy to implement (as noted by the low line count for the code), highly stable (doesn't crash or freeze and works reasonably well with any configuration of objects), and adapts well to three dimensions and deformable objects with very little extra effort. The biggest downsides are that it scales very poorly to larger simulations or more complex shapes, and that it starts to break down with heavy objects, fast velocities, and large stacks of objects.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 1:30PM (Unverified) said

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As a current flash game dev I appreciate comments like these which explain what is going on behind the scenes. Thank you, mike.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:37PM WiredKnight said

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I've never heard it referred to as ball and "stick," perhaps you mean socket?

In any case, yes, these constraints are at the core of what they're doing, but it reaches farther than that. As you can see, they've created a two-dimensional character rig using a series of these constraints. There's a lot more to it than just a ragdoll (which would just collapse to the ground), they've also implemented inverse kinematics, and some simple AI to allow the rig to stand on its own and turn around.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:45PM MystileArmor said

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Well I guess my downvote showed that alot of people do give a shit about you guys' balls and sticks.

Have at it boys.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 3:44PM imikedaman said

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@WiredKnight: Isn't the ball and socket just a type of joint? I've only heard it called the ball-and-stick constraint system since it uses stick constraints for the bones and ball constraints for the joints.

You're right that it definitely has some inverse kinematics going on. I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 5:42PM WiredKnight said

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A ball-and-socket is a type of joint, and a joint is a type of constraint. I've never heard of a "stick" constraint.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:36PM MystileArmor said

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I stopped reading after the first sentence, cause honestly I don't give a flying rats ass how it works and why.

You really must like balls and sticks a whole lot to put that much effort into a comment... 0_o
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:37PM MystileArmor said

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Why Joystiq, why? Is one push on the reply button not enough? Why must you always need more more more....

Such an abusive relationship, yet I can't walk away.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:44PM (Unverified) said

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More, more, more
How do you like it, how do you like it
More, more, more
How do you like it, how do you like it
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:47PM MystileArmor said

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STOP!

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Hammer time!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 12:54PM (Unverified) said

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I like big butts and I cant lie!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 1:12PM MystileArmor said

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Tempted by the fruits of anotheeeeeeeeerrrrrr....
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 1:33PM 754boy said

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N+ finally the deal of the week huh. Time to get it!!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 1:51PM Alex R said

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I never saw the fascination with any on the N games. They always seemed boring after the first level after you already sad: 'Oh, the physics are notable...'
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 2:02PM Jjjjames said

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reminds me of sodaplay.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 5:42PM GordoJones88 said

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So then is this O+ ?
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 6:46PM Divine Dirtclod said

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Helloooo Dolly!
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 6:59PM MrKlorox said

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Hopefully this game will involve more action than N+. I want fighting vs enemies/players not versus the environment/clock. Something that plays kinda like Megaman or Metroid, except deathmatch or other common multiplayer modes. Also with plenty of ranking up and unlocks to use in the game.
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Posted: Jul 5th 2009 9:43PM (Unverified) said

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@MystileArmor - Robot Chicken did a trailer for it, and from what it could be, I'd see it.
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