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12086. Adhesion (66.65.88.86) – 16 Sep 2013 22:46:16 New! Tom 7 Entertainment System: In-nor-out burger ]
Yeah!! I was going to volunteer to represent the connoisseur block but I can't even tell the difference. Last two are definitely my faves. Keep up the jamz!
 
12085. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 16 Sep 2013 20:08:42 New! Tom 7 Entertainment System: In-nor-out burger ]
Thanks! I did it by clicking on the computer.
 
12084. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 16 Sep 2013 18:45:54 Updated: Escape 200912250 ]
Sorry that there's no tutorial. There is some explanation in escape.txt, I think.

The editor prevents you from placing a block on a panel, even though that's a legal state when playing the game. This was deliberate, to reduce the amount of hidden information in the game. Levels that have that or a couple other things will be filtered by the game into the "quarantine" section.

It is possible to get the same effect (more or less) by using broken bots, which mostly act like grey bots and can be placed on a panel in the level's initial state. These don't flip to the bizarro world, plus act like bots in some other ways (if you teleport atop one you die), but for pure Sokoban levels they suffice.

That said, I'd prefer if you didn't import a bunch of Sokoban levels wholesale, especially if you don't have permission from the original author. However, if you have some particularly good ones, and permission, then those might be good. Best is if you create new levels, especially if they are Escape-specific. :)
 
12079. Neal (69.250.226.84) – 12 Sep 2013 23:19:17 Some more sightings ]
What a croc
 
12078. Anonymous (129.42.208.179) – 12 Sep 2013 18:27:59 Updated: Escape 200912250 ]

I wish there's a better tutorial on the level editor.

I checked the existing IQ Carrier level (level 353) and tried to understand it from the level editor, but still not sure.

Specifically, I try to create a sokoban level that would have "box on goal".
So far, I think it only shows boxes and goals separately on the IQ Carrier level, it has no box on goal elements in there.

It would be nicer if the level editor allows importing XSB format of Sokoban levels. If it is already possible to do this, please let me know how to do it.

 
12077. furrysalamander (63.248.115.238) – 11 Sep 2013 03:42:04 Summer is for video games ]
You need to play kerbal space program. Also, learnfun is crashing on my computer and i'm having difficulty figuring out why. If you google my username I'm pretty easy to find agian.
 
12076. Akira Fiorentino (2.232.196.232) – 10 Sep 2013 20:48:33 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
If that's how it works, that makes sense.

Anyway, I think it would be interesting to see how playfun would work in a football (soccer) game. I'm sure there are some for the NES, and it might be cool to see how it decides its strategy. Not sure though if it would be able to understand the end result of scoring a goal.

Keep up the awesome work ;)
 
12073. Anonymous (108.231.137.179) – 09 Sep 2013 03:45:03 New! Tom 7 Entertainment System: In-nor-out burger ]
awsom synth playing
 
12065. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 05 Sep 2013 22:13:46 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
It could be extended very far; if I had 10x the number of computers (or time) then 50 seconds. This wouldn't make it make better choices, though... the problem is that there are a lot more than 10x the number of 50 second input sequences than 5 second sequences (exponentially many!) so the likelihood of happening upon one that is good drops dramatically. I chose 5 seconds because it seemed reasonably close to the horizon that humans plan their movements under, when thinking about "go over there" plus the consequences.
 
12064. Akira Fiorentino (2.232.196.232) – 05 Sep 2013 13:38:05 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
Your research is very inspiring. :)

I read in the paper that playfun looks approximately 300-500 frames into the future in order to decide the best scenario to choose from. Did I get that right?

Anyway I'm very curious to know just how far do you think you can extend this, because the end result should be making the program "smarter" in the long run?
300 frames should be roughly 5 seconds, but if that were extended to perhaps 20 seconds (if that's possible) it should mean the program makes better choices, correct?

Thanks and sorry if I'm a noob at this! I'm just very interested in your program's capabilities. :)
 
12063. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 04 Sep 2013 00:13:00 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
Sorry... expect some rough edges; it's just research software! :)
 
12062. Tim (124.149.73.176) – 03 Sep 2013 07:53:22 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
Got it. It works!
 
12061. Tim (124.149.73.176) – 03 Sep 2013 06:30:43 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
No.... I better try that....
(damn it Tom put it in the readme :(.)
 
12059. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 02 Sep 2013 10:53:09 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
Is there a newline after the "movie" line? Someone reported that is required.
 
12058. Tim. (124.149.73.176) – 02 Sep 2013 05:07:13 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]

I tried to run the learnfun.exe but it kept spitting out CHECK FAILED (!moviename.empty). But i put it in exactly how you said to put it in. I even checked the learnfun.cc file. I put the config.txt & ninja.fm2 & ninjagaiden.nes file inside of the highest playfun folder. my config.txt reads

game ninjagaiden
movie ninja.fm2
 
12057. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 01 Sep 2013 23:51:45 Ludum Dare #27: Point One Hurts ]
Thanks! I'm the worst!! :-(
 
12056. dwrensha (76.22.67.8) – 01 Sep 2013 22:45:13 Ludum Dare #27: Point One Hurts ]
The link to the music does not work for me!
This url does: http://pointone.spacebar.org/cgi-bin/point-one-hurts.zip
 
12046. Love Jesus...but not mushrooms (96.42.144.12) – 26 Aug 2013 12:51:33 Bathroom? Mushroom! ]
Ick... Just found 2 in my northern Mi home next to tub. Studying up to do battle. Has anyone tried using vinegar, with any success ??
 
12042. denio (79.181.140.133) – 25 Aug 2013 00:37:23 KILLER JAPANESE SEIZURE ROBOTS ]
Choosing not to listen to my highly educated dad's advice and attitude about money
 
12039. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 24 Aug 2013 12:06:30 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
oops, I guess I am still an HTML noob! fixed, thanks! :)
 
12038. jonas (89.132.197.38) – 24 Aug 2013 04:30:08 The adventures of learnfun and playfun, part 2 ]
You seem to be missing a closing double quote for a HTML attribute in this post, and that makes part of the text unreadable to me. Could you please fix it?
 
12033. Tom 7 (67.186.7.254) – 20 Aug 2013 21:34:09 NEW: His Sophomoric Effort ]
Thanks! :) I'm not interested in any finance speculation stuff though.
 
12030. Anonymous (75.18.160.33) – 20 Aug 2013 01:46:57 BAD SAT SCORES ]
John Lennon quoted
“People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine. . . . I always wondered, ``Why has nobody discovered me?'' In school, didn't they see that I'm cleverer than anybody in this school? That the teachers are stupid, too? That all they had was information that I didn't need? I got #$%&! lost in being at high school. I used to say to me auntie
``You throw my #$%&!' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous, '' and she threw the bastard stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a #$%&! genius or whatever I was, when I was a child. It was obvious to me. Why didn't they put me in art school? Why didn't they train me? Why would they keep forcing me to be a #$%&! cowboy like the rest of them? I was different
I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me? A couple of teachers would notice me, encourage me to be something or other, to draw or to paint - express myself. But most of the time they were trying to beat me into being a #$%&! dentist or a teacher”
― John Lennon
 
12029. Anonymous (75.18.160.33) – 20 Aug 2013 00:56:18 BAD SAT SCORES ]
Don't Despair, if your SAT grades were low. You just think and reason different, than those who made the test.
If you had designed the test, do you think the highest scoring students would have done as well on your test?

I think Einstein would of been more impressed with this:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/11-year-old-inventor-deod_n_3781829.html

1. Follow your curiosity
2. Perserverance is priceless
3. Focus on the present
4. The imagination is priceless
5. Make mistakes
6. Live in the moment
7. Create value
8. Don’t expect different results
9. Knowledge comes from experience
10. Learn the rules and then play better
 
12025. Anthony Michael (174.101.159.192) – 13 Aug 2013 00:01:44 NEW: His Sophomoric Effort ]
YOU'RE A GENIUS MIND - NO S*** - REALLY A GENIUS MIND.
I HAD TO ORDER BOTH BOOKS - JUST TO JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR MIND - AND VISITED YOUR VARIOUS WEBSITES JUST OUT OF GROWING CURIOSITY AS YOUR GENIUS MIND CAME MORE INTO FOCUS. GUY, YOU'RE REALLY IMPRESSIVE - A CREATIVE GENIUS IN YOUR OWN RIGHT - PROBABLY ACTUALLY UNDER-APPRECIATE YOURSELF. YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY DEVELOP AND SUBMIT SOMETHING TO COMPETE WITH THE LAME AND FAR LESS MENTALLY CHALLENG/ED/ING 'FAMILY GUY', ET. AL. TYPE TV SHOWS. WHY NOT GET RICH OFF YOUR BRAIN? WHAT'S STOPPING YOU FROM MASSIVE WEALTH GENERATION WITH YOUR MASSIVE BRAIN POWER TO DO SOME REALLY COOL MASSIVELY MORE CREATIVE THINGS AND HAVE EVEN MORE MASSIVE IMPACT??? YEESH - ALL THAT MASSIVE TALENT TUCKED AWAY ON A FEW UN-SUNG WEBSITES. IF I WERE A ROCK STAR AGENT OR STEVEN SPIELBURG I'D HAVE YOU ON SERIOUS PAYROLL - YOU'RE LIKE THE NEXT ROBIN WILLIAMS GENIUS - BUT FAR MORE INTERESTING WITH FAR MORE DEPTH OF PERSON.
I CAME UP WITH A MASSIVE IDEA - (THINK GOOGLE - FACEBOOK) - AND HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING IT. IT COULD VERY WELL PRODUCE MANY MILLIONAIRES - AND A FEW BILLIONAIRES - AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND PUT THAT MASSIVELY IMPRESSIVE MIND OF YOURS TO A VERY SELF AND OTHER ENRICHING USE. THINK ABOUT IT - IRONICALLY IT'S A NO-BRAINER. I'M ALSO INTO FUTURE'S TRADING - DEVELOPED A 'SYSTEM' - BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEONE CAPABLE OF WRITING AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM TO AUTOMATE IT - A GOOD PARTNER TO SHARE THE WEALTH WITH. MY 'SYSTEM' MADE $12,500 IN ONE DAY ON ONE TRADE - TWO DAYS LATER MY BROKER GAVE ME TRADING ADVICE AND LOST THE SAME AMOUNT BY NOT USING MY SYSTEM. TRADING FUTURES AND OPTIONS CONTRACTS CAN GENERATE SERIOUS MONEY VERY QUICKLY AND EFFORTLESSLY. THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS FROM LULU - TODAYS DATE.
 

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