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Hint: before going into the Training Zone for the first time, spend all of your money. You won't lose 50 to the person who says that he wants to take the bus, but actually just wants your money.
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public var displayMessage:String = ChristmasGreeting(); ------------------- trace(displayMessage); ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- public function ChristmasGreeting ():String { --- var greeting: String = "Have a very Merry Christmas!"; --------------------------------------- var updateNews:String = "Update coming January 4!"; ---------------------------------------------------- var message:String = greeting + "\n" + updateNews; ----------------------------------- return message; }
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Part 2/11 Else: *They* way this code works is that if the condition in parenthesis is true. Should be 'The'. I'll keep looking for more typos so you could fix them.
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English 101:
To prevent further confusion about the symbol/symbols. A symbol is something that represents something else. if 1 candle on the table means that the table is not meant to be cut in half then 3 candles are symbols(someone wanted to be extra sure), however if 1 or 2 candles have no meaning but only 3 candles mean that the table shouldn't be cut in half then these 3 candles are a symbol(singular!). Same goes with '//' and '*/'. '//' is a symbol for a comment, '/' is a character but not a symbol for comments.
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I'm getting impatient, Greg. Where's the update?! I need to feed on lessons!!!
if (gregoryCarlsonUpdatesGameWithinTheMonth==false){
private var gamerboySuicides:Boolean=true;
}
oh no! Well, I'm spending most of my time on a new project right now. I do intend to update this game again though, but the holidays make it challenging. How about this, I promise to have an update (of at least 150 lessons) by January 4.
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Gregory, I hope you don't take people like that seriously. You have a great game and a gift for teaching difficult and confusing subjects. Keep it up!
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I don't think Phaytle was loved by his mom. He has a lot of anger and a need to prove himself right. Sounds like a 13 year old trying to be an authority.
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@Phaytle I downvote because it was obvious that someone says "to start a single line comment you must use the symbol //" and then you write "/" you shoudn't expect it to be the right answer. And just to be clear: "foggat" and "duohce" are both mistakes.
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You should just let me check the English in this, the first training exercise has so many errors in itself that I it would take too much time just posting each one here for you to correct.
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//" is two symbols and "*/" is two symbols. so if asked the questions what is the SYMBOL at the beginning of a comment, "/" is the correct answer, not "//". and when asked the question what is the SYMBOL at the end of a comment, the correct answer is "/", not "*/". unless there is a special programming keyboard somewhere that contains both of those characters on one key, then I could see // and */ being called -A- symbol. Idiots don't like criticism because they don't use it to learn and will down vote this. I program for a living and have proved my statement correct in real life, so down vote if you want to be a dumb foggat duohce, I'm actually helping.
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I like the silliness in the game. It subverts how it seems like all the books and programming classes have to be super serious just because programming seems like a serious job.
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I really enjoyed this, I love learning new things, and even if the game is a bit silly, you made it interesting enough to keep my attention. A suggestion, perhaps make the lessons a bit more interactive to the story instead of just having the battles on the side that are completely optional. Might make things flow a bit better. Still, I really did enjoy this and I feel like I learned a lot, looking forward to the update.
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@burninggate i dont recall a single moment where we are required to go to the arena o.O i may be forgetting something but i dont recall it being required.
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"On a side note, Oh My Gosh, we are using Algebra in real life!" Hot damn, but we are, aren't we? Take that, 7th grade me!
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So... for some reason I constantly over-complicate step 9 of the tip calculator. For my and others' future reference... trace(totalBill)
I am not sure how a game gets nominated for badges. I did install the Kong API though. I'd be willing to clean up the necessary code to allow badges (make them more secure), but I think a Kong admin has to approve them or something. Some day (in the distant future) I'll add lessons to teach you how to add the Kong api to your own game, but that is a while down the road.
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Hey, Gregory, ludobox.com has the programmer rpg on their site at http://www.ludobox.com/game-the-programmer-rpg
did you give them permission for this?
Nope, the only website that I "locked" the game to for now is Kongregate. Unfortunately, some website will just take/steal your game and there isn't much I or Kongregate can do about it. That is just the reality for simple flash games. It's not all bad though, because it gives me a topic to write about in a future lesson heh heh. By the way, thank you for noticing and for alerting me to it, I really appreciate that!
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I really enjoy this game, but with update 2.95 all I get is the first screen saying that if the button is red, click it to go to the new version. However, I get no button, just most, if not all of the game images rapidly flashing non-stop in the upper left corner of the game screen.
Thought maybe it was just loading images and let it sit for 15min+ with no result.
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also one more comment id like to make is...i love coming here every day and seeing the creator of the game replying to at least a few comments.
its encouraging to know that he pays attention to what the players say.
Thanks, I really appreciate both of your comments. My dream is to one day build an online school. This was my first attempt at a learning game. Right now, I feel like this game is too text/reading heavy, and I am thinking of ways to balance that with other media (games/quizzes/apps/videos etc.). I am glad you are enjoying it!
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I went to an online school for my last 2 years of high school and HONESTLY if they had a game like this for every class i would have aced every class i had. It's not because its "Easier" its because it is actually capturing my attention and i am honestly learning from it in a rather fun way.
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What is the number value of the variable: answer?
Does that colon have to be there? Or it's just a mistake?
Rite Of Passage Part 11/21
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It works again and you have to start over but I needed the refresher anyways and there seems to be no bugs so far ty for doing this for us love it.
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please help at stage basic variables 10/11 I am writing in
characterIntelligence = characterIntelligence + 1605; but it says somthing is wrong
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I have tried to learn flash many times over, and all the teachers and tutorials were so, so bad. But in a few short days I have learned and revised what previously took weeks, and it's all thanks to you, Gregory. Cheers!
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I am loving this game. I can't believe how engaging it it. Great work! I only just got up to functions but I will be spending a lot of time on this. It is a great way to learn the basics and fun too!
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Ever wanted to defeat your enemies with a single ping? Buy what the RAMville is named after - some RAM. It's expensive, but OP. It seems to improve both your offensive and defensive power greatly. Btw., have you ever played hackAMole? If not, visit Array Caverns.
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This game is great! I thoroughly enjoy everything you are doing with this and appreciate that you put your time and effort into something like this. I love being able to learn code....for FREE too! GREGORYCARLSON you are amazing! Our school is having a push to get kids to learn code and this is perfect! Who needs graphics anyways? :p
privatevar thanksMessage: String = "Thanks for the awesome game!";
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Amazing game.... i finally know some basics of AS3 now (favourited this game) though.... i asked a question abit time back and would like it if you answer it.... i check it almost daily :p (its somewhat a newbie question but still important for me) ... please answer it if u can c:
Flash Develop is basically just a code editor for flash. If you install it correctly, you can use it to test basic games and applications, but you are limited by the graphics that you can create in the code. Flash Professional is required if you want to make games with characters, advanced animations, and so on. I am actually going to release a tutorial soon on how to download Flash Develop, because it takes a few extra steps to do it correctly.
thanks. I'm sorry you lost your progress. In about a week, I will release an update that will allow you to "skip" past to the latest world you were at.
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Great Game Greg! Very nice proof that a brilliant game does not require fancy graphics! ;-) Can hardly wait for the update! :-) How's the kickstarter thing coming?
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Dear author, you are being quite a sadist towards programmers. I am just looking on the text, saying tl:dr; and typing the answer outright, 7. Then I get whipped by your mighty lash so I learn to type 3+4=7 instead. Ow. Rite of passage outright to skip it all? Nope. Time to use the tl:dr; approach some more. Health already on 3, ragequit will probably come soon.
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Dear Gregory, if you want an emphasis on "try", please try the HTML tag for emphasis, which is <em> :) It is kinda funny as it is, though, I'm just not sure if it's the expected result.
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this is an Fantastic Guide! ... Iv been searching for a good guide for AS3 since a long time.... i guess iv finally found it :P ..... Although i got one question .... Is Programming on AS3 the same on FlashDevelop as in Flash Cs players? is there anything extra in FlashDevelop or not? ... ty for taking time and looking at my question.
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I was so happy when I finally got something wrong in this game, it's quite fun for learning actually, and once I got something wrong, I realized was actually learning something! :D
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I also want to appreciate the work you do. I'm had Programming school, but that is some years ago, now im a Graphical Artist and this really helped me get back to programming. Now thanks to you i will start making own Games what was my dream all live. :)
So please keep the work going i will definetly stay tuned here.