Recent posts by ExtremePopcorn on Kongregate

Topic: Games / Bloons TD 3!

More popcorn sounding balloons? Great!

http://www.ninjakiwi.com/templates/gameajax.php…://www.ninjakiwi.com/images/stories/Games/bloonstd3.swf

I love this game! A lot more upgrades than the previous games, and more maps, too! I haven’t gotten far enough to find out what the secret tower is, so if someone would like to let me know when they get it, please do.

Topic: Technical Support / Wii Challenge

Maybe this was a mistake update…? Either that or whoever uploaded it was drunk when they did and forgot to edit it. The “more info” link goes to http://www.kongregate.com/contests, which is the normal contest for game developers. They probably have a real one though, whoever finds it gets (50) brownie points! D:

For those thinking Jay will win, it’s most likely going to be like the last reward challenge, where we got a ticket. I’m guessing referring 3 friends would kind of be pushing it.

Topic: Kongregate / New comment filtering!

I think it’s working, I checked the first ten comment pages on Sonny, and I didn’t see any.

Can I ask how long ago you added this feature? So I know if I see a chain letter on August 26th (or however long ago the feature was added) I would know that it passed the spam test.

Topic: Kongregate / Won a ticket

You can change your email address right here.

Topic: Programming / Programming a tictactoe game

Make a 2D array that contains the current moves made that checks for wins/ties whenever a move is made.

To make a move, just have an empty movie clip on each of the 9 areas. Have that call a function removing the blank movie clip and inserting a movie clip that is either a circle or x, that also modifies the 2D array.

Topic: Programming / plz help c++ trouble

Don’t forget using namespace std;, Anticipation. You’ll need that if you’re just going to use plain cout.

Topic: Programming / Porting C++ to ActionScript

I wouldn’t port it to AS, but to C, which would be much easier.

Read this:

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/07/1724236

Topic: Kongregate / August - Greg Month!

Why is Super Ban Jude 2 so short if all it is is walking straight forward?

Admittedly, the graphics are great, though =).

Topic: Off-topic / Sugar glider or pygmy hedgehog?

Either way, we are forgetting the all important pet rock.

Hedgehogs and sugar gliders both tie in a close second, though.

Topic: Kongregate / [resolved] bad avatar alert

Eh, unproductive, read his comments and his shouts.

It’d be best if you just submitted this at the feedback page. No one wants to draw attention to this kind of thing, you see?

Topic: Kongregate / referrals

Append ?referrer=gismo588 to any URL on Kongregate, and if your friend signs up from that link, then you will get points. I think you also have to do it from a different IP address.

Topic: Games / Good PS3 Games

Eeek. Can’t start a thread asking for game suggestions without getting flamed by fanboys? Ohyesiwouldloveforyoutohijackthisthreadwithyouropinionwhythankyou.

I would recommend Warhawk.

Topic: Games / Good news, all you GH fans!

They should have done Crazy Train a loooong time ago. I’m glad that they’re doing Float On as well.

Topic: Kongregate / Suggestion For What We Use Our Points For.

http://www.kongregate.com/forums/1/topics/4556

For anyone who’s interested in Kongregate t-shirts, look at Nemoso’s designs, they’re brilliant.

Topic: Kongregate / How can I find out about ads and sponsorships?

sponsor@kongregate.com

It’s in the Help page. For real this time ;P.

Topic: Programming / [AS3] Reusing Loaders for Multiple Images

Thanks again =).

Topic: Programming / [AS3] Reusing Loaders for Multiple Images

Thanks a ton!

I had to add var to the beginning, but it worked! Thank you so much, I was looking in a totally different area for the problem, I never would have found it!

Topic: Programming / [AS3] Reusing Loaders for Multiple Images

Edit: Looking over DeepClaw’s edit… wait a sec.

Topic: Programming / [AS3] Reusing Loaders for Multiple Images

Finding that the drawing API in ActionScript was not a reasonable choice for an entire library of graphics for a game, I searched earlier today for instructions on using graphics external to the SWF (I’m using Flex, you see). After a very long time of revising my keywords, I stumbled upon a site that gave the code for this.

The code does work, but the problem is that I have tried to turn it into a function so that I could call it anytime I want to add a graphic (and since I am looking at a game that pretty much drags the entire visual display from a website, it would make the game easier to code and the code easier to read).

I have tried for a long time but have not been able to get this function to work. It seems that the first image disappears when the second one is loaded.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this might be?

Here’s the source:

package {
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.text.*;
    public class Main extends Sprite {
        public var imgArr:Array = new Array();
        public var loadArr:Array = new Array();
        public var img:int = 0;
        public var imageLoader:Loader = new Loader();
        public function Main() {
            loadImage("rock.png");
            loadImage("popcorn.png");
        }

        public function loadImage(imgURL:String):void {
            imgURL = "http://kongreguide.com/expo/projects/rock/" + imgURL;
            var imgReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(imgURL);
            imageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoad);
            imageLoader.load(imgReq);
            function onLoad(evt:Event):void {
                imgArr[img] = imageLoader.content;
                imgArr[img].x = stage.width >> 1;
                imgArr[img].y = stage.height >> 1;
                stage.addChild(imgArr[img]);
                img++;
                //imageLoader.unload();
            }
        }
    }
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Including telling me how to get graphics into Flex without using the loader class).

Topic: Kongregate / where did my dress up game thread go?

http://www.kongregate.com/forums/3/topics/16983

Moved, apparently. You can look at your most recent posts if you click on your post count.

Topic: Kongregate / Rather Bad Advertisements on Kong?

What sacrifice? Little colorful pictures are too much for you to take?

Edit- Ads aren’t the “only”, Just the main, as far as I know. (or at least not directly)

They are. Until premium games come out, at least.

yeah we really need to get back on topic…

Probably, I got a little sidetracked. =P

Okay, well since these ads aren’t directly approved by Kongregate, they don’t have any direct control.

Ads they notice however, are removed, but it takes about an hour or so to get them removed from the rotation.

Topic: Kongregate / Rather Bad Advertisements on Kong?

Hey I am grateful

DanielVonRommel:

Idiocy- Level 20

Stubborness- Level 10

Gratefulness- Level 1 (out of 100,000)

if they really believe it saves Kong then their intentions are good

Erm, I hope you didn’t notice this, and that this will reverse your views, but you do realise that’s the only way that they make money, right?

Topic: Kongregate / Rather Bad Advertisements on Kong?

Ok uhm, May I ask everyone who sees the ads why they don’t just fix the problem and block them? it’s sooo easy

Coming from the same person that hated the developers profiting from their own game (Bubble Tanks 2), I’m not particularly surpised.

Edit:

All hail the heroes who sacrify themselves to fund Kongregate without getting anything back (Apart the happyness of having helped, I suppose)

Yes, I suppose we don’t get anything back. Seems kind of unfair to me, I guess. I mean, apart from the website itself, I don’t get anything.

I demand compensation for having images bordering my free entertainment.

Topic: Kongregate / Really weird kongregate test site

Oh, they are. Including the new Particles one! All you have to do is score…

Topic: Kongregate / Really weird kongregate test site

That’s because they just backup the data on the main Kongregate and transfer it over for testing. Can’t have a site with no members, now can we?