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my music etc & breaks

Posted by carbonlad - February 15th, 2019

I've taken a break from making tunes to focus on other things

I'd also like to get back on working on flash games before theyre gone in 2020

I would like to take breaks in general.

It shouldnt be a crime to take one to reflect on things that are more important.

sometimes I'm not all about lame chiptune or piano covers.

What're your thoughts? I dont expect a huge reply, but if youre one of my 15 followers

I wouldnt mind if you said something, if you stay silent that's fine too, but this is me trying to reach out

At any rate, keep enjoying whatever I make, there will be more soon.

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Gimmick 2019-02-15 03:51:48

not a fan, not a follower, just saw you on the bbs occasionally, i say you do whatever you want to do, nobody's forcing you to do whatever you don't want to.

also flash disappearing in 2020 doesn't mean you can't make flash stuff, it's that less people will view it IIRC, so it's more about future-proofing your past work than 'getting in as many flash related stuff as you can before 2020'. in other words, its not a room that gets permanently locked in 2020, it's more like a pantry that gets renovated into a closet

carbonlad 2019-02-15 03:51:48

yea future proofing flash games is definitely a thing, most of my stuff is still in flash, the best I can do once support stops is export projector files from them. I havent thought of anything else yet. Flash is a great tool, im a little reluctant that it is being phased out, and also knowing that the one batman shooter was a big fan of using it for science demonstrations (I think?) before going mad and shooting up an entire theater though lol.

Gimmick 2019-02-15 06:23:13

@Gimmick @carbonlad columbine? or regret/jeff weise? but yeah it's been a great run, and oh the places it could have continued onwards if only a series of boneheaded decisions hadn't been made all these years. Anyway, this is a mixed blessing: while developing in as3 is a dead end except for desktop/AIR, at least you won't have to worry about someone from the future stumbling on your old crap and wondering why it's so bad, because they won't be able to play it in the first place lol

also there's some software that some dude made for archiving flash games and playing them on the desktop, it's described in his post: https://blog.usejournal.com/adobe-flashs-gaming-legacy-thousands-upon-thousands-of-titles-and-my-efforts-to-save-it-58c14811558a

carbonlad 2019-02-15 06:23:13

@Gimmick it was actually James Holmes(mass murderer) He said this about flash:
" "I had little experience in computer programming and the work was challenging to say the least. Nonetheless, I taught myself how to program in Flash and then construct a cross-temporal calibration model.... Completing the project and presenting my model at the end of the internship was exhilarating."

There was a law and order episode about jeff weise though, and they recreated the animation from newgrounds almost to a T; I'll look up the episode when I have the chance, I actually have it saved, but I cant post it on youtube unless there's a commentary track on it before the highlights in it. I dont know if @tomfulp heard about this or not but Ive been dying to post it somewhere.

Thanks for the link on the legacy stuff.

TomFulp 2019-02-15 08:07:55

@Gimmick @carbonlad we’re releasing something soon that will launch and play Flash games from NG, so people can keep browsing / playing / getting medals and high scores after 2020.

Gimmick 2019-02-15 21:09:21

@TomFulp @carbonlad thank you Tom Fulp, very cool! Seriously tho, that's amazing. How does it work - does it launch an AIR app on the desktop, or something else?

@carbonlad That's really interesting, and completely forgot about Holmes.

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