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by Dean Rivers
Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:43 pm
Forum: Current Events and Science/Technology
Topic: Extracting audio from visual information
Replies: 3
Views: 7209

Re: Extracting audio from visual information

That's brilliantly innovative! I can't imagine the amount of maths involved to model something like this, not to mention the price of sensors they used. The government will be having a field day with this if cameras ever get good and cheap enough. CCTV on steroids.
by Dean Rivers
Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:53 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: Understanding Concepts
Replies: 0
Views: 19396

Understanding Concepts

Ever had a moment where you're researching something for hours, not being able to "get" what the person is saying, but then you listen to it being said differently and think "God, this is actually so fucking simple."? Afterwards, anything relevant to that new idea gets absorbed s...
by Dean Rivers
Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: The Dream cast II thread
Replies: 6
Views: 3406

Re: The Dream cast II thread

The main thing that springs into my mind is the initial funding for the project. Because it's hardware based, things will be more difficult to get started compared to a digital product. I don't know much about Steam Machine, but you might want to establish yourself more in the independent gaming sce...
by Dean Rivers
Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:22 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: The Dream cast II thread
Replies: 6
Views: 3406

Re: The Dream cast II thread

I don't understand. Are you saying that you plan on designing a full-on computer system on an IC level? Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?
by Dean Rivers
Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:03 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: What's the use of Lua in SDL?
Replies: 3
Views: 2502

Re: What's the use of Lua in SDL?

Following up from the two previous answers, just think of LUA as a new layer of abstraction from the actual game engine code - the game engine as being the code which is run by the OS. All it does is give you a means of feeding in new inputs to the system without having to restructure the decided up...
by Dean Rivers
Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:37 pm
Forum: General/Off-Topic
Topic: Official "Hello, World! (I'm new!)" thread
Replies: 821
Views: 629527

Re: Official "Hello, World! (I'm new!)" thread

Name's Dean Rivers, First of all, I'd like to say that I've been a follower of your project for many years and I think it's incredible to see the team's transition from part-time hobbyists to full-time entrepreneurs. You are an inspiration to so many. I donated to the Kick and can't wait to get my o...