#codeblr tagging games

[parowanormal]

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shopping for a laptop (or determining what your laptop can do) can be confusing. even as a computer science major, it took me a long time to get familiar with all of it! in this series, i'm breaking down each term, number, and specification, so you can determine what's best for you.

if you have more specific questions, my askbox is open, or feel free to send me a DM. let's talk processors!

what does the processor do?

the processor (also called the CPU) is the brain of a computer. it executes all the instructions needed to run applications. your internet browser, video editing software, games, and messaging apps are all managed by your processor. the code that makes them run is sent to your processor piece by piece, and the processor executes all of them simultaneously. it's the most important part of your computer!

what do the numbers mean?

two things determine how well your processor will perform: number of cores and clock speed. these numbers are often thrown all together when talking about the processor: e.g., "AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 2.0GHz Processor". AMD is the brand, Ryzen 7 7730U is the specific model, and 2.0GHz is the clock speed.

the number of cores determines how many of those individual instructions the computer can run at once. in other words, it's how much "brain space" your processor has. more cores means your computer can run more complicated programs.

each core may have 1 or 2 threads, which divide the core into pieces to run smaller programs more efficiently. a complicated program may need multiple threads or multiple cores, but simple programs can fit onto a single thread of a single core.

the clock speed is measured in gigahertz (GHz), which you may recognize as a frequency measurement. without getting too much into how processors work, the clock speed indicates how quickly your computer can execute instructions. it has to do with how quickly electrical pulses are sent through the CPU.

most CPUs have at least 4 cores and a clock speed of around 2.0GHz. modern Intel brand processors have two types of core: higher clock speed "P-cores" (for performance), and lower clock speed "E-cores" (for efficiency). in this case, the important number of cores to look at are the P-cores; more E-cores will just mean your machine is better at multi-tasking.

rowan recommends...

...as much processor as you'll realistically use. don't spend a lot on a powerful processor if you only surf the web, and don't try to cut corners if you like to play games or use video editing software.

there are two major CPU manufacturers: Intel and AMD. i've only personally used Intel CPUs, but most people won't notice the difference between an Intel and an AMD. if you're choosing between two similarly priced processors, choose the one with a higher clock speed.

for surfing the web, word processors, and small apps like Discord or Spotify: an Intel i3/AMD Ryzen 3 is perfectly fine.

for simple programming, music production, or games like Minecraft or Stardew Valley: choose an Intel i5/AMD Ryzen 5 with a clock speed of at least 2.0GHz.

for video editing, rendering, 3D modeling, complex programming, or high-performance games: an Intel i7 or i9, or an AMD Ryzen 7, with as high of a clock speed as you can afford.

thanks for reading and good luck! again, if you have specific questions, feel free to ask a question or DM. :3

next in series: memory

[bf-rally]

A webgame I'm trying to get up and running!

(This game is for ppl that are 18+) bfrally.vercel.app

Currently looking for people who want to sign up while the site is still being made to mess around and let me know if they find any problems.

BF⭐️Rally

(short for Boyfriend Rally)

A collectable site where you gather and trade virtual boyfriends. Create a profile, talk with other players and show off who your favorites are!

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Hi! I've been working on this webgame for two months so far and it's super early days but I've been making decent progress. So I want to start putting it out there to find people who might be interested in something like this. Mainly so I can have people to talk to about it haha, but also so I can have an easier time getting feedback when I need it.

I'd say the game is supposed to have a similar setup like neopets or chicken smoothie but with cute guys instead of pets! And also with a very self insert-y vibe (or OCs if you're not into that).

My current goal is to get the site running with the basics first:

- User Profiles

- Boyfriend Collecting (You get a few each "month", month is in quotations since I probably wont be consistent at first cause I'll be busy with coding)

- and Forums

But there's way more stuff I wanna add in the future like:

- customizable player avatars

- trading

- affection levels and unlockable romantic interactions and possible short stories in a visual novel format

- mini games, gifts and an idle options to help with raising affection so people dont have to log in everyday

- possible bf dress up abilities, (though I'm still trying to figure out if this is feasible lol)

- setting up scenes with player avatars and a bf or bfs that can be saved as an image (kind of like a photobooth or dollhouse)

So yea, it a lot but this is definitely a long term passion project with no time limit so I'll be able to slowly add them over time.

Anyways check out my blog if you're interested, I mostly post art and me rambling about technical stuff 🫡

[tribow]

Been thinking a lot about performance optimizations for the game.

The play area is meant to be huge with hundreds of enemies all doing their own thing in whatever location. The game should operate without the player's influence.

So that's hundreds of objects that all check their surroundings, send signals, have collision checks, timers, AI behavior, can shoot bullets, and whatever else.

For the bullets, I've been debating on just pooling them. In my mind, there probably won't be much more than 1000 bullets active at any time. That's not a crazy number, but considering how many objects are already being processed pooling the bullets can at least relieve a little strain.

The asteroids have big numbers too, there's hundreds of them. However, they're super simple in terms of movement and collision mask (They only check for colliding with each other). Many of them will be entirely off-screen so maybe I can find a method to stop an asteroid's processing until they return to camera view. Heck I can do that with off-screen enemies too!

Buuuuuut that would interfere with the idea that the game operates without player influence. An enemy's position should constantly upate , ESPECIALLY the boss. Maybe I can have enemies stop checking their surroundings until they're in view of a camera? (They do occassional query PhysicsState query checks to choose a target).

The game is meant to increase difficulty with the more enemies you defeat so instead of spawning new enemies I could replace off-screen ones with stronger enemies.

....Do I pool enemies? A lot can be defeated at once although not a lot would be spawned at once...probably. Some enemies could spawn other enemies too....

Aaaa. Optimizations are rough especially since they put a complete pause on gameplay development, but I need to address it early before the gameplay loop is fully constructed. I mean to make this chaotic game be multiplayer (or at least try to) so this is necessary.

[izicodes]

Get To Know Me~!

Thank you very much @lostlibrariangirl (°◡°♡)

♡ Last Song: "End of Beginning" - Djo (the guy from Stranger Things)

♡ Favourite Colours: pink, brown, black, white

♡ Current Watching: Golden Kamuy Season 3

♡ Spicy/savoury/sweet: Sweet! Got my sweet tooth from my Dad

♡ Relationship Status: Single for faith ✝️

♡ Current Obsession: Designing and programming my fake fanfiction website, learning Russian, watching new anime shows, Bluesky

♡ I tag: Literally anyone!

[a-fox-studies]

Tag game!

Thankyou @iwillsurvivecollege for the tag!

Last song: Is It Over Now? by Taylor Swift

Latest show: rewatched modern family season 1 with @studaxy

Currently reading: nothing right now, but planning on starting Wings of Fire series after my exams :3

Currently Watching: ----

Current obsessions: folkore (Taylor Swift's 8th album)

Favourite colour: Blue!

Relationship status: single

Last thing you googled: "mad woman lyrics"

Song stuck in your head: Forever Winter by Taylor Swift

Dream Trip: I really want to go to Egypt :D

Anything you want right now: a good pain day and a productive day

Tagging @asheskies @waynesadie @electrolumen @sapphicacademic @studaxy @rkiveofstudies @elu-xx @thetimelordofcamelot @xiabablog @leaveblackkbrosalone @tenaciousdeveloper @xtekker @variablecemetery

[rhythmicsystem]

Hey guys my friend is making a cool game

it's a semi-idle clicker game, called Guild Master - you recruit adventurers for different tasks.

this is still in major alpha stages, but it's finally at a point where I can post about it. As it works currently, the save info is stored locally, you'll need to export the save to be able to move it to another browser. You'll likely want to export often since it's changing a lot right now.

He's looking for artists to commission for backgrounds and icons (I did the current backgrounds as programmer art placeholders). His discord is on the site, idk what the details are about that specifically.

Guild Master GitHub

Guild Master Game Site

[mousiecat]

♥ ♡ Intro Post! ♡ ♥

post update (10/17/23)

uhh okay so eventually this will be more about coding again but I've been too busy

but I'm just gonna reblog and talk about whatever

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Hi, I’m mousiecat 🐭🐱

I'm so excited to participate in the Codeblr community!

I'd love it if you checked out my Neocities!

If you're on Neocities, you can follow me here :)

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First, my main tags:

meow squeak - me! my own posts! includes asks

Reference - coding info to refer back to

Resources - useful tools and libraries

Learning Resources - tutorials, games, projects, or webinars for learning

Web Accessibility - learn to make things more accessible!

Goodies - yummy pixels and art that creators have shared for public use on your webbies ~ (always follow creators' crediting guidelines!)

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Read more for more about me!

Coding Origins

The golden age of Neopets! It was an HTML/CSS wonderland! You could catch my kid self building Sailor Moon guilds, spicing up my shop, and customizing my pet pages.

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Coding Rebirth

A bit ago, in a fit of nostalgia, I surfed Geocities archives and longed for the days the creative web still existed. Then I realized...HTML/CSS are still around, and people are still making cute, fun, independent sites with it. You don’t have to resort to uploading content to some billionaire’s website--you can still make your own!

So, I got on the Neocities train, and I've been really excited about the endless possibilities with coding! I especially love that, if you are able to access a consistent computer and internet connection, you can do everything else for FREE! Learning, creating, publishing, all of it. Kinda kickass.

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Currently Learning:

HTML/CSS, and soon JavaScript with FreeCodeCamp

Learning a bit of Python with Udemy (mostly to connect with a local lesbian coding group)

Attending random Meetup coding events until I find my groove~

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Goals:

My primary goals are fun and creativity! I especially wanna make cute lil games and activities for silly webpages :)

More and more, I also want to find ways to use coding for liberatory organizing, especially abolition, sex worker advocacy, and reproductive justice work. So far I've made a cute page for an event, and I've got some ideas for simple educational games :) I'd love to strategize beyond this ~~~~~

Down the line it could be really cool to get a paying gig, but it's not my central motive

I just want to keep learning more so I have a better sense of all the possibilities!!! Let's get this party STARTED!

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Codeblr Goals:

You know…I’ll post when I post and I won’t when I won’t! I have ADHD, so out of love for myself I don’t give myself assignments when I don’t have to. So, I’m not trying to post every day or anything. I just want a lil outlet for it when I’m feeling it! I love learning from everyone here, and it would be amazing to make connections!

[code-es]

Codeblr tag game - realization

@a-fox-studies thank you for tagging me in this!!

At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

Heh this is a long one... So read if u want to know some code-es lore :p

But tldr: My dad was a software/computer engineer and his dedication and working spirit is my biggest inspiration, but programming was never a passion of mine - languages were my big thing. This was until I took a programming course and realized that programming is just like learning languages, but with rules that actually apply.

I want to tag: @xiacodes @web-dev-with-bea @compooter-blob @alica-tech @lazar-codes @zoeythebee @cloudycodes @04kid

Programming was always around me when i was younger. My father was a software systems engineer, so when i was a kid i would see him work on matrix looking code, and sometimes he'd even let me press buttons!

But i wasn't really interested in learning anything about computers... I was instead interested in art and especially languages, which was my biggest interest and passion. Then my dad passed away, and following that I'd get more and more interested in programming during my teens, partly to honor him and my family, because on my dad's side almost everyone's a software engineer. I also had an email friend I met on omegle when i was 14-15, and he was 30 something, which... now that i think of it, it was probably pretty a little weird that he wanted to be my friend... but anyways, he was a software engineer and explained what coding/programming was and following that I made my first webpage using only HTML and CSS, in my notepad hahaha!!

But... I didn't do much after that, until I was in my second last year of high school. I signed up to take a programming course for my next and final year. I've always been curious, and wanted all the knowledge I could get, so when a programming course was offered I had to take it! But it was just another small drop in my big lake of interests.

I don't think I realized that computers and programming was what I wanted to do until I visited my family in Mexico 2 years ago, weeks before starting that programming course. For some reason I always saw programming and computers as something out of my reach - i couldn't possibly learn this. However, to prove me wrong, my cousin, who studied software development at the time, showed me his projects, and what he was doing. And, I realized that omg - I could also be doing this? It's within reach!

And then I started learning python in school and I was kind of discouraged, it was so difficult! Most people had previous experience, and seeing what they could already do I felt overwhelmed, thinking I should also be doing that. But I kept coming back to the thought that this is just like learning a language: if I just expose myself to more and more content it will start making sense, and sooner or later I'll be able to form my own sentences and the computer will listen to me.

I've always loved the logic of languages, how the syntax is built, and how verbs are conjugated in accordance to gender, numerus and time in different languages. But... there are always exepctions and irregularities you just have to learn. However, programming is all logic, everything has an explanation, even the seemingly inexplicable concepts. There is always a solution, and my creativity is the limit, and that is what keeps me going.

And then! I was looking at university educations to apply for, when on a whim I found out about my current school, checked what courses they offer and saw something about frontend development. I read the description, and realized that oh my god - this is my type of programming! I get to do design and art AND code? And since studying here, I have realized that, yeah, this is exactly my field, and I love computers and I just want to learn more and more and more, always, and there are so many rabbit holes to fall into within programming.

During my time in school, I would envision myself working with something static in the future; like just going to uni, learning a job, and then doing it. Then, I remember being on studyblr, and seeing the quote "now is the only time in your life when your full time job is to learn" and I took it to heart, and that is what kept me motivated - I thought, what a privilege to just learn for a living. And that is exactly what working with software will be (:

My biggest weakness is finishing writing shit lol, my feedback in on essays was always: ok great, but dont have 3 different points where we think its gonna end but we're met with yet another finishing paragraph. So I'll just end it quickly here, thank you for reading!

[vexacarnivorous]

Coding Language Tag Game!

Rules: Talk about your most favourite and least favourite coding language, and tag more codeblrs to do the same!

Tagged by: @a-fox-studies

I think this is actually a very funny tag game for us to start with because:

While I have written at least three lines of code in like eight separate coding languages, I've only written at least four lines of code in about three, so you can imagine how much I don't know (which is everything, btw);

There is no second point. I genuinely only have real experience in Python, HTML, and CSS, & even then I'm certainly no expert in any of them. I'm a baby codeblr really

That said: I love the versatility of Python, I think it's sexy af, and it was my first coding language. Sentimentality at this point demands it be my favourite. I also love Malbolge, which is ACTUALLY the worst programming language, but I think it's extremely funny performance art. Please look at this tumblr post

The worst: can I say Python again (/j)? Hmm... no, I guess maybe Assembly? We had to take a look at it in class once and I had no idea what was happening at all, but the other day I was listening to Darknet Diaries and this one lady was talking about Assembly with such love and passion that it's kinda motivated me into looking at it again

No pressure tags: @maiacodes, @wallf1ower, @zoeythebee, @tiredcoding, @inkcipher, @kitkatcodes, @404icy, @web-dev-with-bea, @code-es (I want to get to know you guys, but dwbi if you guys don't want to join in!)

[zoeythebee]

Coding Language Tag Game!

Rules: Talk about your most favorite and least favorite coding languages, and tag more codeblrs to do the same

Tagged by @vexacarnivorous

My Favorite and Least Favorite Programming Language

I got tagged in a post tag game, which means I get to rant about programming languages!

My Favorite(s)

is tied between Lua and C. I want to try out Odin as well, and Jai when it comes out. But for now its the former two. And the reason why they are tied is because I like them for different reasons.

So for C I just am in LOVE with the speed and the control. Absolutely every little detail you have access to in C. And there is no weird abstracted away bullshit. Oh and pointers are fucking magic once you learn them. I am in love with pointers.

It's biggest downside is it's syntax is a little outdated, and it has some old features that aren't important anymore and are kinda annoying. Like header files, ascii default strings, forced type casting when assigning structs. But those things are pretty minimal and easy to work around.

But I also really love lua. First of all Lua is stupidly easy to learn. The syntax only has, like, 30 reserved keywords. It took me reading a single 20 minute lua crash course to have the language down.

Plus it's fast. Lua is an interpreted scripting language, and it's about as fast as scripting languages can get. It's runtime is only 1.3megs. And with the Lua just-in-time compiler it is extremely fast.

Also it's extraordinarily flexible. In lua can you can be like "huh, I wonder if I can take a table of values, change them to string, concatonate them, then use it as the key to access a seperate table inside of a for loop and re assemble the keys on the other end" and it will just work.

There are a few TINY slightly annoying syntax things (arrays start at 1 instead of 0? And ~= means !=?) but that's it.

And with Love2d and bindings to every game library in existence, Lua is an absolutely wonderful language.

My least favorite language

is probably C++. It's design is fucking terrible, but it's performance is good and it has every feature from every programming language ever created ever so you can pick and choose what you need. But I think it's EXTREMELY easy to write dog shit code with it.

I'd avoid it unless you need it for a job.

And in conclusion...

This is a tag game, so I gotta tag some people! @mockingcode @404icy @moai-statue

[bf-rally]

hii! I'm starting the finding "testers" process early cause finding random people willing to mess around on a partially built site might take a long while. If you're interested in helping me test out the Boyfriend⭐Rally site in the (hopefully) near future, please sign this form

I'll pick like 5 people probably since I don't know how many people this site can handle on a free server tier lol If you're curious what I'm even doing check out this post if you want a more detailed explanation. But the tldr is, I'm trying to make a boyfriend collecting site thats similar to something like neopets (but with bfs instead) I have a lot of things I want to do with it and its gonna be a long term passion project for me so things will develop differently than originally intended (hopefully in good ways more than bad). I have coding experience but I've never built a site, and I'm trying to catch issues ahead of time so I can find solutions to them in the early days. So yea if you're interested in learning more check out my blog or message me or just sign the form and see lol

Okay thats all thanks!

[cyndaquirl]

@a-fox-studies tagged me again so here’s another one :)

Codeblr Tag Game - Realization

At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

I’ve always been into computers, and I started messing around with HTML/CSS when I was like 11 working on my tumblr theme lol. I enjoyed coding but I didn’t really consider it a passion. When I was picking a career path I settled on engineering pretty early on, and I had my sights strongly set on becoming some kind of engineer (was thinking mechanical, aerospace, or electrical).

When I got to uni, the first-year engineering program offered an introduction to programming course in C. It ended up being my favourite class by far, and I realized how much fun programming was. I did really well in the course and started working on a bunch of side projects to improve my skills.

After I finished my first year I realized I was absolutely not in love with engineering. I decided to switch majors into Computer Science so I could learn more about programming :)

And now I’m nearly done my degree!! I’m working on my honours thesis this term and I’ll likely pursue my masters after I graduate. Switching to CS was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made and I can’t wait to see where I end up.

Again, thanks for tagging me lol

[alica-tech]

codeblr tag game

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At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

Thank you @code-ess and @lazar-codes for tagging me!

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When I was around 13yo, I wanted a new laptop… But, I had a very tight budget and wanted the best bang for my buck.. Surely there must be another source to buy computers other than the local Best Buy! In the process of researching, I was very intrigued with the specs of a computer and how it all came together. (I also became horrified with how expensive Best Buy actually was 😅) That was my earliest memory of being interested in computers. Not wanting to get ripped off! I ended up buying a used X220 tablet/thinkpad hybrid on Ebay. That thing lasted for years! And I got interested with distro hopping and scripting :D

Another strong influence was that I read a book titled Code: The Hidden Language of Computers by Charles Petzold which taught me a lot of fundamental computing concepts I’d later drill down in my degree! I initially wanted to be a hardware/embedded engineer, but I’m fully passionate about SWE as a career now 😊

Throughout my teens, I had pretty mediocre grades.. So, it was disappointing I wasn’t able to enroll in CS classes before college. I asked my parents to send me to super cheap summer camp courses in cybersecurity, game development, & robotics instead. Got into a lot of computing hijinks with my friends which kept up my interest too

Fortunately, I was able to leave high school after my 2nd year to attend a community college for Computer Engineering, which was smooth sailing. But transferring to university, there was A LOT of bumps in the road (2.20 GPA, gap year, switching majors), but I did make it and graduate with my Bachelor’s in CS last year so yay 🎉

Imma tag @i-think-dev-might-draw and @systemhalt

[a-fox-studies]

Codeblr Tag Game - Realization

Heyo codeblrs! I am back with another tag game!

At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

I was getting the highest marks in computer science in school. The subject was fun, but I hadn't really thought about a career in it. A family friend of ours, decided she would teach me Python for free, and I was really curious as to what that was. So I immediately said yes, because how often would you get lucky enough to learn something for free from a professional!

During one of her conversations with my mom, I overheard her saying that I was way ahead of my age, and I was excellent at coding. And I also realised that I was slowly falling in love with coding as well. I looked up online, did some research on scope and everything that my young brain wanted to know.

I think it was the moment I heard from an outsider that I was capable in excelling at something I loved, that made me decide that the world of computer science would be the one for me.

Tagging @perseverantdt @cyndaquirl @xiacodes @vexacarnivorous @leaveblackkbrosalone @wallf1ower @snowystudyblr @code-es, tell me about your 'oh!' moment!

[snowystudyblr]

Codeblr Tag Game: Realization

Thanks @a-fox-studies for tagging me!

At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

I was lucky enough to go to a technology-focused high school. I took several game design and programming classes and I really enjoyed them! At first I didn't see coding as a real career choice because I thought I was going to go into animation or another type of art, then I realized that would be really stressful for me and I'd rather do it on my own time (plus I'm not super good at it lol). I didn't decide on computer science until the end of senior year, and even then it was more of a "this is the most practical choice and the best fit for me" kind of thing. And then I've slowly fallen in love with it since. I guess because I'm not learning about it exclusively in school anymore, it's exciting to me now!

I think most people have already done this so I'm not sure who to tag lol. I'll just invite anyone else who wants to participate!

[izicodes]

Coding Language Tag Game~!

Tagged by @a-fox-studies and @leaveblackkbrosalone - thanks guys ~

Rules: Talk about your most favourite and least favourite coding language, and tag more codeblrs to do the same!

Favourite Coding Langauges

My favourite language has to be either C# or Lua. C# and me are definitely a textbook example of enemies to lovers. I used to hate C# and would avoid learning it as much as I could. Why did I hate it? Can’t even remember but what I do remember is whenever someone mentioned to learn it, I would frown and go “no chance!”. That is until I started my apprenticeship and guess what language my workplace uses? Yep, C#. From hate to love, C# has to be my number one.

As for Lua, I recently learnt that language, not to the max as I’m still beginner-mid level. I love that it’s simple to learn, easy to programming in my opinion! So yeah, my two favourites!

Least Favourite Programming Language

I’ve seen everyone put down C++! So much hate, oh no! But for me, my experience with Rust was not a good one. I tried it out, very confused. Even trying to install Rust to my home computer nearly broke it?! Really put me off from learning it. Since there’s no real need for me to learn Rust as of right now, I’ll just continue to ignore it! Maybe in the far future I’ll try again!

I will be tagging: @code-es @the-pipistrelle @web-dev-with-bea @bunnydevs @snaildotexe @moai-statue @mockingcode @maiacodes @snailmail-codes @lostlibrariangirl @letsmegadestinyuniverse-blog @sivanistudies @boywholovescode @kagacodes @tiredcoding @12themes