SuperMegaFont fix

Hey !
Quick update.
See SMF is working alright except it's a bit of a pain 'cause of the weird keyboard shortcuts ...
So here's a fixed version :

SuperMegaFont fix

Same as the original one, except :

ENTER >>> skip line
BACKSPACE >>> delete character
TAB >>> go 1 line up

Should B more intuitive 2 use now.
Hope U enjoy, ciao !

week 4, Work 3 (13)

Hello !
Today's the day : SuperMegaFont !
It's finished !!!
Oh how many times I doubted this day would ever come ...

Anyways, it's the same as SuperFont just I improved it.
I'm not gonna tell you too much, just read the readmefile, it's link from the "How it works" picture above.

It's all functional.
Now OK I could have improved it even more but I spent so much time on that thing I thought I'd leave it as it is for now.
If you see a way I could improve it or spot a bug please let me know and post it as a comment.
I mean ... I'm done w/ it for now but I might wanna go back 2 it l8er.
All I'm trying 2 say is I deserve a break lol

Here's some key combinations that work in the app that you might have not been aware of :

ALT+] >>> ‘
SHIFT+ALT+] >>> ’ (there's no ', so just use ’ instead)
ALT+[ >>> “
SHIFT+ALT+[ >>> ”
ALT+\ >>> «
SHIFT+ALT+\ >>> »
SHIFT+ALT+e >>> ‰

SHIFT+ALT+= >>> ±
ALT+3 >>> #
ALT+7 >>> ¶
SHIFT+ALT+8 >>> °
ALT+= >>> ≠
ALT+5 >>> ∞
ALT+x >>> ≈
ALT+v >>> √
ALT+, >>> ≤
ALT+. >>> ≥
ALT+g >>> ©
ALT+r >>> ®
ALT+t >>> †
ALT+y >>> ¥
ALT+/ >>> ÷
SHIFT+ALT+2 >>> ™

And for those who didn't figure out the image linked to the app, here it is :

SuperMegaFont

Needless to say, enjoy :-D !

Profile pic !

Profile pic !
I thought the default pic was rather ugly ... and boring ... and lifeless ...
So I made me 1 on Processing !
It took me way longer than I thought it would.
But there it is !

Processing file
.png image

And I also stole some code from there (I confess).
And yeah ...

Ciao !

Week 4, Work 1 (11)

Hellu hellu hellu !
Today, what I've been working on since the 2nd half of last week : my chatwindow v.2.
It's an update of the last post, basically.
For now I only have the fonts.
As you can see, there's a lot more than on the v.1.
I've included caps & stuff.
What I've got to do now is link everything together and ... basically make it work.
It I'm lucky I'll be done on thursday, so then I can move on to other stuff :-) !
Here's the updates database :

SuperMegaFont Database

Also, new logs ! Log 4 & Log 4.5.
Log 4.5 has more 2 do w/ my next project, which should involve 3D ... BIG stuff lol !

Oh, there's more !
While I was putting the new database together I was looking at a word document to help me.
Click here to download it (it's useless really but U know ... U never kno !).

That's all 4 2day.
Ciao :-) !

Pictures !

Hi !
I've just finished fixing the blog so it has pictures/icons.
'cause I thought it was useless and then I realized it would make it way less confusing.
So from now on every time I put a new app online it'll have a pic AS WELL as a link.

There ain't pix for EVERY SINGLE app I've put online up to date, just the major stuff (for when I posted several at once).
And yeah ... I hope it helps !
Ciao !

week 3, Work 3 (10)

And yeah.

I hope U figure it out.

There it is :

Chat Window

Enjoy !!!

P.S.: "CIIID" was an attempt at a smiley ... I know !

Shit's getting confusing ...

I'm a bit concerned that applications might be a bit hard to find as my blog is such a mess.

So here's a list of all the applications that I've put online so far (more or less chonological order) :

Apps that interact w/ the mouse :

Space Invader Basic Tracer

Space Invader + Refresh

Space Invader Clicker

Space Invader + Background - Nature

Space Invader + Background - Green~Pink

Space Invader + Background - Autumn

Space Invader - Funky

Databases (still) :

Refer v.6 Database

Grid 01

Tick-Tack-Toe

Grid 02

Font

PrettySquares Database

Still Chat Window

Variables & Objects :

SuperFont

SuperFont ABC

SuperFont Timer

SuperFont Random

Random Aliens

Alien Stock

Alien Stock + Random Colours

ZOMG I've actually been uploading EXACTLY 7 apps/week so far ! 'cause I hadn't counted them ... funny ...

Anyways that's all the apps that are online up to this date.

I'll try to post something like that every 3 weeks. Or 4. IDK.

Anyways I hope U enjoy :-D !

week 3, Work 2 (09)

Yow !

Here's tuesday's work.

I know, I know, but I also needed to scan my notes in, which took me a while to do (the only scanners that work correctly are in the PC room on the 2nd floor ... ) so as I thought I'd put everything online at once, these applets have been completed for a while (since tuesday) but only get put online now ...

They're updates of the Random Alien application.

So now these aliens are animated BUT they don't get picked randomly anymore.

I'll have to work on that ... Arrays are ASSHOLES :-S !

Anyways here are 2 apps, 1 w/ animated aliens & 1 w/ animated aliens that also change colours, enjoy :-) !

Animated Aliens

Animated Aliens + random colours

Also, there's 2 new scanned logs : Log 3 & Log 3.5

Andrew wrote the page on the write on Log 3.5, in case you're wondering.

Also here's a video that kinda freaked me out (althou not that much 'cause my PC @ home bugs all the time so I get that all the time ... ) that was programmed on Processing, U should check it out :-D !

And yeah.

Might post again today.

Or tomorrow.

Or on monday.

If I don't, HAVE A GOOD WEEK-END :-D !

Week 3, Work 1 (08)

Hello hello hello !

Today : SUCCESS !

I got 4 uploads :-D

All of them more or less updates of one another.

SuperFont ABC is the same as SuperFont except it uses chars insteadda ints. What that means is to call "a" you enter "A" instead of, previously, "1".

SuperFont Timer is my 1st successful animation :-D !!! I'm so proud !

SuperFont Random types 6 randoms characters. Click it and it refreshes :-D

And last but not least, Random Aliens (by far my favourite so far :-D) displays 16 random characters from the good old Pretty Squares database.

SuperFont ABC

SuperFont Timer

SuperFont Random

Random Aliens

Easy process to follow really, I updated SuperFont (which was actually useless 'cause the rest of them use the old variable-based database for the random function ... but anyway !), then I got back to my animated applet and completed it using a different process (a sort of timer rather than delay), then Andrew pointed out I should use the random function so I did it, and then I introduced my characters.

LOOOTS of fun, really :-D !

Next step : animate the little aliens :-) ...

Week 2, Work 4 (07)

Sooo yeah I wanted 2 do a chat window thingy, like I said yesterday.

But ... it don't work !

After a couple hours of investigation (read : "4 hours for total failure") I realized that I can really only do 1- STATIC images and 2- INTERACTIVE thingies on Processing for the moment.

I still ain't figured out how to work with a timeline like on Flash (i.e. how to make an ANIMATED program) and it bugs me ...

On the cool side I found a link to a French Processing tutorial website (yay, more reading ! ... ).

2day I also tried to toggle objects by pressing keys.

... I ain't quite there yet ...

Either way, lots of questions for Andrew on monday (objects confuse the crap outta me, I had a go at that stuff, too) :-D !

So I just typed a little text sample to test the font.

It works well (given that you take the time to imput all the data ...).

And then I got carried away and came up with ... THE SUPERFONT !

Which is 1 single object containing the data for the 26 letters of my alphabet.

I'm very proud of it !

It just spells my name in the example but U can make it spell anything really ... SKY'S THE LIMIT BABY !

OK I'm calm now, I'm calm ...

Here's the apps :

Unwiggly text

Super Font

Just to prove that I'm well on my way into make my fonts, well, proper fonts.

I've changed them into objects too, and guess what ?

It didn't make my life easier.

AT ALL !

Sooo I'm gonna go ahead and try to enjoy my week-end now.

If anybody needs me I'll be on Diablo II bashing stuff XD !

See yu on monday !