process_one

[umxprime]

Good evening,
I invite you to try process_one, a first homebrew of my design, midway between game and demo.
You can get it at http://www.umxprime.com and also discover some videos & pictures ...
I let talking the experience by itself.
Good evening to you.

Edit :
Maybe you can't get it, so :
http://www.umxprime.com/v2/works/fil...rocess_one.zip

and excerpt from the README :

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_:CONTROLS:_

[JOY] / move the square to draw the flow
[UP] / generate an upward oriented flow
[RIGHT] / generate a left oriented flow
[DOWN] / generate a downward oriented flow
[LEFT] / generate a left oriented flow
[TRIANGLE] / show pixels in a non persistent mode
[SQUARE] / the square doesn't draw
[CIRCLE] / the flow leads the particles toward the square
[CROSS] / the flow leads the particles away from the square
[L] / generate another flow
[R] / show the flow
[SELECT] / change colors of process_one (5 themes available)
[HOME] / quit

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_:VERSIONS+CHANGELOG:_

[03/31/08]
initial release

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_:INFOS:_

[CONTACT] / umxprime@umxprime.com
[WEB] / http://www.umxprime.com
[MADE WITH] / - Days, Nights and a PSP
- C
- PSPSDK
- triEngine, mainly triGraphics, a pspgu wrapper developped by Tomaz, InsertWittyName, and Raphael
- int mcrowne_isqrt(), a fast integer based sqrt function written by Mark Crowne
- int i_atan2(), a fast integer based atan2 function written by Simon Hosie
[GREETS] / PSPGEN, DEVSGEN, GENEVOIS FROM REALTECH-VR, SEB, ORU, BRUNO, UKKO_ONE, KADDD, ASDW

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.umxprime

[Xsjado7]

Originally Posted by umxprime

I let talking the experience by itself.

Uhh, what experience is to be had talking?

[umxprime]

maybe i've been misunderstood, but i was talkin about the experience I would have to deliver with process_one...
maybe my english is too bad so...
I hope you'll try process_one.

[Coolj]

Can you tell me what it is about?The video is a bit confusing

[jantunes]

Yeah, I need a clarification on tihs too. Video looks beautiful nonetheless.

[waywardson]

cool vid but i didnt understand a second of it

[umxprime]

well i think you couldn't see the link on my website, so I added it on the first message.

[jantunes]

This is basically to create flows. Very interesting.

[Sullivan]

Wow, thats all I can say, because I am like speechless, this is almost like what fl0w looks like, although I haven't used or played fl0w, I cannot wait to test this out!

[Mr305]

Very nice. Trying nawo.

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-= Double Post =-
The green one on black is EXTRA ORDINARY! Better than matrix

[Llanowyn]

Amazing, thank you.

[MrCrabs]

Ok, first I have to thank you for this homebrew, because it looks really cool. (I tried it, I am not judging from the video)


And now it's time for some critics (positive ones :P):

- Add an option to change the speed at which the lines disappear. [Triangle makes the speed like 0.1 second, but you should add a time bar or something like that to have more control over the "disappear-time".]

- More colors !!!!!

- More "themes" like own wallpaper as background or thicker lines

- What about some "obstacles" or other objects in the game? I could think of a fan which blows the lines away or a wall which bumps them away or or or..

- and last but not least: If you can, add some Anti-Aliasing to the game, that would be perfect! (like "high quality" with flash)

[umxprime]

Originally Posted by MrCrabs

Ok, first I have to thank you for this homebrew, because it looks really cool. (I tried it, I am not judging from the video)


And now it's time for some critics (positive ones :P):

- Add an option to change the speed at which the lines disappear. [Triangle makes the speed like 0.1 second, but you should add a time bar or something like that to have more control over the "disappear-time".]

Very nice idea, maybe something to implement in a process_two

Originally Posted by MrCrabs

- More colors !!!!!

These colors are my choices. Just play with it.

Originally Posted by MrCrabs

- More "themes" like own wallpaper as background or thicker lines

It's not a desktop, minimal appearance and background is my choice.

Originally Posted by MrCrabs

- What about some "obstacles" or other objects in the game? I could think of a fan which blows the lines away or a wall which bumps them away or or or..

Nice idea for a game. Is process_one a game anyway ?

Originally Posted by MrCrabs

- and last but not least: If you can, add some Anti-Aliasing to the game, that would be perfect! (like "high quality" with flash)

Process consuming, so i prefer smoother moves, not smoother pixels.

[Xsjado7]

Originally Posted by umxprime

Nice idea for a game. Is process_one a game anyway ?

i think of it as more some sweet eye candy

[JaX3RiR]

I am speechless. This is just... Beautiful.

[MiGs]

Hey umxprime, very very cool little app here. I was wonder if you are using 333mhz for the app, cause I do see some slowdown at some places and was wondering if you upped the speed to 333mhz you could add more pixels or make the movement of them alil faster/smoother.

Some suggestions:
Add a menu to increase/decrease particle count.
Increase/decrease trail length.
Increase/decrease particle speed.
Lower the analog stick sensitivity, because on my psp, the square cursor is always moving to the right =(.
Use Triangle to toggle the trail on or off, instead of having to hold it down.
MP3 player haha, no no, jk. =) maybe some lightweight tracker music tho.

[Mr305]

Hey, Umxprime...

If you're intrested in getting this to run on XMB, hit me up via PM ( when the TRIANGLE is pressed, the particles look eye blowing and will look 2x better on xmb. )

[umxprime]

Originally Posted by MiGs

Hey umxprime, very very cool little app here. I was wonder if you are using 333mhz for the app, cause I do see some slowdown at some places and was wondering if you upped the speed to 333mhz you could add more pixels or make the movement of them alil faster/smoother.

process_one already switch the psp to 333Mhz.
already tried with more particles (actually there are 768) , and the fps have to be slowed down because the buffers can't sync with more process.
i am actually studying some other tricks to get more fps.

Originally Posted by MiGs

Some suggestions:
Add a menu to increase/decrease particle count.
Increase/decrease trail length.
Increase/decrease particle speed.

all these seems a good idea, but as already said, maybe for a process_two

Originally Posted by MiGs

Lower the analog stick sensitivity, because on my psp, the square cursor is always moving to the right =(.

your stick seems to have a problem, I suggest you to repair/change it, because there is already a disabled range near the joy center. maybe I should increase it anyway. will think about it.

Originally Posted by MiGs

Use Triangle to toggle the trail on or off, instead of having to hold it down.

to hold it is what I wanted, the only thing to toggle is colors

Originally Posted by MiGs

MP3 player haha, no no, jk. =) maybe some lightweight tracker music tho.

you can use irshell - for example - playing mp3 in background, I tested that and process_one doesn't suffer from any slowdowns.

thanx for your feedback and suggestions
good evening.

[Unquestionable]

Awesome. Simply awesome. Some music with the same style as the one you had to your video would be a nice complement.

~Unquestionable

[hotrocker]

i must say...wow. This is amazing...thank you very much..it amused me all through class today! now theres only one thing left to do w/ it....watch it whilst trippin

[BlackShark]

cool, but what is the object of the game?

[TallE]

Awesome job. as soon as i seen it, i had to have it! works in 3.90 M33-2.
U should hook up with LightMP3 fella (sakya) and implement this with music somehow. that would blow sony AWAY!!!

[slicer4ever]

nice touch with new colors each time u start the program, as MrCrabs said add some obstacles and it could turn into an actual game, gj man GJ!!

[JaX3RiR]

Originally Posted by BlackShark

cool, but what is the object of the game?

It's no game, it's an experience.

[borgqueenx]

yeah, i hope this will become a game somehow...
with objects to evade or pick up with the stream...

Its quite bores me now, like JaX3RiR said: "its a experience"...nothing more.

[umxprime]

Originally Posted by borgqueenx

yeah, i hope this will become a game somehow...
with objects to evade or pick up with the stream...

Its quite bores me now, like JaX3RiR said: "its a experience"...nothing more.

maybe i didn't want to make games...
if a game is a score + ranking purpose, every more process i'll make won't be a game.
if it bores you, bypass it, delete it, and "play" with something else

[Muhie]

Originally Posted by umxprime

maybe i didn't want to make games...
if a game is a score + ranking purpose, every more process i'll make won't be a game.
if it bores you, bypass it, delete it, and "play" with something else

Well said.

This looks just amazing
Very , very nice work

[kibabronze]

cool thats amazing well done i love it when you press triangle. I reacon you should add to it a bit ex. more colors

[Psypher]

Looks spectacular!

Perhaps, for process_twenty-seven, can you make the flow move to our music (mp3/ogg)?

This would be a beautiful visualizer

[MrCrabs]

Ok, here you got some screenies where I tried to make something cool.


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/673/snap002pu2.png
a cross


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1246/snap003mb5.png
a peni... whatever


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8510/snap008cj1.png
wave o.o


http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9877/snap010sh1.png
the letter "B"


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8979/snap012ae5.png
double-O, aka 8


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8979/snap014xh7.png
finally managed to control the lines