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Starting a new programming lessons series. This will be basic,...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:12:16 -0400

Starting a new programming lessons series.

This will be basic, not go “too far” into it, and hopefully shed some light on what can be done with this particular program I’ll introduce.

Introducing: Unity3D

This program is what’s called “A 3D Physics Engine”. What that basically means is, a computer program that generates physics and gravity in virtual reality.

It’s an easy to use program, with simple objects to select and place into your project. Getting a little more advanced: coders can make scripts which would alter/control how these objects act.

This program can bring together 3D artists and programmers into making a fully professional video-game.

This series aims to slowly teach simple parts of Unity3D, and what can be done with it.

If you are interested, go ahead and download/install Unity3D by going to www.Unity3D.com

For information, feedback, queries, please feel free to contact me via twitter @MKsDev or Instagram: Bergins

General overview and updates

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:11:58 -0400

I haven’t made any posts recently because I’ve been busy with my own projects.

First of all, I finally finished my programming course and acquired my programming degree. It’s not that big of a deal, other than having spent so long to learn programming. I must say it has enlightened me a lot, enough to start my own programming projects. (More than one project)

I’ll post links, pictures, and details later on about my projects. One of them is a simple game that I’m working on by myself.

Here’s a list.

1) My own game (3rd person view) let’s call it “Exploration Desert” <— you’ll see why later.

2) Working on another game with a friend of mine who’s also a programmer like me. (I can’t really say much about this game, other than that it’s an action/adventure game with a little twist to it)

3) Board game (inspired by my uncle) “Ancient TurkBoard”

4) Puzzle Bundle (This is a bunch of mini games/short games made in 1 project)

5) An “Stationary shooter” game with turrets and different types of weapons. (Zombie-head) :P

That’s pretty much it for now.

I hope I could post more about them soon, but I won’t show much other than the first project which is just a little test project.

Note: I’ve tweeted about the first project on @MKsDev

Picture Viewer C#

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:12:54 -0400

I made this just to try out a few different codes in one program.

For those who don’t know anything about programming, I don’t know if you’ll get this, but if you’re honestly interested and would like to understand what’s going on then feel free to contact me. My twitter account is @MKsDev

For programmers:

Basic functions such as “if conditions” to limit the sizing of an image.

The ability to “confirm” before exit (using a checkbox option under “File” menu)

Display and remove co-ordinates of mouse / sizes of picture.

“File > Open” new picture, which loads in the selected area.

That’s pretty much it.

(Below is how the program looks - doesn’t really need explanation)

If the “Confirm Quit” is checked, when you hit Exit, it pops up a confirmation message. the one under Tools > Visible X,Y shows the X Y on the right side of the pic.

Here is the source code on PasteBin:

http://pastebin.com/QjBbLRY0

"Make it work first before you make it work fast."

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:37:15 -0400

““Make it work first before you make it work fast.””

- - Bruce Whiteside

Tic Tac Toe C# Version

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:31:00 -0400

This version uses Visual C# and make another Tic Tac Toe game.

This time no “AI”, since the last one was a “stupid” intelligence :P

Below is the interface screenshot, source code link, *.exe file, and Visual Studio file link.

Here is the interface screenshot (Actual program running):

It should be pretty clear what each part does. No need to explain really..

Here is the PasteBin link (Source code): http://pastebin.com/MLFPNA3n

Here is the *.exe file from “DropBox”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nlys86q0f8hswfw/TicTac-cSharp.exe

For any questions or whatever, feel free to contact me

Twitter @MKsDev

Instagram: Bergins

Calculator on C#

Sat, 05 May 2012 17:33:00 -0400

The last couple of classes were about making this calculator on C#, or if you’d prefer to call it Visual C# since it’s done on Visual Studio.

I’d like to talk about the logic, the if conditions, and a couple sub routines, but I think I’ll just paste the whole code in here, and a picture of how the design would look. I tried copying the whole code from my first project, pasting it into a new project, and re-making the design. That didn’t work for some reason… And I had to copy each bit of code, and assign it to a button/label/etc.

And here is a link to where I posted the code.

http://pastebin.com/kGCF6rrg

It’s “open source”.

~~And for those who want to download it and try it as an *.exe file, here is another link:~~

Edit: The link is broken, I may repost elsewhere soon.

~~http://speedy.sh/67dEN/CalcHome.exe~~

THE ERRORS / PROBLEMS LIST:

- It accepts letters and numbers

- Doesn’t have error handling yet (As in, if it runs into an error, the program crashes and must be restarted)

- You can’t use the “operational” key to do more than 1 operation at a time.

- Large number calculations cause a crash/error

- the -/+ key doesn’t work (I forgot to program it) lol.

- (Some things are also written in the source code at the bottom of the program)

Text Encryption

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:56:00 -0400

Here is a simple code to encrypt text. I guess I could post the code here, since it’s not too long. The code itself is simple and easy to apply to a button, a timer, or anything you want.

Below is the code:

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Dim vEncrypt As String = “”

Dim vLetter As Char

Dim i, charsInFile As Short

Try

charsInFile = TextBox1.Text.Length

For i = 0 To charsInFile - 1

vLetter = TextBox1.Text.Substring(i, 1)

vEncrypt = vEncrypt & Chr(Asc(vLetter) + 1)

Label1.Text = “Encryption done: “

TextBox1.Text = vEncrypt

Catch ex As Exception

MsgBox(“An error occured: ” & vbCrLf & ex.Message)

End Try

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I didn’t put any comments yet (will do so later on), though I did it differently for my own project.

I’ll post it later on with the decryption code too :)

Puzzle Numbers (The source code)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:14:00 -0400

Puzzle Numbers (The source code):

If you have Visual Studio 2008 or 2010, just copy and paste this.

You could easily tell which labels go where if you look at the screenshot on the previous post about this project/game.

~~Here is a link to the .exe file of the game: (Just click on the link, then click on the title of the game at the very top of the page)~~

EDIT: Link broken, will repost soon.

~~http://speedy.sh/knkND/PuzzleNum.exe~~

Enjoy ^_^

Through the eyes of the beholder. NERD!

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:04:00 -0400

Through the eyes of the ~~beholder.~~ NERD!

Puzzle Numbers

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:44:00 -0400

This project, “game”, is pretty straight forward as well. There are 9 squares, 8 of them with a number randomly assigned to it (from 1 to 8) with one blank. The player must organize the numbers based on the selected option of Ascending or Descending. There is a “number of clicks” counter, we added a “fonts” button just to try out calling a library from within Visual Studio, and the other basic functions of “New game, Exit, Date/Time labels, win conditions, verification boxes for the buttons”.

We used an array on this project to randomize the number per label (labels for white boxes) and made sure a number doesn’t get repeated.

The whole game is made up of a few simple methods, I’ll post one below the pic.

Here is a pic just before winning:

And here is one of the methods used for this project/game.

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Dim varK As Integer

Dim varCount As Integer = 1

Dim varArray(8) As Integer

Dim varNum As Integer

If YesNo = vbYes Then

varNum = Int(Rnd() * 8) + 1

For varK = 1 To 8

If varNum = varArray(varK) Then Exit For

If varK > 8 Then

varArray(varCount) = varNum

varCount = varCount + 1

End If

Loop Until varCount > 8

lblOne.Text = varArray(1) : lblTwo.Text = varArray(2) : lblThree.Text = varArray(3)

lblFour.Text = varArray(4) : lblFive.Text = varArray(5) : lblSix.Text = varArray(6)

lblSeven.Text = varArray(7) : lblEight.Text = varArray(8) : lblNine.Text = “”

End If

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No comments on the code this time :)

I may post the rest of it later (again) :P

Tic Tac Toe

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:40:00 -0400

First of all I’d like to start by describing the basic functions that we made in the Tic Tac Toe game.

(When I say “we” I’m referring to the students in class, and myself. Even though everyone has made his own project)

The basic functions of the “game” is to click on blank spaces which get assigned an X or an O (in different colors). The starting player (whether X or O starts) is assigned randomly on load, and there’s a text showing who’s turn, (ex; Player turn: X). There are also texts that show the number of wins per player, and the total number of games played. A “new game” button, and a button for “end game”. Each button has a confirmation box with Yes and No.

Here is a picture of what it looks like:

The text changes within game-play.

I’ll post the full source code later on. For now, here is a sample of a “Sub Routine” for “New Game”:

Sub newGame()

timerWinner.Enabled = True ’this re-enables the timer to declare a new winner.

clearBoxes() ‘this is another sub routine which resets the boxes to blanks

Randomize() ’to start randomizing the following integer

varNumTurn = Int(Rnd() * 2) + 1 ‘The math to randomize variable as # per X or O

setGamesPlayed += 1

lblGamesPlayed.Text = setGamesPlayed

If varNumTurn = 1 Then

lblPlayerTurn.Text = “X”

Else

lblPlayerTurn.Text = “O”

End If

End Sub

My way of declaring variables, labels, and buttons, is very clear and easy to follow. Basically, variables would start with var, buttons as btn, labels as lbl, etc. An example of a variable called MyCar would be varMyCar. Sometimes it’d just be vMyCar. That’s for future posts I make with more code and variables declared, etc.

Already made

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:17:03 -0400

So far I learned to make/develop a few things from Access all the way to VB.Net.

I’ll only start talking about the work on VB.Net, and probably post some of the projects for others to try out, or even learn from.

The things we’ve made so far are.

Tic Tac Toe game. (I’ll mention the features in detail later on)

A puzzle game. (more details later)

And working on a “memory” game.

I’ll make new posts per project later on.

Introduction

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:12:00 -0400

I’ll just be posting things about programming.

Basically, I’m in love with programming, yet my career is something completely different from it. I’ve taken up a programming course on my own account, which helped me learn things like:

Microsoft Access: 2003 - 2007, Html, CSS, JavaScript, VB.Net, and C#

Afterwards, I’ll get into programming with Java :)