Comments on: Keep it Simple… http://jayenkai.socoder.net/2010/02/keep-it-simple/ A new game from Jayenkai, every week! (or thereabouts..) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:55:04 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jayenkai http://jayenkai.socoder.net/2010/02/keep-it-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-6225 Jayenkai Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:53:20 +0000 http://www.agameaweek.com/?p=342#comment-6225 They're "Gravatars". Head to gravatar.com, sign up, upload an avatar, and it'll appear. They're pretty universal, and work from your email address. Any gravatar supporting site will automatically use it, assuming you use the same email address. Serverside, Gravatars are quite easy to implement into your own site. Just take the user's email address, convert to lowercase, and mash it with md5, then ask gravatar for the associated image. Any email it doesn't know will instead get a random image. Or monster in this case.. (since the email address is MD5 hashed, it's pretty damn near impossible to un-hash it, and extract a user's email addy. So.. Safe and sound!!) They’re “Gravatars”. Head to gravatar.com, sign up, upload an avatar, and it’ll appear.

They’re pretty universal, and work from your email address. Any gravatar supporting site will automatically use it, assuming you use the same email address.

Serverside, Gravatars are quite easy to implement into your own site. Just take the user’s email address, convert to lowercase, and mash it with md5, then ask gravatar for the associated image.

Any email it doesn’t know will instead get a random image. Or monster in this case..

(since the email address is MD5 hashed, it’s pretty damn near impossible to un-hash it, and extract a user’s email addy. So.. Safe and sound!!)

]]> By: martiinko http://jayenkai.socoder.net/2010/02/keep-it-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-6223 martiinko Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:31:32 +0000 http://www.agameaweek.com/?p=342#comment-6223 How is that I don't have that nice avatar as you have? :-D How is that I don’t have that nice avatar as you have? :-D

]]> By: Jayenkai http://jayenkai.socoder.net/2010/02/keep-it-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-6208 Jayenkai Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:36:07 +0000 http://www.agameaweek.com/?p=342#comment-6208 Indeed, the highscore looked nice to start with, but after some background color experimentations yesterday it became strikingly obvious that any light background would completely wash out the highscore table's box.. I'm currently leaving it as it is, though. I'd rather get the game done over the next few days, and have another play around with the titlescreen for the next game. Might even *shock horror* attempt to draw a few polygons, for slightly rounded edges!!! Indeed, the highscore looked nice to start with, but after some background color experimentations yesterday it became strikingly obvious that any light background would completely wash out the highscore table’s box..
I’m currently leaving it as it is, though. I’d rather get the game done over the next few days, and have another play around with the titlescreen for the next game.

Might even *shock horror* attempt to draw a few polygons, for slightly rounded edges!!!

]]> By: martiinko http://jayenkai.socoder.net/2010/02/keep-it-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-6205 martiinko Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:13:50 +0000 http://www.agameaweek.com/?p=342#comment-6205 I think that the high score table should have the same background color as the credits have. :-) I think that the high score table should have the same background color as the credits have. :-)

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