Comments on: Hackontest is a new Google-sponsored

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:01:31 +0000

I really would like 6-digit filenames for frame sequence numbers, pre-filled with leading zeros so that frames are sorted and brought in correct order. It's on the to-do list, been on there, but would allow seamless 105-minute movie editing inside Blender.

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:41:53 +0000

Every google product/service and FOSS project should have a brainstorm.

Feedback is important.

By: Tynach

Tynach — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:51:22 +0000

So, is this going to be coded with Emacs or Vi?

By: scrag_10

scrag_10 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:03:23 +0000

I bet the emacs guy is pissed

By: sypher7

sypher7 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:48:36 +0000

I think it could work, but only for a small-scale project/implementation. Take a smaller idea and work hard to flesh it out. Of course you could always have two coders working in shifts, while the 3rd gets some beauty sleep. Bring some ear plugs when the other coders get too annoying.

I'm one of those coders that does his best work burning the midnight oil. I know not everyone is like that and it is a horrible label coders have had to live up to in the workplace, but in the right environment it can be a lot of fun. It definitely has to be something the coders want to do and plan to have fun with, not something they are forced to do. Working all night to turn in my code for assembler class in college was not fun… Working all night to fine tune and perfect my code for a fractal terrain generator was. I mean in a nerdy sort of way. :-P

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:33:09 +0000

I am going to have my own sleeping sprint.

By: Rakunko

Rakunko — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:56:06 +0000

So this is kinda like the Physics Sprint/etc?
i heard of these kind of things like art sprints and stuff i always wanted to be able to just write/draw/dcc on the fly like that bt…yeah i if i dont have anythign clearly to do iam lost lol good luck to all those in the run i mean sprint i mean..uh you know lol

By: Joat

Joat — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:23:18 +0000

This might benefit Blender if… The group of coders takes on something that's a neat feature but no-one has done before for Blender.

Then, in a 24 hour coding spree they get the thing working to a draft-level.

After it's done, the pressure from users would push it to be a finished feature.

If I might suggest, it would be cool to have a similar texturing functionality in Blender than 3D-coat (http://www.3dcoat.com) has.

Do that in 24 hours. =)

By: snooze

snooze — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:47:51 +0000

24 hour programing - How macho! So, much for quality.

By: snooze

snooze — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:47:09 +0000

24 hour programming - How macho! So, much for quality.