Re: Next Widget Contest Idea
The S-Widget idea is good for a new competition, I think.
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I love the idea of Widgets.
To me it's exactly what MMF is supposed to be about.
It's about giving me tools to quickly and simply make games/programs.
I don't want to, nor can I, get into the nitty gritty technical stuff. I want something that I can piece together out of little modules of stuff.
e.g. drag and dorp in a level editor, a.i. behaviour, plaform movement character and bullet widgets.
I'm almost good to go then. then I can start spending the time on the stuff that I want to concentrate on for each project.
e.g. I may be wanting to make a game where the enemies can never die, they can only be slowed down enough to allow you to escape.
(now that idea may be rubbish, it may be fun, but with a really handy collection of widgets and tools at my disposal I can get a nice framework up quickly and then spend my time on the bits that matter.)
The only down-side is that some of them are very complex and have too few instructions/explanations/examples.
Anyway, Nice work on the previous Widget comp.
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Thank you so much, BREK. I'm glad you like the competition we had. I was very pleased with it, too.
It is public feedback, support, and enthusiasm from users that motivates the idea and gives it a solid push forward. Without that ... well, we have seen how this idea is coming in so very late, really. Better late than never! ;)
I, and I think many other users, entirely agree with your well said points about how Widgets are great building blocks for all users that expand the easy-to-use paradigm of Multimedia Fusion.
We simply have to mature and materialize this and help to assure that this glaringly missing piece is underscored and developed for a more powerful experience in the future. Many of us see how great the potential is, so it is now on the agenda.
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i like the idea!
i think they should be called...sub-wigets....no....sigets! no....hmmm
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Swidgets!!! :grin: :grin:
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Nice idea :D
Just wondering does anyone know if anything happening/planned on the main programs handling and extension of widget building features?
I think they have already shown how useful they can be with all the great things posted. What im hoping for most is a way to pack extensions into a active/widget like a container. This also makes things more clean in a project if it relys on things.
Then also a nicer way to design the graphics/gui and for things like the alterables have a drop list for choices and also presets. Then we could have widgets that make movement types and be able to save and share nice settings.
If those are there at some point they would be more powerful than extensions i think which would become the low level building blocks for them.
I like the idea of wrappers 'based on a control or other extension' and might be making some of those for the competition.
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Swidgets.
Yes.
Anyway, I like the idea.
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We need more posts from other users who have some IDEAS for Swidgets.
You don't have to post your idea, just let us know you have something in mind and would participate. Keep voting! ;)
Thanks!
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I would like to participate. :)
stephen1980
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Well I did have a fairly neat little widget that worked like a window. It could be resized and dragged around and such. I was planning to use it for a hacking sim. Unfortunately I found out that Vitalize doesn't support sub-aps so I had to ditch it.
It's on my other computer, but I could remake it if anyone is interested.
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I would definably do something for this competition if it meant I could win an upgrade to MMF dev.
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Originally Posted by Skeets
I would definably do something for this competition if it meant I could win an upgrade to MMF dev.
I fully agree :grin:
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I second all of this.
I would love a competition to get out my skills, and possible upgrade if I win (highly doubt though :( )
Anyone else?
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Originally Posted by Skeets
I would definably do something for this competition if it meant I could win an upgrade to MMF dev.
Same, now If I can find my case... the disc and code are inside...
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I'm the new in this Widget area.
I've seen the last widget competition's post, ideas of all the clickers & winners of widgets competition, its nice and congrats all the winners and now my idea about next widgets competition:
* We can do the following Widgets if possible:
> Internet Widget Creator.
> Graphics Widget Creator like Movie making, Image Convertor etc...
> 3D Maker Widgets like - using this 3D Maker Widget a begineer can easily create 3D View of the whole app. he creates.
> Media Player Widget - This widget will provide all controls over media player he creates with Direct Show.
> Save - Load Widget - By this save / load position of the player in game with ease.
> Compression widget - Just create list object, Buttons & Graphics others all controlled by Compression widget (Zip).
**This are only my ideas of creating Widgets, I Haven't made any above Widgets**
~LUCKY~
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Some of these are really nice ideas!
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Just wondering..... is there going to be another contest? any idea when?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
haha nice time for a birthday xD
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Thanx RickyRombo,
Ya the day after halloween....thats why i'm so scary looking, LOL
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:O
lol, yeah we should have another widget contest. I'd probably lose to Gerald but lets do it anyway.
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I'd enter one. I love widgets <3.
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But not right away, I need time to recuperate from this contest. Maybe in spring?