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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2012, 11:58:06 pm »
However it says Omnimaga Coder of Tomorrow, so it sounds like you're an actual CoT.
It be much more suitable to put Omnimaga: The Coders of Tomorrow
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2012, 11:59:29 pm »
Punctuation (or lack thereof) can kill people, you know.
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2012, 12:44:17 am »
Coders of Tomorrow is the name of the programming team hosted by Omnimaga, kinda like how there's Revsoft and MaxCoderz. However it also stuck as a slogan for the site, since a lot of people who program for calcs eventually moves on to actual programming carrers.
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2012, 12:45:08 am »
Quote from: Juju on March 02, 2012, 11:59:29 pm
Punctuation (or lack thereof) can kill people, you know.
And plural/singular: (Coder/Coders) too. As here it changes the meaning drastically.
Also this page has stuff about Omnimaga: http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=17
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2012, 02:51:38 am »
Also about ports and clones: If you remake a game for a new platform but in a totally different language and the game is exactly the game or close, is it still a port despite the code being extremely different and in a different language?
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2012, 09:56:36 am »
Someone should make a Portal clone for the PRIZM.
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2012, 12:16:46 pm »
Quote from: DJ_O on March 03, 2012, 02:51:38 am
Also about ports and clones: If you remake a game for a new platform but in a totally different language and the game is exactly the game or close, is it still a port despite the code being extremely different and in a different language?
I think either would probably be acceptable in that case.
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2012, 05:26:14 am »
I'll have to add in calc84maniac's definitions for remake and clone

Quotes from OmnomIRC by calc84maniac:
if you're not using any assets from the original, it's classified as a remake, not a port
I guess a clone is pretty much something that copies the gameplay of an existing game, and isn't by the same developer
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2012, 04:14:39 pm »
How exactly do you port a game? Specifically, to a PRIZM?
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2012, 05:44:56 pm »
Personally, I just say I made a "version" of the game. I never use port or clone.
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #25 on: March 05, 2012, 06:22:33 pm »
That doesn't really help me........
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #26 on: March 05, 2012, 07:24:05 pm »
I was just offering my opinion right there.  :) If you want to port a commercial game or something like that, I'd say just make a simpler version of it. Because the interface/API/whatever is probably pretty different between computer and calculator, then you should try just writing your own code. It'd probably be simpler than trying to convert it line by line, even if it's the same language. Look at the source to understand what's going on and then write it yourself. I'm not too familiar with PRIZM programming though...  :P
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2012, 09:06:42 pm »
How do you find the source code for the game?
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2012, 09:07:58 pm »
Quote from: Spenceboy98 on March 05, 2012, 09:06:42 pm
How do you find the source code for the game?
You hope that the source has been released, leaked, or in rare cases reverse-engineered. Then you download it.
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Re: The difference between a Port and a Clone
« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2012, 09:42:52 pm »
Oh. I gotcha.
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