I’ve played some Killer Queen and helped put together streaming. Though the tech for Portland’s streaming setup has dramatically improved, the streaming guide is left up for posterity. Killer Queen black box study Killer Queen streaming guide
Table of Contents changelog introduction background reasoning things frames history complications the operating system the solution side by side conclusion frame rate the problem enter vsync does KQ use vsync? TODO show example of vsync pixels 2D as 3D what about the pixel graphics? TODO conclusion TODO the wrap glitch game stutter TODO the “drip” collision characters changelog <2018-06-05 Tue> add section about character controllers. <2018-03-22 Thu> add section about game stutter. <2018-01-21 Sun> add section about frame rate and vsync. introduction At the Portland scene we like to talk a lot about different things we’ve learned about Killer Queen, and being that the game is effectively a hunk of software we wind up talking a lot about details of its internal implementation. This post is about the software implementation we know about Killer Queen or things we are able to infer about said software. The source code for Killer Queen is locked in a vault somewhere, guarded by a small army of the best speed warriors. As such we can’t say for 100% certainty about everything. The game is a black box where we cannot see inside it. We can make some good guesses though. ...
Table of Contents introduction changelog - <2018-03-26 Mon> challonge integration workarounds video flow audio flow pdx setup facilities hardware video audio all together now anti trip trick software challonge kq-tournament OBS troubleshooting The USB webcam freezes after transmitting for a little bit If the input is not recognized on the computer’s end introduction As part of trying to reduce the Portland scene’s bus number in regards to our streaming setup I’ve recorded notes here as best I can. The dream is to have a pretty foolproof setup that anyone mildly technically competent could apply to their scene’s cab. People can and should provide suggestions and corrections so our community can better thrive. As a general policy I won’t use a comment system on this site because static hosting is awesome and also because echo-chamber.js makes an excellent point. Feel free to contact me via email, Twitter, or carrier pigeon for any improvements we can make here. ...