Ask a Professional Second Life Scripter Almost Anything

Reddit itself is totally in tumult over some odd recent management moves, but the /secondlife subreddit has a very interesting "Ask Me Almost Anything" thread for "HisRant" a programmer who scripts in Second Life on a professional basis. Yes, professional: "Having gotten to the point of knowing enough people and having a decent reputation within larger project agencies," he says to a question about his Second Life income, "I would be able to script as my main form of income if I was risky enough to rely solely on freelance work." In another question, he drops a tantalizing hint for an upcoming project that aims to remove the need for poseballs [with positioned animation]:

I am currently working on is to be called 'The Game of Love', and while adult rated, it's so far capable of managing MMO-style gameplay and balancing it with positioned animation without the use of poseballs. I'm hoping this technology will carry over to other aspects of SL upon release as I often release snippets with my work to help promote new advancements where I would not have otherwise had an influence.

If you're reading this blog, HisRant, hit me up via "Hamlet Au", I'd love to know more!

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[Tankgirl]

This is a joke, right? You know sl furniture has not used balls in years, right? Right?

[Wagner James Au]

Clarified that point, thanks.

[Tankgirl]

How about spending some time inworld? So you actually know what you are writing about?

[sirhc deSantis]

you mean like this? https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Experiences-in-Second-Life/ta-p/2744686

bit like the pathfinding only not actually totally borked :) Well still time

[Outdated Facts]

Please delete this, I have nothing else to say

[Issa Heckroth]

hahahahaha. Oh dear.

[Frans Charming]

Maybe you should interview him and find out what positioned animation is, besides a catchy name. To be honest it sounds like things we are already doing, and he is just making a nice scripted system that is easy to use, which of course also already exist.