andyb's comments

On: Anonymous hacks Apple server, pastes usernames and password hashes

[andyb]

Not Anonymous. Nowhere does it say it was Anonymous or any affiliate. And this article (http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/apple-website-hacked-coul...) linked elsewhere on HN specifically says the hacker denied being linked to them.

[mef → andyb]

The tweet by the Anonymous twitter account seems to indicate they _did_ have something to do with it:

http://twitter.com/#!/AnonymousIRC/status/87426935390609408

Also, the geek.com article you listed states that there is no connection between the hacker idahc and the pastebin, which does not preclude Anonymous from having pasted it:

  "After idahc successfully discovered vulnerabilities on an Apple business website, a dump of more than two dozen usernames and hashed passwords appeared on Pastebin — though he claims the data was not posted by him. "

On: GameSalad: Free HTML5/iOS game creator for Mac

[andyb]

Is there anything like this for android? Other than Google's own app inventor, which frankly is still a bit rough IMHO.

[ukdm → andyb]

Game Maker is currently implementing Game Maker Studio that will allow iPhone, Android, HTML5, and Win/Mac executables. It's meant to be finished this year and allows you to make games without coding. However, there is a scripting language built in (GML) which can be used with the non-programming functionality or replaces it completely.

We've also got the App Game Kit coming soon http://www.appgamekit.com/

[walrus → ukdm]

Game Maker is the software that introduced me to programming. Assuming it has kept its roots as a learning tool (it's been 5 major releases since I last used it), I can't recommend it enough.

[seany → andyb]

corona is cross platform http://www.anscamobile.com and is more flexible/higher performance. (disclaimer: I work for them)