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Imparting game development wisdom of dubious quality a ridiculously long time.
June 12, 2005
Well not a scam, but now that I'm spending a lot more time writing reviews for gamedev than I have before, there are a couple of conclusions I can reach about the profession.
Namely that it's 90% a scam that depends more upon the prevailing winds of rumor and innuendo than actual quality. Probably l…
June 07, 2005
Regarding the new "Apple machines will have pentiums in 2006" announcement. It was an inevitability. Intel machines and chipsets have been reaping such rewards from economies of scale and competition that low-end machines are breaking the $200 barrier.
It's likely that Apple took a hard look at how …
It's likely that Apple took a hard look at how …
June 02, 2005
I'm back to working on Bulldozer. It's rendering the screens now in the browser and on the main screen. I'll probably get it working very simply (no animation) so that I can send it off to any music/sound/animation people. Then I can futz and tune the thing on a live working copy.
That was a design …
That was a design …
June 01, 2005
A conservative newsletter just posted its list of The Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. The list itself is nothing surprising for a rightwing newsletter, with books on communism, socialism, anti-Christian philosophy and evolution.
What's notable is that every book contains a lin…
What's notable is that every book contains a lin…
May 31, 2005
Wow, Deep Throat finally went public. For a kid who was just starting to understand politics when Watergate hit, that's big news. It'd be like suddenly finding Amelia Earhart's plane or Jimmy Hoffa's remains --it's one of thost mysteries that you thought might remain a mystery forever.
Well not fore…
Well not fore…
May 26, 2005
Thanks for the feedback on the dozer animation (check down two entries). Looks like about everybody liked it. TANS wasn't wild about his hard-hat. The idea for the hard hat (and the eye headlights) actually came from pal Rick Carey who modeled me a cartoon dozer in Swift 3D. I didn't much like the …
May 24, 2005
I am SO excited about this book. I've got five copies on pre-order.
May 23, 2005
One thing I like about Flash is its ability to hack together quickie test animations. With just a little futzing around with some wizards and about five lines of code, I can submit the following for your consideration. I'd embed it directly, but it appears that gamedev's HTML filterizer-bot exclude…
May 22, 2005
Played hooky friday and saw Hitchhiker's Guide with Shelly.
Good show. I quite enjoyed it. It did deviate from the book quite a bit, but I've never been one who considered the original to be the inerrant pinnacle of humor. I was rather happy that they didn't stick with a couple of Adams' less funny …
Good show. I quite enjoyed it. It did deviate from the book quite a bit, but I've never been one who considered the original to be the inerrant pinnacle of humor. I was rather happy that they didn't stick with a couple of Adams' less funny …
May 18, 2005
Do I want to see the new Star Wars movie? I feel like I'm obliged to see it, but I think that's just because it's so hyped up. I still haven't seen Hitchhiker's Guide and Kung Fu Hustle, and truthfully I'd rather see the two of those before Star Wars.
I'll probably wait for DVD.
I'll probably wait for DVD.
May 14, 2005
Maggie was wanting to play games this morning, so I let her check out Duck Tiles. Apart from level one, the game was well beyond her skills, but she still had fun looking at it. Interestingly, the part that I was thinking of taking out of the game (the dancing ducks at the end of each level) was he…
May 13, 2005
I learn much from my 3 year-old. For example. . .
Maggie: I don't like cats.
Me: Why not?
Maggie: Because they sneeze.
May 09, 2005
I just finished The Ayn Rand Cult by Jeff Walker that I read for a review. I'm currently reading Game Interface Design for a gamedev review. I'm about 2/3 of the way through an e-book of Asimov's Fantastic Voyage 2: Destination Brain that I read on my PDA while Maggie's at swim-lessons. I'm about 2…
May 07, 2005
Here's a separated at birth for you fans of current events and children's television.
For the uninitiated, the first picture is that creepy "runaway bride" who's famous for some reason. The second is "Oobi", who is a cute TV icon on the Noggin network.
For the uninitiated, the first picture is that creepy "runaway bride" who's famous for some reason. The second is "Oobi", who is a cute TV icon on the Noggin network.
May 06, 2005
Haven't done a goldurned thing on Bulldozer Deluxe recently, as I've been doing CivilGrrl stuff.
So I'm opening up the floor for an official "free for all" thread. What I need is a name for the new game. Basically it'll be an uber-Bulldozer (aka Sokoban) game with all of the levels from the previous…
So I'm opening up the floor for an official "free for all" thread. What I need is a name for the new game. Basically it'll be an uber-Bulldozer (aka Sokoban) game with all of the levels from the previous…
May 04, 2005
In a comment a few days ago, he said that he thought that Duck Tiles was better than the current darling of online game sites, Diner Dash.
And that makes me feel good inside. I made something really good. I played Diner Dash about a week ago. It was cute and I thought that the game action mirrored t…
And that makes me feel good inside. I made something really good. I played Diner Dash about a week ago. It was cute and I thought that the game action mirrored t…
May 01, 2005
Thanks for the kind words regarding Duck Tiles. I'll keep plugging away with it. I know it's a good game. Perhaps not enough to justify the ridiculous amount of time I've spent with it, but I know it's good.
If you're out there and still wanna try it out and gimme feedback, email john@thecodezone.co…
If you're out there and still wanna try it out and gimme feedback, email john@thecodezone.co…
April 27, 2005
But not in TANSTAAFL. Happy wedding to him.I am disappointed in RealArcade. I finally bit the bullet and submitted Duck Tiles to 'em. When I met with 'em in the GDC, they went on and on about their review process and how good it'd be to at least have my game reviewed by industry bigwigs. They said …
April 25, 2005
One thing I'd always been told as a Flash developer was to test SWF files on several platforms. It's not because the player is so vastly different between platforms, but because browsers all handle plugins a bit differently.
Figuring that this was good advice, I'd always intended to test Duck Tiles …
Figuring that this was good advice, I'd always intended to test Duck Tiles …
April 24, 2005
If you're not yet set up on the Gamedev map, head over there. We added a couple of things you need to change in your profile if you want to show up on the map, so I don't think you'll just show up automatically.
I'm saying this because we've got a really cool feature on its way, and you'll need your…
I'm saying this because we've got a really cool feature on its way, and you'll need your…
April 22, 2005
Yeah, I'm gonna harp again. If you're already tired of my well-earned dislike for Java and/or my pleas for you to avoid engine development, then move along, because I've gotta rant again.
Yep, Java did it to me again. This time we had something that should've been quite innocuous turn into a big mes…
Yep, Java did it to me again. This time we had something that should've been quite innocuous turn into a big mes…
April 21, 2005
Thought this was interesting, but a bit unrealistic. One of the original Macromedia Director guys wants his product and name back. While I'd like to see Director become a market player again, I don't think Adobe's going to be so keen on handing off one of Flash's biggest competitors so that it can …
April 19, 2005
April 18, 2005
Adobe bought Macromedia. Everybody's musing as to what'll be kept and what'll die. Seems pretty obvious to me.
For one thing, there are only four products that overlap between the two companies. . .
Macromedia Fireworks versus Adobe Photoshop = A no-brainer. Photoshop is way more capable than Firewor…
For one thing, there are only four products that overlap between the two companies. . .
Macromedia Fireworks versus Adobe Photoshop = A no-brainer. Photoshop is way more capable than Firewor…
April 15, 2005
I just got my review copy of Cinema 4D Studio. The review will be a while coming, but let me give you a preview of the review.
Zow.
Zow.
April 12, 2005
One thing that had bugged me for a while is that Duck Tiles wouldn't compile as a Flash Player 7 app.
Lemme back up. One thing you can do with Flash is compile your app to be compliant with previous versions of the player. For some reason I can't recall, Duck Tiles had always been compiled for Flash…
Lemme back up. One thing you can do with Flash is compile your app to be compliant with previous versions of the player. For some reason I can't recall, Duck Tiles had always been compiled for Flash…
April 10, 2005
The magazine department of our local Tom Thumb decided to obscure the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition with a chunk of black cardboard. Two feet away in the same magazine rack, though, were copies of FHM and Maxim featuring much more scantily clad women on the cover.
Rather reminds me of the time…
Rather reminds me of the time…
April 08, 2005
This actually started as a reply to TANSTAAFL's most recent journal entry about that C# Flash tool. It was getting long, though, so I moved it here. He was pondering a bit of a chicken-egg problem with the tool, as its preffered form for art assets is the SWF format, and you need Flash to make SWF.…
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