Ludum Dare 21 – Update 3

August 26, 2011

The XNA version of my game now surpasses the Unity version. What’s working: Player display Player movement Player collision with items Background Board (no wall collision yet) Door key displays Player can pickup keys What still needs to be done: Wall collision Door display (Locked and Open) Level transition Enemy display Enemy following Enemy killing [...]

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Ludum Dare 21 – Update 2

August 26, 2011

Sick of fighting with Unity. Switching to XNA. And, I have a party to goto now, so I don’t expect too much of a game done by Sunday night. That’s the way Ludum Dare’s go!

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Ludum Dare 21

August 26, 2011

I’m about half way throught this weekend’s Ludum Dare 21 (althought the traffic level is really bad right now.)  The theme is Escape. Tools so far: Unity3d 3.4 Visual Studio 2010 Paint My Pac Man mechanic isn’t exactly fun, but it too late in the contest now to change   I’m using momentum or forces to move [...]

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August 26, 2011
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Art Requires Influence

August 26, 2011

These are some thought provoking videos about the origin of art and creativity.  I recommend you watch them: Everything is a Remix Part 1  Everything is a Remix Part 2 Everything is a Remix Part 3 It is hard to argue against the point that in order to create you must understand what has already [...]

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Sfxr + ActionScript = bfxr

August 26, 2011

Someone took Dr. Petter‘s awesome sound effects wizard Sfxr and rewrote in ActionScript.  Not only that, but they made it open source and added the ability to save the setting for a sound effect so you can load it later!?! http://www.bfxr.net/

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Ludum Dare 20 Has Begun

April 29, 2011

It’s going to be a hard Ludum Dare, because the theme is It’s Dangerous to go Alone! Take this!

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Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

February 25, 2011

The film makers behind the Penny Arcade series are making a documentary about Minecraft (you’ve heard of Minecraft right!?!) They are using Kickstarter to fund the project, so you can take part. If you have deep enough pockets you can even get a “An actual pick axe mounted on a custom display stand signed by [...]

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IGDA Board Elections

February 21, 2011

IGDA Board Elections for 2011 have started, go vote!

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Imagine if XNA ran on the Mac, iPhone, and Android! You CAN Make it Happen!

January 7, 2011

I’d like to encourage everyone to support this project, it’d be a wonderful and powerful tool for indies: ExEn: XNA for iPhone, Android and Silverlight

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