Southlake, TX
Imparting game development wisdom of dubious quality a ridiculously long time.
September 17, 2010
I just noticed that President Obama endorsed a game design contest aimed at kids, so I thought I'd post my kid's game design document that she drew up about a year ago.
Just to get her brain working, I asked her to design me a game, and she went a bit overboard. I just gave her one word to get her …
September 17, 2010
I just noticed that President Obama endorsed a game design contest aimed at kids, so I thought I'd post my kid's game design document that she drew up about a year ago.
Just to get her brain working, I asked her to design me a game, and she went a bit overboard. I just gave her one word to get her s…
Just to get her brain working, I asked her to design me a game, and she went a bit overboard. I just gave her one word to get her s…
September 17, 2010
I just noticed that President Obama endorsed a game design contest aimed at kids, so I thought I'd post my kid's game design document that she drew up about a year ago.
Just to get her brain working, I asked her to design me a game, and she went a bit overboard. I just gave her one word to get her s…
Just to get her brain working, I asked her to design me a game, and she went a bit overboard. I just gave her one word to get her s…
August 17, 2010
First off, the Google Checkout issue is fixed. The site should be in the pink again.
Second, I made a couple of changes to the look. The old Flash-based menu has been replaced with a shiny new standards-compliant HTML menu. The old one worked, but it gave the HTML purists fits.
Note that HTML menus …
August 17, 2010
First off, the Google Checkout issue is fixed. The site should be in the pink again.
Second, I made a couple of changes to the look. The old Flash-based menu has been replaced with a shiny new standards-compliant HTML menu. The old one worked, but it gave the HTML purists fits.
Note that HTML menus t…
Second, I made a couple of changes to the look. The old Flash-based menu has been replaced with a shiny new standards-compliant HTML menu. The old one worked, but it gave the HTML purists fits.
Note that HTML menus t…
August 09, 2010
Looks like my shared SSL certificate is expired. Fortunately for me, all that affects is Google Checkout. As it stands, I'll be fulfilling any google checkout orders by hand until that issue is resolved. My service provider is aware of the issue and is working to fix it.
Thanks for your patience.
Sou…
Thanks for your patience.
Sou…
August 04, 2010
Here's a quick-n-simple piece of AS3 (or Javascript) that calculates the point on a line closest to a given point. It took me a couple of tries to get it right, so I figured I would share it.
var nearestPtToLine = function(segA:Point, segB:Point, p:Point, infinite:Boolean = true):Point
{
var dx:Numb…
var nearestPtToLine = function(segA:Point, segB:Point, p:Point, infinite:Boolean = true):Point
{
var dx:Numb…
August 04, 2010
Here's a quick-n-simple piece of AS3 (or javascript) that calculates the point on a line closest to a given point. It took me a couple of tries to get it right, so I figured I would share it.
var nearestPtToLine = function(segA:Point, segB:Point, p:Point, infinite:Boolean = true):Point
{
var…
July 30, 2010
July 27, 2010
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2]I got a request from one of those game portal programmer sites to impart a little of my experiences regarding getting a quality Flash title running on mobile. Rather than come out with one big article, I decided to just post some tips and bits of …
July 27, 2010
I got a request from one of those game portal programmer sites to impart a little of my experiences regarding getting a quality Flash title running on mobile. Rather than come out with one big article, I decided to just post some tips and bits of code a little at a time.
For the record, most of this…
For the record, most of this…
July 11, 2010
July 11, 2010
June 06, 2010
Episode 7 is up. I'm finally starting to grok Premiere Pro CS5, so I should be able to post better produced stuff.
As always, comments are appreciated, but only if they're stupid. Insightful youtube comments just don't work.
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As always, comments are appreciated, but only if they're stupid. Insightful youtube comments just don't work.
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June 06, 2010
Episode 7 is up. I'm finally starting to grok Premiere Pro CS5, so I should be able to post better produced stuff.
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As always, comments are appreciated, but only if they're stupid. Insightful youtube comments just don't work.
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As always, comments are appreciated, but only if they're stupid. Insightful youtube comments just don't work.
May 21, 2010
That's never an easy question to answer. When your computer program or website or massively-multiplayer-whatever has outlived its usefulness, how do you kill it without causing lots of problems.
I recently experienced this with MS Money, the financial program that I'd been using since the Windows 95…
I recently experienced this with MS Money, the financial program that I'd been using since the Windows 95…
May 21, 2010
That's never an easy question to answer. When your computer program or website or massively-multiplayer-whatever has outlived its usefulness, how do you kill it without causing lots of problems.
I recently experienced this with MS Money, the financial program that I'd been using since the Windows 95…
I recently experienced this with MS Money, the financial program that I'd been using since the Windows 95…
April 30, 2010
I just made a minor change to the database. It's no biggie, but it does affect the entire site as well as all affiliated sites (cryptotwit.com and hangtwit.com). I think everything's working, but if you see something broken, please email me at support@thecodezone.com
Thanks!
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Thanks!
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April 28, 2010
Back to the threaded reviews topic. Yes, three minutes of your life that you'll never get back.
And don't forget to comment on it. The more inane, the better!
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And don't forget to comment on it. The more inane, the better!
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April 28, 2010
Back to the threaded reviews topic. Yes, three minutes of your life that you'll never get back.
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And don't forget to comment on it. The more inane, the better!
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And don't forget to comment on it. The more inane, the better!
April 20, 2010
No game development insight of dubious worth today. Just a video of my latest work, which is Pop Pies 3 running on a phone.
And for the record, the web version of the game is gonna be called "Pop Pies 3" while the phone version will be called "Pop Pies Portable". I thought it'd be a mite confusing t…
And for the record, the web version of the game is gonna be called "Pop Pies 3" while the phone version will be called "Pop Pies Portable". I thought it'd be a mite confusing t…
April 20, 2010
No game development insight of dubious worth today. Just a video of my latest work, which is Pop Pies 3 running on a phone.
And for the record, the web version of the game is gonna be called "Pop Pies 3" while the phone version will be called "Pop Pies Portable". I thought it'd be a mite confusing t…
And for the record, the web version of the game is gonna be called "Pop Pies 3" while the phone version will be called "Pop Pies Portable". I thought it'd be a mite confusing t…
April 15, 2010
Well my NDA is expired, so I can now state that I am working on mobile games in Flash using Adobe CS5 tools. And I'm starting with my most popular and I'll be working to the least.
And yeah, Apple's stated that Flash-authored apps are verboten, native code or not. And everybody's coming up with …
And yeah, Apple's stated that Flash-authored apps are verboten, native code or not. And everybody's coming up with …
April 15, 2010
Well my NDA is expired, so I can now state that I am working on mobile games in Flash using Adobe CS5 tools. And I'm starting with my most popular and I'll be working to the least.
And yeah, Apple's stated that Flash-authored apps are verboten, native code or not. And everybody's coming up with …
And yeah, Apple's stated that Flash-authored apps are verboten, native code or not. And everybody's coming up with …
April 09, 2010
I needed some RPC, and I didn't like how fat most implementations were (client or server or both), so I made a skinny one. And I made it open source. And it's here.
http://code.google.com/p/as-rpcmin/
If you're curious as to what a complete XML-RPC client in 200 lines of code looks like, it's here.
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http://code.google.com/p/as-rpcmin/
If you're curious as to what a complete XML-RPC client in 200 lines of code looks like, it's here.
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April 09, 2010
I needed some RPC, and I didn't like how fat most implementations were (client or server or both), so I made a skinny one. And I made it open source. And it's here.
http://code.google.com/p/as-rpcmin/
If you're curious as to what a complete XML-RPC client in 200 lines of code looks like, it's here.
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http://code.google.com/p/as-rpcmin/
If you're curious as to what a complete XML-RPC client in 200 lines of code looks like, it's here.
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March 27, 2010
Took a break from the commentary for a review. Also I learned how to edit. Was done out of necessity because I blathered for 14 minutes.
My volume seems to be getting lower. Gotta figure out how to normalize the volume.
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My volume seems to be getting lower. Gotta figure out how to normalize the volume.
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March 26, 2010
Took a break from the commentary for a review. Also I learned how to edit. Was done out of necessity because I blathered for 14 minutes.
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My volume seems to be getting lower. Gotta figure out how to normalize the volume.
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My volume seems to be getting lower. Gotta figure out how to normalize the volume.
March 25, 2010
Episode 3 is up. At 4 minutes, it's getting too long. Gonna have to dial back the earthquake effects.
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March 25, 2010
Episode 3 is up. At 4 minutes, it's getting too long. Gonna have to dial back the earthquake effects.
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