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Artificial Intelligence Work in Progress

Artificial Intelligence Work in Progress

I've got a broad production level puzzle I've been trying to figure out and I've never been sure if I've been working with all of the pieces. I'll...

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Contract Complete at Electronic Arts

Contract Complete at Electronic Arts

I just finished my contract position at Electronic Arts. It was supposed to only be for a year, but my team liked my work a lot and found a way to...

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Three months in at Electronic Arts

Three months in at Electronic Arts

It's been a while since I posted updates:I recently started a new contract job at Electronic Arts in July 2022.Prior to that, I was a contracted VR...

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Programmer Art & Digital Humans

Programmer Art & Digital Humans

I'm a programmer. There's this terrible term in the tech industry called “Programmer Art”. The underlying idea behind the term is that if you are a...

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Moved my office today

Moved my office today

Today I went to my co-working space in downtown Seattle and closed my old desk space. I had been renting a desk there for about 5 years, spending...

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I'm quite happy

I'm quite happy

Things have been going really great! * My moms chemo therapy is working. It's not a cure by any means, but it will buy her more lifetime. There's a...

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The only constant in life is change.

The only constant in life is change.

Games are art. Art is created by artists. Artists are people. People have lives outside of their work. Our personal lives can be messy. Parts of our...

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Ace Pilot Game

Ace Pilot Game

So, to get started, the beginning of this project is a funny story: During Christmas, my brother bought me a hand full of games that he saw on my...

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A wild thought appeared

A wild thought appeared

This morning I went for a long drive. I started thinking about image recognition. The question is, "How can you train a computer to recognize a...

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Shipped a pilot

Shipped a pilot

(Warning: Rambling ahead!) I met a new client in the beginning of November through a friend. The client asked my friend if he knew how to use Leap...

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Kissing rock bottom

Kissing rock bottom

This may be one of the harder, more difficult entries to write. I am almost tempted to not even write it, but I've convinced myself that every step...

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June 2018

June 2018

I suppose I should recap my trip to Las Vegas. I got to attend the Dell World Expo at The Venetian and one of the stations for Dell was dedicated to...

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Dell World 2018 in Las Vegas

Dell World 2018 in Las Vegas

Alright. I finished my project for Dell this evening. It took me about two and a half months to complete it, though the first month or so was very...

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The Blackwood Witch

The Blackwood Witch

Herby sat on a log around the campfire and half listened to the tales and gossip being told by the villagers. He took a long draw from the frothy mug...

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More Contract Work

More Contract Work

It almost feels like it hasn't been worth writing an update for the last month because so little "progress" has been made on Spellbound. But I...

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Contract Work

Contract Work

I need to make money to fund the further development of my game. So, I've been doing paid contract work in VR. Most of the work is pretty easy for me...

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Spellbound: Winter Update

Spellbound: Winter Update

I took the last two weeks of December off for holidays, so no production was done for Spellbound during that time. I met up with my friend Russel...

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Writing the story for Spellbound

Writing the story for Spellbound

Spellbound is intended to be a story driven game. I feel that's the only thing which can make the game interesting on its own. The story of...

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Spellbound: October Update

Spellbound: October Update

This update is going to show you guys what an idiot I can be. Be warned, this could happen to you too! For the past month, I have been focusing...

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Spellbound: September Update

Spellbound: September Update

PAX: I went to PAX as an attendee and checked out a few booths and games. I was thinking about setting up a booth in the VR section, but the...

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