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"Square Up" your Software

"Square Up" your Software

What the heck are you talking about Eck?Earlier this week I built a standing desk using an extra desktop I had laying around. I was doing some...

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Finite State Machine - Refactor Take 2

Finite State Machine - Refactor Take 2

I finally came back to my Gaslands side project after about a year. For those that don't know, Gaslands is a turn-based table-top miniatures game...

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Finite State Machine for Turn-Based Games

Finite State Machine for Turn-Based Games

Lately I've been working on a computerized version of GasLands just for fun. Gaslands is a turn-based table-top miniatures game where you modify toy...

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Struggles with Maneuver Template Modeling

Struggles with Maneuver Template Modeling

Last weekend, I got the start of a maneuver template system working and I felt like writing a game dev journal about it. Specifically, I thought it...

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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Session 01

Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Session 01

I started running Hoard of the Dragon Queen on Roll 20 for some friends and family. I haven't posted on here in a while, but I felt like writing a...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 09

Battletech Developer Journal - 09

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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Car Wars 02 - Pedestrian Movement

Car Wars 02 - Pedestrian Movement

It's been a while since my last developer journal. Mainly because I've been doing lots of things besides development. I've been playing lots of video...

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Twilight Imperium 4th Edition - Game 3

Twilight Imperium 4th Edition - Game 3

Again we had a 6-player game planned but our 6th player canceled a few days before Game Day. One of these days we'll get a 6-player game going, but...

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Car Wars Personal Project

Car Wars Personal Project

For this short holiday week, there wasn't really much to talk about on the Battletech front. I'm fixing minor/safe bugs and waiting on QA to run my...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 08

Battletech Developer Journal - 08

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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So you want to be a game developer?

So you want to be a game developer?

We shipped Urban Warfare last week (the new Battletech DLC) along with the 1.6 free update. Things have calmed down enough that I only worked on some...

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Ecks Type - Side Scroller Challenge

Ecks Type - Side Scroller Challenge

I heard about the GameDev challenge quite a while ago but I wasn't sure if I'd have enough time to complete an entry. This weekend I decided to give...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 07

Battletech Developer Journal - 07

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 06

Battletech Developer Journal - 06

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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Blood Bowl 4 Diamonds Cup

Blood Bowl 4 Diamonds Cup

This weekend I drove down to Pennsylvania for a pretty big Blood Bowl tournament. This is the biggest Blood Bowl event I've been to with 58 coaches...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 05

Battletech Developer Journal - 05

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 04

Battletech Developer Journal - 04

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 03

Battletech Developer Journal - 03

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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Battletech Developer Journal - 02

Battletech Developer Journal - 02

I'm Chris Eck, and I'm the tools developer at HBS for the Battletech project. I've recently been given permission to write up articles about some of...

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