Stargazing

If you're moving very fast backwards around a planet it looks as if the stars were falling like snowflakes on its surface. It reminded me of the experiences with accelerated time the Time Traveller had in H. G. Well's The Time Machine and Stephen Baxter's The Time Ships. This cosmic snowfall generated by my little engine was a very magic and motivating moment.

Now I'm already one month ahead of my plan. Therefore I've enough time to implement some features I planned for the next version of iLiNX. One thing I'm not sure yet is whether there would be a significant performance gain which would justify the usage of triangle strips instead of triangles in my Vertex Buffer Objects.

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Reading: Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
Watching: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Listening: Le Pop 4 by Various
Surfing: Worlds Without End
Playing: Civilization Revolution Demo (PS3)