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Asset Management!

Asset Management!

It's been quite some time since I last posted on this site. In fact, so much time has past that I figured it's better to start a new journal than to...

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Android, Pyweek and Seperate Axis Theorem

Android, Pyweek and Seperate Axis Theorem

[BLURB:] Sooooo... Perhaps I should work on smaller projects... hmmm. In any case, spent some time taking a look into python on Android, tried the...

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4X development and holding on Archetype

4X development and holding on Archetype

[BLURB:] Working on a 4X game, and the Archetype Engine is on hold thanks to the flipping camera! Also, my job goes from part time to full time and...

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Textures and Blenders

Textures and Blenders

[BLURB:] Ummm... Yup. I have textures and I export from Blenders [DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]Ok, so I haven't been saying very much this month. I...

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Gah! Almost two weeks!

Gah! Almost two weeks!

[BLURB:] Not dead yet![PERSONAL:]Ok, I haven't worked on Archetype for almost a week because my favorite RPG table top group suddenly finds itself...

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Possible VBO Victory!

Possible VBO Victory!

[BLURB:] I think I may have successfully discovered how to integrate VBOs into my library![DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]Having gone round and round...

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ATI hate me, I think.

ATI hate me, I think.

[BLURB:] A choice made 5 years ago is not effecting my 3D ENGINE!!! Grrrrr.... Have to put VBO development on hold! Grrrrr.... Vertex Array Object...

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Working the "view"

Working the "view"

[BLURB]: Studying VBOs and trying to determine the best method for rendering.[DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]Yes, to be perfectly honest, I've been a...

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Bug fixes... and a Screenshot Part Duex

Bug fixes... and a Screenshot Part Duex

[BLURB]: GOT YA! My camera works, finally! I fixed the rendering of the camera too, so it LOOKS like a camera. Nailed an interesting bug in my vector...

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Bug Fixes... and a Screenshot!

Bug Fixes... and a Screenshot!

[BLURB]: What can I say? Bug fixes... and a screen shot of a BROKEN demo [DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]Still a number of bugs to clean, but I fixed...

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Technically... a demo is written... errr....

Technically... a demo is written... errr....

[BLURB]: Viewports and camera and demos... OH MY! Ummm... but demo doesn't work yet... lol![DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]Nothing major to talk about...

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Cameras... soon to be action!

Cameras... soon to be action!

[BLURB]: Archetype engine has cameras! Hope to catch up with the Game Programming Gem series of books!![DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]Did quite a bit...

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Singletons

Singletons

[size="4"][DEVELOPMENT: Archetype Engine]I hem and haw over these often. Should I use them? Are the necessary? Generally, though, I've come to the...

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I cheated...

I cheated...

Made a few additions to the Archetype engine. Added a very rudimentary display class for opening up an OpenGL window using pygame, a set of vector...

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And so, it begins... publicly

And so, it begins... publicly

In regards to the project issue I spoke of in my last post, I've opted to treat the Archetype Engine as a separate entity from the game that will be...

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Ooooo... New Gdnet & Udc Stage 2

Ooooo... New Gdnet & Udc Stage 2

Ah! I love when websites change. It's like unwrapping a Christmas gift. You click on the address and just get all giddy over the new things you will...

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UDC Breakthrough... I think

UDC Breakthrough... I think

Gah! Forget nodes within nodes or node trees... I've opted to use a nodes NAME as both a strait name as well as a hierarchy tree!Example:N1.name =...

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Universal Data Container

Universal Data Container

So, I spent three hours working on one of the core components for my engine... at least as far as data files are concerned. That would be the UDC, or...

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Welcome to my bash!

Welcome to my bash!

Oh wow! You're reading this! Ok, ok, I guess that means I have to say something a little intelligent! Where to start... Hmmmm...Oh!Hello! My name's...

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