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New bug to me

New bug to me

I actually managed to run into a kind of bug in C++ that's new to me.struct Base { void print(void) {}};struct Derived : Base { void print(void) {...

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Week/Class 9

Week/Class 9

This week we spent a bit of time reviewing the games for the last six people in my class then spent a bit of time on the basics of GML, the Game...

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Week/Class 8

Week/Class 8

So last week we spent the first half going over the platformer tutorial from the Game Maker website. Then we spent the second half grading each...

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Week/Class 7

Week/Class 7

Yeah, late update on this one. I've been sick. Last session still most people had not completed their game projects, so there was another week...

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Week/Class 6

Week/Class 6

In yesterdays class we finished the maze tutorial for the first hour, then we spent the rest of the time demoing the programs we've produced. I only...

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Week/Session 5

Week/Session 5

Again not much happened in class. We finally finished the 1945 tutorial from the Game Maker site, and did a quick run through on the Maze tutorial....

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Week/Session 4

Week/Session 4

Yesterdays session was again fairly boring. We just went thorugh steps three and four of the 1945 Game Maker tutorial. For next week we're supposed...

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On the soapbox

On the soapbox

As you may or may not know, in addition to being a moderator, I'm also one of the editors for gamedev.net. (Though if you've received a rejection...

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Week/Session 3

Week/Session 3

Yesterday was fairly boring. Basically all we did was work our way through the first programming tutorial and two parts of the second tutorial from...

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Week/Session 2

Week/Session 2

Yesterday was the second session of the Game Development I class. As mentioned, last week's assignment was to create a review for the game Chicken...

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Game devlopment school week 1.

Game devlopment school week 1.

So, in the interests of keeping my academic software discount, I usually try to keep enrolled in courses at my local community college. Last semester...

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Apples and Oranges (well not quite)

Apples and Oranges (well not quite)

So the parental units bought these HUGE asian pears. If you've never seen or eaten an asian pear they're sort of like a cross between an apple and a...

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The Joy of Hard Drives

The Joy of Hard Drives

So my laptop hard drive has died, so I'm back on my old desktop. This wouldn't bother me so much if the stupid thing hadn't died in the middle of a...

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Getting used to things

Getting used to things

I think I'm finally getting used to the new layout, at least visually. My muscle memory on the other hand is still completely borked. I'm constantly...

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Birthday

Birthday

So another birthday today. I've been really busy lately and haven't decided what I want to get for myself this year. Any ideas?

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Sudoku again

Sudoku again

There were some sudoku puzzles in the in-flight magazine on the plane, so I took the chance to bang out a solver between Denver and Las Vegas. It was...

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Back from vacation

Back from vacation

If there's something worse than going to Vegas and losing money, it's going to Vegas with your brother, losing money, and said brother winning big...

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On Vacation

On Vacation

Attending a convention in Las Vegas this weekend. Leaving tommorrow early morning and coming back Tuesday night. So chances are by this time next...

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Wrong about sukoku

Wrong about sukoku

Turns out I was wrong about the number of possible states in sudoku; there are some transformations which I thought were isomophic that aren't. Now...

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