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Saving and loading levels

Saving and loading levels

I missed Gaiiden's scroll for a day. Too bad! I've been sort of busy *ahem*I've been making some more tiles to see what this thing can do. I also...

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Bringing the tools together

Bringing the tools together

It all started with the UI library. Then it followed the skeletal animation loader. After that the model visualizer. The scene partitioning and the...

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Aww, I love my Lua!

Aww, I love my Lua!

app = owl.get_app()function btn_new_game_click() print (app.clock:get_fps())end-- Create Button New Gamebtn =...

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If it don't take two..

If it don't take two..

I've been fighting with the character's movement for the last two days. I got stuck at trying to apply gravity in a time based manner like for a day,...

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Octreezing the world

Octreezing the world

Got it. I made the octree class and I'm able to push the meshes geometry into it. The algorithm for character collision against the world is...

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Finding data structures that make sense

Finding data structures that make sense

Last time I was showing how I managed to load a big mesh for the level and to wrap the character model inside an ellipsoid and make both collide...

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Toying with animations

Toying with animations

I'm currently researching how to implement Cal3D animated models *Properly*. So far I managed to make 2 animations with Blender. Next step will be...

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Lua scripting and quitting cigs

Lua scripting and quitting cigs

I always wanted to be able to add scripting capabilities to my programs but it was the kind of subject that always lead me to procrastination.I've...

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Art. Or about how I cannot make it.

Art. Or about how I cannot make it.

I'm currently fighting against 3D modeling, animations cycles, proportions, imagination, style, drawing-skills in order to see if I can make up a...

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Model Editor - Custom File Format

Model Editor - Custom File Format

After a week or so of great procrastination I finally made some progress with the model editor.As the title prays, it is now capable of loading xsf,...

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Model Editor - Animations

Model Editor - Animations

Hello gamedevers!The thing keeps going, now it can add animations and play them at will. I'm having problems understanding what's the logic behind...

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Model Editor - The Beginning

Model Editor - The Beginning

I woke up this morning like 7am (after sleeping the hangover for almost 18 hours) and I must admit I felt quite well. I dreamed a lot. One of these...

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GUI Update - File Dialog

GUI Update - File Dialog

I made some little more progress on the GUI library. The file select dialog is now fully functional.I've divided the GUI in 3 layers: Children,...

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Journal Update: More KARAOKE.

Journal Update: More KARAOKE.

Yep. The guy is still on sleep deprival and karaoke.I could have picked an easier one but well, who cares!Teh Horror!

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