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Wibbly demo ready early.

Wibbly demo ready early.

Torque Game Builder is proving a little easier than I'd expected (so far anyway), so I've got a playable version of Mr Wibbly ready. Unfortunately I...

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TGB Wibbly!

TGB Wibbly!

After having "real-life" get in the way for a few weeks (damn work), I've started work on the Torque Game Builder port of Mr Wibbly. I hope to have a...

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The code, she is done.

The code, she is done.

Thanks for all the positive comments on Mr Wibbly. I've "finished" the XNA code to Mr Wibbly (see previous post), and you can download it from here...

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Canada is cold.

Canada is cold.

In the interests of learning XNA, I decided to port my old B&W; game (Mr Wibbly) from the original C#/MDX1.1 version. A few changes were made, the...

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Being obsessive-compulsive sucks.

Being obsessive-compulsive sucks.

It's been a while, which indicates how exciting my life is.I finally went to my graduation on Saturday, which involved sitting on the stage for two...

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Thanks.

Thanks.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions to my previous post. I've now got Rise of Nations (PC), Advance Wars 2 (GBA), Final Fantasy Tactics (GBA),...

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RTS recommendations.

RTS recommendations.

Has anyone got any personal recommendations for good RTS games? I'm looking for something with good AI, and preferably on the PC (although any system...

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And the winner is....

And the winner is....

It's been a while. I had the poor fortune of getting the flu a few weeks back, which basically put me in bed and unable to program for a while. I got...

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Untitled

Untitled

For those keeping score, I didn't get the job at my University, despite having my supervisor on the selection committee. Since the selection process...

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Nothin' much.

Nothin' much.

Not much has been going on lately, but I keep getting the feeling that I should update this journal more often.I'm still waiting on my thesis results...

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Draft of article 1.

Draft of article 1.

I've finished a quick draft of the first part of my camera control article PDF. I'd appreciate any feedback on it before I spend time revising the...

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Two updates in two days.

Two updates in two days.

Quote:Could you get some type of gameplay using that model?I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean.I managed to spend a bit of time today...

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It's been a while....

It's been a while....

Quite some time since I updated this. I've been spending a ton of time working on job interviews and such, so haven't done too much development or...

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Article outline.

Article outline.

After spending the best part of the week slacking off and building furniture, it's back to work.As promised, the general outline for the camera...

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2D games kick ass.

2D games kick ass.

Greetings again.I'm still waiting for my C# books to arrive, but decided to forge ahead and start coding anyway. The result is a remake of the first...

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