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August 21, 2006
So, I've been reading 3D Game Engine Architecture for a while, a long with a series of other books. I generally use them as references to look upon as I'm designing. Anyways, I was looking for information on game timers and I ended up getting side tracked when I really noticed that David Eberly des…
August 05, 2006
The green just died in my monitor. I've been wanting to buy an LCD monitor for a while, but I can't afford it until next pay check, which is two weeks away. The world is a much darker place without green and ninja turtles just don't look right. IS it cold in here, or is it just me?
August 03, 2006
I went to one of what I consider to be the most evil places on earth last night before work, with the intention of buying a new game. I went to Walmart because it's the only place open in my town at 12:30am and I had an urge to buy a game. I was thinking possibly Half Life Episode One, but as I loo…
June 29, 2006
Well, it's been a few months since I last entered any information in this thing that I paid for again this year, so I might as well start adding some stuff I guess. A lot of stuff going on right now, too much to write about this minute as I have to get to work here shortly. I have started drawing s…
March 22, 2006
It was my birthday yesterday. I had the flu. I drove two hours through the snow to try and buy a copy of Oblivion, like almost a foot of snow. I got sick halfway to the store, so I had to turn around before I passed out. I puked in my car, with my head out the door trying not to hit the car in fron…
March 06, 2006
After about an hour and fifteen minutes of waiting I was finally greeted by a service rep in India, who was very friendly and curteous. Also, the drive was covered under warranty so, I'll have a new one within fortyeight hours. Frickin sweet. Now back to resolving the school issues, bah!
March 06, 2006
Yay for support Services. SO, I'm sitting here and I've been on hold with HP support services for the last twenty minutes. Last night, around 11pm the notebook I book I purchased about three weeks ago decided to take a dump on me. So, I spent about two hours messing with it today finally figuring o…
February 18, 2006
Well, I started school on thursday. The first class, that is required for all online students, is an orientation class, and it's going good so far. I'm kind of surprised at the workload associated with the orientation class, but I suppose they really just want to get you used to working within the …
February 14, 2006
Hum.. Well after many hours of fighting with my new laptop (A TOTotal of probably ten hours in the last two days) I'm finally able to access the internet, without having to plug it into my router directly. This wouldn't be such a big idea except it kind of goes against the entire idea of having bau…
February 04, 2006
I've managed to have more time off in the past two weeks then I have in the last six months from my job. This is excellent considering for the first four months I probably only had a total of a weeks time off,total. Anyways, this has allowed me to spend a lot of time on my projects, and to do nothi…
January 30, 2006
I've been meaning to add an entry into my development journal for sometime now, the last two weeks or so, but every time I end up spending too much time reading other people's journals, and then I end up getting sucked into my coding endeavors, which, isn't a bad thing.
So, I've been doing a lot of…
So, I've been doing a lot of…
January 10, 2006
I just spent the last two hours reading journal entries, a lot of interesting stuff going on out there in journal land. Well, back to reading and writing more design stuff, then to work.
January 09, 2006
I am in a redesign faze currently, going over current code, reflecting, noting where changes need to be made, and from this I'm writing new design documents for some software and games. I've been accomplishing a lot, but I don't have anything to show at this point, atleast not to the public. I have…
December 28, 2005
I've been messing around with python quite a bit lately. I've messed around with it in the past, but I'm actually learning how to use it in practical ways now. This will hopefully lead into the incorporation of a python scripting system in my 2d engine, once I actually start working on the engine a…
December 25, 2005
I just thought I would say Merry Christmas to all.
At this time of year, it may be good for some to take a mental inventory of things past, present, and future. FOr me, this year has been one of the most productive of my life, development wise it hasn't been that productive, but other aspects of my …
At this time of year, it may be good for some to take a mental inventory of things past, present, and future. FOr me, this year has been one of the most productive of my life, development wise it hasn't been that productive, but other aspects of my …
November 11, 2005
It's been quite a while since I wondered the developer journals of gamedev.net, and it looks as active as ever. I actually haven't accomplished that much within the last three weeks, except for effectively slaughtering an entire generation of brain cells. I suppose that's something though. I also s…
October 12, 2005
Well,
about 8 people downloaded v0.25 of C.F.L., the funny part, I thought that when I changed the zip file in my storage area here at gamedev.net it would automagically change the one on my GD Showcase too, WRONG! So to anyone out there I apologize if you downloaded the file again thinking it would…
about 8 people downloaded v0.25 of C.F.L., the funny part, I thought that when I changed the zip file in my storage area here at gamedev.net it would automagically change the one on my GD Showcase too, WRONG! So to anyone out there I apologize if you downloaded the file again thinking it would…
October 10, 2005
Well not much to say really. I've been having a hard time getting things coded this last two or three days. I've actually been spending more time reading as of late. I've reading a lot about some low level coding, compiler theory, all the stuff that I probably would dread to study if I was actually…
October 01, 2005
Contrary to my actual journal entries as of late, I'm actually having some fun designing and coding. I've switched all my current focus on to working on my game engine and editor. I decided to do this because I want to produce a graphical version of C.F.L. and as I was redesigning my base class for…
September 19, 2005
Ok, well once again, it's been a few days since an entry. I have been more focused recently and am continuing to be focused, which is a good thing. I'm currently tearing apart my base code for C.F.L. and looking at some better ways to handle my classes. Also, there are memory leaks all over the pro…
September 17, 2005
It's been over a week since my last entry. I can't believe that the last week has flown by already. The majority of which I spent redesiging my website and reading lots as usual. I've also been working a lot as well, but what else is new?
EDITED FOR CONTENT : The ESRB aren't really bad, I just think…
EDITED FOR CONTENT : The ESRB aren't really bad, I just think…
September 09, 2005
I couldn't think of a title, so Platypus seemed fitting. I've been terrible about journaling in this journal lately. I have been writing journal entries everyday in a note book however. That still doesn't help me meet on of my main goals, which is being more involved in the game development communi…
September 06, 2005
I think I'm now officially addicted to energy drinks. I can't seem to put them down, maybe this is a substitute for smoking on some level, but I'd rather be drinking energy drinks. It's to bad they're almost as expensive as cigarettes.
Well, I decided to change my game plan. I've found that it's jus…
Well, I decided to change my game plan. I've found that it's jus…
September 03, 2005
So, I'm on day four of my eighteen day cram session and due to work, I've already fallen behind by two days. The good news is however that I've been able to put in over time and my paycheck will be pleasantly large.
Currently, I've been studying on garbage collection and building a single and multi-…
Currently, I've been studying on garbage collection and building a single and multi-…
August 30, 2005
Today I'm starting an eighteen day cram session to polish up my C++ skills and to delve into some more advanced topics. As I venture through this campaign, I'll be journaling about the subjects that I read about and am currently studying. The roster for this endeavor look like this :
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August 27, 2005
The title is in reference too the fact that my journal had fallen off of the journal page for the first time since I started this journal.
I have to work about twelve hours or more tomorrow night. I'm tired as hell right now, but I have to stay awake so that I can work tomorrow night, and not be tir…
I have to work about twelve hours or more tomorrow night. I'm tired as hell right now, but I have to stay awake so that I can work tomorrow night, and not be tir…
August 20, 2005
I just saw this and I had to share it, this maybe burried somewhere on the forums, but for anyone who hasn't seen it check This
out. Remote controled humans.
out. Remote controled humans.
August 19, 2005
I've been without a car for a year and half. A side from seeing lots of nice sceneray and keeping my cardiovascular system in good shape, it really has been rather annoying. For instance it took me an hour to walk to work, and was like this for about a year and a half. That was until yesterday, whe…
August 17, 2005
Well my sanity aside, I'm seemingly getting focused again. A partner of mine recently quit his day job to concentrate on games and comics full time. I've been in contact with him for three years now, and we've had a lot of great ideas, but they never seemed to get off the ground in the past. It is …
August 12, 2005
Well, I've finally gotten some time in working on C.F.L. a bit more today. There really is a hell of a lot to do. At any rate, I have a selection structure for a trivia element with 500 questions listed in it ranging through about ten different categories.
I spent about an hour or so looking into …
I spent about an hour or so looking into …
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