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Inside expect snipits of my platform game development along with a healthy dose of my life.
December 29, 2006
I got fired today..... Look on Cragslist.org and a few other sites. Chances of me getting another programming job around here is slim to none. Life sucks........
December 20, 2006
Thanks for all of the insightful replys to my last post. I have more to elaborate on that but not right now, just keep an eye out.
[sad][crying]Blues[crying][sad]
I have a case of the blues... Im fucking broke and the bills just keep on stacking. My roomate hasnt enjoyed going to work much this week …
[sad][crying]Blues[crying][sad]
I have a case of the blues... Im fucking broke and the bills just keep on stacking. My roomate hasnt enjoyed going to work much this week …
December 14, 2006
Yepp, here comes yet another tedious post by myself, debating my future. Lets get this thing underway...
Lately i've been reaching a point where ive had to sit down and think, is it worth it for me to dedicate X ammount of hours a day to a game just to put in my journal for ten people to download? T…
Lately i've been reaching a point where ive had to sit down and think, is it worth it for me to dedicate X ammount of hours a day to a game just to put in my journal for ten people to download? T…
December 12, 2006
New avatar. Doesent look as christmasy as I thought it was going to though :(. I will have to end up editing that. Either way...
I will pay someone to make me a cool CSS theme for my journal, supported on both FireFox and IE. Im willing to pay around $10-$20. If you fit in that price range, lemme kn…
I will pay someone to make me a cool CSS theme for my journal, supported on both FireFox and IE. Im willing to pay around $10-$20. If you fit in that price range, lemme kn…
December 04, 2006
First off, thanks for the nice comments regarding the platformer :)
I have nothing game related to say right now. To early to speak :) I just wanted to say that this time of year is pretty kick ass for GameDev. I havent seen alot of these journals around in a while. Ive come to notice that alot of …
I have nothing game related to say right now. To early to speak :) I just wanted to say that this time of year is pretty kick ass for GameDev. I havent seen alot of these journals around in a while. Ive come to notice that alot of …
December 03, 2006
After around 15 hours yesterday adding new hardware and formatting my pc, installing and preparation, I finally have my running copy of the engine. Development will now continue foward on a game of mine.
If you are interested in playing the platformer I was working on, the last build of the platform…
If you are interested in playing the platformer I was working on, the last build of the platform…
December 01, 2006
Update #1
Im just going to keep working on the platformer. Its simple, its easy, and its fun. I will use Raymonds engine to make something more deep then this, but I have always wanted to create a platform game and never have. This would be my first :). I enjoy its simplicity and its actuially kind …
Im just going to keep working on the platformer. Its simple, its easy, and its fun. I will use Raymonds engine to make something more deep then this, but I have always wanted to create a platform game and never have. This would be my first :). I enjoy its simplicity and its actuially kind …
November 29, 2006
So I did some talking today with Raymond. He is being generious enough to offer me a version of the S3 engine for use in my games. Basically what would happen is all of the adventure game specific things would be stripped out and any game that I wish would be built on top of the already existing ba…
November 28, 2006
Name
So theres alot in a name. I mean, GDNet+ is payed for. I have a name at stake here. I mean, theres a reason I password protect my account, cause its name value. A name means alot. I dont want to tarnish ShoeString Games. Therefore im extending my game past my vacation.
Why?
Well things work, you …
So theres alot in a name. I mean, GDNet+ is payed for. I have a name at stake here. I mean, theres a reason I password protect my account, cause its name value. A name means alot. I dont want to tarnish ShoeString Games. Therefore im extending my game past my vacation.
Why?
Well things work, you …
November 21, 2006
Game
While designing this out, I came to the conclusion "if its not broken, dont fix it." I decided to reuse the map system from my previous projects since it already worked and has an editor for it. It would have taken me a long time to redue it and its just more efficient to use something that alr…
While designing this out, I came to the conclusion "if its not broken, dont fix it." I decided to reuse the map system from my previous projects since it already worked and has an editor for it. It would have taken me a long time to redue it and its just more efficient to use something that alr…
November 19, 2006
Platformer
This are coming together so far great! Friday/Saturday was spent with a pen and my Wal-Mart cheepo notebook designing how this will work. Today was my first day of actual code. It was definatly a good idea to design it all out first. Coding it was easy and smooth, painless as best. The gu…
This are coming together so far great! Friday/Saturday was spent with a pen and my Wal-Mart cheepo notebook designing how this will work. Today was my first day of actual code. It was definatly a good idea to design it all out first. Coding it was easy and smooth, painless as best. The gu…
November 15, 2006
TEH GAMEZORS
As I promised, a more detailed look as to what will be going on. Look at the picture, then the number, its pretty simple :)
1. Anerexic mofo: You play as happy go lucky stick figure looking guy. "Why a stick figure Mr. SSG?" I will tell you why, I want to do the art myself. Its easy, sim…
November 14, 2006
10k!!!!!
Fuck ya, 10,000 views. A small accomplishment to some, great news to me!!!!!! Thank you everyone for looking at my journal and reading my progress along up to this point, may there be another 10k to come!
Platformer
So starting tomorrow night, I am on paid vacation until the Monday following …
Fuck ya, 10,000 views. A small accomplishment to some, great news to me!!!!!! Thank you everyone for looking at my journal and reading my progress along up to this point, may there be another 10k to come!
Platformer
So starting tomorrow night, I am on paid vacation until the Monday following …
November 14, 2006
YouTube
Believe it or not, I have only been able to find around 4-5 projects here that actuially have videos. Rav, you beat me to it, I didnt get to make the video for you before you jumped the gun and did it for me [grin]. Either way, if you have a video you would like to submit, drop me a PM or re…
Believe it or not, I have only been able to find around 4-5 projects here that actuially have videos. Rav, you beat me to it, I didnt get to make the video for you before you jumped the gun and did it for me [grin]. Either way, if you have a video you would like to submit, drop me a PM or re…
November 08, 2006
If you have a gamertag, I want it.
Mines ShoeStringGames. Its nice having my own place again, I finially get the ability to play XBL. If you want to get your ass kicked in Halo, your done. Also got me some Gears of War.
Stompy, get XBL so I can play ya in GOW!
Programmer16, what games do you play on…
Mines ShoeStringGames. Its nice having my own place again, I finially get the ability to play XBL. If you want to get your ass kicked in Halo, your done. Also got me some Gears of War.
Stompy, get XBL so I can play ya in GOW!
Programmer16, what games do you play on…
November 07, 2006
New Home
Moved into the apartment on Sunday night. So far things have been going pretty good, still unpacking. Getting the cable/internet turned on tomorrow, cant wait!!! So far we still havent moved all of our stuff in, so ive been sleeping in the living room on a matress (my bed frame isnt there y…
November 03, 2006
Well after six months of hell trying to establish my life again. I am now stock. I come with:
1. KICK ASS JOB: Software Developer for a living, go fuck yourself McDonald's
2. FAST CAR: 1999 Ford Escort ZX2. Standard running at 200+ horse, fuck yes! 40+ miles to the gallon average if I shift correctly…
1. KICK ASS JOB: Software Developer for a living, go fuck yourself McDonald's
2. FAST CAR: 1999 Ford Escort ZX2. Standard running at 200+ horse, fuck yes! 40+ miles to the gallon average if I shift correctly…
November 01, 2006
I recently noticed that I am somewhat a backup storage device for Gamedev. In the past two months if there has been a demo in someone journal, I got it. If theres been a movie, I got it. On top of that, I actually have neatly arranged them into appropriate folders for each person who lives here in …
November 01, 2006
I recently noticed that I am somewhat a backup storage device for Gamedev. In the past two months if there has been a demo in someone journal, I got it. If theres been a movie, I got it. On top of that, I actuially have neatly arranged them into approprate folders for each person who lives here in …
October 26, 2006
Firefox 2.0
So after installing the new Firefox and looking around here on Gamedev for some reviews of it, I stumbled across the addon for it. All I have to say is [grin]. I do think theres a few things that would be nice to be added:
- Make it so you can highlight text, then select to make it bold/i…
So after installing the new Firefox and looking around here on Gamedev for some reviews of it, I stumbled across the addon for it. All I have to say is [grin]. I do think theres a few things that would be nice to be added:
- Make it so you can highlight text, then select to make it bold/i…
October 18, 2006
Pointless Yet Relevant
">Do The MUSHU!!
Game Development
So the Raymonster so kindly gave me a computer to work on since the home computer that the hell hole im living at makes it impossable to dedicatedly work on anything at all! So hopefully within a few you will be graced by a little XNA game i…
">Do The MUSHU!!
Game Development
So the Raymonster so kindly gave me a computer to work on since the home computer that the hell hole im living at makes it impossable to dedicatedly work on anything at all! So hopefully within a few you will be graced by a little XNA game i…
October 10, 2006
Tech junkie chicks rock, and I love them!!!
P.S. Broken knees suck, it does this thing where it takes all the fun things you do every day, then it rapes them from you and makes your ass sit on a couch all day!
P.S. Broken knees suck, it does this thing where it takes all the fun things you do every day, then it rapes them from you and makes your ass sit on a couch all day!
October 05, 2006
So to help me learn XNA im going to be making a new game, woot!
The Plan:
I want to make a game using XNA that is takes into account a PC and an Xbox360. I dont mean im going to try and publish the game on either, but what I mean is design it to use both a keyboard and a monitor and a Xbox360 control…
The Plan:
I want to make a game using XNA that is takes into account a PC and an Xbox360. I dont mean im going to try and publish the game on either, but what I mean is design it to use both a keyboard and a monitor and a Xbox360 control…
October 03, 2006
Yup so last night I fell, hard. I got droped onto my kneecap, which in turn shattered it. Now unfortunatly im bed bound, cant do anything till I see an "orthopetic surgean" (excuse my spelling). Fortunatly my jobs really nice about this so it looks like I get a small vacation and then I can start w…
September 29, 2006
A whole day debugging and ive come to a conclusion:
Not calling super makes me
ANGRY
Not calling super makes me
ANGRY
September 25, 2006
So what has little old ShoeStringGames been up to with his time? Im glad you asked, because I was going to tell you anyways!
Personal:
I dont know how many of you have ever heard of the Big E but its one of the worlds largest carnivals in the united states. People from all around the world come to ha…
Personal:
I dont know how many of you have ever heard of the Big E but its one of the worlds largest carnivals in the united states. People from all around the world come to ha…
September 15, 2006
So, my first week of being an actual programmer is coming to an end. Its pretty interesting. Got me a dedicated computer to work on, a quiet enviornment, and I work around all good people. Its been pretty fun. Monday-Friday 9-5. So far this week ive gotten a decent ammount of work done to. Im not g…
September 11, 2006
Man its early. Its about 7:43 AM around these parts of the states. I havent seen this early in a LONG time, heh. Today is pretty interesting already. Not only is it the five year aniversery of the tragety that happened to this country, but its the start of my dreams. I finially get paid today to wo…
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