http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089bleh. BLEH i say!en-ushttp://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3139194i've started up a new wordpress blog, and i'm going to be doing most of my blogging there for a while. i'll post updates here from time to time, but if you're interested, point your browser here:<BR> <BR> <a href="http://steelgolem.wordpress.com">http://st...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3138463i was gonna build the npcs into actionrpg, but i realized i don't really have enough of the other stuff built yet to properly support them. well, i put them in anyways:<BR> <BR> <img src="http://members.gamedev.net/steelgolem/pics/actionRPG-200801130245.PN...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3137532if i had known it was going to turn out this way, i woulda started off as simply as possible. i'm working &#111;n the collision detection and response code again, and its just such a pain in the ass.<BR> <BR> ok so i've gotten it so you can crash into the ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3137463yesterday i was hooked &#111;n <a href="http://www.advsys.net/ken/default.htm">Ken Silverman's Homepage</a>, playing with his Voxlap demo. played a little more ff12ds before bed. i think i've been burned out or something. gonna tackle the code now.http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3136350so yesterday i forked out $60 for Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, the ds ff rts. i made it through the first chapter (basic training), but just barely. i had to die three times &#111;n stage 1-4. i'm not super good at rts games yet, but i considered mys...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3135615<b><i>collision detection.</b></i><BR> <BR> so i had a thought yesterday, &#111;n my collision detection and response pains.<BR> <BR> wait, lemme fill you in a little &#111;n what that means exactly. you see that crappy breakout below? yeah, well i was doi...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3134777so i've finally gotten this underway again. i had a hell of a time with collision and response between squares/rects and tilemaps. there was always <i>something</i> not quite right. thankfully x-out in #ludumdare gave me the tip i needed to get out of my b...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3132782yeah yeah i'm sure you're screaming at the monitor by now. WELL PIPE DOWN! i had a reason to do this. in the first place, i actually haven't ever <b>successfully</b> built breakout. sure, i had the bat and ball - but i couldn't figure out what to do in res...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3130220<b><i>contests.</i></b><BR> <BR> well the <a href="http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/category/ld10/">ludum dare 10 results</a> are up and i won a bronze medal! i was surprised i even ranked. i'll definitely be trying harder next LD. i'm actually kinda ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3127730<b><i>xmas.</i></b><BR> <BR> this probably doesn't go here, but its been years since i got a sweet haul of loot that i just had to drop it somewhere. whee christmas! yeah its probably been since university, and that would put it at about 10 years.<BR> <BR>...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3126700since i don't have long enough time blocks for the next bunch of days because of holiday visiting, the following is all i have to post about. can't code when you can't put in 3-4 hours, unless its something simple..<BR> <BR> <b><i>ff1 dawn of souls.</i></b...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3126306so yeah, its almost xmas. i took a break from xmas cleaning and figured i'd drop a line in here. xmas is just so much fuggin work.. i want it to be over already, so i can get back to my stuff. maybe the break from it will do it some good.<BR> <BR> i tried ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3122307<a href="http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/">ludumdare 10</a> weekend! i figured i'd throw down with the rest of 'em, and i wound up with this:<BR> <BR> <img src="http://members.gamedev.net/steelgolem/pics/ld10-sg-200712162056.PNG"><BR> <a href="http:/...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3119662<img src="http://members.gamedev.net/steelgolem/pics/actionRPG-200712122320.PNG"><BR> tristram.map<BR> <BR> so i got the town map loading and you can walk around &#111;n it now. there's really no reason to right now, its a ghost town. in that pic i'm prete...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=270089&reply_id=3117632i'm <a href="http://www.vgcats.com/comics/extras/stillalive.php">still alive</a>, just been busy playing <a href="http://bit-blot.com/aquaria/">Aquaria</a> and working minor magics &#111;n ActionRPG. i've added a couple of new monsters, and fixed some bugs...