http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503Now leaving all ports west of easy street, next stop, a land of emergent imagination.en-ushttp://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3338241Blurry blurry vision, it's not as cool as it sounds believe it or not. Sure you see a big purple spot every where, but it makes it hard to read and to tell the difference between certain colors. Not really handy when your trying to put some new ends &#111;...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3319614I sat down this evening to try and get some coding in, this would have been the first time that I've really sat down and worked &#111;n the engine this month. Side tracked again. Granted I did look at the code and decided what I needed to do next, but then...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3318850<BR> I've been doing way too much messing around the internet as of late and not enough coding &#111;n the engine. I'm also going to be moving again next week, so things are a little hectic right now.<BR> <BR> I'll be moving into the heart of downtown Des ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3316524I just spent the last hour or so reading all the entries I've ever entered into this dev journal. It's pretty interesting to see a progression of &#111;nes efforts and personality through the years. It's kind of narcissistic to read all my posts, but reall...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3315751Source control is something that I neglected for quite sometime due to some issues that I had a few years ago with using Microsoft Source Safe. I'd asked some fellas over at <a href="http://www.gamedev.org" title="gamedev.org">gamedev.org</a> a little whil...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3315030I had planned to actually get some work done today &#111;n the engine as I'm aiming to get things into beta by the beginning of the year. Unfortunately I just got home after a fourteen hour work day. I spent most of the day driving from &#111;ne end of the...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3314451September is here already and although I've done better this year then any other at blogging I still haven't met a lot of my goals in that area, but things happen, people get busy, and time goes by, just like every other year and every other life.<BR> <BR>...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3264026The month of June 2008 has come and gone already. Half of &#111;ne orbital rotation has been completed and we are our &#111;n our way into the second half. As this begins, I think that it's important for me to reflect for a minute &#111;n things that have ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3257815This week has been an interesting &#111;ne. I've spent the better part of it with my son, which has been a blast. I took the week off from work and with the exception of a few days he's pretty much been by my side most of the time. Sadly, I don't really re...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3245047It's flooding all over the state of Iowa right now, including here in Des Moines. I happen to be in an area with higher elevation, so I pretty much have lucked out so far and haven't felt the wrath of nature directly. I have however been witness to the man...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3219757I got a router today so that I could have internet access in my room at the new apartment. I'm still getting settled. I've yet to get a bed and my stuff out of storage, but I've got internet access and my computer, so it's time to get back to work &#111;n ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3216927Subject taken from the <a href="http://www.publicprop.com/index.asp?show=yes"> Public Property</a> song ,Movement. Fitting &#111;nly because I'm doing what I seem to do at least &#111;nce a year, and that is move. It'll be a good change as I'll have a room...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3215309Well, I finally set down to do some work in an organized manner &#111;n things today in the first time in the last two months. Back towards the end of February I tore apart the engine to begin re-writing game state management in a more flexible manner and ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3202818Over at<a href="http://www.gamedev.org"> http://www.gamedev.org</a> there is a competition going &#111;n over the next few weeks and I'm definitely getting in &#111;n it. I came up with a concept the other day and spent an hour or so fleshing out some of t...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=315503&reply_id=3190811I decided to get the orange box late last night. I've heard a lot of good things about portal and it's good to see a game live up to the hype for a change. Although very short, the concept is probably the coolest &#111;ne I've seen in a while.<BR> <BR> I'm...