http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531My not-so daily posts on my current console projecten-ushttp://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3508844Ah, me. How easily I get distracted, enticed by the thought of "Oh, that would be cool", or "I wonder if I can do this". The first thing I need to make sure I understand, <i>right now</i>, is that for pity's sake, I'm not trying to write a full-featured C+...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3507424I turned 17 today! I won't technically be 17 for maybe three more hours, but for all intents and purposes...<BR> <BR> I've been working a lot &#111;n that Nucleus engine I mentioned previously. Right now I'm getting to know the Lua/C API so I can write a C...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3492501Nucleus is moving along nicely, although for some reason I keep putting off the event queues in favour of other features that, while essential, really can wait a little while. <img src='http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/images/smileys/grin.gif' borde...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3491316Sorry Matt... Cripes 2.0 is frozen indefinitely. <img src='http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/images/smileys/sad.gif' border=0><BR> <BR> In <i>slightly</i> happier news, I've made quite a lot of progress &#111;n a new Java-based project of mine, calle...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3419967So I haven't really gotten much done so far. I'm trying to get back into it, and I think I'm succeeding... slowly. I'm starting to think I should spend some time &#111;n a shorter side-project, though. At the very least it would boost my morale. <img src='...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3416431I'm pretty much done with my hiatus from Cripes 2.0, and I have just &#111;ne problem... I'm considering changing my Keyboard into a Singleton. But that's stupid, right? There's so many reasons I shouldn't... but it's so tempting. And it's not like I gain ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3415431Mixed feelings &#111;n this &#111;ne, though mainly I got pretty far ahead of myself. I've abandoned AdLib, because it was too much work and just not enough return, and I finally decided that, yes, it was indeed reinventing the wheel. I may as well explain...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3413452EDIT: Abandoned. See next post for details.<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> As of today I'm working &#111;n an engine I call AdLib. It's really mostly just a hobby project... but I have plans for it. Unfortunately, it's &#111;n the same backburner as the Atom~View proj...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3411864<font size="-2">(EDIT: Gaiiden, I hate to impose, but if I get &#111;n the weekend reading list this week, I'd appreciate if this post was used instead of anything else, since I doubt anything else this week will be very interesting. <img src='http://www.g...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3411766I have a few non-hobby projects I need to devote my time to, so I'm going to focus &#111;n those and get them out of the way. Consequently, Cripes! is going to be a little sluggish for the next week or so.<BR> <BR> <h2>Books</h2><BR> I got three new books...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=34106851) I just ordered GameDev.net's new "Beginning Game Programming" book from Amazon.com, and I'm expecting it next Thursday. <img src='http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/images/smileys/smile.gif' border=0><BR> <BR> 2) I'm going to try to make &#111;ne M...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3410431I popped &#111;nto GameDev.net today and spotted John Hattan's <a href="http://www.gamedev.net/features/reviews/productreview.asp?productid=725">review of Musicshake</a>, a free-to-use music composition tool. It's rather reminiscent of FL Studio, but I nev...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3409375I have a <i>very</i> rough and basic Strategy setup going now. I have an IStrategy template interface which defines a pure virtual Execute(T&). The templating means I'm able, if I so desire (and I rather don't), to create strategies for other objects besid...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3408697I caved in and signed up &#111;n Twitter. <img src='http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/images/smileys/rolleyes.gif' border=0> I don't know how much I'll use it, but I like how EasilyConfused uses his, so... I also downloaded <a href="http://funkatron....http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=390531&reply_id=3407396This post is more a collection of my thoughts than anything, because I'm too tired to write properly. Comment as you like, if there's anything worth commenting &#111;n.<BR> <BR> 1. Noticed while browsing Wikipedia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De...