http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642On Python, game development and everythingen-ushttp://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3439672My latest excuse for not getting anything done &#111;n Artillery Brawl or any other projects is that I just landed a job in the game industry! I didn't want to announce it &#111;n the blog before I got a contract, but today I got &#111;ne as a programmer f...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3420086I have succesfully moved to Helsinki, though the apartment is of course still a mess. While organizing the apartment, I also decided to reorganize my <a href="http://www.brainfold.org/blog/portfolio/">Portfolio</a> page. Please check it out, all kinds of c...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3416852Since I have the job interview &#111;n Thursday, I decided to brush up my rusty C++ skills and make a quick work sample while at it, as I haven't really worked with the language since about 2004. The position I'm applying for is UI programmer, so I made a ...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3413466I haven’t updated for a while again. Let’s get gamedev news out of the way first. I haven’t worked &#111;n Artillery Brawl for a couple of weeks; instead, I have tried to get the card game ready for testing. I made some prototype cards by putting pieces of...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3401523The good news is, suddenly I got a whole lot more free time for game development.<BR> <BR> The bad news is, I don’t have a job anymore (yay for the economic situation).<BR> <BR> I didn’t just freeze and panic though; instead, I called a friend at a game co...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3398377As part of my effort to integrate <a href="http://code.google.com/p/py-lepton/">Lepton</a> for particle effects, I have been implementing a system of triggers and payloads to make projectiles more interesting in general. The system is heavily inspired by t...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3392029Remember when I said “if I don’t hit any further roadblocks”, I would add particle effects to Artillery Brawl this week? Well, guess what…<BR> <BR> The bad news is, I had to spend a whole evening porting <a href="http://code.google.com/p/py-lepton/">lepton...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3387546Just a quick update… I have been fixing all the stuff that was broken since the change to multi-part units and then some, and everything should be ready for finally implementing particle effects. I even implemented fake sweeping collisions for shells by ma...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3372690I just wrote my last lines of Python for this year. I haven’t got to particle explosions (I’m going to try <a href="http://code.google.com/p/py-lepton/">lepton</a> for those) or other interesting bits yet, and the code doesn’t actually even run at the mome...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3371248As promised (to myself and readers), I have continued game development during the holidays. Not much, mind you, I’ve mostly been enjoying the chance of being lazy for a change, but it’s something, and I hope I don’t get any more months-long breaks in the n...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3362847I'm back to GDNet! While being busy with studies, I let my GDNet+ account expire and hardly updated my blog... But both have changed now! I'm still going to keep my blog proper &#111;n Wordpress at my domain, but continue posting sneak peeks here at GDNet,...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3286477Oops, looks like Real Life ate me for July. I haven’t even worked &#111;n the university project much, but I’ll have to get it ready before September. Some good news regarding my studies though: I’m very likely to finish all my remaining courses during the...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3264735<ul><BR> <li>Finish these stupid courses - I have to use Java again for the other &#111;ne, eww</li><BR> <li>Prototype a game idea I had while driving home today - but not spend over a week &#111;n it</li><BR> <li>Learn to draw some vector art - because it...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3263025Lately I’ve read a lot about game design (Danc’s blog has been especially enlightening). I’m now convinced I have to prototype a few “risky” aspects of Artillery Brawl’s gameplay to make sure what I’m doing is actually fun before wasting effort &#111;n oth...http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=392642&reply_id=3260753I’m starting to write about the game design for Artillery Brawl &#111;n this blog instead of keeping it in my head and my private wiki. As opposed to Red Nebula, whose concept is wide open, a “playground” of sorts, the vision I have for Artillery Brawl is ...