http://www.gamedev.net/blogs/ Community Developer Journals List Syndication Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:14:14 +0000 support@gamedev.net (GameDev.net) IP.Blog 60 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/704/entry-2254263-fun-with-c64/
I've joined local hackerspace, and with a friend we decided to revitalize couple old C64s (after some deliberation on platform - it was either that or ZX Speccy). At first we want to add some simple functionality like SD card reader, but eventually we want to have a portable C64. I recalled that...]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:43:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/704/entry-2254263-fun-with-c64/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1225/entry-2254262-vaerydian-quadtrees-ai-animation-interactions-and-hps/
I updated my AI's BehaviorTree to include a final animation behavior...]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1225/entry-2254262-vaerydian-quadtrees-ai-animation-interactions-and-hps/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/715/entry-2254260-outerra-anteworld-alpha-demo-released/ Outerra Tech Demo

Finally here comes the Outerra tech demo, coming together with the alpha release of our game Anteworld.

Outerra Anteworld-0.7.11.2968 (torrent...]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:58:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/715/entry-2254260-outerra-anteworld-alpha-demo-released/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/949/entry-2254259-a-c64-game-step-43/





Frankenstein's monster behaves very much like zombies, but is a bit stronger.



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;state 128 = invisible
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Dueling Blades Kickstarter Page:...]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/309/entry-2254258-another-kickstarter-project-that-needs-some-help/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1241/entry-2254256-tetris-in-ruby/
My exams are over (finally).
One of the courses I took this semester was introduction to the Ruby language.
For the final exam, we had to make some project of moderate complexity.
The result was like 90% web apps (written using Rails), several console apps and several games (most of which were chess simulators, they seem to be beloved among the...]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1241/entry-2254256-tetris-in-ruby/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1281/entry-2254255-games-are-art/
http://articles.cnn....etel?_s=PM:TECH

So, the bottom line is; Video games are art. That means that all game devs are, well, artists. :)

I think the games deserve to be called...]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1281/entry-2254255-games-are-art/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1116/entry-2254254-nothing-dev-about-it-taking-care-of-your-self/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1116/entry-2254254-nothing-dev-about-it-taking-care-of-your-self/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1415/entry-2254253-basic-level-design-the-unseen-job/ Post by Zak, Design Director at Demergo,

People forget about the level designer: most people can imagine someone programing the controls, an artist drawing a character, or a writer weaving a story, but his job mostly gets ignored. The level designer is kind of like a janitor: he...]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1415/entry-2254253-basic-level-design-the-unseen-job/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1420/entry-2254252-unity-3d-ios-pro-super-gem-thief-development-screenshot/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1420/entry-2254252-unity-3d-ios-pro-super-gem-thief-development-screenshot/