So I decided to challenge my self this weekend and actually finish a game. So, Ludum dare :P

I'll use this post to post builds to be tested/played :)

I am also live streaming the whole thing here: www.twitch.tv/sparkedstudios

Good luck to all others who are taking part, im sure a few people on here ar…

Hey guys, been a while since I posted here.

The reason behind this post is that I decided to challenge myself to implement a system similar to GLSL into my engine. Dont know why, but it seemed like a good idea at the time!

So, as many of you will know, I am working on Beyond The Light. One of the thi…

Hey guys, in my last post I said my new priority was saving and loading maps. Well, now I have that ability

I managed to sort out a way to save and load maps There are two files produced when saving, a configuration file and the actual map. The config file stores things like:

• Tile Information
  
• Map Di…

Hey guys!

In my last entry, I detailed the requirement for a level creator. This is the first time I actually have something decent to show for my work! I have been putting a lot of work into this, and there is still more to come!



To start with, this is the opening interface. You just have to input t…

So I have been doing a lot of work on my game engine recently, and games that I am making with said engine. However, I am noticing the same flaw. There is no quick and easy way to visualise the level in game, with the new level, (which is either hard coded or loaded from an image). So I have starte…

Hello World!

I cant think of a better way to start off a journal on a programming website

Anyway, Hello. My name is Matthew and I have been programming in Java for 4 years now, and for the past year and a half I have been writing games in Java. These projects have been varied from making a Pong rema…