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Programmer16
August 04, 2005
ATI or GeForce
I've always prefered ATI cards for the fact that they're boxes seem to give more information that GeForces. But lately I've been noticing that a lot of people have problems with ATI cards.

Currently I have:
128MB ATI Radeon 9250 Xtasy Series

Could someone please recommend a better GeForce card (I'd li…
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Programmer16
August 03, 2005
My mom's birthday
Hey everybody, today is my mom's birthday. She turned 25 (WINK WINK). So, everybody wish her a happy birthday!
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Programmer16
August 01, 2005
Buying a computer, a little at a time
Ok, I'm going to start saving money so that I can buy 2 computers. I'm going to buy a better desktop (something that isn't a celeron, maybe a 939 slot based computer) and a simple laptop. I need a laptop to be able to do my 2d programming on, so I don't need anything special (isometric is about as …
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Programmer16
July 26, 2005
Stuck on problems that don't concern me...
Ok, I've been looking back on my progress and I've realised that 9 out of 10 times, I get stuck on a problem that doesn't concern me at the moment. For example, just the other day I was working on my GUI and got stuck on a problem with stretching (for the titlebar, sides, etc.). So I decided to wri…
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Programmer16
July 22, 2005
4E4 Entry
Well, I've decided that I'm not going to enter the 4E4 contest. I want to make a 2D isometric game, and I can't finish one by the deadline. If I get some inspiration while I'm in Florida, I my make a side-scroller. Most likely I'll start my 3D isometric game (3D isometric will be easier than simula…
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Programmer16
July 22, 2005
My kick ass suit of armor

I was trying to make a mega-man style picture and this is how it turned out (WAY OFF.)

If anybody is good at making mega-man style graphics, I could REALLY use some.
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Programmer16
July 18, 2005
4E4 Updates
Well, I've updated the timing in my 4E4 entry. I also added a second character. You can now select character 1, 2, or both. As I said in the comments for the last post, the graphics have been updated to 10 frame spritesheet. I'm also need to update the animation system so that it loads sprite width…
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Programmer16
July 14, 2005
4E4 Entry Demo
Here is a very early demo of my engine for my 4E4 entry. I don't know where I got the sprite from, but I cut and pasted it into my own format. Gotta love good ol' Mario!

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Any CC would be welcome.

Thanks!

Edit: Screenshots (click the image for the full thing. Made wi…
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Programmer16
July 13, 2005
4E4 Entry
Ok, I've been trying to decide what I should make for the 4E4 contest and I've decided. Now I'm going to need a sprite artist that can do old super nintendo style graphics (if you're interested, I'll send you a picture of the style that I'm looking for.)
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Programmer16
July 13, 2005
Vacation & GED
So, I found out that I get to go to Florida in a couple weeks. I'll be there for a week or two, but I'll still be active (I'm taking my computer.) Hopefully I can get some of my entry done while I'm down there.

Well, I'm signed up to go take GED courses and tests in September. I'd have my diploma ri…
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Programmer16
July 13, 2005
News
Ok, I'm in the middle of setting up my website, so most (if not all) of my links, images, and such won't work. If I was hosting something for you, email me because it probably got deleted (my host folder got totally wiped because I didn't have ads.) I've added comments after stuff links, stating th…
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Programmer16
July 07, 2005
Updated AI code
I updated the AI Attempt code, now it uses a much nicer approach. Plus, with this approach I could extend it if I wanted.

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Any comments?
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Programmer16
July 06, 2005
Release dates and 4E4 entry
I'm done with release dates. They never seem to work. I should still be able to release the dftCommon code, but the rest of it is being redesigned (actually, its being designed.)

I've been planning on making a 2d isometric game for the 4E4 contest, but I've decided to switch to a regular 2d tilebase…
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Programmer16
July 04, 2005
My first attempt at AI
Wow, I went to PlanetSourceCode.com and found some of my old code, including my first attempt at AI. It was done two years ago, so I don't think its so bad (especially since I've never read any articles or actually tried to learn AI.)

Here's a link (7/13/05 doesn't work)

I just want to point out that…
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Programmer16
July 04, 2005
Source Code
I'll be adding the dftCommon source code tomorrow (I just have to add State and StateManager), and then Tuesday (Wednesday at the latest) I'll add dftGraphics. All thats left for Graphics is the data surface and the DS generation function. Hopefully everything goes as planned.

PS: Sorry to anybody t…
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Programmer16
July 02, 2005
DFT Library
I'm working on my DFT (DragonForge Technology) game development library. I'm trying to decide what all I should add to it, since I'm going to be using for a lot of future projects. Here's my list so far:
Edit: Fancier versions
dftCommon (7/13/05 still works)
dftGraphics (7/13/05 still works)

I don't kn…
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Programmer16
July 02, 2005
Working on iso graphics
Here is my first attempt at isometric pixel art:


Updated (Thanks for the tips Ravuya):
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