July 11, 2004
[Welcome back to... Journaler! Who'll be voted off this week?]
So... the Useful(P, D) function.
The particular things that fall into each of the categories I established in my previous post (constant, situation-dependent, and user-defined) will be game-dependent, I think that's pretty obvious. But I'…
So... the Useful(P, D) function.
The particular things that fall into each of the categories I established in my previous post (constant, situation-dependent, and user-defined) will be game-dependent, I think that's pretty obvious. But I'…
July 10, 2004
Finished Prince of Persia - the end section is sublime, with the Prince scaling the outside of a massive tower (over the course of about three chapters). That's the pure PoP gameplay I bought it for. [smile]
Following on from my previous entry, I'm going to think out loud a bit about camera systems …
Following on from my previous entry, I'm going to think out loud a bit about camera systems …
July 09, 2004
I've been playing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time a *bucketload* over the past couple of days; I'm about a third of the way through the game, and it's most fun. I've more or less gotten the hang of the whole rewindy-time thing - certainly getting faster at using it, anyway - and my jump-over-th…
July 08, 2004
Those of you who actually read the title of my previous entry may have been left wondering what new twist on an old game I was talking about. That's because, um, I forgot to mention it. [smile]
One of the excercises near the beginning of the book is to redesign Noughts and crosses for three players.…
One of the excercises near the beginning of the book is to redesign Noughts and crosses for three players.…
July 08, 2004
_Game Design Workshop_ is bloody great. It's got the excercises in it that really make sure you're absorbing what it's saying. I drifted off to sleep thinking about them last night.
Their three-bullet-point definition of a game is:
Their three-bullet-point definition of a game is:
- A closed, formal system, that
- Engages players in structured conflict, …
July 07, 2004
Went into Oxford today, and spent waaaay too much money - I've come home with Rayman 3, NOLF 2, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Oh, and _Game Design Workshop_ by Fullerton et al. Looks to be most interesting, that last one - there's some very detailed looks at things like prototyping and forma…
July 05, 2004
So, I'm still here.
The leaver's party was last Friday, and was much cooler than I expected - good food at the House, followed by much aimless wandering around in the crowds down by the main building. I met up with Fed and Paddy at the house and we walked down there. The person in charge of it this …
The leaver's party was last Friday, and was much cooler than I expected - good food at the House, followed by much aimless wandering around in the crowds down by the main building. I met up with Fed and Paddy at the house and we walked down there. The person in charge of it this …
June 30, 2004
I've just had an utterly weird idea.
It revolves around a coffee percolator simulator.
You start with a volume - let's say a conical one - in which we place a number of spherical CoffeeBalls. Each CoffeeBall has a mass and position; a physics simulator ticks through each frame of the simulation, ensu…
It revolves around a coffee percolator simulator.
You start with a volume - let's say a conical one - in which we place a number of spherical CoffeeBalls. Each CoffeeBall has a mass and position; a physics simulator ticks through each frame of the simulation, ensu…
June 29, 2004
I've done it. I've finally finished all my exams. No more school.
Now I just have to hang around until the end of term, attend the leaver's party, and drink myself into Birmingham.
I emailed Chris Kingsley at Rebellion today, just to check that I'm still on track to go work for them in September (for…
Now I just have to hang around until the end of term, attend the leaver's party, and drink myself into Birmingham.
I emailed Chris Kingsley at Rebellion today, just to check that I'm still on track to go work for them in September (for…
June 28, 2004
Today was probably the hardest day I'd been expecting throughout the exam period; and it didn't go too badly. Two economics papers and one physics.
The first economics paper did not go well. A2 Microeconomics; the first question was on the labour market (which I had failed to revise [headshake]), an…
The first economics paper did not go well. A2 Microeconomics; the first question was on the labour market (which I had failed to revise [headshake]), an…
June 27, 2004
That's Dawn of the Dead done. Only Day of the Dead to go now; I'll probably watch it on Tuesday night or Wednesday, because I've got three exams tomorrow and two the day after. (Probably should have been revising today. Oh well.)
Dawn of the Dead's third act has brought something to my attention tha…
Dawn of the Dead's third act has brought something to my attention tha…
June 26, 2004
Finished watching NotLD. Much fun. It's given me some things to think about (such as, what if zombies only took damage from shots to the head?, and, human players may well construct plans that depend on every one of them playing their part perfectly, and if they don't...), as well as a great soundb…
June 26, 2004
I just found the George Romero zombie movie trilogy box set (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead) for GBP25. [grin]
Gonna watch it (or at least, NotLD) tonight with a couple of friends. I think I can write it off as "Research" anyway. [wink]
Next on my zombie-culture list are …
Gonna watch it (or at least, NotLD) tonight with a couple of friends. I think I can write it off as "Research" anyway. [wink]
Next on my zombie-culture list are …
June 24, 2004
You may not have noticed, but I've been absent for hours at a stretch recently; it's because my connectivity is shot.
To connect to GDNet, my machine uses an 802.11b box (which is permanently on the very edge of the access point's range, and is thus affected by the wind, the weather, and the global …
To connect to GDNet, my machine uses an 802.11b box (which is permanently on the very edge of the access point's range, and is thus affected by the wind, the weather, and the global …
June 17, 2004
Economics went fairly well; 1500 words on the flexibility of the EU workforce. My policy recommendations were threefold:
- Unify qualifications across the EU - so that an IB in the UK is just as useful in France, Germany, or Poland
- Create an "education and training fund" - to fund things like subsidie…
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