I wanted to have something a little more...shall we say "screenshot laden" for this update, but...twasn't meant to be.

After a couple of false starts (and more than a week of not updating this journal), I think I have a decent skeleton for my graphics code. I've done everything using virtual classe…

I promise that one day this journal will have something more entertaining than my I'm-Planning-On-Making-This-Cool-Game ramblings. In the interim, I present to you my general (and likely highly incomplete) plan of action (not including creation of art/level/music/sound assets, which will sort of h…

Well, my home computer's hooked up, my Internet was just turned on, and the slate is clean.

Today's mystery ingredient: Triangles!
Let's see what the Iron Dev can dish out.

One Point Five Years Ago
Early last year, I was playing around with a simple terrain engine. It was your basic height-field based terrain engine. It was also crap-tastic. But hey, you've gotta start somewhere. Thus, I started with this:

(Click To Enlarge)
Kinda lame, but it was a good test. Each …

Okay. I've set my deadline. The plans are in place. It's now a matter of getting it done.

The Goal
A futuristic racing game. Similar to F-Zero. No weapons, no powerups, just racing. But I want it done by the end of October. Impossible, you say? Probably. But I've gotta try. And trying is …