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The ups and downs of a self taught programmer.
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RanBlade
August 21, 2015
In a time for math!
I have probably brought this up before. But I feel the need to share my updates on it. First a little background. I have been trying to get better at math, especially math that pertains to video games and 3D. I kept getting snagged and it was always at the beginning before anything really complex h…
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RanBlade
August 17, 2015
A "finished" game!
So I finally finished a game on my own. It is a very simple concept of hang man modified to be more kid friendly. The game is called Word Game for now. The game starts off showing you a plane game with a couple UI buttons. And unfolds through a UI driven interface to play the game.

I really learned …
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RanBlade
April 09, 2013
Moving forward
Well I had a opportunity to program a game server for a small start up. It was a simple prototype to prove that the concept could work. It was great working full time being home with my family. We got it done a couple week late but it was done. It WORKED and it worked good after a [...]

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RanBlade
October 31, 2012
Did I just get played?
So I have been working on a server system for a couple of guys. I wrote a backend game server, a node.js/socket.io middleman client agent server. And then I wrote all the socket.io network message code in the browser to make life easier on the client/webpage guy. It took about 2 months and I worked…
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RanBlade
September 20, 2012
Pay attention to your math!
So this week I have been working on a JavaScript node.js server for a project I am working on. In our project we use socket.io to handle the connection to the web browser(So far best cross compadabilty) and then use a node.js tcp socket to talk to the back-end server. This server acts as a middle m…
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RanBlade
February 27, 2012
The struggle continues.
Well its been a couple months since I was active. When I left I was in the hunt for a job developing games for IOS and Android. It came down to me and 1 other person and they selected the other person due to the fact he had the degree. I don't blame them I understand the importance of the degree an…
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RanBlade
January 26, 2012
SWTOR, work, and programming.
Well SWTOR has been out what a month now? It's been a fun ride. My Juggernaut is level 50 and in full champion pvp gear. I have had a lot of fun and met some new friends in the process. With engaging quest system of SWTOR I hope to have a long run with this [...]

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RanBlade
January 10, 2012
Life moves on.
Well I didn't get the job with the game programming company. So I'm back to doing my own thing. Hopefully soon I can be a part of something bigger in the software industry. But for now its back to working on my own stuff, which includes a heart game for the Droid and something network [...]

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RanBlade
November 10, 2011
YES!
Made it through the phone interview got the email yesterday, one last in person interview. I am almost there. It has been a hell of a ride now to keep my head in the game and prepare for the werid task of writing code in front of people. I dont understand why it scares me so much and stresses me ou…
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RanBlade
October 29, 2011
Made it past the programming test
Well good news! I made it past the programming test and now I am on to the phone interview. The process ended up going a little slower then I had anticipated but Im getting closer. It has been such a fun experience and Ill keep you posted but wanted to let you all know I have almost broken into the…
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RanBlade
October 29, 2011
Made it past the programming test
Well good news! I made it past the programming test and now I am on to the phone interview. The process ended up going a little slower then I had anticipated but Im getting closer. It has been such a fun experience and Ill keep you posted but wanted to let you all know I have almost broken into the…
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RanBlade
October 11, 2011
Nevous today.
It all comes down to this, I finally may have a interview for a game company working on mobile games here near my home. The owner of the company is going to be calling me in the morning. I am so scared and nervous even though I feel I am ready for the challenge.

It is going to be a complete life ch…
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RanBlade
September 30, 2011
Java is not my friend.
While working on this hearts game I have been using Java. I'm not a fan. I like my ability for scope in C/C++. It may be the IDE it may just be the language, but I feel like I have no control over my variables and I'm forced to do it in a manner that [...]

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RanBlade
September 26, 2011
Site redesign and update.
Spent a lot of time today updating the site with a new theme and adding more content to it that I had not added before. Work with hearts has been coming along necely. I am at a stage now where it starts to get fun, a lot less of the boring part of the development [...]

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RanBlade
April 24, 2011
Happy Easter Sunday (whatever it means to you)
Well it is Easter today and that means very little time at the computer today. It means something different to everyone and I try to keep it in perspective when I wish all of you a Happy Easter! If your Easter is spent celebrating for religous reasons , or for the candy and the fun of Easter [...]

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RanBlade
April 23, 2011
No code but cool discovery.
So I didn't really get any code done last night. Which leads me into my cool discovery last night. I was browsing the forums on gamedev.net lat night and read a post where someone linked Stanford Engineering Everywhere. So I talked to my cousin about it and he told me that MIT was doing something s…
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RanBlade
April 22, 2011
Got some code done and some ideas on blogging for inspiration
Time: 1am

Music on Pandora: Oceanic by Tranquility Base.

Well I did some work on my game tonight. I feel I took my time and thought it through and did it a lot cleaner and smarter tonight. Trying to think more on readiablity and program flow rather then just banging it out until it works ...

Tonight I…
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RanBlade
April 22, 2011
All moved in.
Well we just got all moved in, and what I mean by that is I just setup my command center in my house for the first time since I moved here 2 months ago. I have been traveling so much its nice to finnally get a minute at home to relax and be with my family. It has also given me the chance to clear m…
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RanBlade
August 06, 2010
Time moves on.
Didn't realize how out of practice I am. My new game for the droid has been a great experience for me, the kind of experience I needed to move forward. All things considered I am doing pretty good , working a lot of night shift , some code problems, but over all good. Also Starcraft 2 has released …
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RanBlade
July 18, 2010
Back to work.
Well I am back at my real job working the 7 12's again. Which is good for my bank account. Good news though I've decided to work on some stuff for the droid , so that is going to be a really fun experience and a new challenge I look forward too. Well time to get my nose to the grind stone

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RanBlade
July 10, 2010
Tired.
Well today was a long day. Kids ran around like crazy while I worked hard getting this site up as much as possible and even throwing out a couple applications!.. Its about time. I also made the decision to use UDK (Unreal Development Kit) for my new memory game. This should be a fun and exciting ex…
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RanBlade
July 09, 2010
Memory type game.
Well I have taken some time off from programming. And I have been thinking of plenty ideas for a new game. In my search to try and find something that would motivate me that I can have fun with I have decided to make a memory style game for my children to play. It has the potential to add a lot of …
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RanBlade
July 09, 2010
Welcome to my portfolio
I will be updating with my portfolio of projects, random info about myself , and my life. There is a lot of work to do and little time to do it (for me atleast) so stay tuned.



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RanBlade
February 09, 2010
Game Client is coming along
As of 11PM tonight The game client I am working on can now Login -> enter chat -> enter game -> enter back into chat... Today we tested with 2 players running around on our map and all went very smoothly. Really getting excited hopefully soon we have some screenshots we can show people. Lo…
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RanBlade
February 01, 2010
Long Road
Well its been a long road. But as of 2 days ago my team and I have created our chat client (with Unity engine) , got the server online and ready to handle our chatrooms and gamerooms.. I would post some screens but our artist doesnt approve of his qaulity yet. It was a major milestone and a great l…
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RanBlade
November 21, 2009
Unity
Just stumbled on a tool/engine called Unity. It seems really cool and to be able to do 3D in a web browser is really intresting. My cousin and I have decided to use it for our development on our current game. So I plan on keeping everyone posted on Unity and our trials and tribulations with it.

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RanBlade
May 22, 2009
A day for a lesson
Recently I have been working on a sever system and network engine. Well for the last 3 days I have been fighting a bug while setting things up to receive multiple packets at once. The code looked great but for some reason anytime I received more then 1 message it would corrupt the msg's and/or cras…
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RanBlade
May 12, 2009
Moving forward
Well today was a great day for coding. Got off work early and was able to really hit it hard. Today I took on function pointers to help implement my design for my network engine and its message handling system. I understand this may not be a great way to go about things but its a way of doing it an…
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RanBlade
February 02, 2009
news
Its amazing how things can change instantly in one day. Yesterday I was just thinking about networks programming and reading all i could on that to spending a majority of my thoughts and time looking at houses to move to lol. The people we were going to buy our house from have backed out because th…
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RanBlade
January 28, 2009
Unix Network Programming Volume 1
So I finally stopped procrastinating and started teaching myself network programming (where I eventually want to end up). I am reading Unix Network Programming, and its a good book but I feel the choice to write the book filled with wrapper functions. Me personally I feel it makes it harder for som…
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