March 12, 2005
So I poked around the framework a while longer.
Eventually, I discovered the FlashWidget class, which allows you to show Flash content within your PopCap based application.
I looked over the class, it seemed relatively easy to throw an flash game into the app, so I tried it.
Performance left quite a b…
Eventually, I discovered the FlashWidget class, which allows you to show Flash content within your PopCap based application.
I looked over the class, it seemed relatively easy to throw an flash game into the app, so I tried it.
Performance left quite a b…
March 12, 2005
PopCap Developer Program
So, I've been toying with the PopCap game framework. I find it really easy to use. It reminds me more than a little of Java (in fact, it looks to be a Java framework ported to C++). It's not as simple to code as Flash, but it is looking to be a lot better suited to games.…
So, I've been toying with the PopCap game framework. I find it really easy to use. It reminds me more than a little of Java (in fact, it looks to be a Java framework ported to C++). It's not as simple to code as Flash, but it is looking to be a lot better suited to games.…
March 01, 2005
Road Kill Candy
I've heard a lot about this on the radio as I come in to work each morning.
I also remember that as a kid, and even to this day, when I'm eating animal crackers or gummy bears or any other sort of animal shaped food, I bite the heads off first. Anybody else do that?
So, it's OK to eat…
I've heard a lot about this on the radio as I come in to work each morning.
I also remember that as a kid, and even to this day, when I'm eating animal crackers or gummy bears or any other sort of animal shaped food, I bite the heads off first. Anybody else do that?
So, it's OK to eat…
February 24, 2005
Are *YOU* someone who hates the overdoneness of double entendres by your peer group? Feel like you are trapped in a bad episode of Three's Company?
I sure know I am.
Here's how to combat it:
When your peer group starts to giggle and crack jokes like a group of middle school students over something li…
I sure know I am.
Here's how to combat it:
When your peer group starts to giggle and crack jokes like a group of middle school students over something li…
February 21, 2005
I was thinking a lot about games I have recently done. They are all abstract in nature. Sure, some of them have concrete themes, which gives them various levels of "cuteness"
So I was also thinking about the more complex projects I want to do, in particular "Dungeon Delver", which incorporates mos…
So I was also thinking about the more complex projects I want to do, in particular "Dungeon Delver", which incorporates mos…
February 13, 2005
Units for Medieval Micromanager (colors subject to change):
From left to right: Peasant(pitchfork), Craftsman(hammer), Militia(sword), Infantry(sword and shield).
Most of the time, these units will be represented with colored circles, but detailed displays, like those showing who is being domiciled i…
From left to right: Peasant(pitchfork), Craftsman(hammer), Militia(sword), Infantry(sword and shield).
Most of the time, these units will be represented with colored circles, but detailed displays, like those showing who is being domiciled i…
February 12, 2005
A little over five days (that's 139 microcenturies). Still doing well. I'll be quite happy when it gets to a week (192 microcenturies) on monday. It will be the next "significant milestone".
If all goes well, the following are the remaining milestones:
Feb 14th: One Week
Feb 21st: Two Weeks
Feb 28th:…
If all goes well, the following are the remaining milestones:
Feb 14th: One Week
Feb 21st: Two Weeks
Feb 28th:…
February 11, 2005
So, just passed 86 hours. still haven't smoked.
But this leads me to the question: when does the ability to measure something in hours stop? I've never heard of any span of time longer than 96 hours. I think after that you have to start just measuring in days, which sucks because then my hourly pr…
But this leads me to the question: when does the ability to measure something in hours stop? I've never heard of any span of time longer than 96 hours. I think after that you have to start just measuring in days, which sucks because then my hourly pr…
February 10, 2005
About 10 minutes ago, I crossed the 61 hours since smoking threshhold. From what I've read, the 48-72 hour time frame is the most crucial time for those who are quitting smoking.
And I'm right in the middle of it.
Thus far, it isn't too bad. But the people I work for tend to really piss me off from…
And I'm right in the middle of it.
Thus far, it isn't too bad. But the people I work for tend to really piss me off from…
February 09, 2005
At 11:45 am CST on Wednesday, February 9th 2005 C.E., it shall be forty hours since I last used tobacco.
I have a 21 milligram nicotene patch, I'm eating a lot of popcorn and peppermint candies. I have managed not to kill anyone yet.
I have a 21 milligram nicotene patch, I'm eating a lot of popcorn and peppermint candies. I have managed not to kill anyone yet.
January 28, 2005
It's about as official as it can be without actually having the contract signed and in my hot little hands.
The project formerly known as MakeDeez Games is now 95% likely to become an actual tree murdering book.
The project formerly known as MakeDeez Games is now 95% likely to become an actual tree murdering book.
January 27, 2005
Did you ever go to a beach?
And not a beach that was crowded with people, either.
I mean an empty beach.
Empty, that is, except for the hundreds of sea gulls.
You know what I like to do?
I like to slowly make my way onto the beach, not disturbing any of the sea gulls as I do so.
Then, once properly posit…
And not a beach that was crowded with people, either.
I mean an empty beach.
Empty, that is, except for the hundreds of sea gulls.
You know what I like to do?
I like to slowly make my way onto the beach, not disturbing any of the sea gulls as I do so.
Then, once properly posit…
January 23, 2005
So, my previous entry got me to thinking about crop rotation plans, and see if it'll work with the current game parameters, or do I have to change them?
Take a group of 5 Peasants. It takes them 4 turns to deplete a Farm, 10 turns to Clear the land, and 5 turns to build a new Farm in the same spot.…
Take a group of 5 Peasants. It takes them 4 turns to deplete a Farm, 10 turns to Clear the land, and 5 turns to build a new Farm in the same spot.…
January 23, 2005
This past week, I was doing a lot of extra time at work, getting something ready for a trade show, so I didn't have a lot of time to spend on the design or implementation of Midieval Micromanager. But now I should have a little more time.
One thing I have decided is that each Peasant, Craftsman, Mi…
One thing I have decided is that each Peasant, Craftsman, Mi…
January 18, 2005
Step One is, of course, have some sort of clue, plan, design, schematic, or something else that gives you a good idea of where you want to go and how to get there.
It supposedly helps out with Step Two: Avoid False Starts, but has not in this case, so I guess I'm going to go back to Step One, or Ste…
It supposedly helps out with Step Two: Avoid False Starts, but has not in this case, so I guess I'm going to go back to Step One, or Ste…
January 15, 2005
Despite everything I tell people to do all of the time, every now and again, I still have a desire to make a game that I know I won't finish.
This time, the game is "Feudal Micromanager".
It's on a scale similar to the "Island Trader" game that I want to make from time to time as well as the "Dungeon…
This time, the game is "Feudal Micromanager".
It's on a scale similar to the "Island Trader" game that I want to make from time to time as well as the "Dungeon…
January 06, 2005
In order for my disassembler to be "good", I need it to, as best it can, identify "code" and "data".
My main thoughts on this are to give the code a "virtual run" in the following manner:
Start at the beginning (0x0200), and mark the instructions as code as I go. I only have to actually respond to G…
My main thoughts on this are to give the code a "virtual run" in the following manner:
Start at the beginning (0x0200), and mark the instructions as code as I go. I only have to actually respond to G…
January 06, 2005
So, I was reading this thread. (I'm taking a quick break from CHIP8.)
I enjoy, to a degree, the train wreck that is any conversation about "free" v. "non-free" software.
Not so terribly long ago, I was a squarely in the "non-free" camp. But because of Mickey Mouse, I changed my mind.
I wouldn't call …
I enjoy, to a degree, the train wreck that is any conversation about "free" v. "non-free" software.
Not so terribly long ago, I was a squarely in the "non-free" camp. But because of Mickey Mouse, I changed my mind.
I wouldn't call …
January 06, 2005
And what is THIS?
0200 GOTO 212
0202 DATA 8D8D
0204 GOSUB 0A9
0206 SKIPIF V1==39
0208 SKIPIF V9==30
020A GOSUB 052
020C DATA 5454
020E GOSUB 08E
0210 VE=V0
0212 GOSUB 4B6
0214 GOSUB 4DA
0216 V0=0F
0218 SKIPIF KEYUP(V0)
021A GOTO 224
021C V0=0E
021E SKIPIF KEYUP(V0)
0220 GOTO 228
0222 GOTO 216
0224 GOSUB 4DA
0226 GOTO …
January 06, 2005
He *KNOWS* I'm fascinated by things that are "odd". He *KNOWS* that once I hear about something like Chip8, I won't rest until I've completely immersed myself in the topic and probably written a book about it (this is how two of my books, "Cybiko" and "SDL" got written).
Well, if you suddenly come …
Well, if you suddenly come …
January 04, 2005
I did an update to my BFI program. It is not currently uploaded, but I expect it will be before long, once I finish cleaning it up.
What has changed? Well, it's still a Brainf*** Interpreter. No, I didn't add any new tokens to the language in any sort of attempt to "improve it", although if I get…
What has changed? Well, it's still a Brainf*** Interpreter. No, I didn't add any new tokens to the language in any sort of attempt to "improve it", although if I get…
January 01, 2005
There are a lot of these types of games online. You are in "town", you buy equipment, then you go and battle your next foe. Two modes: battle and shopping. Kind of like in Adventure Quest.
Enter Translucent Battle Blobs, otherwise known as "Masters".
Masters takes the abstraction even further. Ne…
Enter Translucent Battle Blobs, otherwise known as "Masters".
Masters takes the abstraction even further. Ne…
January 01, 2005
Current Bare Bones Implementation of Fyvinaro
Game upon which Fyvinaro is based
A few things this game will definitely need:
1) the tokens need to be more easily distinguishable from one another (initially, they are okay, but as levels progress, some are a little hard to pick out).
2) A new UI for star…
Game upon which Fyvinaro is based
A few things this game will definitely need:
1) the tokens need to be more easily distinguishable from one another (initially, they are okay, but as levels progress, some are a little hard to pick out).
2) A new UI for star…
January 01, 2005
Okay, so a lot of people have played Hexircuit. I know this because there are over 80 entries on the 4x4 top scores list.
However, on some of the other score lists, I only see maybe a dozen entries.
So, the problem must be:
Selecting the size of the board must be unclear to people. Since 4x4 is the "…
However, on some of the other score lists, I only see maybe a dozen entries.
So, the problem must be:
Selecting the size of the board must be unclear to people. Since 4x4 is the "…
December 31, 2004
Settlers of Catan
I d/led and played the trial for a bit yesterday. The trial only allows you to play for an hour, but it is a faithful adaptation of the board game.
Yeah, it's $30, but consider that the board game often retails for $35-$40.
I d/led and played the trial for a bit yesterday. The trial only allows you to play for an hour, but it is a faithful adaptation of the board game.
Yeah, it's $30, but consider that the board game often retails for $35-$40.
December 30, 2004
Okay, so I still have to hook ChemHex into the Top Scores system, and I have to "refinish" Fyvinaro and JetLag-Crystal, and get THEM hooked into the Top Scores system.
But further down the road....
It is an idea similar to Hexircuit, in that the goal is to solve a hex grid maze. Yet another hex game.…
But further down the road....
It is an idea similar to Hexircuit, in that the goal is to solve a hex grid maze. Yet another hex game.…
December 27, 2004
Hexircuit Release Candidate 1
Sounds are now in.
You can rotate counter clockwise by holding down the SHIFT key.
How To Play has been expanded/updated.
At this point, I'm down to refinements. If anybody has suggestions, now is the time.
Sounds are now in.
You can rotate counter clockwise by holding down the SHIFT key.
How To Play has been expanded/updated.
At this point, I'm down to refinements. If anybody has suggestions, now is the time.
December 24, 2004
I know with the holiday and all, many of my regulars won't have much of a chance to try it, but here it is.
Still a bit rough, but fully functional. I'm also interested in the colorblind accessibility (nudge nudge Howard).
The high scores system works, and most of them are empty. Have at it folks, a…
Still a bit rough, but fully functional. I'm also interested in the colorblind accessibility (nudge nudge Howard).
The high scores system works, and most of them are empty. Have at it folks, a…
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