... Indeed! I bumped off the Cell CPU that was previously on my desktop background and have put this up instead. I have a sinking feeling that my interest in...
... Inspirational noise library, used to render a complex planet. http://libnoise.sourceforge.net/examples/complexplanet/index.html Cheers, Brandon Van Every ...
... to ... to ... There is no doubting the size or the dream chasing. But it can be said same of most gaming forums. Full of dream chasers who can't or will...
Hey all In currently looking for people to help out with my little project. its basically a browser based game done in flash/php and HTML. the concept is...
While the author maintains a blog on the main page... http://www.lostgarden.com/index.html I find the directory of essays and resources to be worthy reading. ...
Thank you so much for posting this. I'm been having a little trouble with the prototyping and design of my current project, and this blog has given me a lot of...
... Given my B.A. in Sociocultural Anthropology, and my ongoing passion for books such as those by Jared Diamond ("Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Collapse"), I...
From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... [environment is a factor in creating culture] ... I'm not convinced the above is valid. Consider: "All...
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... They don't though. Icelanders do not have the same vegetation as Iraqis. Whereas all MMORPGs have the same polygons and leveling treadmills, at least...
Such was Clint Eastwood's dilemma in the 1982 movie "Firefox." http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/firefox-script-transcript-clint-eastwood.html He...
www.igf.com "Aquaria" won the Grand Prize. Fine with me, as that was my vote. "Everyday Shooter" won Design Innovation. I don't get that. As far as I could...
Hey, After Brandon's post about ocean mars a few weeks ago, I was thinking about different ways go about tiling a planet with terrain hexes (which might not be...
... I know you've said that you're done with the demo, but if you were ever to touch it again. It would be really nice if there was an export function that...
That shouldn't be very tough, I'll try to add it soon. I don't know if I'll have a chance this week, though. I found a bug I need to fix, anyways. Right now...
That is pretty cool stuff. Now, with the disclaimer that I know absolutely nothing about 3D programming and haven't done much practical game design - I would...
While trying create thought device isn't new technology, it still more science fiction. Few companies have tried to develop a "mind" joystick before. I think...
... Just to nitpick, Clint's aircraft did not have weapons. His mind was racing and in a panic state until he remembered the russian word for flares. ... I...
... I'll check it out again, but when I played with it yesterday it seemed functionally crippled and it felt like half of the menu options were missing. -- TAZ...
... A mind interface would be exciting if it established a feedback loop that positively improved people's concentration. It would be terrible if such...
Now why did I never receive Joel's original post? Wonder of wonders. Good job with the white paper. Myself, I went for a straight iterative solution along...
Now why did I never receive Joel's original post? Wonder of wonders. Good job with the white paper. I'm surprised I was mentioned so prominently at its...
... [snippage] ... Ouch. On the bright side, the journey itself is a form of education. ... Aye, while sexy, the up front cost for developing the technology...
... Real Time Strategy - a military game where you push units around in real time clicking the mouse everywhere. For example, Warcraft, Age Of Empires, or...
... I guess because I've been playing Battle For Wesnoth lately http://www.wesnoth.org (got sick of Freeciv), it popped into my head this morning, "What about...
... As the over world for a dungeon crawler, that would be a very accessible game view. Yeah, I'm also a fan of rogue-like games. While you have mentioned...
As long as there is some point to having an entire planet as your stomping ground - make sure access is granted early to globe spanning travel methods, whether...
... You have a point. Currently I'm conjuring the list of tasks that I need to accomplish for my planetary rendering, with respect to the "C or C++ or...