Monthly Archives: May 2006

Open Source Games

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Tony

Can you imagine trying to become a writer without ever reading any books? It seems crazy. So why is it that so many people try to become programmers without ever reading any code? There’s a lot to be learned from … Continue reading →

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More Experimental Gameplay

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Tony

This could be considered a continuation of yesterday’s post… Jenova Chen is a student in Interactive Media at the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. He has designed two of the more interesting games I’ve played lately. … Continue reading →

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Experimental Gameplay

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Tony

Looking for a way to take your game programming skills to the next level? How about creating a complete game in less than a week? That’s just what these Carnegie Mellon grad students discuss in their Gamasutra article: How to … Continue reading →

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Sprite Animation Tutorial

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Tony

A third SDL tutorial has been added to the tutorials page: Animating Sprites with SDL I received a few requests to add animation to the previous tutorial, so here it is. Also, the downloads for the other two SDL tutorials … Continue reading →

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SDL 1.2.10 Released

Posted on May 18, 2006 by Tony

The latest update to SDL was released yesterday. According to the release notes, this is a major release. They also highlight several OpenGL chnages and updates as well as major changes to the build system. The most significant change for … Continue reading →

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Carmack’s MegaTexture

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Tony

Gamer Within has a two page Q&A with John Carmack. It covers his new MegaTexture technology used in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The idea behind MegaTexture is to use one giant texture to cover the entire terrain. The example given … Continue reading →

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Lua Tutorial Updates

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Tony

All three Lua tutorials have now been updated to cover version 5.1 of Lua. I’ve also started working on a fourth Lua tutorial that’s more of a real world example of using scripts within a game. Hopefully I’ll have it … Continue reading →

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Visual C++ 2005 Express

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Tony

Last month Microsoft announced that the Express Editions of Visual Studio 2005 are now free forever. This is great news for anyone looking for a low-cost way to get into game development on the Windows platform. Linux and Mac OS … Continue reading →

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Never Too Old

Posted on May 6, 2006 by Tony

One of my favorite new gaming sites has got to be 2old2play – the Older Gamers Paradise. It’s written specifically for the “older” gamer, which by their definition is 25 years or older. They have a pretty active forum going, … Continue reading →

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SDL Tutorials

Posted on May 5, 2006 by Tony

Two SDL tutorials have been added to the site: Getting Started With SDL Moving Sprites With SDL These should be enough to get you started with SDL. More advanced tutorials are coming soon.

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