Archives for July 2006
Black Hole
Published on 23 Jul 2006 at 11:39 am.
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I just finished reading Black Hole by Charles Burns. It took over ten years (1995 - 2005) for the 12 issues to come out but as of last October it has been collected into one book.
For those who don’t know, Black Hole takes place in Seattle in the 70s, and tells the story of “The […]
gp2tanx dev log continued
Published on 16 Jul 2006 at 6:59 pm.
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Filed under Video Games, Tech.
Back from vacation (lots more on that soon) and did a little work on the game today.
Got the wind working, and explosions cause damage now. Cleaned up the display a little. I’m trying to get through it without looking at any other Scorched Earth clones (which is kind of stupid since it’s already a […]
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gp2tanx Dev Log
Published on 6 Jul 2006 at 8:58 am.
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Completed on the train home last night:
- added “comet tail” to the fired shot so it shows up better
Completed on the train to work this morning:
- implemented destructible terrain (thank you jnrdev) and falling tanks
It’s almost a real game. Still to go:
wind
explosion graphics
damage
menu
pause
Haven’t ported it over to the gp2x in several days - I guess […]
gp2tanx - It’s Alive!!
Published on 4 Jul 2006 at 1:41 pm.
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Started off slow, but made huge progress toward the end of the weekend.
As you can see the tanks are now half the size they were before. The earlier version was good for learning but impractical for an actual game. (Thanks for the tiny tanks, Jim!)
Most of the time was spent trying to implement a fractal […]