I don't know if I scared anybody by saying that I was switching to directX, but I was just kidding. I however am technically working with directX, as I want to take a peek around in the D3DX library to get a better idea of what I need to support. LunaLib is on hold though. I just finished 8 sample DirectX applications, from creating a simple window to picking. Those were for my personal practice though.
The whole DirectX thing was an early April Fool's joke, because I probably wouldn't be able to update tomorrow.
OPENGL FOREVER BABY!!!!
That will be all humans.
Oh, and before I forget, you should all watch Battlestar Galactica. I was reluctant at first, thinking it was a Star Trek ripoff, but I ate my words after watching one episode. That show is AMAZING!!!
Thats all I can say now, BYE!!!
TTYL,
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
The Latest From The I
I just decided to update the Source of War design document and show it to you guys...so, knock yourselves out. Remember, its MINE...and I will sue, it saves me the work of actually making the game.
I also decided to give up on OpenGL...or at least I'm having an existential crisis. I'm still going to do the Skeletal Animation Tutorial though, so don't worry, my fellow brethren who I betrayed.
Just because I'm giving up OpenGL doesn't quite mean that LunaLib is out of the picture. I'm still going to work on it. Its just that from now on, I'll make directX my favourite development platform.
As I said, existential crisis.
Too bad I don't really have much more to talk about, so...here's a Smash video:
and:
Later!!
I also decided to give up on OpenGL...or at least I'm having an existential crisis. I'm still going to do the Skeletal Animation Tutorial though, so don't worry, my fellow brethren who I betrayed.
Just because I'm giving up OpenGL doesn't quite mean that LunaLib is out of the picture. I'm still going to work on it. Its just that from now on, I'll make directX my favourite development platform.
As I said, existential crisis.
Too bad I don't really have much more to talk about, so...here's a Smash video:
and:
Later!!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Holidays!
Well, finally mock exams are over. I'm actually on my easter holiday break. Nothing to do now apart from cheap sex and Red Alert 2 lol. A lot of crap happened during the exam period, but the exams themselves were pretty easy.
I suppose that last blog post wasn't all that short after all. Since I have 11 days free, I'm gonna probably write a "LITTLE" tutorial on Skeletal Animation. This will be different from the rest so far as:
IT WILL USE openGL alone!!
Thats right, no Irrlicht, no Newton. I've gotta admit, its going to be a lot of work, especially since no 3d model file format supports everything I need. Some of you might be thinking about X and COLLADA files, but X files are hell to read and COLLADA is more of an interchange format. I've decided to write my own file format.
Then I realized that was a practical idea, especially for LunaLib. Instead of having to write small loaders for about 5 different model file formats, I write one large loader for a file format containing everything I need, like tangents and bones. The best part is, since I made it, I know everything I need to know about it.
Two other things before I go.
I have created a Devblog for Lunatek at http://lunatekdevblog.blogspot.com . It should keep you informed about things performing to LunaLib and our games. I won't be the only one posting. Sometimes Marc, Stephen and other staff members will post.
Next, take a peek at this image. It caught my eye on wikipedia so I just decided to show it here.
That image compares the styles in which characters were drawn in older animes to how they were drawn in newer animes. Interesting.
Now, this next image is a challenge that I'm going to give Stephen. Stephen's a good artist, but he's lazy, so I don't know the FULL extent of his abilities. I'm going to see if he can draw the picture below, but in different clothes and a different pose. If he does, I'll be REALLY impressed.
And to be honest, I don't know who the person in the image is.
*Grabs helmet and runs to bunker...*
Oh well.
See ya!
I suppose that last blog post wasn't all that short after all. Since I have 11 days free, I'm gonna probably write a "LITTLE" tutorial on Skeletal Animation. This will be different from the rest so far as:
IT WILL USE openGL alone!!
Thats right, no Irrlicht, no Newton. I've gotta admit, its going to be a lot of work, especially since no 3d model file format supports everything I need. Some of you might be thinking about X and COLLADA files, but X files are hell to read and COLLADA is more of an interchange format. I've decided to write my own file format.
Then I realized that was a practical idea, especially for LunaLib. Instead of having to write small loaders for about 5 different model file formats, I write one large loader for a file format containing everything I need, like tangents and bones. The best part is, since I made it, I know everything I need to know about it.
Two other things before I go.
I have created a Devblog for Lunatek at http://lunatekdevblog.blogspot.com . It should keep you informed about things performing to LunaLib and our games. I won't be the only one posting. Sometimes Marc, Stephen and other staff members will post.
Next, take a peek at this image. It caught my eye on wikipedia so I just decided to show it here.
That image compares the styles in which characters were drawn in older animes to how they were drawn in newer animes. Interesting.
Now, this next image is a challenge that I'm going to give Stephen. Stephen's a good artist, but he's lazy, so I don't know the FULL extent of his abilities. I'm going to see if he can draw the picture below, but in different clothes and a different pose. If he does, I'll be REALLY impressed.
And to be honest, I don't know who the person in the image is.
*Grabs helmet and runs to bunker...*
Oh well.
See ya!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Danger...
Well, tomorrow I have my physics exam and my IT practical. Yawn.
This is almost laughable. I wanna write the shortest blog post ever in the history of this blog.
This should go down in history as the shortest blog post ever. I hope.
Laterz,
Gavin
This is almost laughable. I wanna write the shortest blog post ever in the history of this blog.
This should go down in history as the shortest blog post ever. I hope.
Laterz,
Gavin
Friday, March 7, 2008
Halfway Through Hell
Well, that was pretty much it for my first week of mock exams. I had no exams for like 3 days out of the whole week so I spent the time at home.
In an unexpected plot twist, our protagonist, Gavin found the Biology mock exams unusually easy, but the Chemistry very difficult. He hoped that the Chemistry was marked relatively, so he would have excelled(relatively), coming second only to Clive, who he believed had psionic powers, which enabled him to create a mental feedback loop with his Chemistry textbook(known to normal humans as studying).
As for English, it was a breeze....simple, easy English. I R DA SEX!!!!
Well, mock exams end week after next, screw it, I have a few more free days.
As you might see, I made a few updates to the blog. I changed the layout and replaced the donate button with something less antisocial, thats right, a COMMENTS box !!!! DUM-DUM-DA!!!
No videos this time...maybe when you grow up. No pictures of little girls either Javon ( A.K.A "Sparky).
In an unexpected plot twist, our protagonist, Gavin found the Biology mock exams unusually easy, but the Chemistry very difficult. He hoped that the Chemistry was marked relatively, so he would have excelled(relatively), coming second only to Clive, who he believed had psionic powers, which enabled him to create a mental feedback loop with his Chemistry textbook(known to normal humans as studying).
As for English, it was a breeze....simple, easy English. I R DA SEX!!!!
Well, mock exams end week after next, screw it, I have a few more free days.
As you might see, I made a few updates to the blog. I changed the layout and replaced the donate button with something less antisocial, thats right, a COMMENTS box !!!! DUM-DUM-DA!!!
No videos this time...maybe when you grow up. No pictures of little girls either Javon ( A.K.A "Sparky).
Sunday, March 2, 2008
WARNING: Old Hip-Hop
That song was Chanel Live's Sex For the Sport. If you liked that let me tell you, there are a LOT of old great hip-hop songs. Today, I typed up a design document for my game...you know the one the Lunatek Engine is supposed to be used in. Its nowhere near complete, but I decided to give all you wonderful people a look. Normally, I'd force you to download it, but I found this wicked thing called ScribD, which is like Youtube for businessmen lol.
Yeah, its a mouthful and I do apologize for the googled graphics.
Tata!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Lilly Allen?!!
Technically, there's nothing wrong with her name upon close inspection, but still, it just sounds wierd. She's not exactly beautiful either, but her songs aren't actually half bad...if you like British accents. Still, the main reason I picked her as the topic of this blog posting is because I saw the video for the song Driving Me Wild with Common, and was immediately impressed. I also listened to Smile. Great. LDN, not all that, but still ain't bad.
Anyway, I studied a little bit more since I have mock exams on Monday. I think I'm pretty well prepared since I've probably been harping on it for the past month.
I've decided to spend half my summer holidays working on the LunaLibs as well as the Lunatek website. The other half should be dedicated to working out, meeting people, screwing around and putting NLP tricks to good use.
TTFN,
Anyway, I studied a little bit more since I have mock exams on Monday. I think I'm pretty well prepared since I've probably been harping on it for the past month.
I've decided to spend half my summer holidays working on the LunaLibs as well as the Lunatek website. The other half should be dedicated to working out, meeting people, screwing around and putting NLP tricks to good use.
TTFN,
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