Ember Skies

For the RPG4D competition I decided to program my fantasy adventure known as Ember Skies. Partnered up with Mush for graphics and Stevenup for music, we've put together all …

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Learning C#

Posted by Glen on May 1, 2012, 5:58 p.m.

So I took the first step in actually investing in myself as a programmer. I've had an interest in C# and Bought my first C# book, "Head First C# 2nd Edition" by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene, published by O'Reilly. I really like the approach on this book and it's …

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Ember Skies (Stage 1)

Posted by Glen on April 11, 2012, 4:39 p.m.

The RPG4D entry my team is going to be developing will be known as Ember Skies. At this point we are in the planning stage. Ideas are jumping up, concept designs are being scribbled on paper, storyline ideas are being pieced together, and more. Once May 1st comes around we …

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Do you like money?

Posted by Glen on March 29, 2012, 6:34 p.m.

Hey guys, I just have a few questions for everyone regarding the payment of each person involved in a commercial game project. More like a survey.

How much should an artist get paid for each image? I'm talking about character designs, animations, and environment. All 2D.

How much should a …

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Just broke my iPhone...

Posted by Glen on March 22, 2012, 5:07 p.m.

Done with the iPhone for now. I've had it for one year and spent $200 on repairs so far. Not looking to fix it again. Might try out the Galaxy and give Androids a shot. What do you guys suggest?

This also got me thinking about the new porting features …

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Minecraft

Posted by Glen on March 19, 2012, 9:16 p.m.

Has anyone tried using this texture pack? Looks really nice. The ice effect is awesome. (Embedded Video)

Play minecraft and go on teamspeak. Now. No one uses the teamspeak server. XD

And is there any word on fixing the map? Noticed it wasn't working when I tried it today.

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Avic Pro Tools [DevBlog] - Intro and Screenshot

Posted by Glen on March 15, 2012, 10:33 p.m.

Avic Pro Tools is an application I'm making with GM8.1 for my USB drive. I use it to manage and sort all of my media and quick launch programs, games, and apps that I have on the USB drive. The goal of this software is to minimize clicks when it …

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[GM Question] Generating a thumbnail preview

Posted by Glen on March 14, 2012, 10:30 p.m.

I'm working on a pc application that handles content within it's subdirectories. I need to find a way to display a list of videos in thumbnail format by generating an icon out of the video itself. Have a method you'd like to suggest? I just need a image from the …

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He's after my soul [Minecraft]

Posted by Glen on Jan. 10, 2012, 5:09 p.m.

Just another zombie attack.

So I'm working on a large scale castle in single player survival mode. I'll have pictures up soon. Been planning the castle out block by block. If all goes well, maybe one day I'll build something like it on a server for others to play with. …

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Cube World

Posted by Glen on Jan. 5, 2012, 6:23 p.m.

I'm waiting for this game's release. It's basically Minecraft with an actual battle system and quests to keep you busy. The animations are great and I love the voxel character models. The textures aren't better than Minecraft, but I like everything else. And it's being built in C++ rather than …

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