Things I'm building and why.

Notes from building software, mostly the parts worth remembering by Jason Brown (Loktar).

The Archive

Friday, Feb 24, 2012

HTML5 Canvas Particle engine

Progress on a basic canvas particle engine tied into my game framework. I share a screenshot, a demo link, and my plan to build a small editor so I can tune effects visually.

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012

javascript canvas game development procedural generation

Procedural Canvas Shmup now has a boss and sounds!

A quick progress update on my procedural canvas shmup: adding music and sound made a huge difference, and I finally dropped in a boss. I also list what I wanted next, like player upgrades and more consistent seeded visuals.

Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012

c#opengl game development

Glow Roids

I am archiving Glow Roids, one of my first C# + OpenGL projects using Tao. It includes screenshots and a download, with a note that it can be finicky on different machines.

Thursday, Jan 26, 2012

javascript canvas game development procedural generation

Current Project Canvas Shmup

I am working on a canvas shoot 'em up where the graphics and the level are generated from a seed. Use the same seed as someone else and you get the same run, with a link to the WIP build.

Thursday, Jan 19, 2012

javascript canvas game development

My SOPA/PIPA Ludum Dare entry

I made a one-day Ludum Dare jam game in JS and canvas, heavily inspired by World Infectonator. You get one chance to convert someone and hope the chain reaction carries the level, with a direct link to play it.

Sunday, Jan 1, 2012

tutorial

Installing Alpha Centauri Alien Crossfire on Windows 7

How to install and run Alpha Centauri on Windows 7 from the original CD

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011

javascript canvas graphics algorithms

Fake 2d Lighting with javascript

Messing around with realtime 2D raycasting to fake lighting in canvas. This post links my JS version and a fiddle, plus notes on tracking the closest hit per ray and ideas like using the same approach for an AI vision cone.

Monday, Oct 31, 2011

personal