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Super simple script based name generator + Air Ace bomber

I wrote this yesterday as I was in need of AI pilot names for our game Air Ace Online [url]www.airaceonline.com[/url] Its so super simple that it hurts, but works fine for my usage. So why not shar...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 01/22/2007 (10:48 pm) Comment 10 comments

Air Ace ready for alpha testing

Ahhhh - FINALLY. Definitions of alpha test are many, but we finally have a stable and fun game that doesnt crash anymore. With a basic dogfighting mission that looks OK'ish, I'll try to convince Ph...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 09/28/2006 (9:16 pm) Comment 16 comments

Adventures under a blood red sky (clouds)

I'm one of those guys that do not jump onto the big next tech craze without a need, and thus I'm usually a few steps behind. On the other hand, it has the nice effect of everyone else beating their he...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 09/05/2006 (11:23 am) Comment 6 comments

Air Ace Update Server + Launcher

~2 years ago I had a student do a project with/for me. I was in need of a combined launcher+updater client, and we worked together on that 2-3 month. He wrote a project, got good grades and everyone w...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 06/17/2006 (1:31 pm) Comment 10 comments

Air Ace Clouds!

Ahhhh Yesterday I was playing Heroes of the Pacific for inspiration, and noticed how much clouds mean in an air combat game. So what better than to sit down and code a cloud renderer object for ...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 03/26/2006 (10:41 am) Comment 23 comments

"I'll be back" and here I am - Air Ace update too!

Looong time ago (or so it seems) I ran into the stress wall, and had to drop everything to relax. Well - I'm up on my feet again. No need to dwelve too much into that, but the most important thing is ...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 03/05/2006 (10:57 am) Comment 14 comments

Going down....

(Not your usual cheerful post and quite personal - so skip if you dont like those) Well - it finally happened to me. Having too many project and too little time to actually do them all, my brai...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 12/17/2005 (1:48 pm) Comment 12 comments

Been offline - status

Well - first off an apology for all ppl trying to email me without getting answers. I'll catch up with you! This has been my first major "offline" time from the GG community, and its been really ha...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 07/23/2005 (3:42 pm) Comment 11 comments

Resource Updates - Advanced Camera and Flash GUI

Ahhhh - finally something done that seems to work http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=5471 The advanced camera resource has been updated and is now ...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 02/02/2005 (3:55 pm) Comment 4 comments

Plan for Thomas "Man of Ice" Lund

First plan of the year. Flash GUI component, adv. camera update, having interns, website work and !!! game dev

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 01/28/2005 (1:17 pm) Comment 5 comments

Going Indie!!!

I did it!!! Yesterday I cut the final cord to my previous life and quit my day job, meaning from years end I will enjoy the freedom of indie-ness. My last half year has led up to this point, and...

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 11/12/2004 (10:00 am) Comment 15 comments

Plan for Thomas "Man of Ice" Lund

Getting ready for my first GID...eehh....GI2D experience, a little about our game in development and some ramblings about messaging.

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 08/07/2004 (9:12 am) Comment 2 comments

Plan for Thomas "Man of Ice" Lund

First .plan A look back at the last week, and a quick look at whats ahead

Author Thomas \"Man of Ice\" Lund Date 06/28/2004 (6:42 am) Comment 3 comments