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B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 12

This month was mostly about design and construction. I first designed the mission I wanted as below. It involves having humans ferry supplies to a rocket from the store house, and troops resupply to c...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 12/03/2007 (5:18 am) Comment 1 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 11

I have some sort of action shooter going now. I have implemented a system to allow landers to find and abduct humans. They then rise up and when they get high enough they turn into mutants. If this...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 11/04/2007 (8:25 am) Comment 4 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 10

Lots of things have happened to BRAVE. I got the FGE (Flight Game Example) integrated into the game (or vice versa) and I have started working on the gameplay a bit more. I've dropped back to TGE 1...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 10/05/2007 (7:39 am) Comment 4 comments

AI Pathing system for BRAVE

My AI path finding works like this. Bear in mind I read about A* and thought it sounded too complicated when it's all precompiled anyway. Preparation: Open editor and click out a bunch of separate...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 09/05/2007 (8:23 am) Comment 3 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 9

Well August has not been good for BRAVE. I worked on a contract 3d modelling job after hours, so I didn't get much time to work on the game. When I did I had to copy / install / config my developmen...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 09/02/2007 (2:23 am) Comment 0 comments

Starfighter released FREE

I used to run a company called GeoSync Media, and with that company I wrote StarFighter:D'Yammen's Reign. Recently I noticed a lot of people still selling it, which is illegal because I own th...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 08/31/2007 (9:25 pm) Comment 3 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 8

Following suit with B.A.L.L.S I thought I should blog about my progress. I got about halfway up the ranking. I guess my blogspot isn't enough to be considered a full fledged website about the game, ...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 07/31/2007 (9:20 am) Comment 6 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 7

Just a quick update. I've been working on an interior segment in constructor and the alien Harvester, AI code. I've also been messing around with material for it. The pic shown is work in progress ...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 07/06/2007 (10:12 am) Comment 6 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 6

Boy am I happy with this one! If one single image captured the look and feel of my game BRAVE it would be this one. It's Mike Trim's artwork for the series UFO. This is what I want, this is what the ...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 06/07/2007 (5:20 pm) Comment 10 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 5

Here's a new video of a rudimentary missile system I have added to the game. It shows the player running through a missile POW and then being able to fire missiles at the environment. [url=http://y...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 06/04/2007 (3:21 am) Comment 1 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 4

This is my first attempt at the flight engine for the game. The terrain is done with L3DT and exported to Torque as an Atlas terrain. The building is part of Tim Aste's Combo content pack I bought. Th...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 05/27/2007 (7:36 am) Comment 1 comments

Super Skeleton Sale Now On

For a limited time pick up a dirt cheap copy of the [url=http://www.garagegames....

Author Andy Hawkins Date 05/22/2007 (10:14 pm) Comment 4 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 3

I've decided to blog again because some people can't read my MyDreamRPG post - but it's here if you can... http://www.mydreamrpg.com/community/showthread.php?p=9974#post9974 [b]Concep...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 05/06/2007 (2:05 am) Comment 0 comments

Skeleton Pack Blog 10 - Upgrade 1.1 Ready

Introduction It certainly has been a long time between drinks so to speak. Version 1.0 of the Skeleton Pack was launched in July 2006. I promised an upgrade around August / September 200...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 04/28/2007 (10:20 pm) Comment 21 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 2

Here's a link to my latest post at MyDream for my game entry. It's some early sketches I did and does not represent my current skill - but hey! Who cares right? It gives you an idea of what I want ...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 04/17/2007 (5:17 pm) Comment 0 comments

B.R.A.V.E - MyDream Contest Entry - Journal 1

British Response to Alien inVasion of Earth. Okay pretty abstract but it works for me! Background 1984: The SETI Institute is founded as a home for resea...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 04/06/2007 (3:34 am) Comment 3 comments

It's a girl!

My daughter, Emma Caitlin Hawkins was born this Monday. Now we have two kids!!!! She weighed in at a healthy 7 pounds 10 ounces, a meer shadow of her brother who was 10 pound 8 ounces when he was bo...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 02/13/2007 (3:22 am) Comment 32 comments

Skeleton Pack Blog 9

Just a quick update for the Skeleton Pack upgrade. Click here to purchase the existing version http://www.garagegames.com/products/100/. Here is a sneak peak of what's in...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 01/20/2007 (1:58 pm) Comment 15 comments

Skeleton Pack Blog 8

The Skeleton Pack upgrade 1.1 is almost, almost ready (Wik!). Click here to purchase the existing version http://www.garagegames.com/products/100/. I had a second commerc...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 12/04/2006 (2:13 pm) Comment 7 comments

Skeleton Pack Blog 7

The Skeleton Pack upgrade 1.1 is almost ready. Click here to purchase the existing version http://www.garagegames.com/products/100/. I had a commercial sale of the pack t...

Author Andy Hawkins Date 10/22/2006 (7:26 am) Comment 9 comments