Howdy folks, Don't really know what to say here, especially after keeping my head down so long. This is kinda a brief update, prompted by some comments I've noticed regarding TGB's platformer pote...

Author Glen C Date 10/29/2007 (10:12 am) Comment 6 comments

Howdy folks, Just wanted to pop my head in and note that I'm still alive and kicking. I kept scratching the shmup itch for a while and found pathed cameras to be nice and neat, although I'm yet to...

Author Glen C Date 10/02/2006 (2:24 am) Comment 0 comments

Hiya folks, I've been head down, playing furiously, and want to share what I've been up to. First, for my sandbox, I gave entities the ability to grab and drop movable parts of the environment: ...

Author Glen C Date 08/10/2006 (12:21 am) Comment 7 comments

I've got a few new bits of happy functionality in place since my last post. Biped2, a new core entity, is running around with (top-down) torso, head and arms. It can pickup & wield weapons and acc...

Author Glen C Date 07/25/2006 (7:34 am) Comment 3 comments

Howdy folks, Been up to a bit since my last entry, so here's a bunch of what's happened in roughly chronological order: With the kind guidance of Torqued from the #tgb irc channel, I've added mo...

Author Glen C Date 07/17/2006 (12:53 am) Comment 2 comments

After a weekend of scrounged coding time, the Entities in my sandbox have been introduced to the concept of violent death. Spawning on demand now from a teleport platform, they run around shooting (v...

Author Glen C Date 07/10/2006 (12:30 am) Comment 6 comments

Okay, I know I said I was going to make Paratrooper, and what I'm playing with now isn't Paratrooper. I spec'd out a complete clone of Paratrooper and figured on about 6 weeks of dull work, at least,...

Author Glen C Date 07/06/2006 (6:40 am) Comment 4 comments

Hi folks, Hazel expressed interest in the ideas behind my framework/modules, so I'm going to have a quick ramble and see what I can do to explain them. "Gyhart" is the working name of my framework...

Author Glen C Date 07/05/2006 (12:54 am) Comment 2 comments

The framework I'm working on to streamline game building within the TGB system is coming along pleasingly. The base structure is in place and working in a neat and controlled manner, the modules of f...

Author Glen C Date 07/01/2006 (12:56 pm) Comment 1 comments

I've cleaned up my work desk and organised my reference shelves. I've got a neato new printer/scanner that will enable me to easily generate reference material and scan anything useful. I've got a r...

Author Glen C Date 06/26/2006 (8:19 am) Comment 5 comments

Howdy folks, My name's Glen, I'm from down under, and I've enjoyed programming since I picked up the spiral-bound C64 manual at 6. I work full time developing and supporting ISP B2B software, and ...

Author Glen C Date 06/22/2006 (1:59 am) Comment 4 comments