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Paper Soldier Search and Rescue

Your role is that of a paper soldier helicopter pilot and your job is to rescue all the members of your platoon that have been shotdown and/or stranded throughout the house. You will take your radio helicopter and fly around the house searching for your missing platoon members all the while dodging enemy fire and hazards of the house that can bring doom to a paper soldier.

Author Thomas Oliver Date 01/17/2009 (1:29 am) Comment 10 comments

Gearo the Hero - Update

So i haven't posted any TVTs in the last week. This is in part due to the contracts that I have been working on but in most part due to putting alot of work into Gearo the Hero. There is still alon...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 01/19/2008 (7:57 pm) Comment 2 comments

TVTs and the future?

So I managed to get in touch with someone from way back in 2004. I was brought on to work for a small but simply amazing project called "Gearo the Hero". Shortly after working on the project I was cal...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 01/12/2008 (7:53 pm) Comment 6 comments

Torque Video Tutorial #2 - Precipitation

TVT #2 has been released and can be found at the following link. http://www.stage6.com/user/Tom316/video/2054661/Torque-Video-Tutorial-#2---Precipitation Alternative URL: [url]http://www...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 01/11/2008 (1:15 am) Comment 18 comments

Torque Video Tutorials

So its been awhile since my last blog. So I figured to kick off my new blog postings with the first concept Torque Video Tutorial (TVT). This firs video was designed more as a proof of concept then...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 01/05/2008 (7:27 am) Comment 15 comments

Website Operation and Lessions Learned from MMO Kit Launch..

Well I cant say the rough launch of the MMO Kit was unforseen. We where hired on about the same time the launch happened and the then (custom built 1/4th completed) website was spose to be posted up f...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 05/19/2006 (5:33 am) Comment 1 comments

Project Raven "The Nuts and Bolts"

Its been a very (very, very?) long time since my last Blog Post. I account this mainly because I have been doing alot of freelance contract work for different projects out there. I have since tuck...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 12/27/2005 (12:46 am) Comment 9 comments

Plan for Tom Oliver

Afew months back I took a look at the torque community as a whole and looked far and wide to see what the community needed and could use the most. Then it came to me. One of my favorite resources to visit is 3dbuzz.com. And that is exactly what the GarageGames Community needs the most. A video learning archive of sorts focused on everything Torque.

Author Thomas Oliver Date 06/26/2005 (9:37 pm) Comment 5 comments

Plan for Thomas (TooKool) Oliver

Well my last plan I was working on my own game. That has been put on the back burner for the time being as I now have a job working for Luminous Studios. I am the Lead/Assistant Programmer on the "Gea...

Author Thomas Oliver Date 04/24/2004 (8:51 am) Comment 6 comments