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Tweaking your game with Google Spreadsheets

Why force designers to use a complex text file or UI interface when they could use a familiar and collaborative interface like Google Spreadsheets?

Author Ben Garney Date 02/02/2009 (8:59 pm) Comment 8 comments

Blast From The Past: Blitz3D Models in Torque

Hey everybody, [b]I ran across some old screenshots from a Blitz3D format loader that I wrote several ye...

Author Ben Garney Date 12/19/2008 (7:32 am) Comment 5 comments

Blockland Physics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goxXAPBUGgs&fmt=22 One of my little side proj...

Author Ben Garney Date 12/04/2008 (6:12 pm) Comment 33 comments

Austin GDC Talks: Robust Efficient Networking and Flash MMOs

Hi. How are you? I am fine. Life at my new gig is good. Well, I have to run. I will write...

Author Ben Garney Date 09/22/2008 (7:13 pm) Comment 3 comments

Next Big Thing

[center][/center] My five years at GarageGames have been a blast. It's time to hit the big red button and reboot the ol' career. Obligatory re...

Author Ben Garney Date 05/30/2008 (11:47 pm) Comment 37 comments

Come See Me At GDC 2008!

Update: If you're in the SF area but aren't attending GDC, drop me an e-mail. It looks like I'll be doing the presentation at the Adobe building downtown, and of course, they don't charge you t...

Author Ben Garney Date 02/12/2008 (1:35 am) Comment 16 comments

TGEForest Free Release

[center][/center] Hey guys, I mentioned this to one or two people at IGC and I found myself with a spare weeke...

Author Ben Garney Date 10/27/2007 (8:50 am) Comment 40 comments

Polysoup Free (And IGC)

Wow - another IGC come and gone. It was a good time. I won't do a recap here, but I do want to share [url=htt...

Author Ben Garney Date 10/13/2007 (1:41 am) Comment 23 comments

Speaking and Running Into Walls (Collision Fix)

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bengarney/370347348/][/url] I went and talked about game ...

Author Ben Garney Date 01/26/2007 (10:47 pm) Comment 18 comments

Merry Christmas, Community - Poly Soup

Wow - almost three months since my last .plan. I guess I should write these things more often. What have I been up to? Nothing that's quite ready to be talked about in depth, but in brief: developing ...

Author Ben Garney Date 12/25/2006 (1:03 am) Comment 141 comments

Community Weekend (Not-IGC)

Hey guys, So, the community weekend has begun. Let me express this clearly: [b]I ate Mexican with John Kabus, Tom...

Author Ben Garney Date 10/05/2006 (4:28 am) Comment 17 comments

Status Update on Atlas! (also, Ben On Vacation)

Howdy! Long time no chat. What's new in the world of Ben? Well, after a lot of focused development, the new Atlas codedrop is nearly ready to release. Yes! It's exciting! It's a complete refact...

Author Ben Garney Date 06/13/2006 (7:51 pm) Comment 35 comments

GDC & Forest Pack Tech Preview

Forest Pack Tech Preview 1 Over the past few months, with the help of coworker and awesome ...

Author Ben Garney Date 02/16/2006 (8:32 am) Comment 59 comments

Jan 06 TDN Update

Howdy! I've just finished some regularly unscheduled TDN maintenance, updating the database and site code significan...

Author Ben Garney Date 01/07/2006 (9:17 am) Comment 14 comments

Off to Trip the Yule Fantastic

Hey cowboys and cowgirls! Much like the rest of GG, I'm turning into a pumpkin for the holidays. I'll be around a little bit here and there on forums and IRC, but in order to perserve freshness I'm...

Author Ben Garney Date 12/20/2005 (9:58 am) Comment 45 comments

Plan for Ben Garney

1.4... It's out!

Author Ben Garney Date 11/23/2005 (8:31 pm) Comment 22 comments

Plan for Ben Garney

Another day, another plan... 1.4 is imminent.

Author Ben Garney Date 11/04/2005 (10:11 pm) Comment 21 comments

Plan for Ben Garney

IGC 2005. TDN SDK Owner's Beta now open. Whoa.

Author Ben Garney Date 10/08/2005 (8:36 am) Comment 82 comments

Plan for Ben Garney

1.4 RC2 is out, and this plan talks about it.

Author Ben Garney Date 09/09/2005 (4:19 pm) Comment 71 comments

Plan for Ben Garney

Ogg Theora video playback in Torque, and some status updates on 1.4 RC2.

Author Ben Garney Date 07/23/2005 (8:52 am) Comment 21 comments

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