Events and Commands are two communication tools that I use really often. I have planned more exhaustive articles on the topic, but now I want to write a short post about one rule I apply when I use them. Sometimes it occurs to me the question: should the listener class knowRead More →
The reason why I called the first tutorial of this series Part 1 is because I knew there were other alternatives around to develop HTML5 games, carefully avoiding javascript. However after some researches it turned out that the only really working alternative suitable for actionscript developers is Jangaroo. Let’s talkRead More →
So, I wanted to experiment with actionscript, flex and iPhone, but I do not have a mac and I am not really keen to pay 99$ just to make some plain experiments; besides I have not intention to make a living out of it, so I do not think itRead More →
Please note, this article refers to an old version of the TaskRunner which is not supported anymore. The latest version is here. Every now and then it is necessary to run a series of tasks in a given order, for example to guarantee that some data has been downloaded before to continueRead More →
knowing how short my memory is, I saved all my professional life memories in a folder on my HD. Some of those memories are meaningful only to me, but why not sharing my first, completed game (yeahh it was 1997…I think) ? The version I am linking is actually theRead More →
Some time ago I collected some notes about Perlin Noise all over the web (sorry I don’t remember the original articles). These notes were finalized to implement a GPU coherent noise based smoke effect. I reckon these notes could be useful for somebody else as well.Read More →
This short, not mathematical, introduction written in 2005, explains why I worked on a Global Illumination System and what it is. This article is not part of the objectives of this blog, but I anyway liked the idea to add it.Read More →
I did not plan to write this article, but since I wrote this bunch of classes in few minutes, I thought to share the code with everybody. I did not invent anything, I just ported the useful Kevin McFarlane’s DesignByContract helper class that I use for my c# Unity ProjectsRead More →
Before I start talking about my first “HTML5” experience, let me say something: after 15 years of c++ game development today I make games at the company where I work and I experiment at home using ActionScript 3, C# (Unity) and Haxe. Do I miss the C++ times? Not really,Read More →