Update : Projects, Brian's Port and Work

Sorry about the lack of posts, and lack of pictures. Sometime this summer I'll be switching over to the new layout, as well as adding more features and content; I'll be releasing it all in one package, because I don't want to implement the layout with all the same old stuff, I want to present it with some new stuff.

I didn't really get to provide any pictures thus far of Fluffymancer, but as of this moment that project is something I'd probably rather forget than anything. I at least got something out of it, it just didn't live up to my expectations what-so-ever.

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I started work this week, though I can't really divulge that much information. It's definitely going to tak...Read more

tags:   blog  c#  cs  development  update  xna  

Height Map in XNA

This is a height map class that I came up with for the game I'm working on, Fluffymancer. I came up with a newer improved version, so I don't care about releasing this code, since it's going to be retired soon. It works well, but it's not as efficient as the newer version, which uses a VertexBuffer and an IndexBuffer. Feel free to use it, it's efficient, but if you have lots and lots of polygons (lets say more than 160,000 polygons) you need a good computer otherwise you'll have a much lower fps. This isn't as efficient because you have to send the vertices to the graphics card every draw call, where using a vertex buffer you send the vertices to the graphics card once.

Here's the heightmap.cs file:
[code]using System;
using System.Col...Read more

tags:   c#  cs  height  map  xna  

XNA Control Manager - v2 (now Player Manager)

This is actually a COMPLETELY NEW version of the Control Manager v1, there is nothing really similar at all. This version was actually inspired by my friend Aaron Schultz after seeing a Control Manager he came up with. Mine doesn't have a lot of functionality right now, more improvements will be coming. Though mine is organized well enough, as it doesn't have nearly as much unnecessary resources and overhead.

Also, this version hasn't really been fully tested; the only thing I've tested is the Keyboard binding, not the GamePad or mouse binding. I don't have a GamePad so I'll have to wait until I can buy one to test my code. This Control Manager right now has simple button presses, it doesn't give you the mouse position, wheel scrolling, resetting t...Read more

tags:   c#  cs  game  xna  

C++ Game Control Manager - v1

Hey all, I've been working recently on a code sample in C++ to send to 1st Playable Productions. The code sample is an implementation of a C# in-game dialogue box in XNA with Lua Scripting support. In C#, a control manager is fairly simple, and in C++ it took me a little while to figure out how to do one. This control manager is a little more incomplete than my C# one, because it supports only function pointers, not member function pointers; though it's still perfectly functional, as you can still just call an isKeyPressed method.

Here's ControlManager.h
[code]#pragma once
#include <map>
#include <list>
#include <String>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

//...Read more

tags:   cpp  game