Last weekend I took part in a game jam at the SETI Institute. Several local developers showed up to make some interesting games, and quite a few teams participated remotely. Overall, the SETI game jam was a great experience. For games in this jam the only 2 rules were that they had to use part of the Drake Equation and something from the SETI Data Page. From the [...]
This is a short tutorial showing how to quickly copy objects in photoshop. As an example I'm going to copy a tree several times. Let's get to it. we want to copy this tree Steps to quickly copy objects in photoshop: 1. Open your file in photoshop. 2. Select the layer containing the image or part of the image you want to copy. (I want to copy the tree so [...]
Now that I'm back full time on A Spire To The Gods I'd like to keep you updated every few weeks with videos showing off the latest features. This last week I implemented enemy special abilities, AKA special moves. Certain enemies will be able to do one of these actions: Heal Ally - Heals a damaged enemy on the screen. If multiple healers are present [...]
A Spire To The Gods is officially back on the main burner. It feels really good to aspire to finish A Spire. I took a break from working on it back in April so I could re-wire my brain and reset everything. I went on a bike tour of southern France for 6 days, found almost every last pixel inside Dark Souls 2, spent a lot [...]
This is a followup to my post about brain rewiring. I've read several more books, some of them were great, and some of them I didn't bother to finish. One thing's for sure, I've learned a lot and feel like I have an arsenal of tactics at my disposal for how to live a happier and more fulfilled life. First, a quick development update: I [...]
I've been working on rewiring my brain for the last few months. The main reason is that I was slogging through every single day (except when I was fishing!) like a worrywart zombie. Constantly wasting brain cycles thinking whatever I accomplished next might make me happy. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Changing how my brain functions is not the easiest thing I've done, but [...]