Previously we went over the additions to the TileGrid that are going to allow us to support effects that will change the way the grid renders. This part of the series will take you through how to implement an effect to draw shadows on the grid. [Continue Reading...]
Ok everybody. It’s part 3 of the 3D Tiles in 2D series. In this part, we will be adding effect infrastructure to the TileGrid, that will allow us to modify the rendering of the grid. [Continue Reading...]
Sprites have always been great for web development but it was a significant undertaking to actually implement them – Not anymore though!
Most developers I know didn’t bother implementing them because of the pain associated with maintaining your sprite and the css classes. Sure you could use an online generator but that was a pain because it wasn’t a super simple process to add / remove images. You’d have to go to a site like css-sprit.es or csssprites.com and upload all your images and then update the project with the updated sprite and css. Bleh, that’s a huge pain. Don’t get me wrong, those sites were extremely useful for those that had to use them, but all this stuff should be done for us nowadays.
I love the idea of sprites but this was too much work, thankfully Microsoft came up with an awesome NuGet package that will probably be a part of MVC4!
It seems like everywhere I go, everybody is talking about Catan. My friends and I have been playing a lot, but since I’ve recently relocated, I’m working on an electronic version we can all play together with our house rules, and for free. Here’s a screen shot of what I have so far.
So I went to GDC last month. That’s the big game developers conference in San Francisco if you missed the memo. Happens every year. Where the hell have you been? Anyway, I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into, and I’d imagine that if you haven’t been to a big convention, you don’t either. I’m here to fix that. This is a call to arms, code monkey! Get your duff out of that office chair, because it’s conventions like GDC that make the games industry worth joining, and perhaps more importantly, they make joining easier. [Continue Reading...]
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