Sunday, Jan 29

Oooookay. So after working my butt off this weekend I figured it was time to take a few minutes and look over my current work domain to make sure everything is progressing as it should and that I won't be going insane by the time GDC rolls around.

Blade Edge Software

Task to complete b…

Thursday, Jan 26

So I spent last night and today working on the particle effects for the game's explosions. There are two times during the game that something explodes. One is when a player places enough planets in a system to expand, in which case the planet blows up and seeds the 4 adjacent system…

Monday, Jan 23

So I was determined tonight to get the game play working to at least the extent of being able to take turns placing peices on the board and do so properly. Since I had the maps all set to go once again I whipped up a testbed map in the editor and started working back on the game play …

Okay so I finally got some time this weekend to return some attention to GC. GG release Alpha 3 of the engine at the end of last week so I downloaded that and updated my project files. My main task, however, was to fix what I wrote about in my last entry, which was having too few tile layers on the…

So I got back from my vacation on Saturday. It was a good time, but I wish last year when I told my parents I'd be okay with going at this time I had realized exactly what this time of year entails. The pre-GDC period of Dec-Mar is always hectic for me, mainly with IGF interviews but also just gene…

Thursday, Jan 5th

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Original Comment by Trapper Zoid on Jan 5th
I've always wanted to make my own simple 4X game, so I've been following the development of your game for a little while (and I'm impressed with the style you've chosen for the game!).

I'm intrigued by the next stage on your checklis…

Wednesday, Jan 4

So I picked up a new toy today at Best Buy, a Logitech wireless travel mouse. I learned last year at GDC (after forgetting to pack a mouse) just how much a touch pad really sucks. I mean touch pads are okay, but the more you have to use them, the less effective they become. So since…

So I got a letter in the mail today from the insurance company. It says it's from the Somerset office here in Jersey and yet it's dated Dec 15, 2005 in the letter and the post stamp is from Dec 16, 2005 in Kansas City. Okay. WTF!! It's the third of freakin January 2006!! The letter is from my claim…

Sunday, Jan 1

Happy New Year everyone. I have a feeling that 2006 is going to be my best year yet, so I'm looking forward to what it has to bring me. I see exciting things on the horizon for myself and I'm pumped.

So I reformatted my laptop to Sony spec last week. Seems to be running okay but I can t…

Whoof. Now that the holiday rush is over I can finally post up this entry I've been meaning to get to since last week. Hope you all had a merry Christmas and hope those of you celebrating Kwanzaa and Hanukkah are having a good time of it.

So I pretty much finished up on the editor last Tuesday. Stil…