So long, Brooklyn and New York City
This is the only photo I took during my visit, which was rich with great people and adventures. Thanks to Peter, Peter, Andy, Zach and Ryan, and most especially Hans and Rivka for their most generous...
View ArticlePure Data Los Angeles
This awesomeness was designed and laser cut by Theron Trowbridge. Also, sign up here for my Pd Workshop tonight in LA!
View ArticleUSA trip
Half of these photos (the ones that don't suck) are by Theron Trowbridge and are CC licensed. Thanks so much to Joe Deken for getting me out for the trip to San Diego, Family Night at a Boys and Girls...
View ArticleInfinite 8-bit Platformer Alpha
After nearly two and a half years of development (longer if you include prototypes), I am releasing the alpha binaries of Infinite 8-bit Platformer for Windows and Mac. Linux users can of course...
View ArticlejsGameSoup documentation update
I've made some updates to the jsGameSoup documentation, specifically the quickstart instructions and also how to get things working under older versions of Internet Explorer. Check it out if you are...
View ArticlejsGameSoup physics and vector math demos
I've updated the jsGameSoup project with a couple of new demos showing how to integrate it with some 3rd party libraries that are useful for making video games. The first demo shows how to integrate...
View ArticlejsGameSoup.net does audio
That's right, the jsGameSoup library now plays sound effects samples on all supported platforms, right back to Internet Explorer 6. I also registered the domain name jsgamesoup.net - hooray! With...
View ArticleMineAscender - is it fun?
I wrote this game in a few hours today using jsGamesoup. Is it fun? I would like to know what you think. (Inspired by SpoutDS).
View ArticleFinite-State Machines in jsGameSoup
A finite-state machine is an algorithmic structure which is frequently useful in video games. A finite-state machine can be used to simulate any game entity which has a set of discrete states which it...
View ArticleSqueakyshoecore live in Sydney
I'll be playing some squeakyshoecore algorithmic acid this Thursday afternoon at Hermann's Bar at the University of Sydney. I'm on at 5pm. See you there!
View ArticleInfinite 8-Bit Platformer at PyConAU 2011
I'm in Sydney for PyConAU 2011 to give a talk about Infinite 8-Bit Platformer. Hopefully you've registered already because I'm very late in posting about this! I'll post a link to the video after it...
View ArticlePyConAU 2011 talk
Here is the talk I gave in Sydney last weekend about Infinite 8-Bit Platformer.
View ArticleOpenness is the Only Usability Feature That Matters
http://mccormick.cx/news/entries/android-is-a-ghetto http://mccormick.cx/news/entries/android-iphone-evolution-intelligent-design...
View ArticleWApp submission
Today I submitted this PocketLoops prototype app to the Univation WApp competition. This builds on my PdDroidParty work, which is the engine of the app (as well as the impending CanOfBeats...
View ArticleGoogle Reader is Dead
(image of Linus Torvalds in a speedo originally from xkcdsucks.blogspot.com) Google recently announced that they are discontinuing the social features of Google Reader and folding that functionality...
View ArticleI Am Back
Calm down, Internet, I am back! My server had a small mishap. My new hosting provider is much more reliable than my old one. Hooray! My new one is called prgmr.com and they are great. I have also...
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