When I think about educational games they usually fit into one of two categories. There are games that have been developed from the ground up to deliver an educational message, such as the flash based CBBC games or instances in which an existing game has been used in a particular Read more…
Some grouchy early morning thoughts in note form on badges while I wait for a server to install. Its taken me a while to get my head around the idea of badges. A fantastic round-up that got me thinking about them lives here, I still really don’t know what to say Read more…
When you email your favorite artists you don’t always expect a response. I had emailed Tarn Adams asking him his thoughts on ABM and how he modeled the interactions of his Dwarfs, I was lucky enough to get a reply! Tarn told me he was not aware of what was Read more…
I’m taking a break from work – and also blogotron so I guess its a good time for a brain dump before I go. I’ve become quite interested in path finding (something that has intrigued me since Peter Lager wrote a program to prove that the hobbits took the long route Read more…
Although being up at night with a tummy bug is no fun, it does mean I seem to get things done.. maybe to keep my mind off things! Here is the latest in my agent world.. we now have agents that can be added and explore the little world they Read more…
I’ve become interested in attachment/imprinting/steering through my playing with unity. I’ll save writing about them for a future post.. but… One thing I have noticed is that by posting every little achievement I make in unity as a video on blogotron spurs me on to do more. I think that it helps with problems Read more…
Played a little bit more with Unity. I’ve been getting into ‘steering’. Here is my attempt to create some cats that will randomly move around a room and not bump into walls. (but they are currently walking through each other… Another video to shame me into doing more:
This weekend I stumbled upon a fantastic game called Dwarf Fortress. The game is a management/city building game. First the game must randomly generate a persistent world that spans a very detailed 1000 years of history. You then take a bunch of dwarfs, find a mountain, start digging out your Read more…
