Jul 17th, 2010
by Martin.
Per the request of one of my Steam buddies, I’ve added the Game Maker GMK file from an old visual demo I’d made to the Examples & Tutorials page.
This example uses paths, textured vertexes, particles, and a noise overlay to create a slowly changing, relaxing visual based on the Outta Space desktop wallpapers of the same name created by by Philipp Antoni (and available at his website, Infinise Design). You may find the flowing movement similar to the flowing home background on the PlayStation 3 / PSP as well.
I originally intended to make this into a screensaver, but never got around to finishing it for that purpose. Still, I think it’s a good example of an abstract visual that can be achieved with Game Maker using a few different effects in tandem.
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Posted in: Artwork, Examples, Game Maker
Tagged: Examples · Game Maker · Outta Space
At long last, Valve has finally delivered the promised Team Fortress 2 Engineer class update!
After slogging through months of other less interesting updates like the Steam port to Mac and Valve’s horribly disappointing E3 “surprise” (Portal 2 on PlayStation 3… yawn), the addition of Engineer achievements and unique class weapons is a breath of fresh air. It’s the patch that fans have been clamoring for since the inception of class updates for TF2, and it looks like Valve’s lost no steam (pun intended!) in providing unique, fun, and rewarding additions to the game.
In total, the new update offers Engineers a new gun, two new melee weapons, a new sentry gun, a remote for sentry guns, and the ability to move placed sentry guns. Additionally included are four maps and the requisite slew of Engineer-oriented achievements.
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Posted in: Fun, Gameage, Mac, News, PC
Tagged: Engineer · Fun · Gameage · Mac · News · PC · Team Fortress 2 · Valve
May 10th, 2010
by Martin.
A list of four things in the world of tech that I find annoying, submitted for your approval in no particular order.
Unboxing videos
I’ve ranted about this elsewhere, but it’s worth repeating; unboxing videos are awful. If there’s anything more pathetic to me than sitting around wishing you had some piece of technology, it’s doing so while also seeking out and watching other people open up boxes with the desired tech inside.
I understand doing research on products you’re thinking about buying, but I don’t see where the unboxing video fits in with all that. If you want to find out what’s actually inside the box, you can find that info on websites or in stores. If you want to see little bits of molded Styrofoam, you’ve probably got some in boxes you already own sitting around in your house or apartment somewhere.
If you want some new thing that badly, watching someone open up its box isn’t going to get you any closer to that goal. Spoiler alert: it’s going to be boxed up the same as everything else you’ve bought: lots of tape, lots of Styrofoam, lots of plastic. Whoopdy doo.
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Posted in: Internet, Lists, Mac, Miscellany, PC, Rant, Websites, Windows
Tagged: Domain Names · Finder · Internet · Lists · OS X · Rants · Unboxing · Websites · Windows 7
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