6 march 2007
been mucking around a bit with flash on the psp, lotsa PITA limitations, eg i just finished writing an app that displays various paintings + will let u zoom in + move around them. came to about 1mb, + that was still yo much memory for the psp, ive had to shrink the images down to just fitting on the screen7 march 2007
another psp flash limitation, ive written a text viewer, which lets u slowly scroll through the text, only to find the psp hasnt got the horsepower to do it smoothly, im gonna just be limited to scrolling at a page at a time (all extra work for nothing)12 march 2007
im gonna cut my coffee consumption down to 1liter a day, i remember i cut down to 2-3 liters a day a couple of years ago (which lasted for about 2 weeks), so its gonna be difficult.15 march 2007
One of the things that pisses me off the most with flash, is sometimes things dont work like they should due to no fault of my own, which wastes time cause u try to track down a non existant bug. Often u can fix these 'errors' by, 'doing nothing' eg deleting something on the flash stage area + then pressing ctrl-z to restore it (ie so in effect youve done nothing) but then the thing works. With c/c++ (which ive worked with 20 years now) such things were rare, though i have seen the followingint i = 1234;
cout << i << endl; // answer = 3676349 ( or something )
( rebooting the computer + rerunning normally fixes stuff like this though )
Actually the more i use flash the more i see its definitly not ideal for games, eg the concept of a stage works for presentations or animations but not for games/apps. Though macromedia cant be blamed for this as it wasnt originally designed for games/apps, but it is carrying around a lot of deadweight cause of this.
29 march 2007
I cant see the big deal with this anti-smacking bill, personally i dont give a shit, one thing though that pisses me off is when ppl say someit along the lines 'i was smacked as a child + i turned out ok', well my reply is 'you shouldnt of been smacked as a kid, u should of been shot, as u obviously arent to fucken intelligent'02 april 2007
i often see posts about c# or java being a lot easier than c/c++ to develop in, often these ppl will mention that c#/java are also nearly as fast as c/c++ (some zealots will even claim its faster :) ) now c#/java have been around for a few years now and are reasonable mature. thus we have a language (that is faster to develop with + just as powerful). Yet theres noone making games for it. OUCH houston we have a logic problem. ie the whole argument that c#/java supporters is not borne out by the evidence/facts. i suppose ppl could argue that the ps3/wii dont support c#/java. but even the companies like MS (who are pushing others to use c#, dont use it ) btw some managed games Am I a c/c++ supporter? not really, i think theres a lot wrong with the language11 april 2007
uploaded a video of my game hereyesterdayalso uploaded this morning a collection of psp apps ive written
17 april 2007
Captain Courgettes really shaping up now, yes bummer about the lensflare, but its space + joe public couldnt deal with a spacescene without a lensflare
19 april 2007
took this photo a while ago, should be fimiliar to pink floyd fans
19 april 2007
btw all the above screenshots/info in the captain courgette links is pretty outdated, its morphed into a more first person style shooter, still fast + frantic though29 april 2007
ive got a confession to make, ive used STL way to much in my engine, i really am a fan of STL but im gonna have to take some out, its unpredictability is a bummer3 may 2007
a bet i wouldnt mind losing
4 may 2007
I was in the fish + chip shop last night (the new one by the tahuna roundabout, good quality btw), well as you may know i havent owned a tv this century. so they had one there right, i place my order, + sat down to watch the tv1 news, though the ads were running, by the time my order was ready it was still the same ad break!! no bullshit4 may 2007
movies ive watched over the last 2 months| nanny macphee | 8 | great kids film, one of the best over the last few year, Emma Thompson suxored though |
| tristan and isolde | 4 | run of the mill hack + slash film ( no wagner music ) |
| death on the nile | 6 | easy who-done-it (ie hald the fun is u always guess wrong but this is easy to guess) great fimilar theme |
| the white dragon | 4 | started off as a one, terrible dubbing, i soon picked up the buzz though |
| the constant gardener | 6 | good story, ruined by a snaillike pace, shit cinematograhy also |
| beyond reanimator | 3 | not as good as the first film ( a classic piece of 80s horror) |
| lady and the tramp | 4 | disney trash |
| roman holiday | 7 | hepburn usually plays the same characters (which shes not partically good at either), one of her better showcases |
| breakfest as tiffinys | 2 | crap, embarassingly for the director later on i expect |
| eight legged freaks | 5 | reasonable spiders eat toxic watse + grow to enormous propotions flick |
| escape from new york | 5 | inspiration for the metal gear solid games, the terrorists hijack a plane and crash it in new york, wonder if osamas a fan |
| the nightmare before christmas | 8 | better than the corpse bride but ruined by the (terribly written + performed) music |
| the bourne supremecy | 8 | better than the first movie |
| the royal tenebaums | 8 | good comedy |
| the eiger sanction | 4 | clint made same cheesy films, done all his own climbing for this film |
| Nuovo cinema Paradiso | 8 | italians make some great films |
| bad taste | 9 | amazing film esp when u think of the budget |
| mary poppins | 7 | so many famous songs, dick van dyke was good except for his accent |
| the polar express | 4 | slimy tom hanks vehicle (he must be one of the 10 most overrated actors) |
| v for vandetta | 8 | needed about ½ hour of the dialog chopped, not as good as fightclub |
| good will hunting | 8 | actually quite good |
| prince caspian (1989) | 3 | shite acting, animatrix puppets etc, personally (as a kid) i found the narnia stories weak |
| the voyage of the dawn treader | 4 | better than prince caspian but only just |
| fifteen | 5 | a strange singaporean film, it actually looked like the kid was swolling the condoms full of drugs |
| hostel | 5 | starts in amsterdam, but dont recognize it, better than i thought, when he runs over those dudes with the auto WTF!, way overhyped for such a nonshocking horror |
| a history of violence | 8 | pretty good |
| dead & buried | 7 | ha, watching this and rob egmund pops up, hes got the face, actually quite a good film reminded me of the great fulci's city of the dead (dont know why cause theyre disimilar) |
| princess mononoke | 9 | superb film |
| gerry | 5 | pretty tedious viewing, though i think that was the intention |
| battle royale 2 | 6 | i love the music, verdis requiem, obvious dig at saving private ryan, better than most ppl think, i assume this is due to the antiamerican imperialism |
| spirited away | 10 | Miyazaki on top of his form with this one |
| machinegun kelly | 7 | early charles bronson flick, not to bad at all, heavy morals |
| chittey chittey bang bang | 4 | gah |
| coffee and cigarettes | 4 | weak idea, quite good acting though |
| ringu | 7 | strangely the american remake was better |
| cinderella man | 8 | |
| march of the penguins | 7 | not as good as it should of been |
| kingdom of heaven | 6 | run of the mill action film |
| zu warriors | 8 | really amazing effects |
| little fish | 7 | |
| decoys | 2 | bad in so many ways, but oddly watchable, the punchline is so terrible, actually it was crap |
| robots | 3 | one of the worst of the recent cgi films |
| grave of the fireflies | 8 | not as good as the hype but well worth watching |
| grizzley man | 9 | brillant doco film |
| village of the dammed (1995) | 5 | christopher reeve's last film before he had the accident |
| spider | 6 | a bit to slow |
| blade3 trinity | 3 | should not of been made |
| the princess bride | 8 | great film, they should make more tales like this |
| slither | 8 | brilliant film, watch esp if u luv splatter horror |
| constantine | 7 | good film the ending is a bit weak though |
| capote | 4 | best actor for this? |
| nausica of the valley of the wind | 8 | not one of miyazakis best |
| underworld evolution | 3 | not as good as the first, which wasnt so good |