For a long time, I had a dream. A network attached storage (NAS) solution to keep my backups on. I’m a little mad when it comes to backing up. Do not feel all right without at least 3 copies of the same thing on different places. When I was working on a 3d game engine … [Read more…]
I was once into hobby RC airplane stuff – unfortunately don’t have the time to fly these days. (Check my first flight here) Got myself a cheap 6 channel FM transmitter on eBay back in the day, not that 2.4 GHz rubbish, one with a huge antenna, you know. It was a much cheaper option … [Read more…]
Animation is a pain if you do not know how it is implemented. Basically, you are updating a value with respect to time. This is generally done by calculating the time elapsed since the last frame and interpolating this value between its initial and final values. The interpolation needn’t be linear, there are many such … [Read more…]
When I was working on a isometric game engine/map editor a few years back, I thought that it would be a nice idea to use some kind of a messaging mechanism to communicate between different components of the engine. Although that implementation is far from perfect, I will try to explain my intentions behind it … [Read more…]