So I had one of those all nighter things. I just kept working on this idea in my head. So, I made a ground. Then I put a stream next to it. Then I made the sky and made the stream pretty and reflective. Then I modelled a tree (Maya is so awesome, albeit intimidating). Then I made leaves and bushes. Then I added 3D sound so you can hear the trickling stream. Then I made the trees and bushes sway. All in one night. Then I slept.



Ah, nostalgia. This project brings me back to my childhood

I've been away doing other things for a while, so there hasn't been a lot of progress on the projects you have seen. But check out this screenshot of a project I just got swept up in. I'm not gonna explain it, but isn't it pretty? Make sure to click the image to see it in all it's glory...

The new Unsigned Lighting Engine supports 10 flashing strobing lights (of multiple types) in real time. Here is an ugly example of it, and this is only 7 lights! You can see the range this will provide for Arena artists... I'll divulge more about arena the updated arena creation tools later.

Here is a screen of the final game!
This game was developed for Nick Gravelyn's XNA7Day contest. Details found on his site: http://xna7day.com/
I will add an upload to it on Sunday, when the contest is over.
Also, I may have a download for an XNA Component that converts any game into ASCII art!

Just another Screenshot of the ASCII 3D engine. I really like the way this is heading!

As part of Nick Gravelyn's XNA7Day competition, the challenge was to create a game with only text. Here is a preview of my real-time ASCII art 3D engine.

From a Studio I've been a part of for a few months, Crazy Tater Games, is a game possibly coming to XBLIG: Booty Hunt. It is a free-roaming 3D Pirate platformer. Check out the screen:

I have discovered a newfound love for the IList<> interface. I use arrays and Lists pretty extensively and the List's ToArray function can be pretty memory inefficient, especially when using structs. Now I can store a list or array in an IList<> and treat them the same! Yay! I have always been a big fan of polymorphism and this is an example of it at its finest.