71² – The ramblings of two 30-something developers

3D Tech Demo Source Released

I’ve finally published the project I wrote for my VTM conference talk in Boston last November (2011). This project is iOS 5 specific and uses GLKit for all the rendering and math. It also implements a version of our Particle engine enhanced to work in 3D which is really cool. It uses bill boarded images for the particles so you can fade them, rotate them etc and it all looks great in 3D. We haven’t got 3D supported yet in Particle Designer but it will be in V2.0 :o) so for now you have to manually edit the XML config file.
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So…what’s 71Squared up to?

That’s a good question :o)
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Readers Games

I’ve been delinquent recently in updating the blog with readers games. I’ve recently had emails about games that have been created by blog readers and our tool users and I wanted to post about them so everyone can see the amazing work being done by indie developers.

If you have sent in info about your game and not seen it mentioned on the blog please send the info again to remind me and I’ll get it posted :o)

UPDATE: 22nd January 2012
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Glyph Designer 1.5 – Released

This evening we have released Glyph Designer 1.5. This release see’s some frequently requested features added to Glyph Designer.
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Ayopa Games

My friends over at the newly launched Ayopa Games have published their first two games, Chicken Rescue and W.E.L.D.E.R.

Johnny and Elliott who run Ayopa Games have years of industry experience each let alone between them. I spent some time with them when I was last in San Francisco and the plans they have plus they games they are working on publishing look fantastic, so I would certainly recommend keeping an eye out for Ayopa Published games.

If your a developer looking for a publisher then I would highly recommend speaking with Ayopa. Given how well the launch has gone for their first two games, their experience and their contacts, I think they will become a very well know publisher very quickly which is only good for us devs :o)

Mike

VTM Sneak Peak 2

I’ve put up another video showing the latest version of the game prototype I’ll be using as VTM on 12/13 November in Boston. This shows the 3D particle emitter I’ve implemented which I’m using for sparks on the hull of the ships as they are hit by gun fire, the ship explosions and the plasma rounds being fired by the ships at the player.
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VTM Sneak Peak

Just wanted to post a small video that shows the game I’m going to be talking about at VTM in November. The video is a little shaky as I was trying to video while swinging the iPad around (it uses the gyro for input).

Once the conference is out of the way the new tutorials will be running through how this was created and all the source code.

I hope you enjoy the video and it’s gives you some idea of what is to come :)

Sneak Peak Video

Mike

Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011

New ParticleEmitter class

It’s been a while since there have been any updates to the 71Squared ParticleEmitter class, but today I can announce that a new version is available that makes use of quads when rendering particles. This means that ParticleEmitter now supports rotation of particles.
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As summer draws to an end…

It’s been a while since my last post so an update is in order. As I’m sure most of you can relate too, life is busy. The summer holidays are now over and my kids are now back at school. These holidays seem to have gone really quickly but I still think that six weeks off is too long. By the last two weeks no matter what you try to do we constantly get “I’m bored…..” “I’ve got nothing to do….”. They should try summer holidays when I was a kid with no computers, consoles, 300 TV channels etc…. Anyway, that’s making me feel old so moving along :o)
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