Push

I have started developing a new game using the Slick game library.  It’s a simple game of moving around blocks to put them into the correct spots.  I haven’t got very far, just a working example with two blocks, but I am pretty excited.  In the screen shot you simply move the red and green squares into the big yellow one.   When one of the smaller squares is fully inside the yellow square it shrinks and spins.  When both squares have been put in the yellow square, you win.  There is some collision detection.  You can’t go off the screen and you can’t go through any of the little squares.   No big deal.  Pretty simple.   I have plans of making it bigger though.

Playing On The Google Playground

I have decided to play around with Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Google AppEngine.  Both look very interesting , very promising, and very fun.  I don’t know very much about them, so this should be an interesting experience and I am sure to learn a ton of new technologies along the way.

My first app is just going to be a Task list.  There are a plethora of Task Lists out there, but I think it will be fun and a good place to start.  I’ve already created my site, The Super List, so feel free to watch the progress (if any)!

PrototypeJs

For me (and I don’t mind showing a little bias), PrototypeJS is the mother of JavaScript frameworks. Using this library is guaranteed to cut down your development pride. I think it only fair to explain that the PrototypeJS library was what I was thrown into when learning the JavaScript language.