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.

TicTacToe the Game

I finally finished a game!  This may seem like no big deal to most programmers, but for me it is, because I finally finished a game.  I have often started to write one but have always quickly become bogged down by the details.

So here it is in all of its glory!!  You can download it here.  Later, because now I have to get to work, I will go into the details of how I made it, and then everyone can give me tips on how to make it better.

Game Dev Focus

It’s been a very long time since I said I wanted to develop a game.  And I have been very busy since then.  Work, home, etc.  But I have been tinkering in the meantime.  I have experimented with Python using PyGame and Panda3D.  The trick to that is I don’t know Python (yet).  I have played around with java using  LWJGL, Slick, and a little bit of  jME.  I’ve even just did some accelrated graphics using Java2D thanks to the great tutorials on Coke And Code.

I am going to make a game; game development is fast becoming my software engineering passion.  I have decided to start with a simple Tic Tac Toe game using Java2D and accelerated graphics, which I have already begun to develop in the spare time I can spare.  If you are reading and are interested, keep coming back and see the results.

Thanks again for everyone in the world who creates game libraries, tutorials, etc.

Game Development

I, like many others, love computer games, and I, like many others, would like to create computer games, and since I have never made a computer game before, I am going to give it a go.  I will post my successes and failures here and share them with the world.  Maybe we can learn together.  Feel free to leave comments and subscribe to my feed.