Has anyone tried the UNITY game development tool? For an indie game developer, it looks awesome. Unfortunately, I don’t have a Mac at the moment to run the IDE. I’ve previously played around with the indie-focused GarageGames tools, but was seriously turned off by their mickey-mouse scripting environment (their new products that use C# could [...]
Archive for September, 2008
What’s the Best Indie Game Development Tool?
Posted in Random Stuff on September 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
September Software Pick: Classic Adventure Gaming with Quest for Glory II
Posted in Software Picks on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now for something totally retro. Whether or not you grew up playing Kings Quest and other classic adventure/RPG games, you should do yourself a really big favor and download the free Quest for Glory II remake from AGD Interactive. This is a real treat. Quest for Glory II features lush hand-drawn backgrounds and beautifully rendered [...]
Linux XFS Does not Support dirent::d_type
Posted in Codealicious on September 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Recently at work we had a couple customers mention to us that while backing up files on Linux, symlinks and FIFO (names pipe) files were not being skipped. Trying to backup a FIFO is what we call a bad idea. Very, very bad.
Hacking the Wii: Compiling and Running Wii Code
Posted in Codealicious, Indie Games on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What could be more fun that hacking the Wii? Compiling and running your own Wii games is actually pretty straightforward. The only caveat is that you will need a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and an SD card. For remote debugging, you will also need the USB Gecko. Many people have already [...]
Wii! That was a fun ride with dirent.h!
Posted in Codealicious, Indie Games on September 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s been a bumpy road to get there, but I’ve created a dirent.h for use in hacking the Nintendo Wii. You might ask, “what the heck did you go and do that for?” Perhaps it’s because I’m a good Samaritan who saw the suffering of my fellow Wii h4x0rd00dz and knew that I could ease [...]
