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  Japanese homework.

  11.08.11 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I have been taking Japanese classes through the Learning Works programme at Glasgow Uni.  This week, the homework was to construct two diary-like sentences, to practice using verbs.   They should be done in rōmaji and Hiragana. Given that I’m actually off this week, I’m going to see if I can do this every day [...]

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  myBreakout v. 1.4

  04.17.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  v 1.4 Added blocks that can take more than one hit. Added a map that demonstrates said ablative block, and also celebrates Scotland. Made the blocks “fixed”, which I’m hoping fixes some odd bounce/physics issues. Added “Yay!” sound when you clear a level.

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  myBreakout 1.1

  04.07.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Changed “Press X to start” to “Click to Start” (as it’s a mouse-driven game) The ball will now bounce differently depending on where it hits the bat, allowing control over the ball. Ball will speed up if you complete a level (but will reset if you die – may wish to fix that later) myBreakout [...]

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  Game development on the train

  04.05.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  On the way down to visit Mum, Dad and 2/3 of my siblings, I took the work laptop with me. I, like most of my family, have a rather unhealthy fear of being bored. The intention was to continue with some of the Flash game development I’ve been doing. Somewhat to my surprise, I actually [...]

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  Well, at least I’m not surprised…

  08.14.04 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I knew that I was going to be disappointed by my machine’s ability to run Doom3. In fact, I’ve been thinking of installing it as “being disappointed by Doom3″ for quite some time now. However, I did hope. After all, I’ve got an entire 1GHz over the recommended specs, and my graphics card is supposed [...]

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"Creative Slacker" referrs to the fact that I should be doing creative stuff – writing, art, 3D animation, RPG stuff, but I don't. Maybe "lazy bastard" would be more appropriate.

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