We are currently trying different themes and layouts, so please forgive us if things look stupid for a while. We should be programming games…
Tumblr for sketches, concept art and early screenshots
We have just opened a Tumblr account where we will show sketches, concept art, brainstorming doodles (usually drawn after some beers) and early screenshots from our current projects. Feel free to drop by!
Free timelapse screencasts in MacOS. Part II: video from snapshots
iMovie is not enough when you want to create a movie from hundreds of snapshots. I’m not able to import them without transitions, so I switched back to what I knew, the Army Knife of video tools: FFMPEG. Installing it on your Mac is easy with MacPorts, which is similar… Free timelapse screencasts in MacOS. Part II: video from snapshotsRead more
Free timelapse screencasts in MacOS. Part I: snapshots
Medusa is giving a talk entitled ‘Independent Video Game Creation. Exploring the technical and creative process‘ in the incoming Animayo festival. We will build a game from zero to beta in three hours while discussing with the audience what makes a game fun. We need to prepare some timelapse videos for… Free timelapse screencasts in MacOS. Part I: snapshotsRead more
New web, new projects
It’s April Fools, but this is not a prank! We’ve been working hard these past months, relearning HTML, CSS and discovering jQuery in order to get a new and shiny web site! We wanted it to show who we are and what we do, because we are now offering Art… New web, new projectsRead more
Chinese spam
This must be the strangest email we have received until today… 原本已經好瘦嘅你想唔想將更瘦一面比你另外一半睇? 想唔想以更加健康嘅身軀比你另一半睇?? 如果你想，好簡單架詐~~~ 請即登 Which Google Translate converts into… this: Which is already so thin you want Do not want more generous than you lean the other half side of the Air? Do not want to be more generous… Chinese spamRead more
Roulette Wheel Selection Algorithm in MATLAB
I’m not a MATLAB expert myself, but I had to code the roulette wheel selection algorithm, once again, this time in the MATLAB programming language. It complements this post, so I thought I could share it: % ——————————————————— % Roulette Wheel Selection Algorithm. A set of weights % represents the… Roulette Wheel Selection Algorithm in MATLABRead more
Simple FSM-like structure using Coroutines in C# (Unity3D)
The previous post got a funny comment in Reddit: “Yawn. Hang on, inheritance, singletons? Bletch”. So I thought… “I may be getting rusty… let’s give those coroutines a try”. At first, coroutines seemed like a sure way of leaving behind all my (humble) OOP practices. I though they were some… Simple FSM-like structure using Coroutines in C# (Unity3D)Read more
A Finite State Machine in C# for Unity3D
Finite State Machines (FSMs) are pretty useful in many different contexts, as you may know if you are reading this. From a game menu to the complex behaviour of game entities, a nice FSM may improve your code’s readability and simplify its design. Or turn it into a hell of… A Finite State Machine in C# for Unity3DRead more
Tetris, Django Reinhardt Remix
A perfect adittion to our Videogame Soundtracks list in YouTube. The guys at Thousand Monkeys have launched a viral video where they play the Tetris Theme in a Django style. Because, you know, if you want something to be seen on the Internet, put an adorable kitten in it… or… Tetris, Django Reinhardt RemixRead more
0xE8003FFE [Solved]
Unknown Error. And that’s all. I’ve been struggling for hours with the Ad Hoc distribution file of Oddy Smog. We have to prepare and upload it to IGF, because not all judges live in the United States and promo codes, unfortunately, can only be redeemed in the US Store. I think… 0xE8003FFE [Solved]Read more
Cool Oddy Smog trailer animated gif…
… to celebrate that we did not win anything at all in the 2010 Unity Awards. There pretty good works among the nominees! But this year winners where… Grand Prix: Air Attack HD by Art In Games Best Gameplay: Colorbind by Nonverbal Best Non-game LoveMyHome by ILP Best Visual Design:… Cool Oddy Smog trailer animated gif…Read more