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I posted a gist on GitHub where I was playing with modifying the projection matrix for the camera in Unity. For background, a matrix is basically a grid of numbers. A vector is a series of numbers. And you can … Continue reading →

Some recent video game discourse over “leading lines” got me thinking about what is the history of the concept? Obviously it was a thing in photography and/or painting before it was ever used in video games, but for how long? … Continue reading →

I got a few people to run a program I made to test their accuracy with the thumbstick on a gamepad. What kicked off this train of thought, was I was considering radial UI as an interface. How many options … Continue reading →

A collection of paintings I’ve been doing on a general theme. I figured I’d put them up here. I hadn’t done much physical painting really. I drew a lot but just with ink or pencil, so no colour. I made … Continue reading →

I saw this article on why kids loves garbage trucks. And it got me looking at games about garbage trucks. Obviously there must be a garbage truck simulator in the vein of Euro Truck Simulator or Train Simulator. I found … Continue reading →

One thing I see sometimes on the game design subreddit, is questions of the form “Is ____ considered good / bad game design?” So I guess I have two pet peeves with that. One, it does a passive voice attempt … Continue reading →

In UX, modes are when the same input results in a different action depending upon the state of the program. I’ve played games where there’s a “town” mode and a “action” mode, where your “fight” actions are replaced with “talk … Continue reading →