New project
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This is just a new project I'll be working on as part of an assessment, the plan is to use Unity, and following the SideScroller tutorial, make a standard 2.5D game, which simply locks the Z position of the camera.
Though I will be creating my own assets, and adding a little more functionality, ie enemies shooting and multiple levels.
My main character of my own design (Concept Sketch; By Matt Smith)
Following the Tutorial, I created this which i exported for web and PC Stand Alone (stand alone meaning everything you need to play is in the Zip file)
Web Version here:
http://votekick.com.au/unity.php
PC Stand Alone Version here:
votekick.com.au/unity/game_V1.zip
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| 4 Sep 2010 - 19:06 by votekick |
Modelling
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Just a little something
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Since I've been somewhat inactive of late, I thought it might be an idea to share something that I've made with a mate of mine for an assignment (last semester). The subject we made this for is New Media; the point behind new media is to make something that's interactive but not your standard type of interactive. One can make something in flash sure that's fun but it's not as unique as a something that uses an alternative form if input.
So the idea is to create an interactive that doesn't use your standard computer inputs, ie. Keyboard or mouse. Our original idea died, and we came up with this replacement idea rather quickly and made it in about 3 weeks. Now I'm just going to throw it out there that we had 16 weeks (plus another 3 which was a break between semesters) our idea was born week 16 and was basically created over the break. The idea being Soccer Pong, the unique input being pressure pads rather than simple keystrokes.
The construction (for those who are interested):
The pressure pads which were my portion of the project were rather simple to construct. Our teacher gave us a little USB device, which basically acted like the board that all the censors in a keyboard are wired up to (USB USB keyboard hack). Using that we simply wired up large buttons you could step on (pressure pads).
The USB keyboard hack output an electric current and when it was connected it detected it the same as if you held down a key on your keyboard, let go and when the connection is broken the keystroke is ended.
Based on how the keyboard hack worked it was a simple as finding a way to make a large key. To keep costs low I used rather simple materials, looking at the images below you can see that I used chopping boards as a base. I then used two pieces from a wire coat hanger, attached one piece of the coat hanger to the top and one to the bottom board, separated by a standard kitchen sponge, which kept the coat hanger apart until you stepped on the chopping board.
Then all I did was twist the wire around each piece of coat hanger, then I had me a pressure pad, I stuck it together with wood glue and we were set.
To make the pads I used:
- 8 chopping boards
- 3 wire coat hangers
- 4 Kitchen sponges
The flash game my partner in crime (Matt Smith) made can be found Here
I filmed a video but that'll I'll have to upload later.
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| 15 Aug 2010 - 03:24 by votekick |
General News
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Big changes on the horizon
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So I plan to redo my website as part of an assessment, two birds with one stone which is good. I get to put a fair bit of time and effort into making my website presentable and up to date once again. When i say redoing I plan to keep the design and feel fairly similar but change the structure a little, use a CSS style sheet like a real web developer that type of thing.
Among other things this will improve load times and as this particular project which is whatever I want, is a 6 week thing which works out as i think 200 hours of work. This website remake wont take that long especially as some of the design features I'm keeping rather similar. So I plan to do a bunch of 3D tutorials too, those of you who have been checking my site for updates... (There's a handful of you and i know these things) Would have probably noticed that i added a few sections under tutorials well i do plan to fill those up.
One of my main plans for the tutorials is that after my current course which is a rather broad multimedia course which doesn't focus all that much on anything, but is probably better than a specific qualification.
I move into a game design specific course, which does indeed use 3DS Max, I hope to simply get a hold of the briefs (which is quite doable) for the assignments that were done this year, and use them as a basis for some of the more advanced tutorials which would be a good way to show competency for certain aspects and hopefully speedup my finishing of that course too.
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| 13 Aug 2010 - 00:56 by votekick |
General News
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What im upto since its been quiet.
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So I've not said all that much recently so I thought I might as well start with I'm not dead. I've gotten a few emails from people inquiring about my Gmod models, specifically the unreleased ones which are unfinished and wont be released unfinished.
AvOn assures me that nothing new has happened but its all in one hit so I don't know why its happening.
Firefox had an update just yesterday and it did something with my settings and essentially broke the internet. Some issue about proxy settings and my initial assumption was Virus, however Comodo turn up nothing, and Mbam concurred
Turns out it was my proxy settings in firefox or something (Whatever it was I couldn't even look at my router)
So fixing it was basically a matter of going;
Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Settings
At the top of that window gave me Configure Proxies to Access the Internet flicked that to no proxy and was set.
Note: I did have to close firefox and right click and run as administrator.
Boring shit aside; in respect to modelling, I had the bright idea of finishing my dragon model from a while ago... which I shortly after opening the max file decided to start again
Old one is here
Note the errors around the horns that would have taken he ages to fix hence my decision to start over.
Finished first semester in my course, and I'm working on a thing for one of my uni subjects, New media. the name doesn't explain much but basically make something interactive that doesn't use the standard inputs, ie. Keyboard and mouse. So... world cup is interesting everyone, we went with soccer pong.
The mechanics of this being that we're going to make pressure mats using foil, and a layer of foam between the foil, connect both pieces of foil to our little USB whats-it which simulates keystrokes, every time the mat is stepped on it registers a keystroke, so A and D for one player and Left and Right for the other. Two keys easy simple pong. Get a projector overhead and direct it at the floor and its now a little more entertaining.
I'm working on a game in Unity with a mate of mine (same guy who I'm partnered with for the above thing) Would be cool to have a demo for people to play but not just yet.
I think that's enough crap for people to read and realise they've just wasted a few minutes of their lives that they'll never get back.
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| 25 Jun 2010 - 01:25 by votekick |
General News
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Next tutorial... SOON
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This is more of a heads up than a release, since I've not had much time to do anything on my site I'm more or less telling you what will be coming next. I hope, this weekend that I shall have time to make a tutorial on making a basic character using Mesh Smooth, this tutorial would move on from the Manipulating shapes tutorial as it will make use of whats in that tutorial along with the Mesh Smooth modifier.
My intention is that the end result will be something similar to this guy here;
As cool as he looks you can see from the wire frame that it's rather simple. I guess it would me more accurate to refer to it as a she as this particular creature is missing a certain gender defining appendage.
Never the less the tutorial will show you how to create something similar and then the following tutorial will then with any luck be a basic rigging tutorial, which will get you ready for animating more than a ball.
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| 26 May 2010 - 19:15 by votekick |
Media
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Fixing or am in the process of fixing Lightbox.
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So for the past month or so Light Box hasn't been working on my website, I figured out why, not really why but more of a way around it, I embed my banner in every web page so that i don't have to change multiple pages when i add, subtract or change the banner in any way.
For a little while some pages may be slightly fucked but I'll fix it.
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| 6 May 2010 - 23:49 by votekick |
Website
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