Merry Christmas!

Just had a couple of pretty busy weeks and I'm very glad to get some days rest for Christmas. Unlike in some of the Western countries, we Malaysians only get a day of holiday for Christmas, :( .
The rest is much apprieciated but more work needs to be done in the weeks ahead. I need to prepare slides for the Plural Society presentation, work on the game engine framework UML diagrams, prepare a prototype for the game engine, and work on a DirectX game as a final project. All within 2 weeks.

Anyways, Merry Christmas!

Recent Development

I'm now working on my report for my final year project. Its a 3D Game Engine for Symbian OS for mobile phones. I'm currently working on the framework design which consists of 5 components, the System Core, Graphics Engine, Sound Engine, Network Engine, and the Input Engine. Most of the development would be focused on the System Core and Graphics Engine. My teammate is working on the SDK and compiler that we're going to use for this game engine.

Oh yeah, I donated blood today. 4th time doing it and I still feel good about it.

Busy weeks ahead

Sorry for the late updates, things are really getting busier for me. I have about 3 more DirectX assignments to complete in 4 weeks, not to mention a sociology report and a final year project report to hand up in the week after the next.

That aside, I recently thought of an idea for a fighting game, but with more controls other than the traditional Up-Down-Left-Right and High/Low Punches and Kicks etc. I was thinking of something more gesture based, like using the mouse to control your hand in the Black & White series. Perhaps thats something only the Revolution Controller can do...

Renewal

I just got my PC back yesterday with a motherboard and processor upgrade :) I also re-formatted my laptop, and now everything loads fast and looks clean.

Blanktris Final v1.6 is now available for download and I don't plan to update it in the near future due to my Directx assignments and final project (for the University).

Talking about directx, I spent some time installing and setting up my compiler as well as the directx sdk. I'm torn between using the old DirectX 9.0 SDK (Summer 2003) or the new one updated at October 2005. The sample code from my textbook doesn't compile in the October 2005 one, so theres a very good chance I'll use the old SDK.

Assignments among other things

I'm considering completing Blanktris as soon as possible because I'm going to need to work on my university assignments and projects really soon. As of now I just need to add in one extra feature into it and I'm going to call it done and complete. I'll let you know when that happens.

Firefox 1.5 Final has been released, and just about every 'cool' person in the world is using it. And before you ask, Yes, I'm 'cool'. :D

One last thing. Happy 21st Birthday to Jeremy, my housemate.