Distant Chimneys

In preparation for next week’s Ludum Dare (#17), I have been working on atmospheric effects. The results are here, in what I call “Distant Chimneys”.  There is little in the way of gameplay, but I’m pleased with how the background and ambient effects turned out. The music was made with Musagi (another Dr. Petter creation), instruments [...]

Posted on April 16, 2010 at 1:27 pm by eli · Permalink · 2 Comments
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The Character Project: Week Six – Amy

Created for week six of The Character Project.

Posted on February 14, 2010 at 11:37 pm by eli · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Hammond: A mailman’s dream

Hammond: A mailman’s dream is a small game I wrote for The Character Project.

Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:40 pm by eli · Permalink · One Comment
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Leaving Satisfactoria – Ludum Dare #16

My entry for the 16th Ludum Dare 48-hour game creation competition. This competition was themed “Exploration”. Download Get the competition version here: Leaving Satisfactoria – exe and source.zip (10,142 KB – Windows .exe and full source) alternative download Leaving Satisfactoria.zip (328 KB – full source, needs pygame [see below])

Posted on December 14, 2009 at 1:15 am by eli · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Elevated – v1.88

After starting year 2 of physics at TAU, it’s been hard to find time for anything other than schoolwork or zoning out. It’s been more than a month since last code update, and not much has improved. Elevators are now usable, complete with internal colliding surfaces. Most of the development has been trying to fix [...]

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:10 am by eli · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Concept and design – a patchwork approach

In lieu of proper concept artwork or mock designs for a potential finished project, putting together photos discovered on Flickr has become a windfall of concept design. Using Flickr’s new Gallery feature, I have put together a few megastructure explorations. These are built from other users’ photos, but represent a larger structure that crosses space [...]

Posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:46 am by eli · Permalink · Leave a comment
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thoughts on predictably-autogenerated content

I opened this separate WordPress blog on Megastructure.org in order to explore some more technical aspects of the building process. I hope to publish my findings as I go along, with the lofty goal of making a complete Megastructure experience freely available. The stepping-stones along the way consist of modeling separate aspects of the Megastructure, [...]

Posted on July 6, 2009 at 1:13 am by eli · Permalink · Leave a comment
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