Animator vs Animation

GDC 2007

Check out the notes from the tutorial day titled "Core Techniques and Algorithms in Shader Programming" at GDC 2007.

Evil Invasion

I've just found another top-down shooter! Evil Invasion is an rpg-meets-vertical-shooter (a bit like what we're aiming for with Soulreaper) created by VH Games. The gameplay is quite enjoyable even though it feels somewhat crude.

Keyboards

I just found out that the Optimus Keyboard is being showed at this years CeBit trade show. If you haven't heard about the Optimus yet, then check out the picture below and this link (also check out the Optimus project blog). It's a 114 keys keyboard where every key is an OLED color monitor with a resolution of 32x32 pixels. The system is 100% configurable either through their own API or through a configuration program.


Rediscovering this keyboard made me google the name a bit to find some more information. I didn't find much, but I found an interesting list of the "Top 10 most beautiful keyboards". My favorite was one of the honorable mentions: the "Steampunk Keyboard Mod".

Baboo Violent 2

It's good to see another group working on a game based on a top-down view. Babo Violent 2 is a free multiplayer top-down shooter developed by RndLabs. I haven't tested it yet but it seems really cool.

XNA Game Studio Express Update

Oh joy, oh joy! XNA will finally get bitmap based font support amongst many other updates - check out the list here! Now if only they get Reflection.Emit so we'll get some serious scripting possibilities (one can dream!)

The evidence is finally here