http://www.nighthound.net/ 2012-05-20T15:13:53-04:00 http://www.nighthound.net/ http://www.nighthound.net/lib/tpl/gunmetal/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-26T03:32:26-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=2012:java_screensaver&rev=1327566746&do=diff [Java Storm Screensaver] Goal: Create a Windows based screensaver in Java using Java2D with hardware accelerated images. Issues Hardware acceleration is important in this kind of application, software rendering which gives 70ms per frame with hardware we get 13ms per frame. Unfortunately there is no easy way to enable hardware acceleration for the Java2D pipeline. There a certain VM arguments that can be used to enable unsupported OpenGL pipelines for Graphics. But these make it difficult to… text/html 2012-01-26T01:41:21-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=showcase:start&rev=1327560081&do=diff 2012 * Java Screensaver using Java2D for Windows based clients text/html 2011-12-29T21:30:39-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:spacers:lifecycle&rev=1325212239&do=diff Game Engine * Loading Images and Sprites * Moving Sprites using physics (Box2D) * World - Local coordinate system (ship in middle (how stuff moves around)) * ? Ability to set graphics layers * Background (Parallax scrolling star field) * Sprites (Planets, Ships, Stations, Asteroids, etc.) text/html 2011-12-29T21:26:41-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:spacers:start&rev=1325212001&do=diff A 2D top-down spaceship shooter in a procedurally generated universe. Single and multiplayer cross-platform using Java. Lifecycle Status Phase: Engine prototype History 29/12/2011: Java prototype started 29/11/2011: WebGL prototype stopped due to browser patent/development war's (video[theora vs h264], audio[mp3 vs ogg], 2D/3D acceleration[directx vs webgl]) 18/11/2011: WebGL prototype started text/html 2011-12-29T17:56:40-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:start&rev=1325199400&do=diff This is my project page it contains all my projects that I have started, finished, or thought about doing. Some of my more prominent projects can be linked to from above but what follows is the complete list. Active: * Spacers Finished: * Eve Online mining bot text/html 2011-10-22T20:21:01-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:touchpaint.net&rev=1319329261&do=diff Similar to Paint in Windows 7 but optimised for touch. Has layers and the ability to add new brushes using a plug-in system. Possibly allow GIMP plugins to be used to vastly increase is capabilities. Easy to use colour picker that is optimised for touch (big buttons). Ability to set layer opacity and/or fill. Anti-alias selection for brushes. text/html 2011-10-22T19:46:48-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:last_stand:start&rev=1319327208&do=diff Based on Metro 2033 at least in part with the power system for using devices and weapons. The shooter will be first person and require players running around and shooting the zombie like creatures to survive. As development progress multiplayer will be added that is co-operative in nature but will allow the players to fight and defeat each other using friendly fire as well as using the zombies to attack a specific player. The power system will provide power for the flash light, night, or heat vi… text/html 2011-10-19T00:26:07-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:lacuna:release_schedule&rev=1318998367&do=diff Core mechanics POC This prototype will test if the core mechanics are enough to keep players interested and to see where the game will go from there with input from others. Goal: * Combat system * Weapons * Missiles - ammo uses inventory space * Lasers - use energy * Mines - limited text/html 2011-10-19T00:08:15-04:00 nighthound http://www.nighthound.net/doku.php?id=projects:lacuna:submenu&rev=1318997295&do=diff * Lacuna * Release Schedule * Misc unsorted ideas