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Oom Shnibbles Game Dev Diary Part the First. by Oom Shnibble 04/06/2012, 1:33am PDT
Ever since I was a pederasts wet dream (No, really, I was a gorgeous little kid.) I've been dreaming of writing a game. So, now twenty years on and many, many failed attempts later I'm going to try again. The only difference this time is that I am going to expose my ineptitude and mathematical illiteracy to the wide world. Also, I have a demanding wife and young kid and a lack of perserverence so this could take a while.

So, with nothing but a copy of Visual Studio 2010, XNA 4.0 and the entirity of the internet to steal from I shall embark on this futile quest and the denizens of Caltrops shall bare witness to my wailing, gnashing of teeth and object references not being set to instances of objects.

This whole exercise could either result in a damp squib, an epic rage quit or a game, Either way we'll see what happens when a shlub like me decides to write a game.

The idea is to write a game that is similar to the old classic Solar Winds game developed by Apogee way back in the mists of my childhood.

Being a long weekend around here I'd like to have at least the main character's spaceship rotating and flying around, the infrastructure in place to serialise the world, the weapons firing and the ability to render planets and suns as well as per pixel collision detection.

Here goes.
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Oom Shnibbles Game Dev Diary Part the First. by Oom Shnibble 04/06/2012, 1:33am PDT NEW
    Watch this when you feel like quitting. by Mischief Maker 04/06/2012, 1:52am PDT NEW
        Thank you for the words of inspiration by Oom Shnibble 04/06/2012, 5:12am PDT NEW
    Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary Part the Second by Oom Shnibble 04/06/2012, 5:30am PDT NEW
        That looks just like an enormous NT by Wang! Pay attention! 04/06/2012, 1:24pm PDT NEW
        Re: Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary Part the Second by Souffle of Pain 04/07/2012, 8:30pm PDT NEW
            C# is not like C. by motherfuckerfoodeater 04/07/2012, 11:32pm PDT NEW
                Yes, C# is better by Entropy Stew 04/08/2012, 7:08pm PDT NEW
                    Java lives again in the world of Android development, though. NT by Fullofkittens 04/08/2012, 7:20pm PDT NEW
            Re: Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary Part the Second by Oom Shnibble 04/07/2012, 11:46pm PDT NEW
    Re: Oom Shnibbles Game Dev Diary Part the Third. by Oom Shnibble 04/08/2012, 1:02am PDT NEW
    Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary Part the Fourth aka, I DID IT! by Oom Shnibble 04/10/2012, 11:28am PDT NEW
        x - quits the game. -nt- NT by Oom Shnibble 04/10/2012, 11:30am PDT NEW
        Downloaded! Will tell you how it runs first chance I get. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/11/2012, 7:23am PDT NEW
            BUMP by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/19/2012, 9:07am PDT NEW
                Re: BUMP by Oom Shnibble 04/19/2012, 12:43pm PDT NEW
        How depressing by Arbit 04/19/2012, 11:23am PDT NEW
    Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary V2.oh by Oom Shnibble 04/21/2012, 8:43am PDT NEW
        Re: Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary V2.oh by Mr. Kool 04/21/2012, 5:46pm PDT NEW
            Re: Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary V2.oh by Oom Shnibble 04/21/2012, 11:20pm PDT NEW
        Oom Shnibble's Game Dev Diary V2.1 by Oom Shnibble 04/28/2012, 3:37am PDT NEW
 
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