Season 2 is here

Hello there.
It seams it takes some time till I post about a new video here on the blog, because the first episode of the new season was released 2 weeks ago. Because of that you may get the feeling I am abandoning this blog, but that is far from the truth. This blog was my first big thing in getting my games "out there" and is still my primary "journal" where I can check what and when I did something, with additional info about it like nowhere else. But it is true that I may not be blogging much. It's much easier to post a short Tweet about a new video or something like that.
I did ask what you would like to see on this blog, but I didn't get much (any) response. I do know that this site hasn't much traffic but still many people come from other sites to this blog and expect something more interesting and in depth, which sadly this blog doesn't really provide. But if anyone still has some ideas I will be glad to hear them. Anyway, I will try to put more effort into the blog in the future.
So anyway, here is the episode. I will try to make a new episode soon, and then another one before I go to Ireland. Yes, I go to Ireland in November. Not long, just a month, to work for a company. It's a school organized trip and I hope it will be interesting and fun :)

The series continiues

Hello there.
 It has passed quite some time since the last post. And yet again, this is going to be a short one. I decided to finish season 1 on the series and start a new one. So here is the short in between video:




As you can see in the video, I am asking for question, so that I can answer them in a new video. But on this blog I also have a different question. Because it's getting kinda lame here and because I only post like every 2 months, I would like to ask you how I could make it more interesting. Maybe you can recommend some themes about what I should write or what would you like to see. I will be glad for any recommendations :)

Episoded 9 and 10

After quite some time I uploaded episode 10. Episode 9 was on YouTube for quite some time, but I rather wait and then post them in pairs on my blog. Episode 9 shows how to load images into the game and then blend them on the screen. In #10 we do some refinements. I don't yet know what the next episode is going to show, so if you have any ideas, post them.





I think that the episodes are going well and that each new one gets better. I had some video/mic problems in these episodes but I think that is now fixed. I also got many subscribers which is a good positive feedback, because I know that people like the series.

On the other hand my projects have stopped. I am not working on any game right now. But I must say that I made nice progress with the framework and it's currently heading towards milestone #2. To get from the current state I have to add handling images and rendering fonts, which will require me to learn FTGL. I think that after I will reach the 2. milestone I will begin working on a new game with the framework. Because it's going to be usable at that state. I have many ideas for the next project including a sequel of "Squared Shooter". Yea it came so far that I will make a sequel, but people really like the game and I know that I can make it better and bigger. I also need to give more polish to all of my games. I think the last game that got "polished" was Space Invaders Versus. But back then my programming skills managed to create quite some bugs :)

That's all for now, goodbye.

Episodes 7 and 8

Hello there. I would like to present you the newest 2 episodes. In them we create bricks, render them and do collision checking so we actually have something to break. Check them out:

I also said that the framework will hit the 1st milestone till the first, but it still isn't there. I haven't been working much these days. But I hope that it will in the next few days. I think that you cal also expect a small game this month, but it will probably just be a "1 week-er". So nothing special.

Blog repaint

Hello there. As you can already see, I completely changed the look of my blog. The post area is a little wider and I think everything looks more cleaner now. I really like the new look. You might have also noticed that I added a "Projects" page up there under the heading. I really needed some kind of a all-around collection of my projects. I got the template from bTemplates, a good site to find them.








I would also like to know what you think of the new look, what could I add to the projects page, what could I add to the blog, what do you generally like or don't like about the blog/posts? Every feedback is wanted.

Episode 6 is up

It took some time but here it is. Episode 6. We cover movement again and collision detection. Watch on YouTube for HD quality.



Hope you like it :)

Also if you aren't following me on Twitter (@includeLuka) then you should also knows that my framework has gone open-source on gitHub. Here is the link:
https://github.com/includeLuka/Framework

The framework is in an very early state of development but till the end of April it will reach the first milestone that I set. More about that later.

Episode 5 and donations

It's been some time since the last episode. I've been working on the framework and I have also been learning Python (nice language) but I finally decided to make a new episode. I will try to make episodes more often from now on.
So here it is (I forgot to enlarge the font but it's readable in HD):


The next thing I have to say is that I implemented a PayPal donate button on the right. I am trying to make some money from game developing and if someone has something to spare and likes my games then I would be really happy for a donation. You can donate whatever amount you want and I will also keep a list of donators and will probably put them in my games (So if you donate, add a nickname or a link on where people can reach you)

Thats all,
thanks :D