As I've previously mentioned, my project (Clockwork Aphid) has been bubbling away in the bearded cauldron that is my head for quite some time. As a result, I have quite a bit I want to say about it. I want…
Procedural Landscape Generation
A collection of 17 posts
Some years ago, the combination of three things came together: The incredible world building of Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy; A series of posts by Introversion software about procedural generation; Being stuck in a hotel room in Karatha with nothing to do but read and think. I had an idea about building procedurally generated worlds, and haphazardly started trying to build it. It didn’t really go anywhere, but someday I’d love to revisit some of the ideas.
You're Speaking my Language, Baby. Part 5: Conclusion
So... what's the conclusion? It mostly comes back to the fact that I'm doing this mainly for fun (though you may have trouble believing it). That being the case I'm going to start working in Java. In fact I already…
Youre Speaking My Language Baby Part 4: Objective C
The last language I'm considering is Objective-C. I know this language the least of three (which is to say: I don't know it at all). To make matters worse, while Java and C++ share a similar syntax, Objective-C is completely…
You're Speaking my Language, Baby. Part 3: C++
The second language I'm considering is C++. This is the language that I use the most at my day job. It's also the language that's used to build the vast majority of computer games and one hell of a lot…
You're Speaking my Language, Baby. Part 2: Java
The first language I'm considering is Java. This is by far the language I'm most comfortable and proficient with. It was used for about 90% of my Bachelors degree, I wrote the entire codebase of my PhD using it, and…
You're Speaking my Language, Baby. Part 1: Introduction
If you're about to start on a programming project of some sort (and I am), then the first choice you have to make is the main programming language you're going to use. Now, if you're carrying out this project on…
What in the Name of all that's Holy is a Clockwork Aphid?
Clockwork Aphid is the name I'm giving to a side project I've had sitting at the back of head for a little while. I'm actually going to try and build it now. What it actually is is quite big and…