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Ron Gilbert
Just before he created the greatest adventure game of all time, Ron Gilbert wrote this: http://www.grumpygamer.com/why_adventure_games_suck#genius
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Mouse Mat
With a good optical/laser mouse, I'd always thought the mouse pad was obsolete. Wrong! A good pad makes a hell of a difference, and not just for gaming.I decided to try out a Razer Goliathus and now...
View ArticleDev Debug Features (or "I Has Made Progress Bar!!111oneone")
Just a couple of interesting devel features to track the fire press for shot types, and drop the ball on the screen with the mouse.The flickering is just from the capture app, honest! Under the hood,...
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Website Bugfix
The ratings popup on the database website now works with more than one table on the page. Woot.http://www.higgis.at/senseless (user/pass: guest)
View ArticleFooty Games
While we were all arguing over FIFA and PES, the best footy game was released in Japan, in 2004!!!I give you Football Kingdom. Just check out the net physics on this thing! Ten years ago!Compare with...
View ArticleImportance of Air Resistance
A while ago I saw a great lecture/presentation by Dino Dini (creator of Kick Off etc) and he made a comment about the importance of air resistance. Didn't quite understand what he was getting at. I do...
View ArticleShort Passing
The idea is that by tapping the fire button, you can pass to the nearest player. This gets around the 8 direction limitation for a slick passing game.
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Hybrid Gameplay
Edit, lets put the video first. Most people don't read this shit anyway ;)So, the idea is to have a dribbling system that combines the scheme from Sensi with that of Kickoff.On of the big differences...
View ArticleCamera
Turns out there was a wee glitch in the camera (see previous vids) where it stuttered with small ball movements. It's a bit smoother now:
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Goalie Jump
The goalkeeper can now do his first variety of basic save - a straight jump in the air.
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The Behaviour Stack
A bit of technical stuff.So the game was designed from the beginning with a focus on the AI sub system. I wanted it to be flexible enough to add some really interesting AI later, both to make the game...
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Shot Prediction
Phew. After a long, exhausting day taking a refresher course on geometry/vectors, we have a shot prediction calculation to give the goalie some diving AI.Thanks to Mr Chong for his...
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