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  I have long been a cheerleader of the excellent Wings3D a freely available 3D modeler in the vein of the long dead Nendo.  Sadly, the main developer announced his intention to stop development of Wings.  The project seemed destined for death, and for a number of months that was exactly what seemed to be […]

  This tutorial is going to cover everything you need to know to get a PlayN project up and running using NetBeans.  In the end you will know everything you need in order to be able to create and run the Java, Web and Android projects using PlayN 1.3.  The iOS project should work as […]

It looks like GameFly, the Netflix of gaming, has decided to enter the mobile gaming space in a big way.   First, about a week back, it announced a partnership with Future US increasing their marketing reach:   The collaboration will encompass international 360-degree content, e-commerce and advertising. Both companies will also work on various content […]

  The developers over at Google have announced PlayN release 1.3!  Ok, I’m a bit late to the party, as they actually announced it two days ago, but hey… it was a holiday here in Canada, so I was allowed to be asleep at the wheel on this one!   So, what have we got […]

  Someone on the PlayStation Suite forum recently asked if there was an implementation of the Box2D physics library that would work with PS Suite.  Initially Box2Dx looked encouraging, but in the end it relied on some unsafe ( as in the keyword ) code, plus it was quite a bit out of date.  In […]

    You often hear people say things like “It’s memory management that makes C++ difficult”, this is patently false.  What makes C++ so incredibly difficult for new users ( and experienced ones! ) is the complexity.  Note, I didn’t say difficulty, I said complexity.   Today was one of those perfect examples, one of […]

 EDIT: DO not use the included binaries, instead look at the link from the Pang tutorial series to your right!   I have gotten a few emails or messages on this topic, enough so that I figure I will put together a post on the subject.  In my PANG! SFML C++ game tutorial, I show […]

  I asked a few days back about how many people would be interested in an HTML5/RPG series.  Between comments and emails I’ve received, there appears to be a fair bit of interest and I’ve decided to go ahead with it.  As HTML gaming is somewhat new to me, I am not sure yet exactly […]

        If you are going to make your game require an always on internet connection, especially for the single player game, you damned well better have stable servers!   Diablo 3 have blown it pretty big time, and things don’t seem to be getting that much better.  On the bright side, in […]

  I promise not to let it occupy all of my life… I say as I write this at 4AM in the morning!     Actually, so far the launch has been a gigantic epic failure, not that I am shocked.  As for right now the American forums are down completely.   I signed up […]