In this tutorial we are now going to implement a web app end to end using YUI and hosted in Node.  It isn’t actually going to do anything much, but it will illustrate everything you need to create a client and server in JavaScript using YUI App and Node.  Over time we will add […]

  Social games company Wooga have just open sourced their HTML5 game Pocket Island.  You can read the full Pocket Islands / Magic Land ( which used to be a Facebook App ) story right here.   If we are honest, after reading that I think they are putting too much blame at the feet […]

  A couple months back took a long look at Appcelerator and initially I loved what I saw.  For those of you unaware, Appcelerator allows you to develop “native” applications for Android and iOS in JavaScript that execute in a special version of the V8 JavaScript Engine. I started developing a prototype app of a […]

  In this tutorial we are going to look at adding keyboard and mouse support to your cocos2D application.  cocos2D was traditionally used on the iPhone, so keyboard and mouse support is very touch centric, so if you are used to desktop development and things seem a bit strange, this is why. Alright, let’s jump […]

  I have recently become more and more interesting in HTML5 game development.  However, upon initial investigation I realized there are an absolute ton of libraries and tools out there.  Some of them are amazing, others… not so much.  During my research I put together notes on the key libraries, tools, books, frameworks and IDEs […]

  This post is waaayyyyyy off the topic of game development but it’s one of those things I have been fighting with for months so I figured I’d share the solution in case any of you are having the same issue.   Basically with one of my laptops I would often see my computer crawl […]

      Research in Motion, of Blackberry and Playbook fame, recently released Gameplay 1.2, a cross-platform 3D game programming library aimed at Indie developers.  As a game maker, it is easy to ignore RIM these days, especially with their CEO making comments like:   "We plan to refocus on the enterprise business and capitalise […]

  Somewhere between 2.63RC and 2.63 release the Knife tool was changed so that you need to press Enter or Spacebar to commit the changes.  Previously you could commit using the right mouse button, which I preferred.  Lucky enough, it is easily addressed.   In Blender, selected the menu File->User Preferences…   Switch over to […]

  If you frequent developer related forums, this question probably caused your eyes to roll and the bile to rise in your throat.  People with absolutely no development experience get the game creation bug and of all things want to start with MMOs.  Amazingly enough, there is now a very simple answer…  start here.   […]

    As you might have noticed from my previous post I am currently evaluating Appcelerator and I have to say, the early frustrations are far too common.  In the future I may do a full review, if I don’t give up on it completely.  For now though, let me share a few of the […]