This is first in a four part series, describing the evolution of the aiming mechanic in Minecart Basketball.
This is the earliest point where I had something that could be considered “launching a ball”. There’s no audio, and nothing for the balls to DO besides collide with each other and roll off the stage.
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It doesn’t look like much yet, but I think I’m on track to get something decent by tomorrow.
JQueryUI Autocomplete doesn’t provide much in the way to style by default, but it’s easy to add tags to style the terms and completions seperately.
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The Opensearch Suggestions spec defines a JSON format that’s incompatible with JQueryUI’s autocomplete. Here’s a way to make it work.
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I’ve finally got aiming basketball shots in 3D space feeling better than fingernails on a chalkboard.
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Took just about a day of tweaking, but I’ve finally got a basketball material looking the way I want. Material makes all the difference!
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Internet Troll Assault was my 2nd game for the 1 Game a Month project.
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I’m participating in the 1 Game A Month project, and my first game is Rift Gambit. Here’s a look back.
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I’ve transitioned from home.beanalby.net (hand-rolled Django site on my residential internet connection), to beanalby.net (wordpress blog hosted by vervehosting.net). What’s the difference? Much easier to add content, so I should be able to update much more often. Postmortem articles for the GlobalGameJam and my first two Ludum Dare games will be coming shortly.
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