A Senior Game Dev who enjoys sharing his technical knowledge and his love for the sport of fencing.
Texas
Joined September 2013
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"Don't Panic" - Surviving Layoffs & Managing Your Digital Creative Career. Veteran creators Evan Narcisse, Jennifer Bullard, Alan Uthoff, Paul Benjamin & Robert Denton Bryant discuss how to plan for & find opportunities in downturns in the video game & other creative industries.
I am officially done with signing my windows apps/ installers. I will no longer deal with Microsoft’s racket that allows third parties to charge outrageous prices for code signing certificates. I will instead focused my efforts on macOS and Linux instead.
Hey everyone, I am working on a new video series project (with @TallGamer ) focused on game development. I could use some feedback. If you can spare a few moments of your time, I would appreciate it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Took my wireless fencing score box prototype to the Round Rock Fencing Club last night to let them try it out. Got great feed back and mostly plosive reviews.
Alan Uthoff retweeted
MON (12-12) VGMUI! presents Working with Open-Source Licenses: An Engineer's Field Guide with @AlanUthoff of @SwordpointS, 7-9 PM at Capital Factory, sign up here: meetup.com/Video-Game-Makers…
Excited to share the new website!
I am excited to announce this week I became a co-owner of the Round Rock Fencing Club. #fencing
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If you could stick to one programming language for the rest of your life, what would it be? 🤔
More fun game image facts
Fun Game Image Fact:
PNG uses a zip-style algorithm to compress the pixels to save disk space. Thus zipping PNG files does not yield additional disk space savings.
#2danimation #gamedev
So excited to share the new version!!!
Slash N Forge, our amazing 2d animation editor, has a new release, 0.8.12! Features include faster importing, refreshed toolbar buttons, and many bug fixes.
Check out the many features here
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Daily fun fact about game controllers!!
Fun Controller Fact:
Most 8 way Dpads are implemented as hat switches
For example, the Dual Action controller only has one element for the Dpad. Values on that element are for pressed: up is 0, down is 4 left is 6, right is 3, and released is 8 for all
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My articles about game controllers, it’s a good read!
Our CEO knows quite a bit about Game Controllers.
His artical: Untangling Cross-Platform Controller Support
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Try our labor of love, Gamepad Inspector, for all your game controller needs.
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Super excited to share the new version with everyone!!
#gamedev
The new Version of Gamepad Inspector 1.0.1 is now Live!!
Added support for connecting more controllers through Unknown Types. Also, we added support for home and options buttons on MFI controllers.
Get the new version now, Gamepad Inspector
swordpointstudios.com/gamepa…
Fun fact for the day!!
Fun Controller Fact:
Most OSs have multiple controller APIs that programmers have to work with to add full controller support to their game. Windows has three (Direct Input, XInput, and Raw Input).
Learn more about controllers with Gamepad Inspector
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Some interesting game controller knowledge for the day.
Fun Controller Fact:
All the controller elements (button, thumbsticks, d-pad, etc.) have hints about what they do, defined by the Hid Usage Table for USB standard.
#gamedev #gamepadInspector
Learn more about controllers with Gamepad Inspector
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Thing i have been doing in my spare time.
Preview of a new feature for Gamepad Inspector. Controllers whose button mapping is unknown to Gamepad Inspector will now show up in the input table with live values.
#gamedev #gamepadInspector
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Michelle Kong, who designed the controller UI with Irem Gure for #gamepadInspector wrote a fascinating article michellekong.com/p/d1ba8d52/… on the process of creating the UI. They did a fantastic job with the UI and highly recommend both as UX/UI designers.
#uxdesigner #design