http://blog.sokay.net flash game development discussion Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NorthStar is my new pathfinder for use with arbitrary, irregular polygons. CHECK IT OUT. Drag around the green and red circles. The green one is used as the start point and the red is the end A couple months ago I decided I would begin working toward my long time dream ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/07/23/northstar-intro-to-pathfinding-around-irregular-polygons/ There's an article on the Fangoria horror magazine's site about a comic my homeboy Ramiro Roman Jr. is working on. It's a project by writer/director Robert Parigi, which he describes as such... It’s about a decadent high-school girl who finds a bizarre artifact in the exacavation for her new swimming pool. ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/06/16/secret-flesh-comic-in-the-works/ Platforms: Xbox360 and PlayStation3 Developer: Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar Games Release: April 29th, 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV is a game about living the American dream. You work hard to make money to get the things you want. You meet people and exchange favors for favors in pursuit of a better life for yourself ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/06/12/a-look-at-grand-theft-auto-iv/ This is my first public Papervision demo. I'm experimenting with some techniques for the next Sokay game. This is also the debut of the main character for the game, designed by Ricky Enriquez. Check out the demo. My Papervision Demo This scene is composed of 4 planes -- the cop, the sidewalk, ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/06/08/my-papervision-demo/ Earlier I found this amazing 3d interactive site in a thread on Flashkit. Completely breathtaking. Needless to say, I couldn't wait to make a post about this one! The Eco Zoo This is the best executed 3d Flash site I've seen so far. Just check it out. Apparently this isn't created with ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/06/06/the-eco-zoo-amazing-3d-flash-website/ The first short by my good friend Allegra, another student of CSULB film. I worked camera for this one. It was limited to 3 cuts max. May it be the first of many. -Christopher J. Rock http://blog.sokay.net/2008/05/29/men-love-assholes/ I found this Papervision demo while searching for a method of character animation. Clint Hannaford's Papervision Character demo I've been dabbling in Papervision stuff lately. It's an extra layer of complication on top of AS3 but the payoff is worth it. I created a model in Maya, textured it, and loaded it ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/05/25/papervision-animated-character-demo/ I spent much of today beating 2 flash games. I like the sound of that: beating flash games. Not just playing them but beating them, because there is enough in the games to play that when you're done you can actually say the games are beaten. Dino Run: I found this ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/05/14/flash-games-flash-games-beating-flash-games/ Two new films up. The Submariner and The Noise. This is a trailer for my thesis film at CSULB. Its my latest work and will be completed over this next summer. You can watch it in full screen and at a higher resolution at YouTube. I'm taking a lot inspiration from Soviet ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/05/12/the-submariner-trailer/ While you were too busy playing GTAIV, Nintendo launched the "Nintendo Channel" for the Wii. As per usual Wii owners can download the new channel for free from the online shop. With it, you can stream videos of game previews or (as is the case for WiiFit) interviews with developers. ... http://blog.sokay.net/2008/05/08/the-nintendo-channel/