Thanks for the encouragement guys! In all honesty though the engine isn't truly 3D. Internally it works more along the lines of Doom. As I learn more I'll probably get more ambitious and write a real 3D software renderer like Quake, but until then this is the pinnacle of my programming prowess.


There isn't any one large source of information I reference. Aside from some introductory books, I've had no formal programming education on any of these subjects. I got started in software rendering when a great guy called Robert Rodgers taught me how to write a very simple Wolf3D clone (no wall/floor textures, just big colored cubes). From then on my greatest resource was the Ken Silverman (Build engine author) forum, where a handful of people like myself would exchange different ideas. But now that that's closed, I haven't the slightest idea where you'd go for help...


Soon...

gameinstitute.com has there 3d programming packages. I finished about 3 quarters of it, but the first half teaches you all the underlying math to write your own software renderer before it dives into directx. I didnt retain much because I havent had time to really go through the examples, but even still i learned a lot to the point where i can sort of "paraphrase" (not really the right word) how to do just about any theoretical step. just havent done it myself yet. (i did a couple examples, but then left it at that.)

Well, I guess I don't have to explain this screenshot as its pretty self explaining.

So you're either making a generic level editor for tile-based games or you're making a level editor for a particular tile-based game.

Its actually a bit more like the RPG Maker but for iOS games. Except that it isn't limited like the RPG maker and will also support things like isometric maps etc. Plus its able to run native Objective-C code and such things.

Btw, Happy Birthday!

My very first piece of pixel art:

I´m quite happy with the result.

Wow, that looks perfect! Is it your really first time drawing pixel stuff, aren't you hide anything? Cause it's too great for the first time BTW, what program you've used to draw it?

yup, was my first after reading some tuts. I used gimp.

yes def. great for even a 10th piece although after your shader background and experience doing other stuff, i assume its a lot easier to notice little details to make it look nice than if you had just started game design.

Not bad, but the blade looks more like foam/plastic than steel. Try adding some bright light reflections to one side of the blade.