Note: This isn’t a guide to setting up Propper. For that, check out the SourceSDK documentation and TopHatWaffle’s guide. This is a guide on automating your workflow so that you can spend more time iterating on meshes and your map, and not worrying about the locations of dozens of files. A Propper Introduction While getting into […]
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=388019891 Version 0.1 A multi-tiered corporate boardroom in the penthouse atop a century-old skyscraper. Focus on tight quarters, verticality, and non-traditional CS. INTERESTING: *two-bomb DE gameplay at the moment *multiple custom models TODO: *Support more gametypes *Soundscape/audio pass *Bombsite B needs work *Update radar image *Clipping pass *Replace more geometry with custom models, such […]
After a lot of debating and hem-hawing, I’m switching the architectural skin of the building from a generic modern look to an older and move developed Neo Gothic (with a touch of Art Deco) style. The old floor to ceiling windows on most rooms will be gone, and the general feel of the level will […]
Last weekend I had a few hours to kill with my daughter. She’s probably too young, but nostalgia got the better of me, so I threw Never Ending Story into the ps3. It had been years since I watched it, and I enjoyed sitting there with a surprisingly quiet and enrapt 18-month old. While watching, […]
Other Pastures Please check out my new project, hatchlight. We are focusing on rapid development of ios games. When I say rapid, I’m talking 2 week dev cycles. One level higher than a game jam, and with the same goal of creativity. The games are complete, though lacking a ton of content or really expansive […]
Triangles of Power Hierarchies are useful. They are meant to help us make decisions based on simple and definable categories. I’m not really interested in hierarchies in an academic sense. I’m more interested in quick, well organized, rememberable “adages”. We can use these to help make better games, business decisions, or solve any number of problems; hierarchies […]
Hi- This is somewhat of a stickynote. I started valued-rug.net so that I could get back into web development, and eventually do some html5 games. What will most likely happen is that this blog will be a scattershot hobby list of things that I find cool. At least until I decide on a focus. Most […]
