Updates...

A lot has been going on this month...

SWORDS is looking good. I'm getting close to the point where it actually becomes a game and not just an engine demo :) After changing the physics code a couple times, I finally settled on a system that suits the game perfectly. To speed up the process, a friend of mine has agreed to help with the graphics (I definately need help in that area :) I still have yet to see any completed work, but I'm confident that he'll deliver.

Of course the older projects are sitting around, too. I know when they should've gotten completed, but it's looking like it'll probably be awhile. I'm still just as juiced about those games as I am my new ones (Hint, hint), but there are things I need to finish before I can go back to those projects...

Now you might be thinking, "What's with the bold-faced 's' and the 'Hint, hint'?". I'll explain!

I've been recruited to work on an all new RPG set in a futuristic alternate-reality. More details on another day ;)

Before I get any emails saying, "Dude, you're already working on a game. It's going to wind up like your older projects!", don't worry. There's a whole team of people working on the artistic/musical/concept aspects of the game. My only position is lead programmer. I'm still spending most of my time on the projects back here at Kevlar Games HQ.

Well, that about covers it, really.

Thanks again for the support!

Cheers!

FAO Rome.Ro Users

Some of you people need serious psychiatric help. All you're doing is making yourselves look like low-life dirtbags when you go on somebody's ShoutBox and pick apart everything someone says on their blog. I'm done posting in that. The only thing that does is bring the scumbags of this world out of their cowardly shells to harass someone who did nothing to deserve it. Just remember that what goes around comes around, so those who have been rude for no reason in the past will get theirs. From now on, any post in Romero's ShoutBox under the name 'Bloodspiller' is fake.

Lots of Progress!

Since I last updated with my progress on SWORDS, I've gotten a whole lot done!

Here's what's new:

-Perfected collision detection and thanks to Andrew77, I found some great new algorithms to do it efficiently.

-Added a debug console for various tweaking and catching bugs. I caught a handful of bugs in various algorithms (eg. collision).

-Researched more network programming and typed up a small design document for the technical workings of multiplayer. I'm now turning those ideas into code.

-Began programming the weapon functions.

-Re-designed some of the graphics to make it look a little less ugly until I get a real artist to work on it.

-Began coming up with some guitar riffs for a theme song.

That's about it, but trust me, it's a lot more than you'd think!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! Hopefully you're all having a good holiday!

It's going to be a busy year...

My projects are still getting closer to complete day-by-day and I think SWORDS might even be out the door this year. My original goal was to have Project: Undead out by Q1-Q2 of '08, but because of SWORDS, that's been pushed back a bit. I don't have an exact idea as to when it'll be out, so I'm going to have to go with the cliche "When it's done" answer for the time being.

You'll get technical details on what's going on as soon as more stuff starts happening around here!

Until then, have a great holiday and don't drink and drive!

Fotomoto Update

As I said on the forums, all of the fotomoto malware has been removed from my computer. I used the Windows Live OneCare software to remove that along with other trojans that it discovered. I can now return to programming video games and keeping this place updated with good info instead of cool videos!

Stay tuned!

The Quad-Guitar Solo

Not as long or as famous as the Double-Guitar Solo, but this is still freakin' incredible!



Michael Angelo Batio Quad Guitar Solo - A funny movie is a click away

Fotomoto

Ever since Tuesday, my computer has been infected by malicious software called "Fotomoto". I looked into this and my searches tell me a few things that are for sure: Fotomoto is fast spreading, it's a browser modifier, it's adware, and it tries to control processes. While not exactly a fatal piece of software, it's an annoyance and will slow your computer down once infected. It's also extremely hard to remove. So hard that I had to italicize "extremely" just to emphasise my point!

Anyway, take this as a warning from me: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DOWNLOAD ANYTHING CALLED FOTOMOTO OR WIN32FOTOMOTO. IT IS MALWARE!