thought I’d post a current personal project I’m working on as it’s just about playable, glMonsterMaze (http://www.antonmills.com/stage/webgl/glMonsterMaze/).

It’s a HTML 5 / WebGL experiment based loosely on the way, waaaaaay, old 3D Monster maze on the Spectrum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvd0zPfBE4). I used to love this game as a kid so I thought I’d breathe some new life in to it with the current web technology we have available.. plus I get kicks from working with JS/HTML5 at the moment so any excuse really :)

There’s still a whole bunch of items on my todo list, including:

• Texture normal/bump mapping
• Collada’s for Monster and Exit
• Intro page
• Mouse lock (Come on Chrome, you can do it)
• Possibly a live map with explored areas (alaa Doom)

If you can think of anything you’d like to see in this feel free to hit me up via the usual channels oh and I’m using twitter an awful lot now too (https://twitter.com/#!/antonmills) so that’s probably a good way to keep in touch!

@anton

Here’s a quick clip of something I’ve put together for an internal Visual Jazz Exhibiton:

Unity + C# scripts (okay so the holding script needs a little work!). OpenNi/Nite drivers, 3ds model rigging.

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I still have some small refinements and tweaks to polish it up but be sure to check out “The Unoriginal Platformer” on the Windows Phone Marketplace soon!

A slightly longer vid of the game coming up after the break as per usual:

Almost Original Platformer from @antonmills on Vimeo.

You can find the tutorial here.

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I’m a little slow posting this, as some may have already seen from the ActiveTuts+ news post that I have recently joined the the ActiveTuts+ team as a staff writer!

I’m really excited at being able to contribute to such a great team that provide high quality tutorials and tips to the developer community. I’m going to be covering ActionScript 3 as usual but we’re hoping to be covering a series of Windows Phone 7 based tutorials very soon as I’m still developing with and absolutely love the SDK.

I’ve just completed a tutorial on the HYPE framework similar to the one I wrote for Computer Arts mag over Christmas but with the extra space I have I was able to explain the details of the framework in a lot more depth. I’ll post a link when it’s added to their website so feel free to have a butchers!

ps. Windows Phone 7 update coming very soon :)

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Following the break is a quick demo SWF (I really need to stop using Jing for screen recording) showing the map editor and movement in use.

I’m using Tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/) for layout of the level (currently no scrolling implemented) and it exports an XML tilemap which I’m parsing and displaying to the screen.

Heres a quick peek of WIP 1:

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My private framework is coming on leaps and bounds. Heres an uber simple example of a hSprite and a hSpriteAnimated at work, showing their CollisionBounds, scaling etc. When a collision occurs the top hSpriteAnimated changes color:

Take a quick look after the break:

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Aww c’mon you must have been expecting this one, poor old Flash always has it’s nose pushed out when it comes to a new platform!

I totally missed the launch of the Windows Phone 7 SDK in the rush of the emigration, so I was really excited when we had our first few Windows Phone 7 handsets here in Sydney and there’s a good buzz surrounding the new platform. It gave me a kick up the arse to stop slacking, get it installed and begin creating something. I don’t usually take much persuading to jump on board a new platform and the fact I get to develop with C# is an awesome bonus, it’s right up there alongside AS3 as my language of choice.

So for the last few weeks I’ve been buried in books regarding XNA and a smattering of Silverlight (I’ll be honest, this is my least favourite bit at the moment) trying to get as much experience as possible in order to decide on the platform and you know what….. I like it :)

I’ve focused primarily on the XNA/Games front as I’m enjoying that the most and I currently have the basics of a tile engine using the XML Tiled provides for the levels. It’s very much work in progress but a little more depth and video after the break…

I have the basic classes for Sprite, Animated Sprites, Button with states, Thumbsticks. I’ve also several other manager classes such as a DisplayManager for setting orientation, getting screen bounds; a SceneManager which works with splash scenes, title scenes and levels etc. There’s a few bits and pieces more that’s all being rolled in to my own little framework and something I’ll hopefully post more on in the future and hopefully a few tutorials too. In the mean time I’d expect to see more WP7 content on here soon :)

Ok so heres a SWF based video of what I have so far, it’s a little large at 3.86mb but it showcases the collision detection up and running and integration with the Tiled map editor and how quick it is to create a map, there’s laods more to do but that’s the fun part.

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Its focused on generating random art/designs using the AS3 HYPE framework from Joshua Davis and Branden Hall. It’s a fantastic framework and hopefully I’ve done it enough justice in the limited space we have in the tutorial section to arouse your interest in generative art.

I’ve included a teaser after the break and be sure to stop over at the HYPE homepage (http://www.hypeframework.org/) and have a look at some of the awesome examples on show.

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