Android
Jelly Bean LWP Retrospective
My brother and I have been working on a game for the upcoming OUYA console. We got a little burnt out on a particular design issue and needed a breather, a small fun project to […]
Year: 2012
Android
Introducing ShiVa Android All In One (AAIO)
What is this? This is an open source project that I’ve started to help ShiVa developers get the latest/greatest Android SDK implementations. The goal for this project is to be a single Android project that […]
ShiVa
ShiVa3D Flexible Keyboard/Joystick Input Architecture
There are a couple different ways to do keyboard and joystick handling in ShiVa. This article explores a unique method whose merits will be compared against the traditional method. Here is the traditional way of […]
Android
Android ListView Contents Disappearing
Sometimes you encounter issues on Android that seem so blatantly simple, you can’t imagine that you are the first person to have hit them. This seemed like a simple case where my TextView items were […]
ShiVa
ShiVa PoC: 2D Platformer
I finally got around to a little proof of concept for a 2D platform type game. This PoC is really part tool and part test. The idea was to test out a design for a […]
Android
Sony Smartwatch SDK Impressions
I recently received a Sony Smartwatch as part of Sony’s promotion. I haven’t been this excited about a watch since I was rocking my Casio Calculator Watch back in 2nd grade.
ShiVa
ShiVa PoC: Newtons Cradle
This is an attempt to replicate a Newton’s Cradle device.
ShiVa
ShiVa PoC: Box Particle Lighting
I have started a new code repository on github where I will be placing various self-contained Proof of Concept projects for the ShiVa game engine. Each project will be contained in a separate directory for easy […]
Android
ShiVa Native Projects for Android A Guide for the Forgetful
This article covers the basics of exported Android ShiVa projects. If you are trying to integrate Java or C libraries, for instance the ScoreLoop API, the following information could come in handy. I had to […]
Opinion
Why App Stores SUCK – Segregation
I was recently going through the Blackberry developer forums and stumbled across a thread that is all too common. A developer had an app on the market and was doing well until a negative comment […]