http://www.crappycoding.com Spreading the Geek Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:12:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.crappycoding.com/2010/01/gpu-geometry-map-rendering-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2010/01/gpu-geometry-map-rendering-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:27:28 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=193 http://www.crappycoding.com/2010/01/gpu-geometry-map-rendering-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 3 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/11/guardian-playtest-release/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/11/guardian-playtest-release/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:31 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=124 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/11/guardian-playtest-release/feed/ 0 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/08/sprite-sheet-creator/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/08/sprite-sheet-creator/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:37:33 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=110 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/08/sprite-sheet-creator/feed/ 1 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/07/yet-another-guardian-progress-video/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/07/yet-another-guardian-progress-video/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:50:01 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=97 Dream Build Play entry deadline is fast approaching, but I think I'm in pretty good shape to get my entry completed. The video shows most of the functionality. Pretty much all that's left now is fleshing out some of the graphics, and adding a few more weapons. Then I can start getting some sleep.]]> http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/07/yet-another-guardian-progress-video/feed/ 0 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/06/xna-game-project/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/06/xna-game-project/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:59:04 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=89 iPhone version with some additional functionality planned.]]> http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/06/xna-game-project/feed/ 0 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/06/simplified-xna-message-boxes/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/06/simplified-xna-message-boxes/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:46:47 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=82 Shawn Hargreaves brings up the subject of how annoying async coding can be. Calling a "begin" method, dealing with the completion callback function, handling the results - it's all very ugly to keep track of, and often leads to very ugly code. ]]> http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/06/simplified-xna-message-boxes/feed/ 0 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/05/lens-flare-occlusion-using-texture-masking-and-xna/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/05/lens-flare-occlusion-using-texture-masking-and-xna/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 05:24:45 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=78 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/05/lens-flare-occlusion-using-texture-masking-and-xna/feed/ 0 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/05/sprite-splitting-with-spritebatch/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/05/sprite-splitting-with-spritebatch/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 03:25:32 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=58 XNA forums asked a question about how to make sprite explosions like those in the old Defender arcade game, where the sprite is broken into pieces and exploded everywhere.]]> http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/05/sprite-splitting-with-spritebatch/feed/ 3 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/04/horizon-culling-3-finale/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/04/horizon-culling-3-finale/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:33:42 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=47 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/04/horizon-culling-3-finale/feed/ 1 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/03/horizon-culling-2-the-math/ http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/03/horizon-culling-2-the-math/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:13:04 +0000 Dave http://www.crappycoding.com/?p=28 http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/03/horizon-culling-2-the-math/feed/ 2