(Original Image by Valerie Everett) It is sometime necessary to move an object in a physics simulation to a specific point. On the one hand, it can be difficult to analyse the exact force you have to apply; on the…
A cellular automata system is one of the best demonstrations of emergence. If you do not know what cellular automata (CA) is, then you should go download Conway’s Game of Life immediately: Conway’s Game of Life Essentially, CA is a…
I have been making games professionally since 2006, working for Luma Arcade, InnovationLab, I-Imagine and ICE and for many others as a freelancer. Some projects that I have worked on: The Adventures of Gi (Technical Lead) Space Freight (Review) for iPhone…
Random steering is often a useful for simulating interesting steering motion. In this post we look at components that make up a random steering toolkit. These can be combined in various ways to get agents to move in interesting ways.…
Vector fields are used in certain AI and simulation techniques. The tool below allows you to paint a vector field. These files can be saved in XML format, that can easily be loaded into another application. Bookmark on Delicious Digg…
Game Maker is a great tool; it is especially suited for rapid development and small projects. However, as a project becomes bigger, it becomes more difficult to find things, easier to break it, and generally harder to work on. This…
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