Hello there. I'm not really the blogging type. This is my first ever blog. So I'll do my best. I've been trying to showcase my video game engine from scratch in different professional forums with scant mixed results. I’m currently a happily employed 3D Graphics Programmer in the medical device field who also loves creating graphics programs as a side hobby. It's been my experience that most people who aren't graphics programmers simply don't appreciate how much learning goes into simply being able to code a small fraction of this from scratch. Most viewers will simply compare this to the most amazing video game they’ve ever seen (developed by teams of engineers) and simply dismiss this without considering that I’m a one-man show. What I’m hoping to accomplish with this: I’m not totally sure. I spent a lot of my own personal time creating this from the ground up using only my own code (without … [Read more...] about My C++ Game Engine from Scratch
Portal 3 Hints Found in Counter-Strike Battle Royale Mode
report this adValve is back up to its old shenanigans, it seems, giving fans another opportunity to ask: is this an Easter Egg or is Valve hinting at a sequel? What appears to be the start of an ARG was found on the map of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive‘s new battle royale mode Danger Zone. This puzzle, both directly and indirectly, is related to Portal. Given Valve’s history for ARGs and its fanbase’s propensity for speculation, it’s all but inevitable that rumors are already swirling about a potential Portal sequel. This past week saw the release of the long-rumored Danger Zone battle royale mode for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The map isn’t particularly large, given it’s a 16-18 player battle royale, so it’s no surprise that fans discovered this Easter Egg so quickly. On one side of the map is a hotel with four rooms along the top floor. The third room is boarded up and inaccessible from outside with the “3” room number … [Read more...] about Portal 3 Hints Found in Counter-Strike Battle Royale Mode
Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 10, 2018)
On an average day, about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. Edge of EternitySteam pageLaunched into Early Access last week, Edge of Eternity is a third-person JRPG developed by a team of nine. On paper, it'll immediately appeal to anyone keen on modern turn-based JRPGs, and Midgar Studio has even recruited Yasunori Mitsuda of Xenoblade Chronicles and Chrono Trigger fame to compose the soundtrack. It's unusual for an indie studio to tackle a fully-fledged JRPG, with all the narrative and world design challenges that entails, but Edge of Eternity definitely looks the part and it's currently sitting on a "Very Positive" rating. Be warned that the game currently only boasts "a small portion" … [Read more...] about Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 10, 2018)
CS:GO players discover a secret room in Danger Zone’s Blacksite that could be the start of an ARG
Counter Strike: Global Offensive players think they’ve found a Portal-related ARG in the game. YouTuber Valve News Network has gathered together a bunch of in-game clues that point to the possibility of another ARG that could be leading up to the reveal of a new title – via PCGamesN. The first clue comes from the boarded up Room 3 in the newly rolled out Danger Zone’s Blacksite map. YouTuber snaileny accessed the room via a secret passage and found a handful of computers inside, emitting a code. Redditors assembled to decode the message and discovered that it translated to the first line of Portal’s ending song, Still Alive; “This was a triumph, I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.” There are more weird things that have popped up that players haven’t figured out yet, including cameras on the map that lead to a shipwrecked boat, and detailed test pattern textures that don’t appear in Blacksite. Redditor birkir has created a list … [Read more...] about CS:GO players discover a secret room in Danger Zone’s Blacksite that could be the start of an ARG
South Korea criminalizes ‘boosting’ with new law
Boosting — basically one person playing on another’s account to rank them up — is going to be a criminal offense in South Korea with some stiff punishments awaiting the booster. The new measure comes courtesy of an amendment to the country’s Game Industry Promotion Act, reports The Daily Dot. That law was passed in June 2017. This new measure was developed in collaboration with the video games industry in the country and will punish boosters with a fine of up to 20 million won, which is roughly $18,000. They also get a two-year suspended prison sentence. As you probably understand, South Korea is a hotbed of esports competition and enthusiasm, and so boosting is a problem of commensurate importance over there. Evidently, sanctions game companies could levy through their usual terms of use weren’t enough to deter or curb boosting behavior. Surrogate players is something of an industry, notes Esports TV & News Network. Surrogates were even registering as … [Read more...] about South Korea criminalizes ‘boosting’ with new law