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OpenGL - Particle System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVeJy3oq9e0...

XNA - Build in realtime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kz17QNFV9I This is a minigame I've made for my school application to TheGameAcademy in Malm�. The game got a "build and add content in realtime"-engine and a dynamic particle system...

OpenGL Heightmap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWJX5_5Ymyc...

XNA - Simple AI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V7jzZISodg...

XNA Particle Generator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ilAGc49kWw...

XNA - Animated Sprite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnEVMtArd8...

XNA - 2d TileEngine Game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2oJQEcvqs...

2D Tile MapEditor - Flash (AS3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80TUbMsXtI...

Half Life in 60 Seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRsexrhbG8...

The spam found me

To much spam, disabling the comments for a while...

Contest - Win a spotify account

Good day to you fellow readers. It\'s time for a little contest. All you have to do is email "Let me win" with the Subject "Spotify" to blaqk [@] zimi.se to win. And i will pick a random email and send the price to. The price is a invite to the famous music application Spotify. Read more about it at: http://Spotify.com Spread the word...

Basic C# - Write, Save and Open text-files

Requirements: Basic knowledge of C# Material: Visual C# Express: http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/ XNA Game Studio 3.0: http://creators.xna.com/en-US/downloads This tutorial is about write and read files using the StreamWriter and StreamReader classes in C#. This it what the program will look like when we're done. materials/Stream/done1.jpg First, start Visual Studio. Start a new project CTRL + SHIFT + N or File > New > Project...

Quake live open beta!

materials/ql/quakelive.jpg Next week starts the open beta for Quake Live. Quake Live is ID Software's free, web browser-based FPS game. The beta will be live 24th February. Happy gaming! http://www.quakelive.com...

OpenGL Wave effect (C++)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Z3Ipdbaco...

Rss feed

I've just programmed the RSS-feed, so if you want to follow this blog by the rss, just click the rss button to the right or just navigate to: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Blaqkse/Blog-Rss...

Left 4 Dead Survival pack price

Valve announced yesterday the price of the Left 4 Dead Expansio pack. The Left 4 Dead Survival pack will be free of charge, it will be a DLC, Downloadable Content for Xbox360 and PC. Happy gaming! source: http://store.steampowered.com/news/2234...

Photoshop: Mirror Text Effect

The result we're looking for is something like this. Follow this tutorial how to make a mirror text effect in photoshop and you'll will learn! What you'll need for this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop, I use the CS3 version. If you haven't got Photoshop you can download the trial version here https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshoppromoid=EBYEUloc=en materials/mirror_text_effect/done.jpg Open a new photoshop project...

WANTED: Weapons of Fate

As many people know, the swedish game develop studio Grin (http://grin.se) is now creating the Wanted game which was a huge hit in the movie world last year with the actors James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. Grin has recently created a website for the game and it's really worth to check it out. http://www.wantedvideogame.com/ Universal Pictures and Warner Bros recently announced the voices for the game, though either James ...

L4D: Survival Pack - Expansion

Valve recently announced that they're releasing a expansion pack to the famous co-op-party game Left 4 Dead. The expansion will be for both Xbox360 and PC and it will include two new 'Versus-campaigns' and the new game mode Survival. Though, Valve has not yet released a date for the game-release. And for the PC-gamers, Valve is releasing the Source SDK, now in spring, for free, so everyone can build thier own campaigns and "spin-offs" of the ...

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1943

Today DICE� announced that they're making a sequel on the last game in the Battlefield-series, Bad Comany. Here is a bit of the pressmessage. Today we announcing Battlefield: Bad Company 2�, the sequel to last year�s blockbuster title. In this installment, the Bad Company crew again find themselves in the heart of the action, where they must use every weapon and vehicle at their disposal to survive. The action unfolds with unprecedented ...

Who am i?

I'm not spiderman, for sure. No, seriously now. I'm just a ordinary student from Sweden. The age of 18 and living the (american) dream, almost. I live in the small town Alings�s, which is pretty close to Gothenborg (G�teborg). I live here with my mother, brother and sister, three dogs and two cats. I study a upper secondary school in Bor�s called Ljud Bildskolan (Sound PictureSchool), my direction there is Streaming Media with web-development...

Menu system with particle snow effect (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9DUdWvQmuQap=%2526fmt%3D18...

Photoshop: Bloom Effect Tutorial

Today is it time to learn some Adobe Photoshop, this is just a simple effect that wont take much time. What you'll need for this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop, I use the CS3 version. If you haven't got Photoshop you can download the trial version here https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshoppromoid=EBYEUloc=en This will be the result when you're done materials/bloom_effect/done.jpg The image I will use is this one...

My new menu system (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29b02KvBwC8ap=%2526fmt%3D18...

My first menu system in xna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ae_QSLVqCQap=%2526fmt%3D18...

Scrolling Background with Jump Formula (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjj2DlVzikap=%2526fmt%3D18...

Scrolling Background (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHSMWmDx94Map=%2526fmt%3D18...

Space Game Pt.3 (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djmryvwm86sap=%2526fmt%3D18...

Space Game Pt.2 (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ_OyFo72i0ap=%2526fmt%3D18...

Space Game Pt.1 (XNA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx8vmOMEbBUap=%2526fmt%3D18...

X Games Winter 13

D�s�, sista dagen av X Games winter f�r detta �ret. Helt awesome har det varit. Double backflip med sn�scooter, killarnas slopestyle final och s� klart Ski Big Air-finalen. Men det b�sta hittills i �r var klart Ski Big Air som b�rjade s�ndas 04:15 h�r i morses. Som vanligt s� var Norges Jon Olsson d�r och levererade, han vann f�rra �ret. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpQQdc1xJc Detta �ret s� fick han silver. Han f�rtj�nade helt klart ...

C++ Basics (cout and strings)

Requirements: Any C++ compiler and some hope. Material: Visual C++ Express: http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/ Introduction: C++ ("C Plus Plus", pronounced /#716;si#720;#716;pl#652;s#712;pl#652;s/) is a general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features.[1] It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 at Bell Labs as an ...

Guitar Hero: Metallica tracklist

Yesterday for you people how didn't knew, Metallica published the tracklist to their new game Guitar Hero: Metallica The songs are. Metallica Tracks All Nightmare Long Battery Creeping Death Disposable Heroes Dyers Eve Enter Sandman Fade To Black Fight Fire With Fire For Whom The Bell Tolls Frantic Fuel Hit The Lights King Nothing Master of Puppets Mercyful Fate (Medley) No Leaf Clover Nothing Else Matters One Orion Sad...

BLOOOOOOD!

God morgon. �ntiligen har jag orken att sitta lite vid datorn, om ni inte vet s� opererade jag mig idag och fyfan vad ont det g�r nu n�r bed�vningen sl�ppt. Jag opererade ut en tand som satt lite under n�sa i tandk�ttet. Jag trodde att de bara skulle sk�ra ett enkelt snitt i tandk�ttet och plocka ut tanden, men s� var inte fallet. De tog en stor borr och verkligen borrade sig in i sklettet i �verk�ken. Gud vad det l�t, men jag k�nde inget ...

Operation im�ra!

H�r sitter jag och har precis skrivit f�rdigt min f�rsta tutorial. Det tog mig 5timmar att skriva den skiten, fyfan. Jag har n�stan suttit non-stop sen 13:30 med bloggen idag. Programmerat som ett as och googlat efter en syntax-highlighter (en s�n som m�rker ut koden jag skriver). Men det jobbigaste var att skriva tutorialen, fyfan. �nd� �r det inte s� m�nga kodrader det handlar om. Jaja, det m�ste g�ra och nu �r det gjort! Imorgon, eller... ...

Xna - Scrolling background

Requirements: Basic programming skills (basic C# programming skills), XNA Game Studio 3.0 Material: Visual C# Express: http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/ XNA Game Studio 3.0: http://creators.xna.com/en-US/downloads http://zimi.se/blaqk/blog/materials/Xna_ScrollingBackground/Xna_ScrollingBackgroundMaterials.zip Introduction: This is my first tutorial I've ever done, so please leave some feedback and some simple thoughts about it in a ...

V�lkommen

Hej och v�lkommen till min blogg. H�r kommer det dyka upp allt fr�n grammatiska fel till C++ tutorials. Det �r dock bara denna delen som kommer vara p� svenska. H�ll er uppdaterade...