Bas's Dev Blog

ToonTank 2.5D

2009-11-23T23:53:00.002+01:00

Bob and I decided to make a new version of ToonTank, this time in 3d, but since we're sticking to a one camera direction (top down), we'll call it ToonTank 2.5D.

I'm in the process of writing a whole new network library for this project, and getting the game design done together with Bob.

Screenshots will follow as soon as we have anything worked out.

BTW, we didn't win at the Dutch Game Awards, but it was great fun to hang with "the big boys" from the industry!

Nominated Best Student Game 2009

2009-10-23T10:34:00.003+02:00

My game ToonTank is nominated for the Best Student Game of 2009 at the Dutch Game Awards!

The winner will be announced at the Award Dinner on November 12th.

http://www.gameinthecity.nl/2009/dutch-game-awards/nominaties-2009/

ToonTank finished!

2009-07-21T11:48:00.003+02:00

I finished my study in Game Development!
Well, I still need to receive my diploma, but I'm almost there.

My last project was ToonTank, and below is a video of the game.
It shows some of the gameplay, and a lot has changed since than,
but it gives a pretty good idea what the game is about.

Toon Tank

2009-03-25T11:24:00.007+01:00

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I've started a new project for my individual end project.

It is called ToonTank, a multiplayer tank game build in XNA.

I'm in the process of creating the Design Specifications and Game design document which are due next week.

Below is a screenshot of a prototype:

Ah yes

2009-03-25T11:14:00.002+01:00

Like I said, I can't promise to keep the blog up-to-date.
But I'll give it another shot, since I have a lot of interesting stuff going on.

Supreme Defense project was finished in time by the way. With very satisfying results.

I'll update the current projects as well.

Supreme Defense

2008-07-22T09:31:00.003+02:00

Deadlines... You gotta love them.
The pressure is getting worse, and there is loads of stuff to be done for our game. But we are getting there. The new math lessons are really helping in solving some hard 3d problems, especially with angular calculations.

Today's sentense is "Chewing raw coffeebeans.. Nom nom nom"...

Viewport Test

2008-06-07T11:41:00.004+02:00

I had to write an asteroid game. But since I'm working on a big assignment, there was no way I could finish it in time. Instead I took the basic elements of the assignment and wrote a test to see how multiple viewports and infinite rotation around the X-axis works with a 3D person camera. The result:

Supreme Defense

2008-05-26T13:20:00.004+02:00

Today I started working on a new project. It's a game based on the popular Tower Defense game-type.
I'm doing the project for my final school group assignment. It's an other programmer and me, and 2 artists. The entire game will be in 3d and have RTS like tech levels.
At this moment, the basic engine and game editor is completed and we are working towards a alpha build. This build can be used by our artists / gameplay developers to start tweaking gameplay, models, textures etc.

As soon as there is anything worth publishing, I'll upload a video.

BTW, the idea is to get this game running on XBox Live...

Kees Invaders

2008-04-07T12:46:00.001+02:00

A friend of mine made a remark about his own space invaders clone (his name is Kees).
I started working on this one evening, just for the fun of it. You serieusly don't want to look at the code, it's horrible. But it works. So here's are preview of the upcoming blockbuster Kees Invaders:

Tetris Finished

2008-04-05T11:36:00.001+02:00

I finished my Tetris project.
All graphics were made in MSpaint (yay!).
My teacher gave me a 9/10, so that's not a bad result at all.
I got extra points for the music / highscore and code neatness.
Here's a video of the result:

Tetris

2008-04-02T18:00:00.001+02:00

I'm currently working on a Tetris clone for XNA.
This is a project for my programming class.
It's more about the code then the game itself,
but the following video should give you a good idea of what I'm working on:

Another try...

2008-03-24T10:05:00.000+01:00

Hi there again,

Yet another try at blogging. I know I'm not that good at it, but what the hack.
A lot of people asked me to share my current projects. It's sometimes hard to
explain programming and games without any visual backup. Hence the blog.

Have fun, and I'm really really going to keep it up to date.
Just don't expect miracles (like an update every day)