GameMaker
Posted by Peter | Filed under Games, Programming
At first, I thought that the GameMaker software (available from yoyogames.com) was going to be another in the long list of ‘hobbyist’ game making kits which can make 2 genres of game: bad, and worse.
However, I downloaded it anyway, and tinkered for a while. It looked interesting, but I really wasn’t impressed until I started working through the tutorials. After I understood the paradigm (which is actually very sensible if you follow good game-design practices), I was hooked! Turns out that it’s a great bit of kit, and it gets better the more you use it.
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phpdoc - for documenting PHP code
Posted by Peter | Filed under Programming, Software
In the hunt for PHP code-documenting tools for Sloodle, I found phpdoc. It’s based largely on javadoc format (as are many such tools I guess), but the nice feature is that the software itself runs entirely as PHP, so you can install on your webserver alongside your in-development work, and immediately generate all your documentation directly to your live site… nifty!
However, there are two major headaches I’ve had with it so far (initiate gripe mode!). The first is an issue with phpdoc itself, and the second is just a general bothersome bother of circumstancial quandary.
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Tracing memory leaks in C++ [Microsoft-specific]
Posted by Peter | Filed under Programming
I was working on “Project Sparrow” a whole lot over this past weekend, and somehow (I forget exactly how) I ran across the ability to track memory leaks down to the exact line of source code when you’re developing with Microsoft Visual Studio. (I was using VS 2005 Express Edition)…
Mambo CMS
Posted by Peter | Filed under Software
Having been racking my brains for ages about how best to build a new site for my church, such that the Pastors (and others) can add/edit stuff themselves, I finally settled on using the Mambo CMS (Content Management System). It’s free, it’s open source, and incredibly groovy…
