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Author Archives: dreadpiratepj
Escape! Game Story
You’ve crash-landed on an alien planet. While walking around the planet, you find plants. Each time you eat a plant, you change shape and color! Whoa! Some plants have a long term effect, but some only change your shape and … Continue reading
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LD30 begins
I’m excited to start developing a game for the LD30 game jam. I’ll be using the Phaser HTML5 2d game development framework. I’m going to make all the work on a Chromebook Pixel using apps from the Chrome Store. I … Continue reading
Posted in game.development, web.technologies
Tagged gamedev, html5, javascript
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Blog Reboot for 2012
Some months ago, I received a message from someone on LinkedIn, asking why I had not updated this blog in the last few years. And frankly, I didn’t have a good reason. Posting new content just didn’t continue being a … Continue reading
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Tagged game.development, life, mobile.development
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iPhone Development on Windows & Linux with open source tools
Yesterday I presented at OSCON 2009. I spoke about how to use Eclipse and the iPhone-dev team’s GCC cross-compiler to develop for iPhone on Windows & Linux. I also spoke about XMLVM, an open source project that lets you develop … Continue reading
Posted in iphone, linux, open.source, windows
Tagged iphone, linux, open.source, oscon2009, windows
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My first book is finally a go! Woo hoo!
From February to April, I was working evenings and weekends fulfilling a dream I’ve had for many decades: writing a book about a subject I really care about: game development. On June 22 2009, Apress is publishing a book I … Continue reading
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Obligatory WordPress upgrade post #10101010 and other rumblings at Chez PJ
So today I updated WordPress to 2.6.5. And like every other time, it was a cinch, all over and done in less than five minutes. Thanks, WordPress guys! In other news, I have been geeking out with both the iPhone … Continue reading
Posted in android, gadgets, iphone, linux, open.source, pjtrix.site, software.development, upgrades, wordpress
Tagged android, gadgets, iphone, linux, open.source, software.development, upgrades, wordpress
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Can You Hear The Wind Blow
Photo by liferfe. The mobile software market is becoming very exciting, and I’ve been watching with interest. I’ve been learning iPhone development for the last ten months, first with the jailbreak toolchain, and in the last six months with the … Continue reading
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Tagged gadgets, hacks, life, open.source, software.development, technology
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My beach, where I grew up
(This post was inspired by Evil Genius Chronicles, Lunches at the Beach.) I grew up in this very town, 37 miles west of San Juan on the north shore of Puerto Rico. This very house where I live now was … Continue reading
Hades on Ice, coming to a city near you SOON!
Yes, it’s a little colder in hell as I write this. If you look out your nearest window, you’re likely to see monkeys flying on the backs of pigs. Which means Armaggedon is starting any day now. I’m talking about … Continue reading
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WordPress upgraded; loot awarded
When WordPress 2.5 was announced, I decided to stay on 2.3.x for a while. I finally upgraded to 2.5.1, and I’m glad. My Bad Behavior plugin was outdated, and WP offered to upgrade for me. It happened without a glitch. … Continue reading