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Outlook: Provides a physical presence in the post for the Spartans ... Will see time primarily in the No. 5 slot, but can also play No. 4 ... Has ability to both score and rebound in bunches ... Needs 273 points to reach 1,000 in collegiate career and 66 rebounds to reach 500.
2008-09: Played in all 29 games, starting 22 ... Averaged a team-leading 12.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game ... Also led team with 42 blocks, the fifth-most in school history ... Finished 10th in the A-Sun in scoring and third in rebounding, one of three players in the A-Sun in the top 10 in both categories ... Also finished 13th in field goal percentage (.438), second in free throw percentage (.831), third in blocked shots (1.50) and third in offensive rebounds (3.25) ... Ninth in league play in scoring (13.3) and fourth in rebounding (8.2) ... Shot 85 percent from line in league play ... Posted 18 double-digit scoring efforts, seven 10-plus rebound games and six double-doubles ... Led Spartans in scoring 17 times ... Blocked four shots five times on year ... Posted team-high 16 points to go with nine rebounds in debut, a win at Presbyterian (11/15) ... Had 18 points and hit 9-of-11 from field in win over Charleston Southern (11/20) ... Notched 23 points, five rebounds and three steals at Mercer (12/3) ... Added 16 points and eight rebounds at South Carolina (12/16) ... Had 12 points, nine boards and a season-high five steals against Oakland (12/20) ... Posted career-high 31 points, 25 in the second half alone, to lead team to win over Lipscomb (2/15) ... Also added 14 rebounds, three blocks and went 10-for-10 from line in game ... Posted 16 points and 10 rebounds in win over Campbell (1/24) ... Added 15 points and 10 rebounds at Jacksonville (1/31) ... Posted 10 points, four blocks, three assists and 12 boards against Stetson (2/7) ... Notched 21 points and 15 rebounds, including 13 and 12, respectively, in the first half at Belmont (2/13) ... Posted 25 points and 11 rebounds at Lipscomb (2/15) ... Finished season by scoring 16 points and adding eight rebounds against Kennesaw State (2/28).
Previous School: Played one season at Santa Fe (Fla.) Community College, helping it to a 20-8 record and a second-place finish in the Mid-Florida Conference ... Team finished year ranked 21st in the nation ... Averaged 13.8 points and 7.7 rebounds for the Lady Saints to earn First Team All-Mid-Florida Conference honors ... Shot 47.7 percent (144-for-302) from the floor and 79 percent (79-for-100) from the free-throw line ... Added 0.9 steals per game.
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|Nathan Horton, Marc Savard come up big in front of Tuukka Rask as Bruins defeat Maple Leafs
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Nathan Horton had two points and Tuukka Rask turned in a gutsy performance as the Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs, 2-1, at Air Canada Centre on Monday night.
Horton, who had not scored a goal in nine games entering the night, beat Leafs goaltender James Reimer from the high slot at 7:56 of the second period and set up a Savard one-timer later in the period. Mikhail Grabovski got the Leafs on the board in the first period, but his breakaway goal was the extent of the Leafs' scoring.
Rask made 36 saves in improving to 3-7-1 on the season. The Bruins have now wrapped up their five-game road trip and will return to the Garden to face the Wild on Thursday.
– As good as it is to see Horton get on the scoring sheet, ultimately the breakout was by his entire line. Since Claude Julien put the Milan Lucic-Savard-Horton line together following the team's Dec. 20 loss to the Ducks, the line hadn't produced a single goal. Two from the line on Monday was a good sign that Julien was wise in not blowing up the line after earlier, quieter showings.
– If Rask's confidence was in question, he can leave Monday night's game knowing that he came up big in Toronto. Rask got sharper throughout the night, stopping an onslaught of from the Leafs early in the third that consisted of two quick shots from Phil Kessel and a follow-up bid from Tyler Bozak at 15:44. He later came up huge against Colby Armstrong with just over 11 minutes remaining.
- Tyler Seguin had only two shots on goal and was a minus-1 (it was his shot that Luke Schenn blocked and sent up to Grabovski), but the youngster is playing a more confident game of late. Perhaps even more apparent than it was in Saturday's two-point performance, Seguin doesn't look like a rookie overly concerned with limiting mistakes. Confidence undoubtedly will yield improved stats.
– The Bruins have not lost in regulation since the aforementioned Dec. 20 game. They took eight of 10 points on their five-game road trip after beating the Thrashers at home on Dec. 23.
- Mark Recchi got caught in a line change on Grabovski's goal, though the play was the result of many players being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The defense, assuming Seguin's shot would go through, wasn't anticipating the play going the other way, and with Grabovski streaking, it was a perfect storm for the Leafs.
– The Bruins had only one power play on the night, the result of a first-period interference call on Mike Komiserik, and went 0-for-1 with the man advantage. Over the last three games, the B's have gone 0-for-6 on the power play.
– Who knew Canada was more out of touch with North American rock music than the Czech Republic? Metallica's "I Disappear" could be heard late in the third period coming from the Air Canada Centre speakers. O2 Arena in Prague was a little closer to relevant rock with their painful Nirvana overkill.
Nathan Horton's play has been improved of late, but the scoring sheet hadn't suggested it until he helped the Bruins build a 2-1 lead over the Leafs in the second period.
After a nine-game goal drought, Horton sent a puck to Dennis Seidenberg in the point before doing what made him so popular at the beginning of his Boston tenure: finding his way to the high slot and snapping a shot past bodies and in. The goal, which came at 7:56 of the period, was his 12th of the season.
At 15:30, Marc Savard took a feed from Horton to beat Reimer on a one-timer from the high slot. Milan Lucic, who also got an assist on the play, picked up his first point in eight games.
The B's outshot the Leafs, 17-8, in the period and have outshot the Leafs, 24-19, though two.
|Tuukka Rask gets first start since Dec. 15 as Bruins take on Sabres
|01.01.11 at 3:01 pm ET
Tuukka Rask will get his first start since Dec. 15th when the Bruins (20-11-5) take on the Sabres (15-18-4) in a New Years Day matchup at HSBC Arena.
Rask, who is 2-7-1 this season, hasn't been able to rack up the starts given Tim Thomas' success (1.74 goals against average, .947 save percentage), though that Dec. 15 start did come against the Sabres, a 3-2 loss.
– The Sabres are 8-10-1 at home and have had just two games at HSBC since hosting the Bruins last month. In those games they defeated the Ducks and fell to the Panthers.
– The B's are 11-5-2 in away games, most recently falling to the Thrashers Thursday in a shootout. They have been very successful so far on their current road trip, grabbing five of a possible six points. Buffalo is the second-to-last stop on the five-game road trip, as they will wrap it up Monday in Tortonto.
– Just one point — an assist Tuesday — for Nathan Horton over his last eight games. The top line of Lucic-Savard-Horton isn't showing up the stat sheet much, but they had a very encouraging showing against the Thrashers.
– David Krejci has four points — one goal and three assists — against the Sabres this season. Michael Ryder has a pair of goals and an assist vs. Buffalo. The two, along with Blake Wheeler, have made up the Bruins' best line of late. Given their individual success against the Sabres thus far, it will be interesting how they perform together, something they've done very well.
– Though Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 31 shots in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Oilers, he hasn't been tearing it up of late. In his two previous starts, he allowed four and five goals to the Panthers and Flames, respectively. Miller is 13-12-3 on the season with a 2.62 goals against average and .911 save percentage.
– The new year has come and Rask is unbelievably making just his 10th start of the season (he played one his previous nine in relief of Thomas and took the loss vs. Washington, thus explaining his 10 decisions). Thomas had seven straight starts following the team's 3-2 loss to the Sabres with Rask in net, the longest streak for any Bruins goaltender this season.
Rask has not gotten back-to-back starts all season. With Thomas clearly this team's No. 1 goaltender, it will be interesting to see if a sound performance on Saturday gets the Finnish netminder another go on Monday vs. the Maple Leafs, who have lost five of their last six.
– The Sabres lost center Derek Roy during their 4-3 loss to the Panthers last Thursday. Roy took a hit from Panthers blueliner Dmitry Kulikov early in the game and is now done for the season with a torn quad tendon. In the Sabres' two games since losing Roy, who was leading the team in both goals (13) and assists (25), Buffalo has lost to Calgary and defeated Edmonton.
|Claude Julien not ready to 'blow up' Milan Lucic, Marc Savard, Nathan Horton line
|12.30.10 at 3:51 pm ET
As the Bruins prepare to take on the Thrashers at Philips Arena, they do so with two lines producing: the Blake Wheeler – David Krejci - Michael Ryder line and the energy line of Brad Marchand, Gregory Campbell, and Shawn Thornton. With Campbell reportedly under the weather and considered a game-time decision, they may not even have that. All the more reason for the team's top line to get going.
Since the post-Rancournament line shakeup (PRLS), the line of Milan Lucic, Marc Savard, and Nathan Horton has produced zilch. Savard and Horton picked up assists on Steven Kampfer's goal Tuesday night, but they did so when they were out there for the power play (the penalty expired seconds before the goal was scored). In the third period, Savard and Horton were shown the bench for a stretch of over seven minutes, and Horton finished the contest with a season-low 11:36.
Claude Julien told reporters that in trying to motivate a guy like Horton, you've got to know the player's personality and find a means of motivation that works with that. He's shown the players on the top line video and used other tactics. With many waiting on the trio to take the form many were excited about following the Horton trade, Julien also implied that patience could pay off.
"They've been together for three games. You have the choice of either working with them and trying to get that line going, because you know what the potential is, or you blow it up," Julien said. "I don't think we're ready to blow it up right this second. Were going to try to work with these guys and hopefully get them going, because if they do, they're going to be a dangerous trio."
Tim Thomas was reportedly first off the ice in the morning skate, so in the most unsurprising news of the day, he'll be in net. Quick: when was the last time Tuukka Rask started a game? If you said the Buffalo game 15 days ago, you have a good memory.
Last Thursday, the Bruins grabbed their most monumental victory of the season when they beat (and beat up) the Thrashers, 4-1, at TD Garden. While the B's (20-11-4) have won their two games since then, the Thrashers (19-14-6) stumbled, dropping both of their post-Christmas contests.
The tables have turned a bit, and now it's the Thrashers looking to re-establish momentum as they host the B's Thursday night at Philips Arena.
– The Thrashers are 10-7-3 in Atlanta this season, but are 1-2-2 in their last five home games. In their most recent home contest, they fell to the Lightning, 3-2, in a shootout.
– The Bruins have been a very good road team all season, as their 11-5-1 record away from the Garden (excluding the first Prague "home" game) would suggest. Thursday night marks the third game of their current five-game road trip. They are looking to make it three in a row on the road (four in a row overall).
– The Bruins have to Dustin Byfuglien's opponent of choice. In two games vs. the B's this season, the former Blackhawk has two goals and three assists, both of which are the most he has against any club. He's also had five points in his last five games. To say the Bruins need to keep an eye on him is an understatement.
– Michael Ryder is riding a three-game point streak that has featured a pair of goals and a pair of assists. His line with David Krejci and Blake Wheeler has unquestionably been the Bruins' best PRLS (post-Rancournament line shuffle — think it won't catch on?) and he's picked up an assist in both games vs. the Thrashers this season.
– One. That's how many goals the Bruins have won each of their two games this week. They've been cutting it close, but you get two points no matter how you win. Perhaps they'll be a bit more offensively potent when the top two lines hit their stride.
– The Bruins' loss to the Thrashers last month was an ugly one, but it was also a rare occurrence. The B's have won 11 of their last 12 against Atlanta.
– Last week it was about the Bruins making a statement as a team. This time the city is awaiting a statement from an individual in the form of one Nathan Horton. The 25-year-old is freezing cold, as he hasn't scored in seven games and was one of three Bruins forwards benched for a large chunk of the third period Tuesday night in Tampa. Horton didn't register a shot on goal, marking the 12th game he's had either one or zero shots on net this season.
The problem with Horton is that he let the cat out of the bag from the get-go in the preseason: He can be physical, and he can be the best player on the ice. That's why nobody's ridiculing Peter Chiarelli for trading for him. Everybody knows how good he is, but he needs to give reminders far more frequently.
– It will be Tim Thomas between the pipes for a seventh straight game. He allowed one goal on 27 shots last Thursday vs. Atlanta, while the Thrashers put four past Tuukka Rask last month on 26 shots. Thomas has won his last five vs. Atlanta.
|Shots, as far as the eye can see
|12.29.10 at 5:34 pm ET
Nathan Horton's been a popular guy lately for all the wrong reasons, as Tuesday's no-show was the latest example of a contest that, if made into a movie, would not have a part for the winger.
Matt Kalman had an interesting post at the Bruins Blog today pointing out that Horton has had one shot or less in 12 games this season. I was astonished last night when seeing that he's actually third on the team in shots despite how frequent these duds seem to come. With that in mind, here's a quick breakdown of each line and its players shots on goal. Of course, the lines are listed just for organization's sake, as the current lines have only existed for three games this season.
Milan Lucic (77) – Marc Savard (21) – Nathan Horton (81)
Mark Recchi (59) – Patrice Bergeron (81) – Tyler Seguin* (59)
Blake Wheeler (62) – David Krejci^ (68) – Michael Ryder (75)
Brad Marchand^ (55) – Gregory Campbell (40) – Shawn Thornton (77)
* Savard has played in 12 games,
** Seguin has played in 33 games.
^ Krejci has played in 28 games.
^^ Marchand has played in 32 games.
Zdeno Chara leads the Bruins with 110 shots on goal, while Dennis Seidenberg is second among B's defensemen with 70. The Bruins as a team are fifth in the NHL with 32.9 shots per game.
Moral of the story? As good as Thornton is at getting pucks to the net and creating rebounds, he shouldn't be nipping at Horton's heals — and that's not a plea for Thornton to shoot less.
NESN and NBC Sports hockey analyst Mike Milbury made his weekly appearance on the Dale & Holley show Wednesday with guest hosts Mike Mutnansky and Chris Villani. To hear the interview, including Milbury's thoughts on the upcoming NHL Winter Classic in Pittsburgh, go to the Dale & Holley audio on demand page.
Milbury said enforcer Shawn Thornton deserves credit for sparking the Bruins with his fight just seconds into the game against the Thrashers last Thursday. The B's won that game and now have won three straight. Said Milbury: "I thought Thornton was tremendous in the game where the team needed emotion, and he clearly once again established himself as a guy that won't relent and won't fall off the map, even though others around him might be suffering and feeling sorry for themselves. This guy just does it. It was a huge pick-me-up."
The Bruins won Tuesday night after a controversial call went their way late in the game, with the Lightning getting penalized for Steve Stamkos' shoulder-to-shoulder hit that sent Gregory Campbell sprawling into the boards and the B's scoring the game-winner on the ensuing power play. In a story in Wednesday's Tampa Tribune, writer Erik Erlendsson brought up the fact that Campbell's father, Colin, is the NHL's senior vice president of hockey operations. Milbury agreed that the call was incorrect, but he was not pleased with the insinuation that Campbell's father's role had any effect on the referee's decision.
Said Milbury: "No. 1, that's really dirty pool cheap shot involving Greg Campbell. No need to go there. '¦ This call had nothing to do with who was involved in the play. A lot of times you say a guy like Stamkos gets the benefit of the doubt. The star player usually gets a little bit more room by and large in the league. So, knock that off the table as consideration and call it really low-down journalism in my impression."
As for the penalty call, Milbury said it's another example of a negative trend in the game. "Where are we going with this?" he said. "I've called it a number of things; I'll leave it at wussification. To me, that was a great hit, good body position, [Campbell] lost his balance. The whole climate throughout the league has been, sorry, soccer mom mentality. Little Johnny might get hurt if he gets hit hard enough, and we're all worried about hits to the head and overly sensitive to stuff that occurs.
"It's a dangerous sport and guys will get hurt and they can get hurt, but if we're going to eliminate hits like the Stamkos hit on Campbell ' [Devils analyst] Ken Daneyko was saying last night, 'This is a courageous game.' We're taking the courage out of the game when you take away a hit like that. You've got to put guys in a little fear and a little jeopardy. And when those people have to face that, they have to get through it somehow or other. If we eliminate those circumstances, I think we're doing the game a disservice. Last night I thought was a terrible call."
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Do it live!
Hey, I'm back for my 6th Ludum Dare. My primary goal this time is to keep things as simple as possible and focus on polish. Good luck to all who compete!
Previous Entries
- (R, G, B) (LD26) – A minimalist adventure game with cool lighting effects.
- Dark World (LD25) – A platforming game from the enemy's point of view.
- Spacescape (LD21) – Escape the space station before it destructs, with hand drawn art and vocal sounds.
- Light The Way (LD20) – Guide the creatures to safety with your light, featuring a cool lighting effect and simple art.
- Protractor (LD18) – A katamari shoot-em-up, featuring a dynamic ship construction system and abstract visuals.
My Tools
- The Frank Engine – My open source Game Engine
- Microsoft Visual C++ Express 2010 – Dev Environment
- TortoiseSVN – Revision Tracking
- Box2D – 2D Physics Engine
- GIMP – Image Manipulation
- Audacity – Audio Editing
- SFXR – Sound Effect Generator
And here's a little video of the current project I've been working on…
I'm in!
I'm back for my 6th Ludum Dare. My open source game engine has recently been beefed up with some nice new features like copy/paste, undo/redo, and group selection in the editor. I also implemented a nice text decal system which is featured in the GIF below. These new features should make level design much easier so I'm excited to give them a test run. Good luck everyone!
Previous Entries
- (R,G,B) (LD26) – Minimalist platforming adventure with physics based controls. Featuring a cool post processing lighting effect.
- Dark World (LD25) – A platforming game from the enemy's point of view. Features dynamic lighting.
- Spacescape (LD21) – Escape the space station before it destructs, featuring hand drawn art and vocal sounds.
- Light The Way (LD20) – Guide the creatures to safety with your light, featuring a cool lighting effect and simple art.
- Protractor (LD18) – A katamari shoot-em-up, featuring a dynamic ship construction system and abstract visuals.
My Tools
- The Frank Engine – My open source Game Engine
- Microsoft Visual C++ Express 2010 – Dev Environment
- TortoiseSVN – Revision Tracking
- Box2D – 2D Physics Engine
- GIMP – Image Manipulation
- Audacity – Audio Editing
- SFXR – Sound Effect Generator
- CrazyBump – Texture Mapping
- BMFont – Bitmap Font Generator
- Figure – Music App for iPad
Ludum Dare on Reddit
Ludum Dare results should be front page on reddit, let's make it happen!
My top 5 games out of 100 I judged
I finished playing through through 100 games, some were pretty good. I think this theme sparked a lot of creativity because I saw so many interesting ideas it would be hard to go over them all. Here are my top 5 in no particular order..
Reach the Moon – Nanolotl
XYZ – ataxkt
Minimalismism – tayl1r
Dehumanizer – UltimateWalrus
(Follow the) Line – Chman
(R,G,B) – Postmortem
This was my 5th Ludum Dare, I was well prepared with a beefed up Frank Engine, my open sourced game engine that I've used for previous Dares. During the warm-up weekend I added some nice tile sheet support so I was planning to make a pixel art game to test out that tech. I ended up throwing that idea out the window to go with a cleaner un-textured look. I was able to use a debug display for the lighting system to create the unique visual aesthetic. Looking back I would have done a few things differently but overall I'm satisfied with the final result. Here's a link to my entry for anyone interested in checking it out.
Friday – Core game concept and visuals
After hearing the theme was "Minimalism" I sat down and brainstormed for about an hour, making a list of as many game ideas as possible. I decided that simplifying the controls was of key importance to capture the theme. I settled on a platforming game with a twist of physics. The complexity comes in with the spin and bounce mechanics which are more physical then normal platforming gameplay. A few years ago I made a rough prototype called Pill Bug and I thought this was a good chance to start fresh and revisit that concept in a new way.
I searched online for visual inspiration from minimalist artists and I saw that use of pure color values and geometric shapes were a common theme and I wanted to explore that style. I've always been a fan of Mondrian in particular. I got to thinking about his use of primary colors and how in computers the color space works a bit different from what painters work with in the way colors combine. For example in computer images red and green mixed together make yellow! Cyan and magenta are secondary colors instead of orange and purple. With a game concept and an idea for the graphics I scribbled this rough sketch down on paper before I set to work…
Typically I don't do any programming on Friday night but this time I actually made a good portion of my game. I focused on the getting core gameplay controls and visual look right. By late Friday night I had a game that looked and felt kind of similar to the final version just with much less stuff, no level design, and rougher controls. Here's a screenshot I took very late Friday night…
Saturday – Game objects and effects
On Saturday morning I came up with the idea to start the game by zooming out from a lcd display of RGB pixels. I have used zoom sequences before with my game engine and had an idea about how to quickly program the lcd effect. Basically I'm just rendering a quad in front of the camera with a lcd texture wrapped many times while zooming out from close up, then fading off that texture at a certain point.
During Saturday I focused on building up a pallet of objects and effects while continuing to polish the gameplay. I've always loved the magnetic tracks in Metroid games that you stick to as a ball but I've never implemented anything like that before so I thought that would be a fun gameplay element to play with. I wasted some time adding stuff that ended up being cut, like water that you could float in for example.
Midway through the day I began working on the level design and made about 25 percent of the level. By the evening I was confident enough on my progress to invest some time adding visual touches to really show off the lighting system. The way light passes through the semi-transparent doors was a cool effect that I tried to accentuate by making them physically open up rather then just fading off so you can see the shadow move. It was raining really hard here that evening which inspired me to code up a rain system. It simulates each rain particle by piggybacking on my weapons system, each rain droplet is a bullet fired from above the player. This is probably way overkill but it looks awesome and it was easy to do.
Sunday – Level design, sound and music
For the first time in a Dare I decided to music more of a priority. I have been playing around with some iPad apps recording into Audacity to make simple songs quickly. I ended up using Figure by Propellerhead which is kind of like a stripped down version of Reason. I set it to the longest possible loop and played around for half an hour until I had decent drums, bass and lead tracks going with a few different variations. After I was satisfied that I had the proper elements I recorded the song live by play around with levels and effects and changing up the beat. This seemed to work much faster for me then actually composing the whole song with an editor. I wish that I had better control afterwards for editing the song, I made a few cuts but there's not much you can do to a live recording. In a way though it was good because it forced me to move on to other stuff rather then continue tweaking the music.
I used BXFR for sound effects. My strategy is to use the random sound for pretty much everything to get more unique effects. I just hit random about 100 times, pick out anything I can use and play around with the settings a bit. I already had the gameplay implemented so I knew what sounds were needed. For the rolling loop I generated a sine wave in Audacity and added vibrato at a resonant frequency. I tied the volume and frequency of the roll sound to the player's angular speed. Some players complained that the sound was annoying so I have since re-tweaked the levels but it's easy to miss that when rapid prototyping.
Most of Sunday was spent building a level using all the stuff I had made on Saturday. I found that I had a bit too much stuff and ended up not using or only barely using some of the features I implemented. The level design also went slower then I had expected and took most of the day even though I already had nearly all the design elements. Also I realized that for future projects I must add something to my engine that makes it easier to copy and paste large areas of the map. Without being able to move stuff around easily I get locked into my choices about how the level is laid out. My brother helped by play testing an early version of my game and I made a lot of changes based on his feedback.
I noticed that the rain felt somewhat fake without sound effects or clouds and lighting so I took about an hour to hook that up. There wasn't time to add new sounds so I re-used explosion sound effects played at higher pitches for rain drops and lower pitches for thunder. Towards the end I ran into some repository issues that cost me some time, and I also got pulled into fixing some really annoying bugs that I couldn't afford to ignore. Minutes before the deadline I throw in a really quick ending to give the player some sense of accomplishment.
What I learned
I think this was my most successful Ludum Dare and my process worked well. Based on the feedback I'm getting players seem to enjoy it. Here are some of the key things I took away from the experience.
- Don't hold on to tightly to any ideas you had going in
- Keep it simple, you only need a few elements to make a game
- Get at least one other person to play test your game before you submit
- Core gameplay and controls are the most important thing
- Good level design always takes longer then you would expect
- Put save points before anywhere the player can die
- Recording a live set is a good way to make music quickly without it sounding repetitive, I recommend Figure for iPad
- It's easy to miss annoying sounds in your game when you've used to hearing them
- It's ok to put in hacks to fix engine bugs but keep notes so you remember to properly fix them later
Building a Better GIF
I've recently become interested in creating animated GIF screenshots of my games. I was having a few issues with both file size and image artifacts. Here's what I learned about how to make better animated gifs for when you want to put in a little more effort to make it look as good as possible.
- Even if the camera normally moves it should be locked in a stationary position for the GIF, this will greatly reduce file size.
- Record the video using FRAPS with frame rate set to 60 or 30 and set to Lock framerate while recording.
- Open the video in VirtualDub.
- Select Video / Frame Rate and in the box for Convert to fps enter "30" if you had recorded it at 60.
- Instead of exporting it for Virtual Dub as a GIF, export as an image sequence.
- In Gimp use File / Open as Layers then select all the images.
- Scale the image to the desired size.
- Select Filters / Animation / Optimize (for GIF)
- Export as a GIF and set the delay between frames to 33.
Here is the same video exported from virtual dub as an animated gif versus the more complicated method. As you can see there is much less flickering and banding issues in the second image for about an extra 50% increase in file size.
(R,G,B) gameplay video
R,G,B – Beta
I'm pretty far along making my game. The game mechanics and visuals are basically done, tomorrow is all about adding more level design. I spent way too much time adding all sorts of unnecessary features to make things more minimal. Also wasted time fixing engine bugs that I ran into. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.
I put up a beta version showing my current progress here, any feedback is welcome!
Speed Cooking
I just made this breakfast in 18 minutes flat, I think it was worth the time investment. Now, back to work!
I have a rough prototype of my game, for now called RGB. In the game you are a ball that can roll around and jump. The idea is to make a very simple Metroidvania game, very linear, very simple clean graphics, focusing on the rolling ball mechanics and exploring the visual style. I decided to explore a visual technique where I'm only showing the final light texture. Here's my screenshot showing my first night's progress.
I just cleaned my desk
I've been having some problems with my mouse, hopefully it will work ok for the comp!
Hey, I'm back for my 5th Ludum Dare. The plan is to keep it simple and experimental. Also, this time around I'm going to make music more of a priority. Good luck all!
Previous Entries
- Dark World (LD25) – A platforming game from the enemy's point of view. Features dynamic lighting.
- Spacescape (LD21) – Escape the spacestation before it destructs, featuring hand drawn art and vocal sounds.
- Light The Way (LD20) – Guide the creatures to safety with your light, featuring a cool lighting effect and simple art.
- Protractor (LD18) – A katamari shoot-em-up, featuring a dynamic ship construction system and abstract visuals.
My Tools
- The Frank Engine – My open source Game Engine
- Microsoft Visual C++ Express 2010 – Dev Environment
- TortoiseSVN – Revision Tracking
- Box2D – 2D Physics Engine
- GIMP – Image Manipulation
- Audacity – Audio Editing
- SFXR – Sound Effect Generator
- CrazyBump – Texture Mapping
Dark World Postmortem
This was my 4th Ludum Dare, I planned to use my own open source game engine and was eager to experiment with the new dynamic lighting system I added. When the theme was announced on Friday night I was at a Louis CK show and went out to dinner after so I thought about the theme a bit but didn't really get started until Saturday.
At first I felt the theme was almost too generic because the concept of an anti-hero is already ubiquitous in contemporary pop culture. It seems like in the majority of modern video-games the player engages in at least some villainous activities. With my entry I tried to go as far past anti-hero as possible by both removing all virtuous attributes from the player and applying more humanistic and heroic traits to the enemies. The core idea I kept going back to is what if Mario was Hitler?
I wasn't sure of my idea at first so I did most of the art early on Saturday, hoping that my idea would solidify. To give myself some immediate art direction I decided to make it more of a direct parody of Mario Bros. I loaded up an emulator and played the first few levels of Super Mario Bros to get a feel for the gameplay and aesthetic. I started by making a prioritized list of textures and objects I would need. For the main character I started with a reference layer of Mario from a sprite sheet and painted a layer on top of that to be my character. Every enemy in the game uses the same sprite which is desaturated so I could have several different colors of enemy for variety. I noticed a trick in Super Mario Bros where the goomba's feet are animated to walk by flipping the sprite horizontally, so I borrowed that same idea. Instead of a constant animation I use the speed of the enemy to control the animation speed.
The second half of Saturday I focused on enemy behavior. They needed to be as lifelike as possible to help inspire emotion. The real difference between anti-hero and villain comes down to whose perspective you view it from. Enemy dialogue is crucial to the concept so I wrote a simple method for playing dialogue lines to easily add or change them while working. By the end of the day I had very basic prototype and posted the following screenshot, which looks almost identical to the final game, except there was just less stuff and virtually no level to explore.
Going into Sunday I had a good start but still the bulk of work was yet to come. I wanted to get the sound effects out of the way, so I made a list of 9 sound effects and made them all at once in SFXR. I played with wolfram a bit to get some music, and was able to get a song that is sad and dissonant but it doesn't have a proper ending. Most of Sunday was devoted to creating the level, bug fixing, and polishing the gameplay. Mario style block breaking was added to make the platforming more interesting and help portray the player as a destroyer. In the final minutes I whipped up an icon because it helps make the game feel complete. Just before the end I played all the way through my entry exactly as a judge would and found a major bug where the king wasn't appearing in some situations. Lucky I was able to putty up a fix just in time.
What went right
- It conveys the theme well and works as a parody.
- Mixing normal mapping with pixel art looks pretty cool.
- Adding a bunch of sound effects all at once saved time.
- Save point system helped players avoid frustration I think.
What went wrong
- Needed more polish on the player movement and core mechanics. I got some complaints and was able to make it much better post-comp with some minor tweaks.
- The music could be much better. I need to practice making songs in about an hour so I am confident enough to do it.
- I played through the full game too late, ended up catching a major bug and scrambled to fix it at the very last minute.
- I slacked off too much and should have stayed focused and trusted myself.
More Info
- Ludum Dare 25 Entry – Official judging page for my entry
- Source Code Viewer – For those interested this game is open source!


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TORONTO — The OPP has started using new tools to reduce the number of people evading the 407 tolls.
The 407, Ontario's only tolled highway, is looked after by a 38-officer OPP detachment. The issue of cheating has become serious enough that the OPP and Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) have been meeting to discuss possible solutions.
Up until now, the OTA reports, drivers used various tactics to try to get around the tolls.
Some of those methods:
- Using a passenger car transponder to get lower rates;
- Obscuring or moving around the license plates to hide them from cameras;
- Removing the transponder altogether before the truck drives through gantries;
- Using an old or faulty transponder;
- Trying to get shorter distance reads by taking the transponder off and on the dash.
The detachment of police officers, first dispatched in 2006, has cut down on commercial and civilian vehicle cheating—avoiding paying the tolls—considerably, but that kind of illegal activity has not been squashed entirely. But the OPP's new technology makes it much easier to catch cheating drivers.
Certain units will now be equipped with new technology that can identify all of the tactics above, with devices on both sides of the police car that can scan passing vehicles. The devices can detect non-working transponders, faulty transponders, and trucks that don't have a transponder at all.
The OTA also reminds carriers, especially those that have operations in the U.S., that E-ZPass is not—and will not be accepted as—a substitute for a 407 transponder.
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Words With Friends is celebrating its fifth birthday with a new app.
Zynga is a social game development company located in San Francisco, Calif. The company develops games that work on both mobile phones and as application widgets on social networks such as Facebook and Google+.
As of May 2012, Zynga's games on Facebook have more than 250 million monthly active users and is a significant revenue source for Facebook. Notable Zynfa games include Cityville, Zynga Poker, Farmville and Castleville. Zynga began trading on NASDAQ December 16, 2011. It was founded in April 2007 by Mark Pincus.
Words With Friends is celebrating its fifth birthday with a new app.
Those hoping for a Zynga recovery will have to keep waiting for another quarter.
Zynga founder Mark Pincus is leaving his role as chief product officer at the mobile gaming company and relinquishing his last link to the company's day-to-day operations. The news came as Zynga announced mixed first-quarter earnings. The company reported a loss of $0.01 per share, in line with expectations, and revenue of $161 million that beat estimates. Zynga shares rose 5% in after-hours trading.
Charles Forman didn't think Zynga would actually buy his company. OMGPOP had fielded "a lot" of acquisition offers and investment opportunities before talks with Zynga approached their final stages. "It was a stressful time because deals fall apart, deals fall through," Forman recalled to Mashable last month in an interview for a larger story about founders following up successful startups.
Though only mentioned twice in King's 108,000-word filing with the SEC, there's one name that haunts the prospect of the company's IPO: Zynga. As soon as King's filing hit SEC.gov, journalists and analysts were angling to draw a comparison with the maker of FarmVille, whose fortunes had reversed dramatically since Zynga went public in late 2011. See also: 'Candy Crush' Is Bigger Than Twitter, But Probably Not For Long Zynga provides a reasonable parallel with King.
The folks at Zynga are out with their third annual Words With Friends Valentine's Day survey, and have shared a handful of fun stats concerning the likes - and dislikes - of more than 11,300 players. If you've ever wished you knew more about the mystery gamers on the other side of the Words With Friends virtual game board, now's your chance.
When it comes to analyzing Zynga's full-bodied earnings announcement from Thursday, it may be easiest to take a bird's eye view. The San Francisco, Calif.-based gaming company announced extensive layoffs, a half-billion dollar acquisition and better-than-expected earnings -- a feat that Zynga COO Clive Downie described as the company "turning a corner." See also: 15 Vintage Video Games You Can Play on Your iPhone "I think it is Zynga turning a corner," he said.
Zynga was full of surprises Thursday. The social gaming company announced Q4 and year end financials on Thursday a full week ahead of schedule, but these numbers were somewhat overshadowed by an unexpected acquisition and plans for another round of layoffs. See also: Top 10 Most Amazing iPhone Puzzle Games The layoffs, which will include more than 300 jobs (15% of the company's workforce), comes just seven months after Zynga unexpectedly laid off more than 500 employees back in June.
And you were grateful for the free coffee at your office. For tech giants such as Google, Twitter and Facebook, free meals, bring-your-pet-to-work days and office happy hours are so commonplace that they barely even register as job perks. Enterprising startups have hopped on the quirky-benefits bandwagon, too, in an effort to entice the best and brightest to their HQs.
If you grew up in the '80s, chances are you've heard of the cartoon Jem. Even if you didn't, the quirky series about the adventures of a wholesome all-female rock band with magical holographic technology and technicolor hair has become a cult favorite. Its memorable 65-episode run inspired its share of musical careers, complicated love triangles and daring hairdos.
To truly understand the lure of Facebook games, look no further than the Great Farmville Epidemic of 2009. Work was abandoned and classes were skipped as players wondered, "If I close the game to go to class, who will water my crops?" In case you don't spend enough time on Facebook already, Facebook games asure that what little life you have left is taken from your status-typing fingers.
Zynga's third-quarter results came in better than analysts had expected, sending the company's stock up more than 15% in after-hours trading. The company reported bookings of $152 million for the quarter and a loss of 2 cents a share, which beat the $142.7 million and the 4 cents, respectively, that Wall Street had predicted. See also: 10 Best Indie Games on Android The third quarter was the first one with new CEO Don Mattrick, who replaced Mark Pincus in July.
Justin Waldron, one of Zynga's cofounders, announced late Wednesday night that he would be departing the company after more than six years.
Words With Friends is now available in eight languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Swedish and Portuguese. The game was only available in English from when it launched in 2009 until Thursday, when Zynga launched a new international version of the app. It marks the first localization of the app.
Zynga Chief Executive Officer Don Mattrick is putting his stamp on the company, seeking to reduce layers of management in a push to turn around the struggling developer of social games. Chief Operations Officer David Ko, Chief People Officer Colleen McCreary and Chief Technology Officer Cadir Lee are leaving amid an executive shuffle, Mattrick said in an email to staff Tuesday.
CityVille buildings aren't just digital, now. The game is taking a step into the real world in the form of a new line of Kre-O blocks. The newest product from a partnership between Hasbro and Zynga, the blocks are inspired by Zynga's CityVille Invasion app for the iPhone that was released last month. See also: Zynga Board Games Bring Your Facebook Favorites to Real Life [REVIEW] In the mobile game, a villain named Dr.
Zynga, the social gaming company responsible for Words With Friends and Chess With Friends, is suing the hookup app Bang With Friends, citing a violation of trademark infringement over the phrase "with Friends," according to a Bloomberg report.
The turnover at Zynga continued this month as three top executives left the company, according to a report. According to Bloomberg, the departures included John Osvald, SVP of games; Jesse Janosov, a VP who ran Zynga's casino unit; and Nathan Etter, VP of games. Etter's LinkedIn profile shows he landed at Disney Interactive. The moves of Osvald and Janosov have not been confirmed, and Zynga reps could not be reached for comment.
Zynga's stock fell 14% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company announced it was abandoning plans to get into real-money gambling.
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple expanded its trademark filing for the name iWatch. According to 9to5Mac, the company has filed in Mexico, Taiwan, and several other countries. Zynga announced that former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick would replace Mark Pincus as the company's CEO.
Online game publisher Zynga's stock rose about 12% Monday afternoon on rumors of the founder and CEO Mark Pincus' departure. Zynga's stock took a sharp upward turn shortly before 1 p.m. ET, from $2.80 a share to $3.12. On Monday afternoon, AllThingsD reported Microsoft's Don Mattrick, president of Interactive Entertainment Business that centers around Xbox, would be departing to lead Zynga.
King.com, the gaming company behind hits like 'Candy Crush Saga,' is reportedly taking steps towards an IPO. Will it fare better than Zynga?
LOS ANGELES -- King.com launched its third game on mobile Thursday, Pet Rescue Saga. Following the success of games like Bubble Witch and Candy Crush Saga, the Facebook favorite is arriving on both iPhone and Android. Currently one of the top 10 games on Facebook, Pet Rescue Saga prompts players to destroy colored boxes on screen by placing three or more of the same color into groups -- in order to rescue pets trapped within the multicolored block structure.
After Zynga laid off 18% of its staff Monday, current and former employees took to Twitter to vent about the decision.
OMGPOP, creators of the Pictionary-style app Draw Something, reported job losses Monday, after owner Zynga laid off 18% of its workforce. A tweet from OMGPOP's official Twitter account revealed that Monday was the "last day at Zynga" for many of its employees.
As a part of a major effort to trim costs, Zynga is reportedly laying off 520 staffers -- equivalent of 18% of its workforce.


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A flat plateau that overlooks most of the Cloud Gardens. Many people say that during quiet, cloudless nights the skies are lit up in a display of shooting stars, some even say that mystical pokemon have appeared during these star storms.
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A lush green area with many caves and secret hideouts. Pokemon of all kinds are drawn to the area due to its serenity and rich source of nutrition. The spray from the waterfalls create many rainbows which hang in the skies above making it a popular destination for pokemon trainers and tourists alike.
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A nesting ground for bird pokemon. A large area of jutting rocks and crevasses where many a bird pokemon have called their home. Set into the clifftops it has become a popular spot for pokemon watchers and explorers that visit the Caverns in the mountainside.
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Why not blame the US government for dragging there feet for 2 years or more to get a debt control plan in place or why not blame the European Union for letting spending go uncontrolled after the first bail out money or why not blame the banks for their irresponsible and unethical behaviour…..?
I think this all has alot more impact to the markets than one company like Caterpillar.
China is seeing a slowdown in excavator sales. Now sales at Caterpillar are slowing.
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