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December 19

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December 19

Ioannes commented on Sak Sun's group 'Game Design'

I've had a bit of exposure to the Valve engine. I made a small HL2 mod that spawns enemies at waypoint positions rather than predefined spawn points and just throws them at you till you die. It's actually quite fun. Although the Client / Server arch…

December 19

Ioannes replied to Starry's discussion 'What was the first game you made?' in the group Game Design

My first ever game was a tetris clone made in Java. I made it in free time I had in my 2nd year of uni since I found it quite easy. I used the Java AWT system for rendering and didn't run into too many problems. After that I made a 2D shooter game…

December 19

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More Progress on the GameEngine

December 19

Dust commented on Ioannes's blog post 'Why I WONT be buy Prototype for the PC'

damnation is nothing exceptional, level based and all prerendered...(ign 2.5, gamesreview 4.5/10) games like AC or prototype, are supposed to be free roaming, not prerender , a better light system and particel enviroments, than damnation..maybe you…

June 24

Dust commented on Ioannes's blog post 'Why I WONT be buy Prototype for the PC'

nothing exceptional, level based and all prerendered... games like AC or prototype, are supposed to be free roaming, not prerender , a better light system and particel enviroments, than damnation..maybe you can play those games too, maybe not at the…

June 24

Ioannes commented on Ioannes's blog post 'Why I WONT be buy Prototype for the PC'

err exscuse me but damnation looked pritty next gen to me and as I stated that game will run fine on my PC.

June 24

Dust commented on Ioannes's blog post 'Why I WONT be buy Prototype for the PC'

lol...look that all next-gen games need at least that specs, unless you want them make a crappy version of console one.. buy a console, if you want a cheap way.. or stay with your pc, but you can forget about all next-gen games that will come out.…

June 24

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Why I WONT be buy Prototype for the PC

June 24

Ioannes commented on Ioannes's blog post 'Calling all Facebook Users'

well if you don't eat out please just try it anyway and leave a result in the survey. You can make up the information you put in it dosn't really matter if it's true or not. You could say you went to a reasturant on a rainbow and ate gold. It's more…

April 24

Paul Bennett commented on Ioannes's blog post 'Calling all Facebook Users'

then sol you'd be the healthiest person on the planet ;)

April 23

Ioannes replied to Baulddude's discussion 'Is it wrong to use your notebook while on the toilet?'

lol I like this one it's almost like the notebook is now the modern day book lol

April 23

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Calling all Facebook Users

April 23

Ioannes replied to david_mallette's discussion 'To overclock or not to overclock.'

I agree with Renderedcook overclocking does seem like a cool idea however it just makes your system components break sooner than they normally would. I actually buy components designed for overclocking but then don't overclock them and my computers…

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April 12

Ioannes replied to david_mallette's discussion 'Are you finding yourself always fixing other people's computer issues?'

As a knowledgable person when it comes to computers I find I get all sorts of questions and problems. Can be as simple as how do I use excel, to as complex as getting rid of viruses. I have learned in my time that the best way to deal with these iss…

April 11

Ioannes commented on Emmerich's blog post 'Console vs. Computer Gaming'

I like my PC but unfortunatly I'm the opposite way round. The last good game I got for it was Dawn of War 2 and alot of the games they release these days just aren't that good. There is alot of cool indie games around like shaiya. However I've falle…

April 11

Profile Information

What kind of geek are you?

Computer

Why do you consider yourself a geek?

because I am highly into computers and know how to work with binary numbers :P

How did you find out about our Geek community?

by watching chris pirillo on you tube

What are your "geeky equipment" specs?

AMD 64 3500 AM2
2GB DDR2 RAM
POINT OF VIEW GEFORCE 7950 GT
260GB HD

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Software Engineer

What makes you laugh?

Irony and Sarcasm.

What is the thing in life you treasure most?

My computer, my friends, beer and cigarettes.

What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?

Made various video game prototypes.

What do you do to entertain yourself?

play around on my computer, visit friends, listen to music

What's your Web site / blog address?

http://www.myspace.com/ioannes1983

Ioannes's Blog

More Progress on the GameEngine

Well it's been a while since I posted about my Game Engine mainly due to the fact I've been busy working on it and hunting for jobs in IT after graduating uni with a 2.1 (go me!).

So about the game engine I currently have it working with a player character and a AI controlled character. In a enclosed dungeon style level. The level has 4 square inner walls arranged in a square format so that they create a passage way between them and the levels external walls. The arrangement also creates a cent… Continue

Posted on December 19, 2009 at 12:28pm —

Why I WONT be buy Prototype for the PC

I just had a look at the specs for the PC version of Prototype and I was shocked. It needs a minimum of an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6Ghz or a Athlon X2 3800+. All the other parts were fine for me but I only have a Athlon 64 3500+ and I am not upgrading just to play 1 badly ported game. I mean seriously my system is fine for damnation, red alert 3, dawn of war 2 the sims 3. It seems that games which also have console versions always have such rediclious demands on my processor. Another one I didn't buy… Continue

Posted on June 24, 2009 at 3:27pm — 3 Comments

Calling all Facebook Users

Hi Guys

For those that don't know [prolly quite alot :( ] I'm a 4th year honours student. I've been working on a resturant review app for facebook and have just made it go live.

I need people to go add some resturants + reviews and try out it's features. Then fill out a short survey giving your oppinions on it.

Please help me with these guys I need these results to help me complete my dissertation.

The address of the app is http://apps.facebook.com/resturantreview/

It will only be online fo… Continue

Posted on April 23, 2009 at 10:47am — 3 Comments

Progress on the Game Engine

Well I was at it again ignoring the uni work and working on my game engine.

Now I've added a command line parser to my game's console so that the console can be used to set game vairibles.

Below is a screenshot of the game. Right now it's just a 3d landscape with a 3d cube that you can control by pressing the space bar which applies a velocity to it. That velcoity can be set by typing velocity into the console.

… Continue

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 1:30pm —

E-Cigarettes

I orginially posted this as a discussion but it ended up in the apple group so I'm posting it as a blog.

Hey Guys

First I want to start by explaining why I'm writing this. I've been trying to quit smoking for years now and never fully gotten off the cigarettes. At my worst I smoked 40 a day and had a horid throat and yellow hands :(

I've been trying to quit ever since then but have never managed to fully stop. Half the reason is that I enjoy smoking and a part of me dosn't want to stop. I hav… Continue

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 1:14pm —

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At 2:23pm on December 19, 2009, Ioannes said…: glad things are going well for you. Just out of curiosity what is the name of the company you are placed at?

At 1:36pm on December 19, 2009, Starry said…: Hi Ioannes,
Yeah it is doing good, I only have 2 days left of my internship though but it really has helped me gain alot of valuable experience for future jobs in the industry.. I am going back to Scotland in February so whether that will be at my current work I don't know.

At 2:46pm on April 12, 2009, Emmerich said…: Thanks for the welcome. :)

At 12:05pm on March 29, 2009, Sol McNally Aka : Dmitri Girl said…: I saw your comment on Starry's blog about well not being good at 3d drawing. I will tell you there is someone here on geeks that is pretty good at it. Shanehar. And well my fiancee is pretty good at it as well Dmitri.

At 9:23am on March 29, 2009, Starry said…: well I am learning 3d studio max now, I would like to help :)

At 9:18am on March 29, 2009, Starry said…: Hej Joannes, yeah I've been quite busy too..
I didnt get in Computer Arts cause they thought my drawings were too naive, I guess i pretty messed up in that.. should have spend more time.. I dont know..
so far I will just finish the multimedia course I will finish in january anyway and the last 6 months of my studies we will take an intern if we want, I would like to if I can do an intern in a game company, but maybe they will think my course isnt relevant enough.. how is it going with you?

At 3:17pm on February 20, 2009, Starry said…: Nice, the same thing happened to me.. I always wanted to study Archeology and thats why I went to "high school" but because of some personal problems, I didnt get the grades I wanted to get in..
I was instead accepted in the course Theology but after a month or so I also got accepted at another school to study Multimediadesign and Communication so I decided to go there.. I think that was a good choice..
I didn't really know what I would use Theology for other than it was interesting.
So going to Dundee is quite a big decision for me it will be hard leaving family behind, but I am sure it is the best thing to do.. to follow your dreams :)

At 12:48pm on February 20, 2009, Starry said…: Yes I am going to study at Abertay.. So yeah I don't have any intention of hanging around after I've graduated, but I don't wanna go back to Denmark either I think.. you never know what lies ahead of you, you just have to wait and see :)

At 1:27pm on February 19, 2009, Starry said…: Lol, you are probably right, the reason that I am going is because of the good reputation and advanced technologies present at the uni.. I was very impressed when I visited the place and that made me wanna go there even more.. but I hope I will make it, just as long as you have some friends to hang out with It cant be that bad XD Besides that I think I will visit Glasgow in the weekends or something :) Are you studying?