http://www.flammablepenguins.com/ en-us Owned by Flammable Penguins: Creative Commons, Non Deriative Game Programmers in Training, helping others in training Flammable Penguins no This podcast is made by student programmers for aspiring games programmers. We intended to provide information and fun in equal doses. So if your interested in games programming your interested in the Game PIT This podcast is made by student programmers for aspiring games programmers. We intended to provide information and fun in equal doses. So if your interested in games programming your interested in the Game PIT Claire Blackshaw claire@flammablepenguins.com Flammable Penguins PTK Into and Re-Launch Welcome back folks. The new site is launched. We outline some PTK stuff that I showed the first years. We play a bit of catch up and talk about University work. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2008-03-01:17807223 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:32:48 GMT Games, programming, game, pixelpit, ptk, relaunch, intro, uni Flammable Penguins Inheritance and Weekend of Code We talk about the weekend of code. We talk about essential game design and inheritance. So come and join me and Neil. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-10-09:17072353 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:43:48 GMT Games, programming, game, pixelpit, inheritance Flammable Penguins We have landed [Warning: Non-technical cast. Normal show style returns next week.] So we are back. I’ve moved into a house of Crazy. Prepare to meet. Jason: Web Head Neil: Audiophile and Angry Guy Dash: The Dutchman Dan: The Last One. Together they make my new home the Pixel Place the place it is. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-09-29:16875543 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:52:17 GMT Games, programming, game, pixelpit Flammable Penguins Organising Lists So I promised to continue the game framework discussion would continue. This week we dive a bit deeper into organising things. Our big first year maths assignment. A quick talk about Headers and Objects. Creating STL compliant Objects. Using STL to manage data. Event Handlers and Message Queues -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-04-22:11212053 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:17:03 GMT Games, programming, game, ptk, stl, message, queues, list, hash, framework Flammable Penguins Creating a Framework So lets get started on a little project. We shall from scratch create a PTK game framework which we shall be expanding on. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-04-15:11163643 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:01:15 GMT Games, programming, game, ptk, api, framework Flammable Penguins Animations and what you need We talk about the how to shake and move the pixels. What your going to need is a timer with a marker pen, a needle with a thread, A sprite sheet with a palette, a collection of blank pages. No that's not right you need a keyboard and understanding of how not to drop the reference. Crazy little people with a desire to swim in this flatlander world. Join us in the second dimension.... I'm running out of type and I'm walking into a wall of blabbering insanity. So here is what we talk about. Image Collections # Sprite Collections # Delta Timer -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-03-11:9988773 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:18:29 GMT Games, programming, game, graphics, api, sprite, image, collection Flammable Penguins Introducing Preeety Pictures Come and let us tackle the pretty and fun world of 2D games. The best and funnest way for quick and small games.On the plate this week we have an errata to last weeks cast, some announcements, the history of 2d games and the basic setup of 2d game. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-03-04:9921663 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:39:00 GMT Games, programming, game, graphics, api Flammable Penguins Memory Management So we talk memory management, pointers and the insanity caused by leaks and overflows. So come talk static plumbing with us as we dive into the heap and stack on the terrible puns. So onwards to the ramblings of insane programmer with a mic and block of cheese. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-02-25:9584313 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:14:58 GMT game, programming, pointer, pointers, cpp, memory, memory management, refrence Flammable Penguins How to make smarter games We talk about whether or not games make you think and what we can do to make smarter games. So using Genetic programming a few drinks and a love of games come in and join us. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-02-04:7856053 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:55:36 GMT game, programming, data,genetic, meta, gene, ai Flammable Penguins The next Universe How to structure a game and what to do with the British thing called a Q -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-01-29:7267663 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:28:01 GMT game, programming, data, struct, structure, queue, que Flammable Penguins A hangover hurry Exams are here along with the new year. So lets get into it hang overs and all. Join me along with my pet to discuss it all. -Claire tag:odeo.com,2007-01-21:6629113 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:20:23 GMT game, programming, exam, new year Flammable Penguins Merry Christmass! Christmass is here and so is our show. Oh well we have our Wii's, XNA launched, played Gears of War and University has closed down for the winter break. How do we feel about normal maps and Pizza? Come in and Find out. Links XNA Website - http://www.dreambuildplay.com/index.html Sensor Bar Explained - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGSkYRDpWY Wii Accelaromter Explained - http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,764%5F800%5FADXL330,00.html WiiMote Driver - http://www.wiili.org/index.php/Wiimote_driver Normal Mapping - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping tag:odeo.com,2006-12-21:4469483 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:10:06 GMT game, programming, meta, wii, launch Flammable Penguins Meta Cast! A bit of a meta cast, I answer some feedback and supply some corretions to previous podcasts. Also building up for the Wii Launch. tag:odeo.com,2006-12-07:3666793 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:54:16 GMT game, programming, meta, wii, launch Flammable Penguins It's Cursed! Emma is BACK! I'm still finding where where put Hamster so in the mean time I grabbed a pet from our class. So we were cursed, its been decided. This week we talk about Wii, PS3 and Gears of Wars launch. Check out the website for more. tag:odeo.com,2006-11-23:3148773 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:29:43 GMT game, programming, wii, ps3, launch Flammable Penguins Game Dev Contests Well Hamster and Emma couldn't make it but I battle it through I even drag in Swedish workers. I Cover: * Game dev contests. * Why you should do them. * What you should do. * How to survive the insanity. So grave a shovel and head on down, I promise the studio will be full again next week. I hope to see many of you at 72Hour Game Dev Compo. tag:odeo.com,2006-11-10:2374683 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:01:14 GMT game, programming, halloween, c++, assignment, ghosts Flammable Penguins Happy Halloween Happy Halloween! Come join us as we discuss Language, Ghost Dry Cleaning, and of course baby stacking. We have ditched the background music and thrown in a new bunch of audio treats. So strap down your favourite aquatic mammal, grab a match and get ready for it. We cover * What the heck is this C++ thing? * Should ghosts change their clothes? * Does a player have rights? * How does our first programming assignment measure up? Hope it satisfies your hunger. On a side note I have ditched the background music and shuffled things around. Also the site has updated. Checkout the code page for tutorial links and other little surprises. tag:odeo.com,2006-11-02:2324762 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:35:28 GMT game, programming, halloween, c++, assignment, ghosts Flammable Penguins The Podcast Launches Welcome one and all to Game Programmers in Training. This being I first podcast is a bit of an introduction. We cover: Who are we and what are we doing here? What does our Games degree entail? What your first game should be? tag:odeo.com,2006-10-26:2246888 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT game, programming, launch, api, first game