Ricks Rantings
This is a place that I will use to place random rants about Computers, the state of Computer Science education, and my current projects. I have been in the bleeding edge of the computer industry since the mid 80s. I have seen the boom and bust of our industry from AI to the .coms. Current projects include OOSTehys (open source Ocean Observation), JmDNS (Open source java implementation of Bonjour) and Various IPhone Apps.
Relax and enjoy the ride!
Tìoraidh!
Rick Blairnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125Updated: 1 day 21 hours ago
2 new apps COCOS2D
Sorry for the long span of no posts or tips. Maintaining a blog is pretty time consuming, but I have been busy!
2 new apps are up. The first app is Beaver Fling. A little touch game that really doesn't do much. Simply fling the beaver off the screen. The harder you flick the higher your score.
The second app is a virtual scrying mirror. Scrying is the ancient art of seeing. The best known example is using a crystal ball. This app uses an openGL wrapper framework called cocos2d. This was originally a python library for mac, but was ported to the iPhone. It has a learning curve and documentation is spotty, but it saves a ton of time. With it I was able to do realistic candle flames, mists, ripples and transitions. If you are going to make a 2d game you need to check it out at cocos2d-iphone.
More on how several pitfalls I found later.
Enjoy!
