Dare Protoplay

August 11th, 2010


The end of the summer is rapidly approaching, which can only mean one thing: Dare teams working to complete their projects in time for Protoplay this weekend!

For those not yet aware, Dare Protoplay is a showcase of games created during the Dare to be Digital competition. It’s running from the 13th-15th August at the EICC (Edinburgh) and entrance is free.

Two students from my CGT class are taking part this year, Andrew Glass and Iain Fergus, as part of the team Shark on a Bike so make sure to say hi to them! their promo video is here:

You can check out all of the other fantastic teams and games on the Dare website, and hopefully play them in person at the weekend.

Pollen Video

August 9th, 2010


I had forgotten to post this to the blog, so here you go:


It’s a little rough around the edges, but still a nice summary of what we accomplished in ten weeks this time last year.

Life etc

July 26th, 2010


Finally have my laptop working again, which is especially useful given that I moved my PC to my new flat but am still staying elsewhere. I almost considered posting an update from an ipod touch but after finding a dozen or so typos in the first sentence alone I figured I was best just giving up until I had a proper keyboard to use.

Anyway, here’s a brief update just to list a few things I’ve been up to since I last posted:

  • I graduated from Abertay! With first class honours! Wooh!
  • I came second in Aardvark Swift’s Search for a Star competition, following a day trip to Brighton. From Dundee. By Train. The competition was a really great learning experience (the three rounds involved a programming test, modifying and expanding upon an existing game with a few added bugs and then an interview) even if the travelling itself wasn’t so much fun.
  • I’m currently an intern at Tag Games over the summer, which hopefully explains both how I’ve coped without my laptop and why I haven’t had much time to blog.

So, there you have it. Expect more posts, but not necessarily right away.

Honours Project Completion

May 30th, 2010


As my laptop decided to fail quite catastrophically the day after I handed in my honours project (just luck it didn’t do so before, really) I realise I haven’t updated the blog in some time. I’ll post results and likely also the written work and source code when I have my own laptop back again, but for now here are some images to show how the project ended. Continue reading »

Honours Project Presentation

May 19th, 2010


Here are my slides from my final presentation on my honours project, summarising the aims and some of the methods and results.