Some development stuff...

[Sundance_2]

Hi there,

The last few days, I've been putting alot of effort in homing my skills in OpenGL. While I have no interest in pursuing a job in the game industry, I do enjoy computer graphics (mostly due to the high empahsis on user interface and visuals). After about a week of going through many of the basics and a few advanced topics, I've managed to produce 2 demos.

My First stab:

http://www.uwm.edu/~rnp/Bubbles.exe

My much improved second attempt (with cool blending stuff)

http://www.uwm.edu/~rnp/BubblesV2.exe

I realize thier not much, but if anyone would be willing to give any feedback (preferebly criticism), I would love it. In general It motivates me to do greater things.

Note:

If you are interested in giving them a go, then you'll need the GLUT libraries:

You can get them at:

http://www.xmission.com/~nate/glut.html

Just download the "glut-3.7.6-bin.zip" and unzip it.

Then place the .dll it in your C:\Windows\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32 directory. You may also need to run regsvr32 on it by typing the following at a command prompt in DOS:

cd C:\Windows\System32

regsvr32 glut32.dll

 

[Pearl Jammzz]

might be better to post this in the sat dev section and PM mal or Ice and have htem post links on the news page....

 

[Sundance_2]

Sorry about that. I completely forgot about the Development section. Is it possible someone could move this?

 

[Curtis]

Yep!

Nice work, by the way. I've done a little OpenGL myself. Bloody hell it can be tedious - especially animation. Check out NeHe OpenGL tutorials. He's got some really good stuff from the basics to the more advanced effects.

http://users.tpg.com.au/eccurtis/ass2.exe

That's my little effort. It was an assignment for a course at my Uni. We were given large chunks of the engine and we had to implement a few of our own shapes and the animation. I also had an original soundtrack, but I can't easily include it.

 

[Sundance_2]

That's pretty nice. Is there a way to move around?

BTW: I've been using NeHe for about the last week or so (nice stuff there). The OpenGL Programmers Guide (1.4) though has been my primary source as of late.

 

[Curtis]

Oh yeah...sorry. Press "a" for the animation. "u" and "d" move the camera up and down. "p" pauses. "l" and "r" move the camera left and right. I think "f" switches the fullscreen, but you can't get back out of it - you have to close the app.