Working A* pathfinding

The A* pathfinding system is now functional and very efficient, guards quickly generate a route to the player using the nodes placed on the map and then optimize the route deleting any superfluous nodes on the path. I ended up not using the arrays built into the nodes of closest other nodes because I would have to use that array...

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AI pathfinding nodes

I started writing an A* pathfinding system with branching nodes, each node is linked to it's closest eight nodes for more efficient path plotting. I wrote a script that would cycle through them and link them to their eight closest nodes who's paths don't intersect walls or obstacles. Above is the turn out when I got it right, below...

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Light level

Light level is the first thing I've completed, the concept for measuring light seemed simple but it was so essential to the gameplay I decided to do it first to make sure it could be done efficiently and accurately.The method is quite simple, since we're already using light objects in unity to create light we can add extra code...

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Garshasp Temple of the Dragon Review

Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:Garshasp Temple of the Dragon is a simple spectacle fighter.The story starts with Garshasp and his wimpy brother going in the Temple of the Dragon, in search of the Mace of Trit. Now that is the first problem - this game has a story. Its a problem, because of...

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Things you find on the internet...

I check the blog statistics every now and then (not often enough if I wanted to manage this blog more professionally - but hey... I am an artist at the core not a blogger)... but... there was a referring site that looked strange. I followed the link: http://gamerboom.com/archives/60814and found this:Someone took the time and effort...

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Dogfight 1942 Review

Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:Dogfight 1942 is an arcade flight sim set in world war II.Do i really need to know about the story? You are a pilot in WW2, you must follow orders, engage is aerial dogfights, and complete missions. That is all you need to know to enjoy the game.Before i start the review, i want...

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Gotham City Impostors Review

Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:Gotham City Impostors is a multiplayer FPS, that takes place in Gotham City.  The setting is really unusual and unique. For some reason Batman and Joker are gone. Therefore some of Gotham's citizens dress as Batman, and continue his mission of protecting the city. But every...

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Borderlands 2 Review

Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:Borderlands 2 is a FPS, RPG with a metric tone of weapons.The story is set after the opening of the Vault from the first game. Because of it, the world of Pandora now has Eridium, which is extremely valuable mineral. Also for some reason there is another Vault filled with treasures, just...

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Review

Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is a HD remake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2. What else could it be?As the name would suggest, this is a game about skateboarding. You have to do tricks and complete missions in 2 minutes. The objectives range from getting the high score, to...

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Apache Helicopter - modifications

In the last post I mentioned that it's fairly easy to modify the basics and create variations once you have the core shape down. So as requested by some here is a modification tutorial bringing the Apache more in line with the helicopter used in the HeliAttack3 screengrab at the top of the last post. Instead of the usual start...

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