Archive for January, 2010

New Year Gaming and Skyboxes

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Since receiving Forza Motorsport 3 for Christmas, I’ve been hooked! I’m steadily working my way through the achievements and have several more to achieve as yet. This game, combined with Modern Warfare 2 and FIFA 10 have basically been my gaming titles over the holiday period.

The game that myself and Nick are developing has crept along at a slower-than-usual pace, due largely to the holidays, but nevertheless a SkyBox has been developed, integrated into our game solution as a content pipeline processor. This means that we have the ability to interpret game resources in a custom manner, meaning that it will be “wrapped” around our skybox. This will allow us to process things such as sky and other backdrops, visible and changing depending on the camera rotation etc. More on this when we have a suitable backdrop implemented.

The next month is a very exciting time for AllportGreenhillGames, with a set strategy being developed on how myself and Nick can take our pet project and turn it into something real.