I’ve dabbled in both tabletop and video game development for years, and this is a log of my journey. All annual entries are in newest-first order.
2013
- Joined Cloudhead Games as a 3D modeler and Unity developer.
2012
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- 3D walkaround of the VT-3 Pinzgauer paper model. Created in Unity.
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- 3D walkaround of the VT-3 Pinzgauer paper model. Created in Unity.
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- 3D assembly instructions for the VT-3 Pinzgauer paper model. Created in Unity.
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- Turntable 3D model viewer with mouse drag/zoom interaction. Created in Unity.
- Created a generic 3D model viewer/turntable app in Unity.
- Created an interactive set of 3D assembly instructions in Unity.
- Created a 3D walkaround for one of my paper models in Unity.
2011
- Experimented with Javascript-powered interactive fiction authoring systems for the Amazon Kindle.
2010
- Experimented with some off-the-wall papercraft-specific applications for Unity.
- Started playing with Unity. Created a simple primitive-based modeler with a LEGO brick approach to get a feel for it.
- Played around a bit with the Panda 3D game engine.
2008-2009
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- Early rule booklet prototype for Guncrawl.
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- Early rule booklet prototype for Guncrawl.
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- Early rule booklet prototype for Guncrawl.
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- Guncrawl in action.
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- Guncrawl in action.
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- Guncrawl mission editor.
- Created a client/server text MUD skeleton in RealBasic as a familiarization exercise and to scratch a nostalgia itch.
- Created an interactive Javascript mission planner and mapping tool for Guncrawl.
- Developed Guncrawl, a tabletop sandbox “dungeon crawl” game with a science fiction theme for Ebbles Miniatures.
2002-2005
- Played around with several other game development middleware systems like DXStudio, GameMaker, Nebula Device, and others.
- Got into Operation Flashpoint scripting and experimenting with machinima using OFP scripting and mods.
1999-2001
- Dabbled in Direct3D/OpenGL programming using Visual Basic libraries.
- Created a simple gunship flight simulator in 3D RAD, with first-person cockpit view and 3rd person follow view, homing missiles with realistic-feeling flight performance, functioning guns, and roving enemy AI tank opponents.
- Created several DarkBASIC tech demos to familiarize myself with basic 3D concepts.
- Created skin modifications for Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, bringing over 100 realistic camouflage uniforms from around the world into the game.
1996-1998
- Branched out into 2D tile-based games with Visual Basic, using GDI.
- Started writing my own roleplaying game rules and tinkering with realistic algorithms for simulating real-world actions with dice rolls.
- Learned Visual Basic by writing tools that hooked into America Online chat and IM windows. I wrote a dice roller, combat resolution system, and additional roleplaying game elements that helped gamemasters run roleplaying games in AOL chat rooms.
1980s
- Learned BASIC on a Texas Instruments TI-99 attached to a 13″ black and white television. Game code was distributed in printed magazines, and this was my first exposure to game programming.
- Introduced to Terrapin LOGO on the Apple IIe, which started my fascination with computers.