PlanetHowa

Projects

Area for my game projects. This will most likely be a download area for my projects. Any info will be in a forum or just posted on the blog.

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Emblazed API - I have decided to post up my Emblazed engine that I use to make pet projects and prototypes of game ideas. The main reason I created this API was that I wanted a way to get a directX app up and running quickly so that I could move on to working on my latest idea rather then then working on the boring stuff, often I would be slowed by setting up a project getting a window created, reading mouse and keyboard input, loading textures, etc.. So that is why this API was started. As time went on I started to add more and more functionality to it, but always tried to keep it very small. He is a small list of what is supported by Emblazed.

• Emblazed is one single DLL easy to link in to your project.
• 2D / 3D render space.
• Texure Loading
• Quads”Sprites”
• 3d Models (using .x file format)
• Vertex Shader support
• Fonts ( system and bitmap fonts )
• Window/Full Screen support with any supported screen size.
• Mouse / Keyboard support
• Logging
• Timers
• Projected Verlet Collision detection. (Box,Circle)

Feel free to download and us this, and visit planethowa forums for question. I dont intend at the moment to support this API but I would be willing to field question when I have the time. Soon I will also be posting up the source code as soon as I get the time to clean it up and comment it.

Directx 9.0c was used to create this API

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WordFind.zip is a little program I coded up to find the largest word in the Popcap game Bookworm Adventures. By entering in the 16 letters that are on the screen during a game of BW:Adventures this handly little program will hand you back the largest words that can be made out of given letters. I didnt write this so much as a way to win the game but more as a fun little project one night. ( Note: I used my game engine Emblazed to write this so you will need Directx 9.0c to run it.. Its not that the program needed a game engine to be coded up but it was something I use for all my pet projects. )