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Tile Game Engine, part III – Color Substitution

2008-07-31 John Winkelman

Perlin Noise Game Tile Engine in Actionscript 3

An update to the game, this time with color substitution. Click the screenshot to play around

Use the arrow keys to move around. Hit the reset button to swap out the background.

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Experiment, part 2

2008-07-27 John Winkelman

Perlin Noise Generated Tile Game Engine in Actionscript 3

Iteration 2 of the latest experiment: using a bitmap as a world map. Click the image to play.

Use the arrow keys to move around. Hit the reset button to swap out the “world” bitmap.

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A New Flash Experiment

2008-07-07 John Winkelman

A tile game engine, using a bitmap to determine content in the larger world view.

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Well, there goes the rest of my free time.

2008-06-20 John Winkelman

Bobstrosity, a Spore Creature

The rest of my creatures can be found here.

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Landing

2008-06-19 John Winkelman

Coming in for a landing

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Muskegon State Game Area

2008-06-16 John Winkelman

Goldfinch

This past Saturday Cynthia and I explored the Muskegon State Game Area. While beautiful, it was thunderstorm-ey and full of bees.

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Ducks are Slow Learners

2008-06-13 John Winkelman

Living Dangerously

The reason ducks are so buoyant is THEIR HEADS ARE EMPTY!

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I am Pretty Sure It Is An Ant

2008-06-12 John Winkelman

Ant Damsel Bug (Himacerus mirmicoides nymph) on flower by John Winkelman, on Flickr

Yeah, about 90% sure.

UPDATE: This critter is actually a young Ant Damsel Bug (Himacerus mirmicoides).

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It Ain’t Easy Bein’ a Duck ’round Here

2008-06-10 John Winkelman

Duck at the Dam

This afternoon, while taking a break from writing code, I watched a young duck mis-judge the current and get swept over the Sixth Street Bridge dam. Fortunately, ducks are quite buoyant and this one made it to safety after a minute of being tumbled about in the turbulence at the base of the dam.

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Small Things

2008-06-09 John Winkelman

Snail and Flower

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