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Comment on A day of rest… or not. by token88

token88 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:30:57 +0000

Hey, looks like i missed all the release goodness while ive been away for the last month or so… shocker well im gonna get on it now, fun times to be had.!

Comment on Very quick update by Awesome Dino

Awesome Dino — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:52:39 +0000

Ah, good, then my assumption was correct.

Comment on Very quick update by trevor

trevor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:44:49 +0000

That’s exactly right. Ping-pong animation is useful for keeping memory usage low for certain types of cyclic animation.

The other thing which I forgot to mention in the post is adding support for blending between animations. I have about half the work done for supporting that, so far.

Comment on Very quick update by Marvai

Marvai — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:48:30 +0000

I believe that means that the animation will go in reverse once it has completed, and will then reverse again, etc. So if there were 5 frames, it would draw frame 1, then 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Comment on Very quick update by Awesome Dino

Awesome Dino — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:34:07 +0000

Ping-pong?

Comment on Ages back.. by Awesome Dino

Awesome Dino — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:14:08 +0000

“We represent the developing Guild, developing Guild, developing Guild!”

Comment on Ages back.. by Alex Vostrov

Alex Vostrov — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:54:30 +0000

I think that all of us would like a team of magic gnomes that programs our really interesting game ideas. On the other hand, I probably wouldn’t be a game developer right now if such a thing existed.

Comment on Lack of updates by trevor

trevor — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:28:41 +0000

From my point of view, whether it’s called “Episode 3″ or “Half-Life 3″ isn’t really critically important. I could understand if Valve felt that Episode 3 was taking too long to complete, and that they needed a major engine upgrade in order to compete with the latest modern games. And if accompanied by a major engine update, the name “Half-Life 3″ would be appropriate.

I’m sure that they wouldn’t drop the storyline they have in progress.

Comment on Lack of updates by zeek

zeek — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:17:20 +0000

Forgotten Sands felt terrible, especially on the PC. I uninstalled it literally minutes after installing in a fed up fit of rage. No levels completed.

Comment on Lack of updates by Jay

Jay — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:15:40 +0000

Hmm, Wikipedia does not say anything about weather episode 3 is coming or not. References are from 2008 and the one paragraph mentioning it says:

“No release date or other details have been announced, though some concept art has surfaced”

“In a March 2010 interview, Newell spoke of “broadening the emotional palette” of the series, and how the next Half-Life game may return to “genuinely scaring the player”"

That doesn’t confirm anything.