The latest game from Handsome Lads requires skipless MP3 looping in-game – which I have recently learned is not an easy task due to discrepancies in the various MP3 decoders. Alas, I was continuing to work on my mp3 looping code and creating chiptunes to suit when I thought it would be a great idea to pull a prank on fellow Handsome Lad, Tom. I accidentally invented the chiproll. Masquerading as the music intended for publish. T%om was expecting the complete looping code and it was delivered – but instead of giving him the theme song, I gave him this.

Listen to The ChipRoll

I’ve just pushed a brand new game engine onto Google code under the Mozilla Public License.

http://code.google.com/p/enginedjw/

I have been playing with Away3D Lite. Away3D Lite is a stripped back, high performance variant of Away3D with optimisation for Flash Player 10. I might say that, to this point, I am relatively happy with it.

The team at Papervision3D seems to be in hiding these days and I can’t help but think the departure of Ralph Hauwert from the project might have killed it. It is a shame, I have enjoyed working within their system on more than one occasion. On the other site of the fence its younger brother Away has been advancing at blistering speed.

The demo included is my “Hello World” of Away3D Lite. A loaded 3D terrain and some custom camera movement.

So I’ve been playing arround with orchestral composition for a while now and it never really gets a post. Most of what I’ve done is draft or concept and I rarely finish anything, but here are a few:

Adventure of the Something
Zombies Aproach
Scary Spider

So I’m sporting Ubuntu Studio 9.10 at the moment. This is some excellent software. I’m surprised how user-friendly Ubuntu Linux has become – I’ve been flying through the UI, completing most tasks without the need to operate the console at all.

After a long wait, I’ve got my hosting back in order. I’ll be posting more frequently going forwards starting with the open source release of TweenDark, my lightweight AS3 animation/tweening engine and some cool game stuff for Rotat – which  has, I believe, been completely restarted twice since my website’s hosting issues.

For those who wish to know, I am now on Dreamhost. As far as hosting decisions go, this is easily the best I’ve made – so far they come highly recommended.

Unfortunately, a good amount of the linked filed have disappeared in the migration. I might bring some of it back down the track.

Also news is that I’m co-chairing an indie games studio called Handsome Lads.

I’d also like to thank mono-lab for the WordPress Theme – I will work towards building my own in the near future.

Hey guys,

Just a quick note to let you know I’m going to be down for a few days as I switch hosts. This is largely due to a domain transfer that, for some reason, the current registrar couldn’t do immediately.

When I come back I’ll be on a new host and will be looking to make a few changes to the way I run my site. Expect something along the lines of seperate blogs for software, audio and an overarching personal blog for both (the latter to be similar to the way I run it now). This is, for the most part, due to the widening gap between my audio and software practices. Neither blog will be protected, or inaccessable from the other, I’m just trying to keep web types and musician types in the right spot.

A website I recently worked on was awarded an Outstanding Achievement award at the IMAs. This is an achievement on an international playing field, and one that I am proud to have been a part of.

The website was designed by Garth Sykes and developed by myself at Cru Digital for Michael Cook and Photographer’s Ink. It’s a nice website supported by some fantastic photography, I encourage you to have a look.

Visit photographersink.com.au

Went camping – Easter weekend. Was fun. Got pictures.

The Epic Saga of Steak, Beer, Tents and Logs. 

There comes a time when a web developer, musician or audio producer feels the need to record some of the work, techniques and general happenings of his daily pastime in a series of journal styled entries for publication to the internet.

That time, for me, is now.

These blogs are published not just at the off-chance that somebody with an appreciation might stop by – though it certainly isn’t discouraged – they are published so that the work can be archived – at worst – or shared at best.

If you are a friend, I thank you for stopping by, and apologize upfront for what could be a laborious read. If you’re an industry professional, I welcome you to come and share your knowledge. If you’re an upstart, I hope you can find something that helps. Other’s websites like these helped make me who I am, and will continue to shape me on my way through.

Welcome to my blog.