I was all pumped to be making my own game with the XNA framework, I FINALLY GET MY CODE TO COMPILE TO DRAW A CIRCLE, and I find out that only >=dx9 devices are supported ( Read more... )

Today at work we had a pumpkin-carving contest. Some of the pumpkins were REALLY COOL. I posted all the pics here: http://sarah.andyc.org/gallery/album10Read more... )

It's been awhile since I've written, since I've been off having grand adventures.

Here is one of the photos I took, at Golden Bluffs Beach in California.

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My graphics project finally looks cool.


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Ok I get the message. Here is Totoro! I didn't feel like posing him.


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I finished with my raytracer last week, but I never got around to posting the pictures! So for anyone who cares, here is my final scene. I meant it to be Christmasey (yeah, I know it's July...)


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Considering that when I got home yesterday evening my raytracer was completely broken, this is a great victory. Turns out I had backwards vectors everywhere, and how things were even working before I don't know. I fixed every thing by 12:30 last night, and this morning I implemented reflections. It's the first thing in this project that has gone ( Read more... )

I had to take some time off from my raytracer on the weekend to work on stuff for other classes, but this week I'm back at it.

So here's another update for anyone who cares!

I implemented diffuse lighting for now so I can see the shapes of things.


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I know most of you have seen this before, and it's not really that exciting, BUT IT IS FOR ME!


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This last week has been crazy, but it's finally settling down. Next time I feel like booting into linux, I'll post a picture of my graphics puppet. I made Totoro, but because of all the other work I had I never had a chance to put on his claws. I also ran out of time to implement the undo/redo feature. But overall, I think he looks pretty good ( Read more... )