Category: Apple
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More on Multithreading in OpenGL
Yesterday, I mentioned the possibility of a multithreaded version of OpenGL coming to Mac OS X. Today, Macworld has an article revealing much more detailed information. Sounds like there could be some interesting results when this technology becomes the mainstream.
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Apple Hot Pick: Bullfrog
Apple has just listed my game, Bullfrog, as a Hot Pick and Featured Download. More Details over on the company blog: Apple Hot Pick: Bullfrog
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Multi-Threaded OpenGL?
Tuncer Denis of InsideMacGames.com has an interesting post on his blog speculating that Apple is readying an update to OpenGL that will bring up to a reportedly 2x performance boost. One person told me they saw a very popular MMORPG DOUBLE in frame rates in one particular scene because of multi-threaded OpenGL. We’re talking from…
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Apple Article: Mac Game Engines
The Apple Developer Connection has posted a new article summarizing four popular third-party game engines and using them for Mac game development. The article covers the following four game engines: Torque Game Engine Torque Game Builder Unity Game Engine PTK Game Engine The article is a nice overview of the covered game engines, but I…
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A few good things…
MacBook Pro! Amazon just notified me that my copy of Civilization III – Complete is on the way! 🙂 Stubbs the Zombie Demo has been released Call of Duty 2.0 for the Mac has been announced.
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Open-Source Shareware Registration Framework
Are you looking for a way to setup a registration system for your shareware software? There are several commercial products out there, but Aquatic has released a free (donations accepted) open-source framework: AquaticPrime. It supports both Cocoa and Carbon integration and also includes a php-based library for use on your online e-commerce shopping cart system.…
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Catching Up
I forget how fast the world moves these days. So much can happen in only a few days. I remember as a kid, I could waste away an entire summer vacation without the sense that I missed a thing. When I returned to school the next fall, life continued just as it left off the…
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Apple : Game Building Tools
Apple has published a writeup on game engines and tools for the Mac platform. I’ve been thinking about trying some of these out, namely Torque, Unity and PTK, but just haven’t gotten around to dedicating the time. Maybe, I should make the time; these engines look pretty powerful. The temptaion to jump onto a prebuilt…
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Mighty Mouse
Apple finally gives up on the idea that we only need a one button mouse. Of course, they can’t just give us two or more buttons, they give us none! Leave it to Apple to one-up everyone else. Even when they admit they were wrong. The coolest thing is not the lack of buttons or…