David McClurg is a game programmer for Buzz Monkey Software. He's worked in the game industry since 1987. Most recently, he was Audio Engineer for Wii version of Tony Hawk : Ride and Tomb Raider : Underworld.
Wwise is different because it features an advanced audio authoring tool tightly integrated with a robust sound engine. The authoring tool includes a profiler and performance monitor.
6502 machine language. nice. When Derek worked on Project Firestart for the C64 64Kb ram and fancy 6510 processor , memory was so tight that he used one memory location for 5 different variables depending on where he was in the code. And forget about exceptions. The code would just ...
i agree that breaking levels apart into arbitrary smaller pieces for streaming can be a hassle. i know first hand that it can add alot to the content work. but getting the data layout in a state that is easier to load and process doesn't hurt development. on the contrary ...
good post. i would agree that having thousands of homebrew applets available for zune and iPhone help them sell hardware. that makes sense. sony might even be wise to re-think the psp and come around to opening that up as well. but for ps3 and xbox 360, i don't see ...
