Gamasutra - Blogs http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ Jack Matthewson's Blogs Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:08 EDT en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) I'm gonna have to learn to cope with this - by Jack Matthewson http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20130302/187678/Im_gonna_have_to_learn_to_cope_with_this.php It's probably a testament to bad planning, but a choice I made early on in the development of my program has forced me to rewrite a lot of code. It's all back to where I want it now though. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20130302/187678/Im_gonna_have_to_learn_to_cope_with_this.php Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:44:00 EST Debugging Client/Server Software - by Jack Matthewson http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20130210/186353/Debugging_ClientServer_Software.php Programming,Indie I'm tackling the meat of the behind-the-scenes code for my centipede game. This means sending and receiving commands through sockets and making sure exceptions are handled if one or both machines happens to die. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20130210/186353/Debugging_ClientServer_Software.php Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:45:00 EST Making things move and talk to each other is fun and exciting - by Jack Matthewson http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20130204/185993/Making_things_move_and_talk_to_each_other_is_fun_and_exciting.php Programming,Indie After working at (among other things) my game prototype for the last month, I'm starting to get something that resembles a usable piece of software. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20130204/185993/Making_things_move_and_talk_to_each_other_is_fun_and_exciting.php Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:47:00 EST Project Initiation Complete - by Jack Matthewson http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20121118/181829/Project_Initiation_Complete.php Programming,Indie After a prolonged planning phase, I'm moving forward with my project development. I had to learn a few lessons about expectation management and interpreting the project brief, but I feel like I can start to make progress now. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20121118/181829/Project_Initiation_Complete.php Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:36:00 EST Network Centepede - by Jack Matthewson http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20120820/176251/Network_Centepede.php Design,Indie Starting my final year project at Reading University, I'm hoping to use this blog to keep track of my progress over the summer, as well as to get feedback about some of the choices I make or the area of research I'm undertaking. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JackMatthewson/20120820/176251/Network_Centepede.php Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:59:00 EDT