Category Archives: Silverlight

Client->server communication using json, silverlight and php

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Paul Firth

Hi and welcome back to my blog! This time i’m going to talk about some of the technology we created for our game PuzzleShare; the client->server communication system. The system we created uses silverlight on the client, but the code … Continue reading →

Posted in JSON, Server side, Silverlight, Technical | Tagged , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Speculative Contacts – a continuous collision engine approach

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog… Today i’m going to talk about a continuous collision detection technique called Speculative Contacts which has been employed in games such as Little Big Planet PS3 and PSP versions. First of all we need to answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Collision Detection, Physics, Silverlight, Technical | Tagged , , , | 95 Comments

2d isometric land – breaking out of the grid update

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Paul Firth

Welcome back to my blog Ok, so i’ve realised i was a fool; i totally overcomplicated what you actually need to do in order to collide with a landscape composed of overlapping circles in part 1 and part 2. An … Continue reading →

Posted in Collision Detection, Graphics, Physics, Silverlight, Technical | 2 Comments

2d Isometric land – breaking out of the grid part 2

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Paul Firth

Welcome back! In my last post i covered how to find the distance from a point to a circular arc-length, and how to computer intersection point, normal and penetration distance (assuming a circular collision shape). This time i’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Geometry, Graphics, Physics, Silverlight, Technical | 8 Comments

2d Isometric land – breaking out of the grid

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome to Wildbunny blog! In this first instalment i’m going to talk about bringing some simple technology to isometric 2d games to help them break out of the regular grid look which afflicts so many 2d games today,  on … Continue reading →

Posted in Geometry, Graphics, Physics, Silverlight, Technical | 12 Comments