Category Archives: Technical

How to make a multi-player game – part 2

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog! This is part 2 in the series where I talk about making a multi-player game. Last time we built a TCP socket server in node.js and we’re able to send and receive complex … Continue reading →

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Understanding binary

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog! In a kind of follow up to 10 steps to becoming a better programmer, this time I wanted to write about binary and binary operations, because I’ve been rather surprised by the number … Continue reading →

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Fixing security sandbox violation in Flash AS3

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog! This time I wanted to talk about the dreaded Security sandbox violation error which Flash will sometimes throw at you when you’re working with external websites, or sockets, or file access across local/web. … Continue reading →

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10 steps to becoming a better programmer

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hi and welcome back to my blog! I wanted to cover 10 of the things I’ve learned over the years being a professional programmer that really helped me improve the quality of my code and my overall productivity. 1. Never … Continue reading →

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2D polygonal collision-detection and internal edges

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hi and welcome back to my blog! I wanted to share something I’ve recently discovered about the heinous problem of internal edges in 2D polygonal collision detection. It’s not a full-solution, but maybe it will give some other programmers an … Continue reading →

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How to make a multi-player game – part 1

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog! Its been a while since my last post, this is because I’ve been working on a multi-player game, called mmoAsteroids which you can play by clicking on the icon on the side-bar. This … Continue reading →

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Composing in-game music – retro style

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hello, and welcome back to my blog! Its time for another guest post – I commissioned this one after a very long search to find an artist talented enough and with the right skill-set for composing in game music in … Continue reading →

Posted in Chip tunes, Music, Platform game, Technical | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments