Joshua Drake

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Apr 4	comment	Which features belong to the engine and which ones to a game? +1 for keeping the spirit of the Rule of three.
Feb 16	awarded	Yearling
Dec 21	comment	How to encourage players to level up multiple characters? @Doorknob +1 for number 1, as the Lego Starwars game does nearly this. Certain areas of the map cannot be completed without certain characters which do not become available till later in the game, encouraging the player to play through the original levels with new characters to gain additional completion items, like models, or additional resources to purchase new characters or upgrades.
Dec 21	comment	How to encourage players to level up multiple characters? @Doorknob 3 should work even in single player, as in your "party" receives some portion of your main character's XP, etc.
Nov 14	awarded	Critic
Oct 30	comment	What exactly does the XNA resdistributable installer do? @clamp see: "required information to registry" in the answer.
Sep 18	answered	PHP Browser Game Question - Pretty General Language Suitability and Approach Question
May 31	comment	What are milestones for a game developer to gauge their progress? +1 for "But I think the only real measure is the development of games!"
May 31	answered	What are milestones for a game developer to gauge their progress?
May 23	awarded	Editor
May 23	revised	Advice on a PHP RPG System changed "the" to "that" in the sentence "After you've got all of the loaded..."
May 7	comment	Loading content (meshes, textures, sounds) in the background Have you taken a look at Background Loading in XNA, just instead of a Loading screen you'll be showing your game world?
May 7	comment	Implementing Tools in a Toolkit I like what you describe, but since you are asking for other ways to deal with your situation, I recommend taking a look at Plug-in (Computing). See also: Plug-in Architecture Framework for Beginners, Plugin Architecture, Plug-in Architectures
May 7	comment	Schedule update problem Have you tried calling `[self scheduleUpdate];` after each create?
May 7	comment	What is a systematic process for choosing a mobile game engine? Feel free to mark it as an answer when you are able to.
May 4	answered	What is a systematic process for choosing a mobile game engine?
May 4	answered	Advice on a PHP RPG System
May 3	answered	Is it possible to combine Blender with PHP?
May 2	comment	XNA Calling Variables from separate Classes `I understand why it doesn't work`, why don't you tell us your understanding, maybe then we'll see your question.
Apr 30	comment	How should I structure my turn based engine to allow flexibility for players/AI and observation? Have you looked at How to design and implement turn-based system? and How to implement turn-based game engine??