MrCranky

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bio website blackcompanystudios.co.uk
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Run a games development studio in Edinburgh, specialising in small scale prototypes, outsourced software support, and tools and process improvement.

62 Answers

newest activity votes
27
“Press Start” screen - why?
jun 26 '11 at 9:49
18
What's the best head-bob formula?
mar 2 '12 at 12:36
18
Are there important cases when one needs to know how to program sort algorithms in game programming?
nov 20 '10 at 12:43
17
Correct way to abstract an XBox Controller
sep 8 '11 at 20:55
17
Was C++ designed for speed, and is it better to not use high level features when teaming with inexperienced programmers?
dec 11 '10 at 13:35
15
What is an achievable way of setting content budgets (e.g. polygon count) for level content in a 3D title?
apr 13 '12 at 15:31
12
How do I make my rain effect look more like rain and less like snowfall?
jun 16 '12 at 10:19
10
How to organize a game engine in C++? Is my use of inheritance a good idea?
jan 30 '12 at 11:29
10
What are the hot dev positions in game industry?
aug 13 '10 at 11:16
9
'Zoning' up areas on a large tile map, as well as dungeons
dec 5 '10 at 12:46
9
How would you handle different aspect ratios in a 2d platformer?
aug 3 '10 at 11:58
8
How do I design a game framework for fast reaction to user input?
oct 30 '11 at 13:26
7
Algorithm to see if two voxels are interconnected
mar 12 at 12:35
7
Find a line that connects the outer most points in a set of points
feb 27 '12 at 14:05
7
How to tie a bullet release with a firing animation
oct 4 '11 at 16:40
7
Cyclic Dependencies
dec 28 '10 at 11:03
7
How do you prevent inflation in a virtual economy?
jul 22 '10 at 13:15
6
What does “kTriangles/s” mean in hardware graphics benchmark reports?
apr 12 '12 at 19:46
6
How to build a “traffic AI”?
feb 2 '11 at 20:45
6
What's a good data structure solution for a scene manager in XNA?
aug 10 '10 at 13:25
6
Anti-Cheat for MMOs issues and solutions?
aug 2 '10 at 15:03
6
How to handle Multiple-accounts creation and cheating?
aug 2 '10 at 14:49
5
How do I determine my games minimum hardware/software requirements?
jan 20 '11 at 13:28
5
Easiest way to compute closest point between two triangular meshes
dec 24 '10 at 10:52
5
List of resolutions
aug 16 '10 at 8:59
4
Determining if removal of a voxel will break up a group
mar 13 at 14:38
4
Map with 20 million tiles makes game run out of memory, how do I avoid it?
jul 17 '12 at 6:53
4
What is a “Gameplay Programmer”?
feb 25 '12 at 15:04
4
Microsoft and media - using the new stuff
dec 11 '10 at 13:47
4
How do I prevent getting an access denied loading a file in XNA, when I have the application running in the program files directory (in Windows 7)?
aug 25 '10 at 8:35
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