Patrick Hughes

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Currently building and updating tools for a new game engine. Lots of UX and all that jazz.

I am also EMT certified. Not currently active but will be looking for weekend volley or PRN opportunities later this year.

I'm a long time game programmer having worked on many shipped titles, a few AAA releases and one MMO so far.

-Patrick


153 Answers

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How does a game without loading times work?
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“Press Start” screen - why?
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Is Carmack right about PC performance? And does Windows 8 address his concerns?
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Is it wrong to transmit information about a user's machine to my own servers without informing the user?
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Can I run into legal issues with random names?
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Stress testing a game server without users?
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It is worth adding 'futuristic' features to our game, or should we put our focus elsewhere?
14
Is there a way to make a dynamic world such as a MMORPG horizontally scalable?
12
How to create a mathematical mechanism in order for a game to be balanced?
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Why do people like `realistic' physics and graphics in games?
11
Designing a game - Where to start?
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Avoiding impossible states in an adventure game
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Amateur / Independent (m)MORPG Team management
9
What is the line between a serious game and an application with points?
9
3D game engine for a beginner using C++
8
What is a game framework versus a game engine?
8
What file formats and conventions should I support to make my game engine artist-friendly?
8
C# Perlin noise - generating “endless” terrain chunks?
8
To scene graph or not to scene graph?
8
Soccer national teams uniforms and copyright when developing a soccer game
8
Drawing particles as a smooth blob
7
Is there a rule of thumb to scale up the environment by 33%?
7
Help streaming resources (maps, sounds, music, etc) from many files for contiguous world
7
How object-oriented are videogames?
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Will having many timers affect my game performance?
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Tactics for moving the render logic out of the GameObject class
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Infinite 2D Terrain
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I would really like to write a script for a game, but do I have a chance?
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Designing the main classes in a solar system simulation game in C++
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Particle System OpenGL (ortho)
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