Category Archives: general programming

(Single-Threaded) Latent Functions in C++

Posted on December 8, 2014 by

I’ve been recently considering conversion of one object oriented Unreal Script like language code into C++ to improve its run-time performance. And while most of the features of the language seemed easy to transform from one to another there was one that … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Hero – my new game

Posted on September 27, 2014 by

After some very long and slow, mostly after hours, development I have finally released my new puzzle game – Rainbow Hero: The game is an old-school type of game as far as mechanics with some painterly stylized graphics and a fairy tale style audio.   … Continue reading →

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Naive #include Optimizer for C++

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Here’s my simple and really basic utility written in C# that optimizes Visual Studio project by removing redundant #include lines where possible. Why having redundant #includes is so bad? The answer is simple – it can severely slow down the … Continue reading →

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Practical C++ RTTI for games

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

There’s at least few popular approaches to C++ based RTTI (aka Run-Time Type Information) implementation in games. The goal of this post is to discuss strengths and weaknesses of major ones. But before that let’s have a look at some of … Continue reading →

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Monstaaa! development summary – part 1

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Today is the day. The game I’ve been working on for the last 6 months gets released on iOS as a universal app. Monstaaa! is finally available on the Apple App Store! Yeah!!! Now, here is the summary of my indie game … Continue reading →

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Monstaaa! for iOS – the first announcement

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Just a quick (and big) announcement today! The game I’ve been working on for the last 6 months is finally going to be released on iOS. It is called Monstaaa! and should be available on the 29th of May 2012 as a … Continue reading →

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iOS & Android game development on Windows

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

UPDATE: Read here about my second game Monstaaa! made on Windows using Marmalade SDK. When I started indie game development 6 months ago (see my previous post Good bye Blue Tongue (and time for indie game development)) I knew I wanted to experiment … Continue reading →

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