The Palladian grammar

A parametric shape grammar that generates the ground plans of Palladio's villas is developed as a definition of the Palladian style. The grammar is applied to generate the plan for the Villa Malcontenta.

I/O systems for level scripting – joe wintergreen internet zone

This week I built a Source Engine style input/output (I/O) system for level scripting in Sleight of Hand, and if you don’t know what that is or means, you have that in common with most game developers. It’s an astonishingly useful thing to have on any game with level scripting (it’s how Valve’s games do it all the way from Half-Life to Half-Life Alyx). It’s empowering to level designers, and the time and work it stands to save you is unquantifiable but immense. It’s also simple and easy! I’m gonna jot down here how mine (in Unreal) works, but also make a case for the feature in the first place, because like all the most impactful good ideas, most people don’t see the point right away. Alas, I fear I will have to use headings.

contextual animation stuff in Sleight of Hand

I’ve been working for the last week or two on a system to streamline contextual or scripted animation stuff in Sleight of Hand, a stealth game with a lot of systemic interaction aspirations. I built an interest source system a while back for coordinated investigations and dynamic behaviours, and while some of those interactions have been doing cool stuff on the animation side (a guy might rip open a wardrobe you’re hiding in, for example), it has tended to involve a lot of more-or-less-boilerplate Blueprint every time; it’s not been as easy as it should be to drop in what Half-Life called a “scripted sequence”. This fortnight’s work has improved this a great deal, and I’ll tell you for why, and perhaps you will benefit from doing something like this yourself.

Train Layout Design Elements

How to use train layout design elements (LDE's) to develop your own model railroad trackplan

Piękno opuszczonych miejsc IX - Ruiny bunkra austriackiego malarza w Berlinie

Dziś m.in. ruiny bunkra austriackiego malarza w Berlinie, wrak żaglowca u wybrzeży Antarktydy oraz wnętrze porzuconego szpitala w Niemczech.

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黄花城水长城

Angkor: 7 Temples You Need To See

Learn about Angkor Archeological Park and its beautiful Lost Jungle Temples. We list the 7 Angkor temples all gay travellers should visit.

The infamous toxic ghost town of Colorado

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Abandoned Eagle Mine and Belden, Colorado Mining District

Exploring the abandoned Belden mining district at the base of Battle Mountain, below Gilman, Colorado ghost town.

Through a tight rocky area in Tantallon, Tennessee

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