“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.”― Bob Ross It’s been a couple of years since the release of Dungeon Rustlers. That project was a bit of an experiment to get from code start to a shipped game as fast as possible. The game idea wasn’t ground-breaking, we purchased […]
Category Archives: Video Games
2017 Year In Review
It’s been a busy 2017 here at Zimventures. On the business side, there were some new opportunities, completed projects, successes, and failures. On the personal side, it was another year of learning, experimenting, playing, new experiences, and so much more. Here’s a quick rundown of the crazy adventure otherwise known as 2017. 2017 Ventures Mr. […]
Occlusion in GameMaker Studio 2
The latest Zimventure, Dungeon Rustlers, is a video game that I’ve been co-developing with my friend Derrick Schommer. We used Game Maker Studio 2 for the development platform. It has many useful features and one in particular we’ll talk about today: custom shaders. In Dungeon Rustlers, I wanted the player to still be able to […]
The Game-Dev Rustlers
Twenty years ago (!) I was hanging out in the college computer lab, reading a book about which assembly registers to twiddle to put the graphics card into direct mode. Crap. Another Blue Screen. Enter one lab monitor, Derrick Schommer (@everydaydrinker), asking me what I was doing to continually keep crashing Windows. Upon learning that I […]
The Next Evolution In Game Streaming
Once a week I find myself on the couch watching Twitch. Be it CS:GO, WoW, Overwtach, or Bob Ross, it’s a good 30 minutes of unwinding time. While watching competitive CS:GO matches, casters do a great job of calling the action and making it feel a little more sporty. When watching something like WoW or Overwtach, […]
Think Different
Apple, Hello from Nashua, NH. I find myself writing to you on a Mid-2012 Macbook Pro. It’s a wonderful piece of machinery that you’ve created. It allows me to accomplish my goals using well-built software in an easy-to-use environment. In short: using this computer is a joy. I wasn’t always a Mac user. My first computer¹, a 386-DX from Gateway […]
Teamwork In Video Games
Counter-Strike last night was a great contrast between a team with no cohesion and one in which everyone performed flawlessly. Everyone has a role on a team. Perform your role, don’t step on the roles of your teammates, and bring lots of enthusiasm, encouragement, and faith in your teammates abilities. During one of the early rounds of the first […]
