Processing vs. Unity

Recently I been using Unity3D. And I'm impressed. I've been working in game engines for about a decade and I've never encountered one that is so easy to use. It's got basically everything you need, integrated with any package you'd want to use, and you can get a license for $200. That is amazing.

Because I'm also teaching it I've been putting together a bit of reference material about it. The first one is a Processing vs. Unity document. It covers some of the syntax differences between UnityScript (a Mono run version of JavaScript) and Processing (well it's Java under the hood). and here it is..

Processing_vs_Unity.pdf

You need to know about Eskil Steenberg

There is an MMO called Love being developed one man, Eskil Steenberg. This is his Blog. Look at this video.

Up to speed on the game? Ok now look at this video. And read this post, it's long but it's worth the effort. That's the toolset for Love. He wrote that. It's awesome. His ideas on development are inspired.

I've been following this for a while now, since I saw this article. But the reason for posting about it is that it looks like it's getting close to release. And I can't wait.

The Swarm is Coming

Swarm (working title) from matt ditton on Vimeo.

In the mad panic at the beginning of semester I totally forgot to post this video to the game I'm working on. Swarm is all made in openframeworks for the iPhone. There are also a bunch of support tools that I wrote in processing as well. More info soon.

Processing SBS and HD

SBS ONE, First Australians from matt ditton on Vimeo.

I've posted a version of the processing SBS work to vimeo. You can watch it in all it's HD glory.