Author Archives: alriddoch

Mercator 0.2.9 Release

Posted on Sunday 14th of November, 2010 by alriddoch

Mercator 0.2.9 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Mercator is a library for handling procedural world data, especially terrain. It is used by all WorldForge components. This API is still in development, and changes … Continue reading →

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Features in Development: Digging a Quarry

Posted on Tuesday 9th of November, 2010 by alriddoch

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on code relating to terrain mods, improving the way they are implemented and making the classes easier to understand, modify and use. The video below shows the feature work that is driving … Continue reading →

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Test driven development

Posted on Thursday 7th of October, 2010 by alriddoch

Recently I was working on a problem when I hit upon a situation which I thought was an excellent example of applying test driven development in a less than ideal situation, so I thought I’d write about it here to … Continue reading →

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[Updated pic] BarCamp Brighton 5 report: Alistair Riddoch

Posted on Sunday 3rd of October, 2010 by alriddoch

I just got home from BarCamp Brighton 5, which was highly educational and enormous fun. For anyone who has not yet managed to make a BarCamp I really recommend tracking down one near you, and getting along. While I was … Continue reading →

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Eris 1.3.16 Released

Posted on Thursday 9th of September, 2010 by alriddoch

Eris version 1.3.16 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Eris is the WorldForge client-side session layer, used by many existing clients. This is a development release, as the API may change prior to the … Continue reading →

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Cyphesis 0.5.24

Posted on Sunday 29th of August, 2010 by alriddoch

Cyphesis version 0.5.24 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Cyphesis is a small to medium scale server for WorldForge games, with builtin AI. This version includes the demo game Mason which is currently in … Continue reading →

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Mason gameplay video

Posted on Thursday 26th of August, 2010 by alriddoch

Here is a short video demonstrating basic construction gameplay from Mason. Cutting down trees and building them into a stockade is old news, but this video really shows off how much easier it is with the Ember improvements made during … Continue reading →

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Mercator 0.2.8 Release

Posted on Thursday 19th of August, 2010 by alriddoch

Mercator 0.2.8 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Mercator is a library for handling procedural world data, especially terrain. It is used by all WorldForge components. This API is still in development, and changes … Continue reading →

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Cyphesis 0.5.22 Release

Posted on Friday 4th of December, 2009 by alriddoch

Cyphesis version 0.5.22 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Cyphesis is a small to medium scale server for WorldForge games, with builtin AI. This version includes the demo game Mason which is currently in … Continue reading →

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Cyphesis 0.5.21 Release

Posted on Tuesday 8th of September, 2009 by alriddoch

Cyphesis version 0.5.21 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site. Cyphesis is a small to medium scale server for WorldForge games, with builtin AI. This version includes the demo game Mason which is currently in … Continue reading →

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