Links and other goodies!
Welcome to my links page! Here you will find links to blogs and sites that I find entertaining or useful. If you know of any links that you think would be a good addition to the ones I’ve posted, feel free to recommend a link or two through a comment!
Blogs:
www.codesuppository.blogspot.com – This is John Ratcliff’s blog. John is a very talented physics programmer who has been in the industry for a very long time. I worked with him at Simutronics, and he is a phenomenal programmer. He also regularly posts very useful code snippets for others to use. Even though his blog is called The Code Suppository, his code is never a pain to use!
www.tinysubversions.com – This is Darius Kazemi’s blog. Here you can find everything from interesting game-design topics to great advice about socializing in the game industry. This blog will be immensely valuable to anyone who is ever interested in being an entrepreneur in the game industry!
www.third-helix.com – This is Josh Sutphin’s blog. He is a brilliant game designer who clearly has a very strong passion for what he does. If you’re interested in any game-design related topics, then I highly recommend Josh’s blog!
www.polycat.net – This is a blog by Trent Polack, who is a game designer and coworker of mine at LightBox Interactive. He is also a regular contributor to the gamedev.net news section. I highly recommend this blog to anyone who is interested in game design or game industry culture. He always has something interesting to say!
www.frankforce.com – This is a blog by Frank Force who is a game programmer and coworker of mine at LightBox Interactive. Here you’ll find a lot of information on experimental gameplay, along with demos to illustrate some of these concepts. I highly recommend this blog for anyone who is interested in gameplay!
www.pingz.com – This is Tom Spillman’s blog. Tom runs the indie game development studio Sickhead Games. I recommend this blog for anyone who is interested in indie game development!
Sites:
www.beyond3d.com – This is a great site for information regarding 3D graphics. Not only do they have a great news section, they also have reviews of hardware, and a bustling forum community! This is a highly recommended site for anyone interested in the field of realtime 3D graphics!
www.icare3d.org – This is a great community site for those who are interested in the field of realtime raytracing. Here you will find several articles on how to perform fast ray-tracing. You’ll even find a few working demos of realtime raytracing in action!
www.gamedev.net – This is probably *the* site for game development related information. They have a ton of resources for anyone who is looking to learn about game development. They also have a huge forum community with a lot of activity.
www.devmaster.net – This is another great community site for game development related resources. They have a great forum community, and there is always something interesting to be found there.
www.chrishecker.com – This is Chris Hecker’s home page. Here you’ll find all sorts of goodies about physics and animation. You’ll even find source code to demonstrate some of the very interesting concepts he has on his site.
www.mollyrocket.com/forums – The forums on mollyrocket.com are mainly visited by a lot of professional developers. There is always an interesting topic to be found when trolling these forums. Also, check out Casey’s blog for a source of near endless entertainment!
