Oh, hello there
I wanted to start a blog to try and build a feedback cycle.
I'm hoping to document the various adventures I have in game development.
Where to start?
A beginning is a very delicate time. Know then, that is is the year 10191. The known universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam the Fourth, my father. In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel.
Kekouan
Originally my plan was to start with a simple Wolfenstein 3D-esque game. Perhaps have the levels be a plain text file. That led me to learn quite a bit about Metal) which is where this will start.
I also required a name to start things with. Space is pretty vast, so let's go there.
Beta Lupi (Latinized from β Lupi) or Kekouan (/ˈkɛkwɑːn/), is a star in the southern constellation of Lupus.1
Lupus being the latin for Wolf.
Start where you leave off
A long time ago, but sadly lost to both time and space, I wrote a Quake Model Viewer in Objective-C and OpenGL.
So, I should probably start with Quake 2 this time. I thankfully was able to find things that are still accessible (but for how long!?).