Alex McGilvray

New Tutorial/Article Listing PSM Resources

Alex M — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:36:12 +0000

Since there is an influx of new PSM developers due to Sony removing the cost of being a PSM developer I’ve thrown together a quick article that shows where you can find various resources and tutorials for PSM.

View the article here

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New PSM Tutorial on improving rendering performance on the Vita.

Alex M — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:28:22 +0000

I just finished writing a new tutorial that explains methods for improving rendering performance in PSM. Specifically for devices like the Vita.

You can see the tutorial here:

Tutorial #3 : Improving PSM Rendering Performance

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Level Design Inspiration Machine Japan Series #1

Alex M — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:51:34 +0000

I’ve been going through the couple thousand photos I’ve taken in Japan so far and culling out the ones that would be best for the Level Design Inspiration Machine tumblr account. Over the next 20 days there will be posts of locations in Japan that are great inspiration for level design.

You can see them here :

http://leveldesigninspirationmachine.tumblr.com/

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PSM-Vita Tutorial Series #2 Complete

Alex M — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:40:12 +0000

The second series of the PSM/Vita development tutorial series is now complete. It clocked in at 5 parts. You can see the final tutorial here:

Tutorial #2 Part #5 : Drawing Something on the Screen : Wrapping it Up : The Render Loop

I’m debating with myself on what to cover next. If you have any suggestions on what you would like me to cover please let me know!

Thanks for reading

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NekoRush Update – New Screens

Alex M — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:55:21 +0000

Got some more work done on NekoRush this weekend. There’s been a lot of engine work and art practice over the last couple weeks. Anyways got new cats in the game, new background art and finished a lot of gameplay code.

I now have to decide whether to go with my original 10 level plan or switch to a procedurally generated endless format.

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New PSM/Vita tutorial : Vertex Buffers

Alex M — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:18:29 +0000

Part 4 of the beginner series for PSM/Vita development is up. This one focuses on vertex buffers.

See tutorial

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New PSM/Vita tutorial. Focus on UV coordinates

Alex M — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:20:57 +0000

Just put up a new PSM/Vita tutorial with a focus on UV coordinates. You can see it here:

See tutorial

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Preview #01 of my new PSM/Vita game Neko Rush

Alex M — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:56:46 +0000

Here’s the first screenshots of my new game NekoRush. It’s first game for the PSP-Vita / PSM. It’s a continuous runner where you are a cat running through the neighborhood and must recruit other cats while avoiding obstacles. The two main cats you play as are my cats that are currently staying with my family in Canada while I’m in Japan.

Cat artwork is done my talented SO when she has time.

This is also using the custom 2D engine I developed for PSM. I’ve been doing a lot of reworking on it over the weekend and hope to eventually be able to release it to the public for anyone to use.

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lil Commando get some Press!

Alex M — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:49:32 +0000

lil Commando got some surprise press. I’m extremely happy to see this. Did not expect it at all.

I was covered on indiegames.com

http://indiegames.com/2012/12/browser_game_pick_lil_commando.html

I was also covered on PcWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023655/free-game-friday-the-final-free-games-of-or-about-2012.html

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Vita PSM Tutorial #2 Part 2 : Drawing Something on the Screen : Verticies, Indicies and Vertex Colors

Alex M — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:02:56 +0000

Just finished a new PSM tutorial. Apologies for the month delay between the tutorials. I have more time this month to work on the tutorials and you should see them once every 10 days or so now.

Here is a link to the new tutorial.

Tutorial #2 Part #2 : Drawing Something on the Screen : Verticies, Indicies and Vertex Colors

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