April 2007 - Posts

Everything I ever needed to know about programming I learned in Gamergarten
06 April 07 09:50 AM | ricom | 6 Comments   

Don't block the user from moving her ship while she fires her laser at the space aliens Don't redraw more of the screen than you have to when the aliens move Make sure the sounds start right away when the buttons are pushed It's better to not have a bonus Read More...

Filed under: performance, ramblings

Krzysztof Cwalina on Framework Design
03 April 07 11:10 AM | ricom | 2 Comments   

Krzysztof has been recorded for MS Research and gives an excellent presentation on framework design. The details are on his blog here. Lots of great notes. Contributing annotations to his book on the same subject was one of the more fun things I did last Read More...

Filed under: design advice