Awesome Pixar mix

A friend of mine from Dare to be Digital (Andy Mac – phenominal artist) posted this on Facebook and it’s amazing.

Kloonigames brings you “Programming Hero”

Petri Purho has released the latest in his line of experimental games over at Kloonigames.  Hero Programmer Quest is a coders take on the Guitar Hero games; in Petri’s own words:

“You’re a programmer at NVIDIA. You’ve just released a graphics card driver that is killing computers all over the world. In order to save the world from a death by exploding computers you have to fix bugs in your code as fast as you can. It’s the game that puts the dead in deadline.”

As a real beginner when it comes to coding (my extremely patient friend Mitch has been attempting to teach me C++) I’ve only managed to get through the first 3 stages. I think the game definitely has potential as a learning tool though and could be a good way to help teach syntax through spotting the errors. I’d like to see the game with a beginner mode , that allowed noobs like me to read through the code and find the errors without the countdown.

Portfolio redesign

My current website has always been a placeholder until 1. I had some money to buy some hosting and a domain name, 2. I figured out what I wanted up on a website and 3. how I wanted to present it. Well I soon get another infusion of future debt (student loan) so I can purchase some hosting and a domain name, and the recent talk at GDC by Jacob Minkoff has helped me with the other 2 issues. OK so I didn’t make it to GDC this year but his presentation, “Getting Noticed: Why you need a portfolio site and how to make one” is up at GDC Vault. I’d really recommend it to anyone who hasn’t yet set up a site or like me wants to raise their game. So look out for a re-imagined, redesigned site in the coming few weeks