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Sky Pirates – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/skypirates
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. This is the Sky Pirates game I helped develop during my Games Development Diploma course at TAFE. From the provided files and libraries, the programmers (myself and two others) were able to piece together the framework of a basic videogame. The artists meanwhile, were able to create some pretty neat graphics to go along with it. 5 The second level (&...
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Boostworks Concept – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/boostworks
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. This is the Boostworks website concept I designed during my Cert 4 Web Development course at TAFE. Looking back on this concept, I am grateful for the strides I have taken toward better design principles. Thanks to Free DNS. For handling my domain! WordPress theme by CoralThemes.
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Games sure are Going places! – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/games-sure-are-going-places
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. Games sure are Going places! In case you needed any further proof that videogames are a booming industry…. Japan’s PM showed up at the Olympics as Mario and it was amazing. This is just amazing! Mere decades ago, videogames didn’t even exist. But look at them now! What a time to be alive! What an industry to be a part of! Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Batch Scripts – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/batchscripts
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. Here is a batch file I created for my TAFE course which:. Copies a configurable number of server08advanced, server08core and Windows 7 Virtual Hard Disks (VHD’s) for usage from a read only area of the hard disk to a read/write area. Generates a new UUID for the duplicate VHD’s to allow for concurrent usage by VirtualBox. Outputs further instructions ...
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Silence Short – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/silence-short
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. While Modelling and Animation is not my strong suit, I was required to do a bit more for my Uni Course and it turned out not too terrible, so here it is in all it’s ‘glory’! Basic video editing was used and the official Doctor Who ‘Silence’ theme was cut into the clip. These Doctor Who assets were used/mimicked for educational purposes.
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Availability of Digital Media – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/availability-of-digital-media
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. Availability of Digital Media. A year ago today (Which I know thanks to Facebook’s ‘On This Day’ app…) I posted this rant to Facebook:. Herein lies a rant about Digital Media Distribution (with emphasis on ease of access), Piracy and an abiding hatred/resentment of Apple and their products and business strategy. You have been warned. Google play is f...
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Opinions – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/category/opinions
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. Greenlight vs Direct – A Steam Discussion. Games Literacy (Riffing on Extra Credits). So I just finished watching the second episode of the EC Game Literacy videos ( Part 1. And particularly where they are comparing Games to Novels in terms of level of comprehension, I found it incredibly fascinating. Availability of Digital Media. Now that I’v...
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Star Burger Concept – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/starburger
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. This is the Star Burger website concept I designed during my Cert 4 Web Development course at TAFE. It is the very first concept I designed after coming to the realisation that vertical menu’s consume too much screen space, and that light on dark is not always best. Thanks to Free DNS. For handling my domain! WordPress theme by CoralThemes.
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Programming & Scripting – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/category/programming-scripting
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. Category: Programming and Scripting. Game Developers are Skill Vampires. Game Development is an interesting discipline to say the least… Nowhere near as insular as you might think at a glance. Read more “Game Developers are Skill Vampires”. Introducing, my famed and widely renowned (okay I made that up) IRC Chat Bot for the HexChat client!
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Hello world! – Sam's Showcase
http://sam-shannon.id.au/hello-world
Master of my Domain (Ext.). TAFE Web Dev Concept Sites. TAFE Web Dev Working Sites. Programming & Scripting. BitBucket Repo (Ext.). Programming & Scripting. I’m a Programmer (at heart and hopefully soon by trade), so it’s only fitting I commence my new blog on my new WordPress-hosted site, with the traditional ‘Hello World! Fortunately I am a big believer in intuitive naming schemes, so it shouldn’t be too taxing! Cheers for visiting, and I hope you enjoy at least some of what you see! Game Developers ar...