Look Carefully

Posted by on Aug 22 2010

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Four Leaf Clover. Shot at auckland domain with Kiev 88, polaroid 125i film

Aves 2d Game Engine

Posted by on Jul 26 2010

Here’s another update to the list of Isometric Game engines list. This one looks quite interesting as its web based – using HTML and Javascript. Check the Aves Engine by Dextrose (formerly: http://www.dextrose.com/en/projects/aves-engine):

The Aves Engine is a professional game engine to build any type of web based 2D or 2.5D game by only using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, giving game studios the power to deliver stunning games for all kinds of genres on multiple platforms. It’s in a way similiar to Game Engines on PC or Console systems but utilizes many important patterns you need to consider when working in the web environment.

2020-09-04: This is not the original video (https://www.youtube.com/v/SmtQOB_KFzU – since removed), but it was the closest I could find to replace it:

see more on my list of isometric games engines.

This Apocalypse ends with the Rain

Posted by on Jun 17 2010

Its 2039, and the barren wastes of Australia are flooded by watery Apocalypse. Fish are believed to be extinct; only rumours of their existence persist. So is it a miracle when a fish falls from sky in the middle of the outback, a day before a father will meet his son he abandoned at the age of seven?

“When the Rain Stops Falling”, a play by Andrew Bovell is a masterfully woven post apocalypic of both tragedy and hope. Like the book ‘The Road’, the post apocalyptic world take place in the background; it adds to the ambience of the play but does take centre stage. What does take centre stage are 3 generations of family where tragedy, abuse and ultimately redemption is found.

I recently had the pleasure of seeing this play performed – I must say that its quite powerful stuff. It reminded how powerful live theatre is: I can’t recall the last time a movie made the hair on skin raise, but it happened several times during the play.

Below is promotional clip of the play.


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And a very special thanks to Kyrie O’Connor, who was kind enough to point out the inadequacy of my grammar. Thanks for the link!