Comments on: Degreelessness http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/ Blog of Will McGugan Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Will http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-24778 Will Sun, 11 May 2008 18:59:55 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-24778 Hope you like the book! Wow, lots of questions. It was entirely software rendered. It ran smoothly on my Pentium 75 I had back then, but not quite as fast as the video. The majority of it was written in C++ with polygon rasterizers and effects written in assembler. The face and torus were stored in 3ds model files, IIRC. The music was a mod file, which is an old format for storing sequences music. I probably do have the source somewhere. Wouoldn't recommend it as a learning tool, my coding was more chaotic back then. It did get me a job actualy. Working for a games studio in Glasgow. :-) Hope you like the book!

Wow, lots of questions.

It was entirely software rendered. It ran smoothly on my Pentium 75 I had back then, but not quite as fast as the video. The majority of it was written in C++ with polygon rasterizers and effects written in assembler. The face and torus were stored in 3ds model files, IIRC. The music was a mod file, which is an old format for storing sequences music.

I probably do have the source somewhere. Wouoldn’t recommend it as a learning tool, my coding was more chaotic back then.

It did get me a job actualy. Working for a games studio in Glasgow. :-)

]]> By: Fiona http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-23822 Fiona Sat, 03 May 2008 08:29:18 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-23822 Hey, I just bought the Pygame book and thought I'd take a look at your website, and I noticed this. It's very interesting, but I have a few questions - Is it software rendered or did it use 3dfx acceleration that was around back then? Did it always run that fast on the pentium? How much assembler is there going on back there, and how much of it is C? Is the music procedural? Was the face stored as a model file? Is there any chance that you have the source lying around? More importantly, did it actually get you a job? Hehe. I think it's great, well done! Hey, I just bought the Pygame book and thought I’d take a look at your website, and I noticed this.

It’s very interesting, but I have a few questions - Is it software rendered or did it use 3dfx acceleration that was around back then? Did it always run that fast on the pentium? How much assembler is there going on back there, and how much of it is C? Is the music procedural? Was the face stored as a model file? Is there any chance that you have the source lying around?

More importantly, did it actually get you a job? Hehe. I think it’s great, well done!

]]> By: Will http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-18350 Will Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:33:51 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-18350 You can download the binary here: http://hornet.scene.org/cgi-bin/scene-search.cgi?search=degreelessness You'll probably need Dosbox to run it! You can download the binary here:

http://hornet.scene.org/cgi-bin/scene-search.cgi?search=degreelessness

You’ll probably need Dosbox to run it!

]]> By: namuol http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17729 namuol Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17729 I love old DOS demos! Google video is using %100 for no apparent reason. Why not post the original binary? Might I find this on pouet, by any chance? I love old DOS demos!

Google video is using %100 for no apparent reason.
Why not post the original binary? Might I find this on pouet, by any chance?

]]> By: Will http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17621 Will Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:43 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17621 It's called Degreelessness because I have no degree. It felt like more of an issue back then. Now, nobody seems to care. :-) It’s called Degreelessness because I have no degree. It felt like more of an issue back then. Now, nobody seems to care. :-)

]]> By: Michael Foord http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17618 Michael Foord Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:39:38 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17618 Damn - submitting a comment stops the video. Why the name 'degreelessness'? Damn - submitting a comment stops the video. Why the name ‘degreelessness’?

]]> By: Michael Foord http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17617 Michael Foord Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:34:07 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17617 Very nice! I remember the demo scene with fondness from my days with the Amiga. Very nice! I remember the demo scene with fondness from my days with the Amiga.

]]> By: cynic http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17578 cynic Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:38:32 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17578 Works fine here (just clicked play and away I went)? "Mork" seems to have been an H.R. Geiger fan (also Evil Dead II and Casablanca are referenced) : ) Works fine here (just clicked play and away I went)?

“Mork” seems to have been an H.R. Geiger fan (also Evil Dead II and Casablanca are referenced) : )

]]> By: Bill Mill http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17556 Bill Mill Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:23:37 +0000 http://www.willmcgugan.com/2008/02/20/degreelessness/#comment-17556 Video doesn't work, at least from this angle. Google video gives "not found". Video doesn’t work, at least from this angle. Google video gives “not found”.

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