I hate CSS… 960 makes me hate it a lot less.


Fantastic framework for CSS work. Grab it here.

Doing so much with so little.


“Inspire the world with just 10K.”
Check it out!

Learning jQuery for designers…

Great little resource to kick-start jQuery skillz.

Right here!

Geometry to a screen rect.

Great for testing touches against an area of screen occupied by geometry (planes only).

var minPoints : Vector3 = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(renderer.bounds.min);
var maxPoints : Vector3 = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(renderer.bounds.max);
var sizePoints : Vector3 = maxPoints-minPoints;
screenRect = new Rect(minPoints.x,minPoints.y,sizePoints.x,sizePoints.y);

Shine Draw

A great resource for side-by-side learning to grasp Silverlight from a Flash background: http://www.shinedraw.com/

Correct transparency bleeds for transparent textures.

Thanks Blurst!

http://technology.blurst.com/remove-white-borders-in-transparent-textures/

Good, smart state management notifications.

The import:

import flash.utils.getQualifiedClassName;

In the constructors:

trace(getQualifiedClassName(this) + " started.");

In the clean up method:

trace(getQualifiedClassName(this) + " stopped.");

It pays to be overly retentive, especially on complex games ;)

Flash Platform Game Technology Center

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/games/

Custom Events…

I can never remember: http://www.charglerode.com/blog/?p=51

Box2D up an running on the iPhone…

Yay for small nerdy victories.

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