Coldviper Entertainment http://coldviper.com/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:34:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Sunday, 11 April 2010 21:21 - Plans For My Graphics Engine http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:plans-for-my-graphics-engine&catid=4:personal&directory=5 I'm planning to improve my Graphics Engine by applying these techniques.

  • Procedural Texture Generation - because of time constraint, I didn't implement it.
  • Quadtree - yeah, last year's plan. Failed. Now, I will not. Fight Fight FIGHT!
  • Real-Time Optimally Adapting Mesh (ROAM) - yeah! CLOD. FTW!

Everything is in OpenGL and I'm not using immediate mode which is pretty darn slow because of the function overhead. I used vertex array and vertex buffer object and it improved my frame rate exponentially!

After implementing all of these, I'll post the library here on my site for those people who want to test it. I'm using C++ by the way. I'll rewrite most of my function to make it more customizable. I'm not planning to opensource it but maybe I might. I don't know..

Then after those, I'll start studying shaders on my own. But first! I need to study for my Final Exams this week.

]]> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:21:09 +0100 Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:32 - Multitexturing and Lighting in Terrain with OpenGL http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20:multitexturing-and-lighting-in-terrain-with-opengl&catid=4:personal&directory=5 It can load .raw file for the terrain and has the ability to use multitexturing, and lighting using the slope-lighting algorithm. I didn't use quadtree here but maybe if I have some time, I will rewrite my terrain class and post the results here.

]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:32:44 +0100 Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:16 - Wishing http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:wishing&catid=4:personal&directory=5 I walk past you
Every day
But not one word
Escapes my mouth

Every night
As I lie awake
Staring at the roof
I think of you

Of how
I want to be with you
To be able
To hold your hand

To feel you next to me
While walking down the street
And not having a care in the world
Nothing matters but you and me

- Lost In Love

]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:14 +0100 Saturday, 13 June 2009 17:44 - The Journey Begins Again http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18:the-journey-begins-again&catid=4:personal&directory=5 You know what? I'm in love again! I'm in love with Shader Programming! hahaha! Even though I still don't understand how it is properly done, I still really like it because of those fancy graphics it produced.

About my engine, I'm still trying to design a shader class on a piece of paper. I guess it will take some time to finish implementing it because I have a bunch of important assignments to do first.

At least for now, I can do some simple shader with the help of google and a book. I would like to share this simple toon shader effect. *Drum rolls*

]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:44:40 +0100 Friday, 12 June 2009 17:09 - Vertex and Fragment Shaders http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17:vertex-and-fragment-shaders&catid=4:personal&directory=5 I would like to say that I just started reading about vertex and fragment shaders. I've been looking for some good tutorials about it but didn't find a good one. So I guess I really need a good book about shaders.

If someone would be willing to teach me, it would be great. hahaha! Anyway, here's what I made earlier.

Using Phong Shading ( Ambient + Diffuse + Specular = Phong Reflection ) 

]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:09:23 +0100 Thursday, 11 June 2009 06:14 - Life Is Not A Fairy Tale http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16:life-is-not-a-fairy-tale&catid=4:personal&directory=5 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

Life is not a fairy tale
Nor is it a dream,
Life is what you make of it.

Life cannot be taken lightly
Or too seriously
Live for today, not for tomorrow
If tomorrow never comes
You won't have the chance
To say
I love you, thank you, hello, or goodbye

Life cannot be perfect
Nor will it be fair.
Make the most of what you have,
You cannot have everything you want
So at least
Want everything you have.

]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:14:56 +0100 Sunday, 07 June 2009 17:18 - Need to Forget http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11:need-to-forget&catid=4:personal&directory=5 Piercing eyes that saw the truth in my soul,
Laughter that subjugated even the darkest of my heart’s shadows,
A mind that always managed to inspire my passions,
I need to forget you.
Moments pass like hours when you near me with your elegance,
Your voice rings with melodious resonance in my ears,
Though these memories I have only bring the strains of sorrow to my heart,
Every minute I feel the sting of this heartache,
The force of a black hole’s gravity bringing me to my knees,
Like falling down a waterfall,
There is no way for me to tether myself and climb,
]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:18:53 +0100 Sunday, 07 June 2009 07:27 - My Music Playlist http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10:my-music-playlist&catid=4:personal&directory=5
I want my next post about my engine would be great! With Crysis graphics! Yeah! Dream on! My favorite word. lol. hahaha!

Well, I guess it's better than nothing to post.
]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:27:31 +0100 Tuesday, 02 June 2009 04:00 - Quotes http://coldviper.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:quotes&catid=4:personal&directory=5 Cause nobody wants to be the last one there. Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares. Someone to love with my life in their hands. There's gotta be somebody for me like that. -Nickelback

Each time you pass me by, there's a feeling softly touch my heart. But the more I love you the more I know that I end up being alone. -SS501

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met

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