Super Mario World AI

This is a little old but still really cool, so in case any of you haven’t seen or heard about the Super Mario AI contest let me get you up to speed. Basically, a few months ago IEEE held a contest to see who could create the best AI for Super Mario World. The rules were pretty simple. Levels would be programmatically created using a third party library. The program would poll the state of the game periodically and issue commands to Mario with... Read More

Asteroids Again: This Time in Silverlight

Hey everybody, I hope you’ve had a great Thanksgiving if you’re in the States or at least a good weekend. I’ve been working on a number of things lately, most recently I took a closer look at Microsoft’s Silverlight. After spending the past two days figuring out what XAML is and how to use it and Silverlight to make a game I’d like to present to you yet another take at Asteroids! Check it out and feel free to leave your... Read More

Awesome New Technology to Build 3D Models

Check out this awesome video of a new algorithm to capture a 3D model using only a web-cam! I was really impressed with the quality of the generated model, especially the textures. If you watch around minute two you’ll see how the texture is initially missing and then pops in. Pretty cool! Anyway, check out Wired’s coverage of the technology if you want to read more and watch the video below! Read More  Read More