Engine Programmer and Technical Artist

James Hawk

Senior Engine Programmer at CCP Games, working on EVE Online. Indie developer working on HawkEngine and PS1 style 3D platformer.

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It's official, Chaos The Devil is now 'coming soon'! Wishlist now!

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Programming

Vertical slice postmortem for Chaos the devil.

2021-09-02 10:45:19 +0000

It is done, the game has reached vertical slice. The journey to this point was relatively smooth, but there were lots of design changes along the way. I will present my journey here in the style of problems and solutions, hopefully it may be of use to somebody in a...

Graphics

Rendering in Playstation 1 style in OpenGL

2022-06-02 18:45:19 +0000

This article outlines the techniques I used to emulate a PS1-style game in OpenGL. I use my own engine for this article, but if you are using one of the popular game engines you will still find the information useful. Introduction When creating a brand new Hello World OpenGL project,...

Art

Creating a Steam Capsule

2023-03-05 10:20:01 +0000

Introduction In preparation for bringing ChaosTheDevil to the public I started researching the best way to make the game available. Being a solo dev I have to be conscious of where I focus my time. I want the most bang for my buck (time). I turned to GDC talks to...

Audio

How to make music for your indie game

2022-07-11 10:20:01 +0000

Introduction Game music plays a huge role in generating the correct feel for a game. The best soundtracks help transport the player through the game world. But how do you make music for games with zero prior musical experience. In this article I discuss my journey into an unknown world...

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