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I have quite a few things to talk about today, after a seemingly long hiatus from writing posts. Frankly, with Nor’easter XXIV around the corner, there’s still a lot of work to do to get our game client up and running. The good news though, is that we keep making progress. JSCanvas One of the…
Continue ReadingAs I’ve stated in earlier blog posts, there are times when I go into “radio silence” for a variety of reasons. Whatever the underlying reason(s), the silence aspect of it usually boils down to two explanations: I have nothing coherent to discuss, or posting something somewhere (besides flippant Facebook posts) is “yet another thing to…
Continue ReadingMy apologies for the Brick Mill Dice Service users who had sent me e-mail last week regarding the dice services. I was away in Europe on a self-run driving tour of the Austro-Hungarian / Italian Front of WWI in northeastern Italy and northwestern Slovenia. In addition to seeing the terrain, museums and memorials, I was…
Continue ReadingOne of the motivating factors behind the TOCS design and development was a litany of pet peeves that I had with other games that resulted in tactics that were either illogical or close to suicidal. In my opinion, when gaming the system becomes necessary to win, it cheapens the entire experience. Designing a game that…
Continue ReadingI have been an avid war gamer since I was in the 8th grade and played many tactical, operational and strategic games of all sizes. I’d like to say that had the TOCS (Tactical Operations Command System) and MASL (Macro-ASL) system came during a flash of brilliance, it would be less than truthful. The design…
Continue ReadingAfter a solid week of hardcore wargaming at the ConsimWorld Expo, I’m back home working on Brick Mill Games projects. The less-than-optimal wifi experience at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel has impressed upon me the need to build in some network communication error handling code to the dice roller, and my other interactive projects as…
Continue ReadingGrapeshot [greyp-shot] noun: in artillery, grapeshot is a type of shot that is not one solid element, but a mass of small metal balls or slugs packed tightly into a canvas bag. [Wikipedia] Dice Service Migration Status The migration of the old KenWare dice service to the Brick Mill Games site continues apace. It is not…
Continue Reading“When we last left our intrepid hero, he was elbow deep in PC innards and busily updating his Canvas tools…” Not long after I wrote my last blog post, Virus 4 hit me with a vigor only seen in criminal assault cases. While I was in Seattle at Game ON!, Claire had warned me that…
Continue ReadingAs is my MO, I tend to post things in bursts. The reasons behind this initial blast of radio silence were myriad: Game ON!, a new Mac and other assorted minutiae. For four glorious days, I attended the Game ON! convention in Issaquah, WA. This small convention held outside of Seattle is a comfortable and…
Continue ReadingFor those few of you who may be tracking this site, the initial flurry of blogging activity has not waned due to disinterest. I’m simply in Japan at the moment, doing day-job things. As I’m not in a position to do any game development while I’m here, I am going to repost some technical posts…
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