the game coder http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog A Personal Journey into Game Development Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:11:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Socioball http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/socioball/ http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/socioball/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:29:12 +0000 Apoorva http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/?p=125 Socioball is a 2.5D physics-based puzzle game. The player has to get the ball from the start tile to the finish tile on a 10×10 board by placing missing tiles in the correct places. The game comes with built-in levels,...

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]]> http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/socioball/feed/ 0 The Present and Future of 3D Scanning http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/the-present-and-future-of-3d-scanning/ http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/the-present-and-future-of-3d-scanning/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:13:41 +0000 Apoorva http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/?p=120 As you might know, the Leap is coming out soon. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s the launch trailer. Now, a bajillion people are excited about the Leap for a bajillion different reasons. The thing that excites me the...

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]]> http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/how-i-handle-multiple-resolutions-in-android-games/feed/ 1 It’s a Game… It’s a Social Network… It’s Duolingo! http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/its-a-game-its-a-social-network-its-duolingo/ http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/its-a-game-its-a-social-network-its-duolingo/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:48:36 +0000 Apoorva http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/?p=94 My thoughts on the game-like design behind Duolingo

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]]> http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/two-android-games-released/feed/ 0 XNA on Windows Phone 7: Simple Physics Source Code http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/xna-on-windows-phone-7-simple-physics-source-code/ http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/xna-on-windows-phone-7-simple-physics-source-code/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:26:52 +0000 Apoorva http://www.thegamecoder.com/blog/?p=78 Simple physics source code of a demo that I showed in a session organized by the Pune User Group

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