Tag: c++

• 12 Jul 2010 — Solving Invisible Geometry with Correct Winding

  While teaching myself Microsoft DirectX , I fell into an issue that is best described as "invisible geometry". This is the unfortunate situation when lines aren't appearing when and where you expect them to. You've told…

• 08 Apr 2010 — Tetris Update

  I've been on a roll with my Tetris development the past few days. Of late, I've implemented "pause" and "fast fall" (or "fast drop"). I've also added the ability to build a "mound". While working on the code to make the…

• 09 Feb 2009 — Tetris Game Shaping Up

  Tonight, I reached a good point with my coding of Tetris: I managed to get falling pieces that I could move horizontally. Some big things are missing: boundary detection, the creation of the "mound" (the pieces that…

• 01 Feb 2009 — An Approach for Tetris Shapes in C++

  I've been noodling with a Win32 version of Tetris , the ubiquitous "shape placing" game. I'm working in C++ using the Simple Directmedia Layer for my graphics. One of the interesting things in working out the game is…