H.Smits

Happy Birthday!

Wow, sorry to hear about you having to drop out like that. :( That's no good. I'm sure the new game company is cool. It sounds like you're having fun and doing some cool stuff at least. ^_^ But yeah, moving and applying and getting ranked highly up there and then having to leave is kind annoying.

Yeah, I'm pretty excited, but I don't like to talk about myself very much. -_^ It'll keep me busy so I won't be able to just code something randomly like I do as much.

How was your weekend?

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I tried to explain to the guy, but he wasn't getting it.

Oh well. That's awesome though, that you're pushing the voxel frontier. I can't wait til I can hear some public announcement about the game you're working on.

So how's everything else in life been?

Hey Hugo, I know you're a busy man and all, but I just wanted to know about your thoughts on Software Rendering?

I think it's a valuable skill and good for a foundation in Hardware Accelerated Graphics APIs and such. I know you're a handheld guy so I know where you probably stand -_^ but I just wanted to know what you personally though.

Because some of these people I talk to when I interviewed were like OMG software rendering why would you want to do that. That seems like you were wasting your time with that stuff. So we had like a 20 min argument on the value of software rendering. >_< Some people I tell you.

Thanks bro.

Hmmm is your full nick Hugo Smiths? :p Just wondering.

Umm...pretty much what I have on my site is all that I have online. http://jinrohdev.vze.com and it's just a bunch of random stuff that I've worked on at some point most unfinished.

I have a software rendering engine I work on every now and then along with a DirectX engine, but my site doesn't have my more hardcore stuff lol.

^_^ Awesome, a commercial DS game that's great. You and your handhelds lol. Well, I'm sure you'll be able to brag soon enough. :D

Thanks ^_^ from my knowledge I got hired based on my Graphics Programming skills so that's probably what I'll be working with. They use DX so I should be good to go in that regard. -_^

Awesome, can't wait until your DS game is released, I hope it sells well once it's finished.

No, actually not.

>_< The Current Firmware Coding job I have has killed all want to code anything after work. I do a bit on the weekends, but I'm just blah not sure what project I wanna do so I start a bunch of projects and never finish. I did make a Voxel Construction from 3 sprites a few months back. It pretty much makes a cube, looks at the sprites and hacks away kinda like Ken's Method with Slabspri, but I think mine is more left to chance really. ^o^ My Algorithm is well, iffy at best. lol. I did make a sprite lib for the GBA but have done little more than make crappy test programs for it. lol.

I did just get a job coding Combat Flight Sims for the U.S. Navy/Air force, but my start date hasn't been set yet.

How've you been Hugo, still into Voxels?

Ooooooh No!!

It's Hugo Smits! How you doing my friend?

Heh good luck with your wadzip tool. If it ends up as good as you said, I'll be your number one customer :D