5 Simple Steps to Creating Scene Graphs
These are the five main steps needed to create a scene graph for computer graphics programming.
Michael Boldischar
Congratulations
Congratulations to Jordan Radle for being the first randomly selected Friend of the Disgruntled Rats to receive a free DGR T-shirt! Like us on Facebook, and you could be the winner of the high-quality permanent press T-shirt next month.
Dwarves – Sample Graphics Engine Video
Phantom graphics engine showing an army of dwarves.
Content Ratings Coming to Android Market
Discussion on the new Content Rating requirement coming to Android Applications.
The Android Gaming Revolution
Throw away your Nintendo Gameboy and Sony PSP. Serious mobile Android gaming systems are on the way. Tegra 2 processors appear to be the silver bullet heading for the heart of the mobile gaming industry. The article from “Android and Me” below suggests they might be as much as five times faster than current graphics … Read more
Monthly Drawing for Disgruntled Rats Shirts
We are giving away one Disgruntled Rats t-shirt each month to our fans. We will pick randomly from the list of people who “like” our Facebook page. The drawing will be held on the first Saturday of each month. All you have to do is “like” the Disgruntled Rats Facebook page and you will automatically … Read more
Codename Phantom – Android Graphics Engine
The Disgruntled Rats are very excited to announce their upcoming graphics engine! The codename for the graphics engine is Phantom. Phantom is fast, lightweight, easy to use, and portable. Phantom runs on any operating system with accelerated graphics and support for the Java Virtual Machine. Phantom also runs on the Dalvik Virtual Machine. Developers can … Read more
Game Development Underway
Our team at Disgruntled Rats has begun full development on a unique new application based around natural human immuno-defense.
Understanding Android OpenGL Through UML
I find it easier to learn a new software system by creating diagrams. Today, I created a couple Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams for Android OpenGL. These diagrams present a high-level view of the Android OpenGL rendering domain. The class diagram describes the main classes and relationships. I also described a few important methods for … Read more
Rags to Riches
[Wired.com] The iPhone is a revolutionary handset. But it is also the key to a virtual gold mine — the iTunes App Store, where independent developers can become multimillionaires in just a year. Since its launch in July, the App Store has grown to become an indie developer’s dream come true. Steve Demeter, developer of the … Read more