Category Archives: Videogames

Side-by-side comparison shows blitting isn’t a huge speed bump

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Mims H Wright

This isn’t a new article, but it touches on a topic I’ve heard a lot about recently. That is, pixel ‘blitting‘. Blitting is an old school process used in sprite-based games of essentially erasing a spot in a bitmap image … Continue reading →

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Suzuki Kizashi vs. Evil Weather game launches

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Mims H Wright

I recently created this video game for Suzuki to promote the Kizashi’s all-wheel-drive performance. I threw this together in about 2.5 weeks starting with some code I wrote for the Global Game Jam. All in all, I’m pretty happy with … Continue reading →

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The Deepening – Select Your Own Adventure Edition

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Mims H Wright

I’m very pleased to announce that one of my latest projects has just gone live. The Deepening – Select Your Own Adventure Edition has just gone up on Atom Films. Go give it a look, it’s hilarious. The video is … Continue reading →

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IGDA creates Flash in Games special interest group

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Mims H Wright

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has recently formed a new special interest group for Flash games and Flash in the gaming industry. This promises to be a great resource for aspiring Flash game creators. Check out their Wiki and … Continue reading →

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Iron Flash Competition LA 2009

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Mims H Wright

Last night, I participated in the Iron Flash competition at the LA Flash Users Group in Venice Beach. As in Iron Chef (my favourite television show), the participants are all skilled Flash users pitted against one another with the goal … Continue reading →

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