Monthly Archives: October 2014

Spacescape

Posted on October 28, 2014 by alastaira

Everyone likes a good space game, right? Then you’ll need some way of creating spacey backdrops. You could go for an 8bit parallax pixel starfield, or, at the other extreme, you might use authentic NASA imagery of the night sky. … Continue reading →

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Grabbing and Converting Adobe Streaming Video Fragments

Posted on October 18, 2014 by alastaira

I was recently interviewed by Mustard TV for a feature on the Norwich Sound & Vision festival, in which I’ve been involved. The feature was broadcast on Freeview cable TV but I can’t pick up the channel where I live, … Continue reading →

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Underwater Effects

Posted on October 7, 2014 by alastaira

There’s lots of resources that describe techniques for realistic rendering of water surfaces. Unity comes supplied with several standard water assets, and there are some excellent descriptions of more advanced water effects at scrawkblog to generate spectacular ocean surfaces such … Continue reading →

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