JavaScript Shorthand Javascript "if this do that" blocks. Often times when writing JavaScript I constantly run into blocks like below: if(shouldDoThis){ doThing(); } Recently I've seen a different implementation of the same logic which looks like... shouldDoThis && doThing(); The way the
CSS3 iOS Safari Web Crashes & Fixes Part 1 This week I was tasked with figuring out why certain pages on our site crash on iOS Safari on iPad OS 7.1+. The page I started on was a product listing page.
Uncategorized The coolest looking juice ever! I whipped up this latest juice concoction as part of a 30-Day Juice challenge I'm doing. I have to say it's the coolest looking juice I've made to date! Ingredients Apple - 1
Running Lean How I've been Running Lean ### Intro Over the last couple months I've been neck deep in the procedures and philosophies of "[Running Lean Website](http://runninglean.co/)," a book by [Ash Maurya](https://twitter.com/ashmaurya)
Uncategorized Games I played/completed in 2013 I figured I should keep an exhaustive list of games that I not only played but finished in 2013. These games will undoubtedly have an influence on the games I work on. So
Development Tools Videogame Development Analytics Options Videogame Development Analytics Options: Recently I realized that Platomic.com was down and I was going to need an alternative. I did some googling to find this list of potential replacements. At some
Development Tools JavaScript algorithms I commonly use Arrays: 1. Randomly Select X items from an array with no duplicates. So let's say I have a row of barrels I want to randomly blow up, and they are represented in a
google Why doesn't my custom marker show up on the map? When working with Google Maps v3 I recently found myself asking: "Why doesn't my custom marker show up on the map?" Watch out for these gotchas: 1. Your markers must be
App Make your webpage act more like an iOS App If you're looking to make a webpage or entire site act more like a native iOS app by removing the status bar or removing the UI Components there's some really simple things you
Development Tools Setup OSX Mountain Lion for ImpactJS game directory If you are trying to develop ImpactJS games on your mac you're going to need to get your apache server and php (for weltmeister) running locally. You could just try and run your
Game-Dev A simple game of Pong using HTML5 & JavaScript This code is a result of a talk I gave at Manta on how simple it is to create a game using HTML5 Canvas & JavaScript. I wrote the code in an object-oriented
Game-Dev Notes on "How to program independent games" I recently watched the talk that Jonathan Blow (creator of braid) gave at UC Berkley on "How to program independent games". I found it very interesting and I thought it was
CSS3 Memory in Motion with KnockoutJS and 3D CSS Animations My goal yesterday was to get some one-on-one time with KnockoutJS as well as try out using 3D CSS effects. Since the whole 3D Flipping animation reminds me of flipping playing cards, and
Development Tools What I learned releasing my first game. I recently released my first iOS & HTML5 game Zombie Holiday. Along the way I learned quite a bit and I wanted to share what I learned with anyone else who may be
Uncategorized Zombie Holiday v1.1 Released! That's right, Zombie Holiday v1.1 released today. Here's what you can check out in the latest patch! Added GameCenter support and High-Scores, so we can see who will and wont survive the
Uncategorized Selling my iPhone 4 I'm currently selling my iPhone4. Here's the eBay posting Info: This is a used iPhone 4, 16GB Black with the latest iOS 5.1.1 for ATT Network. The phone is Jailbroken with
Uncategorized Game-play Mock Here's an early game-play mock of what we wanted the game to look like. We took this as a starting point for how we set up our levels.
Game-Dev Zombie Christmas Concept Art Here's some concept art we got from our Graphics Designer Dave North. These photos got the team extremely pumped and they were the first work we had seen from Dave when he joined
Development Tools HTML5 Development Link Dump (9/10/2012) Informational: PlayCanvas - Launches into private beta. It's used to create HTML5 based 3D games. UnityXNA – XNA Inside Unity3D (An IDE for web game development) PixelWorld - Gaining popularity and nearning 20k iOS
Development Tools Impact Engine first impressions Two weeks ago I purchased the ImpactJS Engine written by Dominic Szablewski. It was $100. I'm usually not the type to spend money on something like this but I really needed something to
Link Dump HTML5 Development Link Dump (7/3/2012) If you're into HTML5 Game Development I think you will enjoy the resources linked below. If you'd like to submit content to me to add to future link-dumps please do so: coreysnyder at
Development Tools HTML5 Development Link Dump (6/28/2012) Informational: The Open Web - and what it means - A slidshare presentation Noroff - An ImpactJS driven tutorial on how to get started making a game. Tips/Tricks Awesomeness: BeerCamp - A
Uncategorized Chrome Web Lab If you are into Art, The Web, and creative mechanical contraptions you should check out the new Chrome Web Lab. Web Lab is made of up 5 Chrome Experiment installations that bring the
MongDB MongoDB Notes & Reference I'm going through the tutorials over at Mongodb.org in order to jump-start my knowledge of MongoDB. This is where I will keep my MongoDB notes and references. Feel free to bookmark this
Development Tools HTML5 / Game Development Editors/IDE If you're getting into Game Development using HTML5 & JavaScript you might be looking for an IDE or Editor to speed up development and make your life a lot easier. I'll use this