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Slick2d etc       Posted on: 21-03-2012
image ;)In regards to the presentation I did at Fontys in Venlo, where I also study: I will leave the resources and a little how-to about Slick2D and Netbeans.

First of all you will need to download the Slick2D library slick.cokeandcode.com

Also you will need to get the LWJGL which you can download here lwjgl.org Extract both archives (Slick and Lwjgl) to a folder you find appropiate. Also make the appropiate libraries as I did in Netbeans.(You should know how this goes)

This should let you be able to open the example project which is imported into SVN here: tuimz.nl/svn/baker Please play around with it.
The library Slidgets is a library I am working on. I will release the source on github in the near future.

To run the project you need to setup tje java.library.path which in netbeans can be done like so:


  • Right click on your project > properties

  • Go to the run tab

  • The line saying VM Options should be like -Djava.library.path=/path/to/lwjgl/native/OS


Where OS needs to be replaced with the operating system you are currently running.



With any luck you should be up and running in no time. Ofcourse if you have any questions please contact me :)
Tags: gamedev
PlayN       Posted on: 12-10-2011
image ;)So I was going to check out PlayN, which is a framework to develop games. Released by Google.
I know how to use Maven so the setup was easy, and I imagined I would be up and developing in no time. Turns out the truth was a little different. Apparently my Android SDK was not up to date and did not have all the dependencies. Luckily the pom.xml delivered with PlayN gives you a hint and I went and ran android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/android update sdk --no-ui --obsolete --force which took the rest of the evening.
I wanted to check out some other frameworks after having used Slick2D for quite some time. While Slick2D is pretty damn cool, PlayN seems to have much more functionality and a decent working Android copy, abilities to compile into HTML5 ready code. So be ready to see some examples in the near future.

Tags: PlayN
Black Swan       Posted on: 13-03-2011
image ;)

Today I was feeling a little ill, no big deal just  enough to stay in bed for a day.

I have watched the movie Black Swan, and oh my God. What an awesome movie. Really really liked the acting of miss Portman. Also the role of Lily (Mila Kunis) was great.
All in all if you have not seen the movie yet I would say go watch it I can advice the movie.

I really enjoyed it especially towards the end. But I can see if the story does not grip you in an iron hold the movie would be mediocre. So If you are note so easily touched by movie stories as I am, then maybe you will not like the movie.


Tags: movies
New website       Posted on: 03-03-2011
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So, a new website is coming :D
I am working on it, hard(ly).. But you can trust your friendly neighborhood Linux admin to fix it within a couple of days

To check it out http://tuimz.nl/new/


Tags: tuimz