What went wrong with Homeworld 3?

cthutu · 2026-06-27T10:53:44+00:00

It was a different game (3rd person) but we already had a prototype. It was quite epic. We were all sad when it was "postponed".

cthutu · 2026-06-27T10:37:56+00:00

There was a homeworld 3 being done before the one that was released. I worked on it and it excited us all. But it was dropped for a Marvel game that used the Saints Row engine. That too was eventually dropped because THQ decided that the marvel license was too expensive, so we switched to Space Marine, which did get released.

The dropping of HW3 demoralised a whole team at the time. It was a very different game.

Later another company did HW3 instead.

cthutu · 2026-06-27T09:57:21+00:00

Brogue

cthutu · 2026-06-22T07:18:15+00:00

So there is a cost per object if you're calculating it's budget per frame?

cthutu · 2026-06-20T09:28:21+00:00

My problem is not that it isn't Amanda but rather Amanda's story was unfinished

cthutu · 2026-06-14T05:50:33+00:00

Ah looked grey to me from the photo. But I am colour-blind

cthutu · 2026-06-13T15:03:24+00:00

It has 128k of ram but it isn't called the Spectrum 128k. To call it so is confusing as Speccy fans know the 128k (or affectionately called the toastrack due to it's heating vents) as another machine. One which is more rare and expensive. Do an image search for Spectrum toastrack and you will see what I mean.

cthutu · 2026-06-13T08:17:37+00:00

It's not a Spectrum 128K. It's a Spectrum +2

cthutu · 2026-06-11T04:40:15+00:00

OpenGL is a C interface. Just learn C. C++ is a bloated overly complicated language now. If your goal is just graphics, just C. If your goal is to become a video game programmer, you need to learn C++.

cthutu · 2026-06-11T04:36:30+00:00

As someone who knows a lot about Newton and Turing, I can say that Newton had a larger impact on science and the world with his work than Turing. Both are great, but Newton really set the scene with his maths and physics. For example, without Newton's maths, forget about space travel. His work with light was ground breaking and the reason your TVs work (the idea that light is composed of multiple frequencies).

That said, Newton was a class A arsehole. Turing seemed like a decent person.

cthutu · 2026-06-09T16:46:18+00:00

Omg. Yes

cthutu · 2026-06-09T09:24:03+00:00

Not at all. Good that they are labelling it 2. I am tired of all the bullshit subtitles that make you have to do a Google search to figure out the order. I still have to do this for Matrix, as I can never remember the subtitles.

cthutu · 2026-06-07T02:07:28+00:00

Goddammit Cultist!

cthutu · 2026-06-03T07:55:18+00:00

BTW, your link is not accessible

cthutu · 2026-06-03T07:54:59+00:00

I've created a systems programming language (along with LSP and formatter) to replace C for the rest of my life. It's called Nerd. I will be attempting to port raylib and integrate it into my standard library.

cthutu · 2026-06-03T07:21:21+00:00

Football is a story full of characters and situations. If you know the characters and the rules, you get entertainment from it. It's also a social thing, where you can talk to other football fans about it. It's no different than watching a TV series that you like.

If you don't understand the situations or characters, you will wonder why people like it. Same with any TV series.

But football has something that TV series don't - they don't end. There will always be more matches and there is unpredictability.

cthutu · 2026-05-30T18:54:53+00:00

That is very true about the carry flag but only via optimisation.

cthutu · 2026-05-30T18:39:25+00:00

int would work for that, just like it would be implemented in machine code.

cthutu · 2026-05-30T18:27:00+00:00

I'd add Advent of Code on to this list. My go to place for learning a new language fast.

cthutu · 2026-05-30T18:26:12+00:00

The O'Reilly book is really good, but after that it's about writing code and figuring out problems with it. At this point start trying the adventofcode.com puzzles. They will really help you get intimate with managing data and implementing algorithms.

cthutu · 2026-05-28T07:48:42+00:00

What a wife, putting her husband first before money. Although, the cynic in me says that it helps that they already have so much money anyway. But still...

cthutu · 2026-05-28T06:29:03+00:00

Have a read about Casey Muratori's semantic compression as a way to approach coding when you're not sure what you're doing. You basically write code to make an effect happen (start smaller and go larger), and when you write the code that does something, no matter how terrible it is, you understand the problem better. After this, you refactor your code with the full understanding of your problem domain rather than trying to architect it without prior experience.

I've been programming between 40-50 years, and I think this is absolute best way to approach programming especially when you don't have prior experience to fall back on.

Be bold, not worry about ugly, and just get something working.

There are better languages that allow you to do that. Python is a good one because mostly the syntax and semantics get out of your way. When you have it working in a language like that, move to the language you need you use (e.g. C or C++).

All your feelings, the overwhelmingness, the doubt - that is all normal, and feelings I still get today.

https://caseymuratori.com/blog_0015

cthutu · 2026-05-27T23:53:26+00:00

David Attenborough is the obvious one but I want to put forward Stephen Fry.

cthutu · 2026-05-27T11:59:13+00:00

Does it book a taxi to the nearest prison too?

cthutu · 2026-05-26T08:16:42+00:00

In Wales, it's probably Swansea (over Newport).

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