http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs/comment-page-1#comment-285081 selim Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:43:26 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8563#comment-285081 Hi, when I read this article some month ago I knew that I'dl have to try this and the "10k Apart" contest from An Event Apart was the perfect excuse :)! Anyway here is the result : <a href="http://10k.aneventapart.com/Entry/198" rel="nofollow">Racer10k</a> and the source code is on <a href="http://github.com/onaluf/RacerJS" rel="nofollow">gitHub</a>. Hi, when I read this article some month ago I knew that I’dl have to try this and the “10k Apart” contest from An Event Apart was the perfect excuse :)! Anyway here is the result : Racer10k and the source code is on gitHub.

]]> http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs/comment-page-1#comment-278812 p01 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:08 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8563#comment-278812 @Chris: Looks like you missed <a href="http://www.p01.org/releases/#Neja" rel="nofollow">Neja</a> ( which does not even use Canvas ) and all the tiny prods I and Matthew Westcott, to name another demo maker with an interest in the JavaScript, did in the past 6-7 years. @Chris: Looks like you missed Neja ( which does not even use Canvas ) and all the tiny prods I and Matthew Westcott, to name another demo maker with an interest in the JavaScript, did in the past 6-7 years.

]]> http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs/comment-page-1#comment-278769 gossi Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:02:21 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8563#comment-278769 Ou yes, please let me play Lotus III again. Nice work! Ou yes, please let me play Lotus III again. Nice work!

]]> http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs/comment-page-1#comment-278766 travisalmand Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:55:09 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8563#comment-278766 There's still a great deal of tricks like this to play with from the old days of video games. Tile engines come to mind. One could look through old Actionscript2 game tutorials as well. And when all the 3D stuff starts to hit we can dig through those old tutorials as well. Interesting and fun thought that low-poly 3D modeling skills may be in demand again soon. There’s still a great deal of tricks like this to play with from the old days of video games. Tile engines come to mind. One could look through old Actionscript2 game tutorials as well. And when all the 3D stuff starts to hit we can dig through those old tutorials as well. Interesting and fun thought that low-poly 3D modeling skills may be in demand again soon.

]]> http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs/comment-page-1#comment-278764 Chris Heilmann Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:09:29 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8563#comment-278764 @carsonm frankly, I am amazed there are no bumpmappers and voxel spaces in canvas out there. there was an ascii fire in 2002 though: http://maettig.com/code/javascript/asciifire.html @carsonm frankly, I am amazed there are no bumpmappers and voxel spaces in canvas out there. there was an ascii fire in 2002 though: http://maettig.com/code/javascript/asciifire.html

]]> http://ajaxian.com/archives/pseudo-3d-tricks-from-old-computer-games-for-all-your-canvas-needs/comment-page-1#comment-278763 carsonm Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:28:12 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=8563#comment-278763 I wonder if the next stop is going to be some of the older demo scene work. I wonder if the next stop is going to be some of the older demo scene work.

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