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If the title of this post makes no sense to you, that's ok. One of my friends is working on this indie Android/IOS game for the loosely affiliated group 'Golden Tricycle '. Although on first glance the gameplay is evidently influenced by Portal 2, the game looks like its coming along pretty well and pushing the laser mechanics familiar from the Portal games in their own unique direction. Some pretty good puzzle elements in video 2!

I used to work with Derfies back in the ol' days, and know him as a great guy and a fantastic tech artist. Recently he has been plugging away at writing his own editor using Python and Panda3d in his spare time. To test his editor, he has put together a fully interactive Rubix cube which you can check out in your web browser. You will need the Panda3d runtime , but its worth the download! Arrgh... must... solve... puzzle...

Hey peeps, if you have been using the Photoshop scripting listener to help automate your day to day tasks you would be familiar with those vague CharID's that Photoshop uses to describe each action it performs. In an earlier post I suggested using the Photoshop SDK's terminology files, but here is something just as good and far more accessible. John Deurbrouck put up a list of Photoshop constants back in 2005 . Although he was using it for C#, this page is a fantastic resource to poke at in-case you come across any CharID types that are too ambiguous to work out. Bear in mind the list may be a little dated, but if you need a quick CharID look up its worth keeping in mind. -Pete

Just another quick example of how to make Photoshop do your bidding. This is bare bones basics so don't expect a massive revelation if you have been doing PS scripting for a while. Running this script will give you a document with a bunch of layers and groups. Real useful, I know. But the goal is just to see how those layers and groups are made, named and accessed. If anyone out there is using Python with Photoshop I'd be interested in hearing about how you have used it and what kind of tasks you have found it useful for! Anyway, here we go: ############################################################################## # # Here is a quick code sample showing how to manage different layers and groups # in a photoshop document using Python. # # Pete Hanshaw, 2012 # http://peterhanshawart.blogspot.com.au/ # ############################################################################## # # How to make a layerSet (aka, 'group') artLayer (aka 'layer'), how to make

Just something I've picked up again after ignoring it for a couple of months , originally based off of a sketch I did on the train. I've ported the original model from Maya to Max as an excuse to refresh myself on the 3dsMax way of doing things again, having used Maya exclusively for almost 12 months now. So far the scene is made up of a single tiling wall section, but I'm planning on expanding that to include enough variations to make the entire building. These screen-shots were taken in the UDK. Still rough, but expect to see more of this in the future.