Mike Dickson's Internet Portfolio

Latest work

Isolation (board game) - Summer 2008
This is the result of a rapid re-creation of a "fun-for-all-ages" board game. Players take turns moving and "punching out" tiles. Try to leave your opponent with nowhere to go.

3D Renderer (java 1.6 required) - Summer 2007
This java rendering engine has been coded entirely from scratch using only the java sdk. Features include:

• Viewport with 6 degrees of freedom
• Ability to toggle between solid and wireframe rendering
• Simple depth sorting
• Intelligent object clipping
• Global lighting
• Animation
• Matrix and vector operations such as row-reduction, multiplication and cross product calculation

Older work

Armchair Architect
Remodel the golf hole by pasting in sand traps. The hazards can be rotated, scaled and depth-sorted.

Bouncing Cubes
A simple physics routine coupled with a suave design. The downward acceleration as well as the number of cubes can be adjusted.

Mario vs. Luigi
A comical 2 player game wherein Mario and Luigi are pitted against eachother with only their fists and their feet at their disposal. Colorful animations and fun sounds abound!

Pong
Yet another remake on the classic game - this time with a few interesting surprises along the way!