Computer Programming

I started my programming experience in Qbasic, back in grade 10. I then moved on to Turing, which was the language taught at my high school. In my OAC year, I wanted more power, so I moved on to C. I then learned Java and C++, which I mostly use now. You can download my games and try them out, and I'd love to hear any comments you have about them. Unfortunatley, I always seem to come up with a new project while halfway through an old one, so most games are not as complete as they should be.

Windows programs (including OpenGL work)
Java applets
DOS based programs

Windows Programs

Lately I've been doing work in Windows, especially with OpenGL. I currently only have one of my projects up on this page, but I'm working on another game and I have a screenshot of it.

Working demo: This is the beginnings of a sort of space flight game. To control your ship, use 'a' and 'z' for forward and backward, and the numeric keypad for directional control (numlock must be on!). I sort of made up the method of collision detection which is being used, and I do all the smooth shading manually.Download it.
Work in progress: I'm currently taking 95.402, a course at Carleton University in computer graphics. The project for the course is to build a 3D game. It's incredibly fun, and I'm learning lots. To find out more, look at screenshots, and download a copy go to my 95.402 page.

Java Applets

Fire demo
Water Ripples demo
Bump Map demo
Fractal Terrain Generation - wireframe or shaded polygon rendering
Snow demo
Plasma demo

DOS Based Programs

Note: These programs were built for DOS. So, they are not guaranteed to work in Windows. I know for a fact that the keyboard input does not work in Windows NT or Windows 2000, but it seems to work ok in Windows 3.1/95/98 (as well as in DOS).

Programming Resources

Graphics Library: I have constructed a graphics library using code from the book Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days. GRAPHICS.H is the original graphics library, and compiles on Borland Turbo C++ 1.0. I then made an updated version, GRAPHNEW.H which works with the command line compiler (bcc) for Borland C++ 5.0. GRAPHICS.DOC is the help file, and gives explains all the graphics functions. SAMPLE.C is a sample program built using the graphics functions, and it is compiled as SAMPLE.EXE. SAMPLE.PCX is the picture file it uses.

C Games

Space Battle: fly several different missions in this space battle simulator. Full 3D game, with wireframe graphics. This is my best game so far, although it still isn't complete yet. Check README.TXT for game instructions.

Ice Racing: this is the beginnings of a 3D ice racing game (driving a car on ice). It was lots of fun to try to get the physics of slipping and sliding to feel right. Use the arrow keys to move.

Jetboard: I made this one time when I thought how cool it would be to be able to surf on a jet powered board that hovered above the ground. Right now you just surf around a 3D track, but eventually I may make it into a race, or tag-type game.

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Space Battle: fly several different missions in this space battle simulator. Full 3D game, with wireframe graphics. This is my best game so far, although it still isn't complete yet. Check README.TXT for game instructions.
Ice Racing: this is the beginnings of a 3D ice racing game (driving a car on ice). It was lots of fun to try to get the physics of slipping and sliding to feel right. Use the arrow keys to move.
Jetboard: I made this one time when I thought how cool it would be to be able to surf on a jet powered board that hovered above the ground. Right now you just surf around a 3D track, but eventually I may make it into a race, or tag-type game.