Google+: Limited Invites - Actual constraints or A Marketing Gimmick?
Google+: Google's yet another attempt to socialize the users. Launched ever so silently in end of June, 2011... Google+ has caught the attention of both - techies as well as non-techies alike.Google...
View ArticleSnake: A beginner's attempt on HTML5 Games
HTML5 is the new buzz in the web technologies. The technology is in its infancy but with its variety of new features, it has captured everyone's attention with interesting applications and experiments...
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HTML5 Games 101 - An introductory tutorial to HTML5 Games
In my last blog, I had posted the game of Snake that I developed as my first attempt in HTML5 programming and all I can say is... it was fun!In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the basic...
View ArticleConfigure apache localhost to use secure HTTP (HTTPS) using mod_ssl
For all those who want to test their website on localhost using the secure HTTP protocol, here is how you can configure apache for testing purpose. I did this on Mac OSX 10.6 using apache 2.2Guidelines...
View ArticleZip/Unzip using Windows Shell
Okay, so here I was suppose to write a module for compressing / decompressing files in windows. I went through a lot of stuff over the net and found some open source libraries to do it. Out of those I...
View ArticleHTML5: How to ensure images are loaded before rendering them
Okay, so I have been busy developing HTML5 games for a company so cannot share it here... but what I can share is a small trick that helps to make sure that my images are loaded before I go about...
View ArticleGoogle: Annoying and not so annoying recent changes
The new "Social" search!Google has long become a synonym for search... "Google it!" is something we often say and do a number of times every day/hour. And I've been doing the same for last 8 years and...
View ArticleBox2D & Javascript
After a long break which saw me completing my semester, developing a number of HTML5 mobile games (including the one in which I'm using Box2D), planning for a new website to host all of them and...
View ArticleBox2D & Javascript: Part 2
In part 1: I covered what Box2d is along with some of its application and a number of links to possible box2d resource. Now in this blog, I'm going to demonstrate a basic setup for box2d based...
View ArticleBox2D & Javascript: Part 3
In part 2: I covered a basic setup for box2d based simulations and in this long promised final installment of the tutorial series, I will cover the integration with KineticJS library. The most...
View ArticleCrunched Bytes: April 2013
I love reading, novels, stories, articles... There are many articles I read, few I find interesting and retweet, and this gave an inspiration to make a monthly compilation of these article with a short...
View ArticleCrunched Bytes: May 2013
Alright, so here is a compilation of interesting articles read for the month of MayStarting this month's reading is with the big question - "Why are you making games?" followed by a look at the problem...
View ArticleCrunched Bytes: June 2013
And as always, here is the compilation of June reading. Not many given the exams and move to Zurich for internship! How Pixar made Monsters University, its latest technological...
View ArticleCrunched Bytes: July - August 2013
This is what I believe will be the last of the series for sharing on Twitter (@aniruddha_loya) seems more instant and timely. Nevertheless, enjoy this big collection with some really good reads from...
View ArticleHow to install Windows 8.1 on mid-2009 Macbook pro
How to install Windows on Macs?The simplest answer is - use "Bootcamp"Well if its so simple then... Why this tutorial?Because as it stands today, the latest version (5.0.5033) of Bootcamp does not...
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