Nothing much really. Things have been quiet, though I have been working on a few things.
First of all Roots has been dormant again for a little while, because, well, I needed to focus on other things. I am however not entire done with the project yet, and plan to get the project to 1.0 within a month or two.
Secondly, I’ve been working on a wiki app for myself. Mostly because I think alot of the wikis out there are bloated or underfeatured … but certainly also so I can learn a few things. I expect to release this code to the rest of the world within the coming weeks as well, just need to polish off the last few things before release.
2010/02/05 · Journal · 0 comments
… but I don’t see it!
2010/02/02 · Pictures · 0 comments
So I just finished playing Mini Ninjas, the new-ish action game from IO Interactive.
And boy, oh boy, good times.
The gameplay is great, the controls are tight and the overall game is cute. I mean, ridiculously cute. So cute I had to wrestle the controller away from the girlfriend.
The sound design is brilliantly executed, though the exclamations made by the bad and definitely evil samurai can get a bit tedious.
Seen in a larger perspective there’s a certain nostalgic feel to the game. Even though it’s a fairly new game and it runs on all the big platforms, there’s still an early 90’s almost arcade-like feel to it. That, and a certain Zelda-ness. Which is absolutely brilliant.
Boss fights are everything they’re supposed to be, with challenges, and unique patterns and solutions.
You play the game as one of several child ninjas, hence the name I presume. Initially you start out with only two to choose from, but as the game progresses and you save your friends, more and more ninjas are added to your merry band of dangerous assassins. Where dangerous means cute.
There’s little doubt in my mind that I am probably not the target demographic for this game, as there is little more than cartoon violence and puffs of smoke. Everything is dialed down to saving the animals from the Evil Samurai Warlord, and by extension thereby saving the world.
I can highly recommend this game if you’re in the market for some fun and light entertainment. Also, this could very well be either a good action/adventure game for your kids, or possibly the game that could lure your better half to trying out console gaming.
2009/12/29 · Review · 0 comments
I know I’ve been yammering on alot lately about Roots. And it will stop soon, I promise. I just need to make sure that all the documentation is in place before I release my baby into the world.
Prepping a server to run Roots is fairly simple. There are few requirements, and one slight modification needed to permissions to make everything swing.
First off run the following command to ensure that you have all required packages: “apt-get install subversion apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5″.
Basically any webserver with any implementation of PHP5 will do, in theory. I haven’t tested anything else than Apache, so YMMV.
Next navigate to your /var directory, and assume root privileges by running “sudo su”. Next give the www-data group ownership of the subversion directory by executing “chgrp www-data subversion”. Next modify the folder permissions so the group has write permissions by running “chmod ug+rw subversion”.
And that’s it. You are done prepping your server for Roots.
2009/12/14 · Projects · 0 comments
