The Cardinal Codez

Friday, May 25, 2007

Technology Checklist



This is just like RuneScape... leveling up the skills just for the sake of it. =D

With Flash for interactivity on websites,
PHP/MYSQL for persistent internet data + network capability,
XHTML/CSS for ... well, making all those above come together nicely,
C# for unlocking the power of the Windows OS,
I could pretty much do anything offline and online. IF I actually knew what are proxy servers, C++, DirectX, coded a bug-free PHP application, not have sucky web design, and had Windows Vista so I can use the latest Flash program.


  • Flash

    • [Flash 5](Games for Fish Info Site) Made 2 fish games duo-logy [as compared to trilogies =D]. Players had to avoid obstacles zooming down the screen using the mouse to navigate.


      1. [Flash 5](Games for Fish Info Site) Made an Archer Fish game, side-view, non-scroll, wrap-around, using keyboard to accelerate/decelerate the fish and fire a projectile to hit flies down and eat them. Attempted MySQL high score database.

      2. [Flash MX] Attempted to redo the game, top-down, scrolling, border-delimited. Scrapped when designing background, due to lag.

      3. [Flash MX 2004 Pro] Redid the game, remodeled after 1st version. Added a fire-mode and swimming-mode to balance the game. Parabolic path bullets, instant jets. Time limit, bonus flies.

      4. [Flash 8 Pro] Improved UI, designs. Multiple levels, smart bullets, fountain sweep 'cross bullets. Failed to fix a bullet spamming glitch, fountain bullets' code broke. Abandoned project.


    • [Flash 8 Pro] Did side-scrolling Movie Promo Poster ticker tape.

    • [Flash 8 Pro, AS2.0](Graphics Engine) Created a framework of classes to read map data in XML format and construct an isometric tile map using BitmapData. Had double-buffers, clip-screen and individual tile modification. Abandoned and ported the project over to C#.

  • PHP/MySQL

    • [PHP 4](Fish Hobby Site) Set up an anonymous comments system using MySQL.

    • [PHP 4](Blog) Made a userid/password system with a two-way encrypted login form. Users were manually added using PHPMyAdmin.

  • XHTML/CSS

    • Created a goldfish info site with minimum aesthetics.

    • Created a Fish Info site with Flash nav, Javascript nav, comment system, Flash Game.

    • Created a Cartoon FanSite with Javascript nav and dynamic theme selector, page elements completely aligned only using CSS positioning and no HTML tables.

  • C# 2.0

    • Attempting to create a 2d character sprite engine with 3d terrain rendered as isometric viewpoint, using Irrlicht NET CP as a helper 3d engine. Able to traverse XML map data using DOM method, and using GDI+ to manipulate bitmaps.



Some other technologies I came into contact to inadvertently:

  • Javascript/DHTML

    • I HATE AJAX!!!

    • (Cartoon FanSite) Created a recursive-directory nav bar.

    • (Cartoon FanSite) Created dynamic website theme changer: able to replace the banner, background, nav bar UI design without refreshing. Used session cookies.

  • C++

    • Can guess-read, cannot write at all.


  • Visual Basic.NET

    • I HAVEN'T studied it at all before, but....

    • Ported a Bitmap Manipulator to C#. Trashed it since I can do it better in C# with GDI+.






Gash is on crack.
Konjiki no Gash Bell rocks!! Don't say it ain't.


1. Konjiki no Gash Bell OP3 [Mienai Tsubasa] - Takimoto Takayashi
2. Bad Day - David Powter
3. Bleach OP1 [Asterisk] - Orange Range