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Converting a tile map into geometry

February 1, 2010 by Rew

I recently needed to convert a tile map consisting of squares and triangles into chunks of geometry and after trying a couple of different approaches, I eventually settled on one which seems to work. I didn’t come across it anywhere else, so I thought I’d post it here in case anyone else is wanting to do something similar.

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Facebook Connect Dialog on iPhone

January 10, 2010 by Rew

A problem I keep having when adding Facebook Connect to iPhone applications is that sometimes the dialogs appear briefly then disappear. I keep forgetting why it is for a while, so I thought I’d post this to help anyone who is having a similar problem, and to remind myself about it so that maybe next time I won’t forget :)

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The App Store Release Date

October 5, 2009 by Rew

So I think I’ve finally figured out how you should handle the release date when you’re submitting your app. From what I can see, when your app gets approved, it gets the release date you set when you submitted, even if the date it gets approved is AFTER the release date. Consequently, when your app appears on the App Store, it’s already a few pages down when sorted by release date. Not good :(

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Two awkward things about iPhone development

June 7, 2009 by Rew

I’m currently in the process of porting The Galactic Aquarium to the iPhone now that the 360 version is done. While doing this, I’ve come across a couple of awkward points to do with UIKit on the iPhone, so I thought I’d share how I got around them.

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