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Windows CE to Raspbian – Pt. 6: Creating an apt Repository

Windows CE to Raspbian – Pt. 6: Creating an apt Repository

This is part five of a series of posts: click here for the previous post or here for the first post.

This post is about creating an apt repository to support package distribution for debian and invoking package installation from C#. Although this is specifically aimed at Raspbian this is similar for other debian based operating systems.

This is by no means the only way to create an apt…

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Global Game Jam 2016

Global Game Jam 2016

Last year I was really excited for going to Global Game Jam, but due to a conflict of commitments and my Surface deciding to reset to factory setting on its own accord: I was unable to go. This year however I did go and after spending forty-eight hours in the Nottingham Video Game Archive this is what we produced:

Super Smash Ritual…

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Windows CE to Rapsbian – Pt. 5: deb Packaging

Windows CE to Rapsbian – Pt. 5: deb Packaging

This is part five of a series of posts: click here for the previous post or here for the first post.

This post is about creating a deb package to install on your Raspberry Pi, however it’s mostly applicable to any device running a debian based OS. In this post we’ll cover what a deb package is, how to create one and install it.

Before continuing I’d like to mentioned Ian Murdock, the Ian of debian

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Windows CE to Raspbian - Pt. 4: PCI Compliance

This is part four of a series of posts: click here for the previous post or here for the first post.

The purpose of this particular post is to cover the issues found when testing for PCI compliance. If you’re wondering whether your device needs to be PCI compliant then ask yourself this question:

Will my device be on a network that will have credit card information passing through it?

If not…

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Windows CE to Raspbian - Pt. 3: Daemon Scripts for Mono Services

Windows CE to Raspbian – Pt. 3: Daemon Scripts for Mono Services

This is part three of a series of posts: click here for the previous post.

The purpose of this particular post is to explain how to script your mono-service2 as a daemon and register that daemon to run at start-up and be killed at shutdown. It’s important to note this post explains how to script daemons for Raspbian on Wheezy using init.d not system.d. At the time of writing this post the latest…

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Windows CE to Raspbian - Pt. 2: Preparation

This is part two of a series of posts: click here for the first post.

The purpose of this particular post is to give a more in-depth look at the particulars when porting .NET code to a non-Windows operating system: in this case Raspbian. This will also cover preparing an environment for debugging the solution now it’s no longer running on Windows.

Preparing the Solutions Changing Filepaths

As…

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Windows CE to Raspbian - Pt. 1: Introduction & Differences

Windows CE to Raspbian – Pt. 1: Introduction & Differences

The purpose of this series of posts is to give an overview of my experiences deploying code to multiple platforms, in this case specifically taking a set of services written for Windows CE and make them cross-platform as a set of daemons for Raspbian. This post focuses on the difference between Windows CE and Raspbian itself.

Purpose of the Device

The device is designed to capture, process and…

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Space Salvager – 1.4.6.7 Just a quick fix for a few issues: Fixed an issue where the collision manager can sometimes cause an unhandled exception.

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3.6 Quick update to fix issues with the UI culture when saving/loading.

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.NET/Mono Environment: Special Folders

.NET/Mono Environment: Special Folders

As a prelude to an upcoming series of posts about porting from Windows CE to Raspbian; here’s a program that tells you the filepaths for all the special folders available on the current system.

Special folders in .NET/Mono are abstract folders that exist within the Windows architecture. They’re abstract folders because their paths may vary depending on the user running the application and the…

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Global Game Jam 2015

Global Game Jam 2015

It’s been a while since I participated in a game jam and with Space Salvager out on Steam now I figured I’d give GGJ2015 a go and get back into rapid prototyping.

Having planned this all out I completely forgot I was supposed to run my live-action roleplaying group’s AGM this Saturday.  Luckily for me my parents house is near where the AGM is and they just so happen not to be around this weekend.…

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 5

Space Salvager – 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 5

This is just a summary update for all the patches in 1.4.3. There’s been a lot going on since Space Salvager came out on Steam last November, lots of fixes and improvements that people have been asking for. There’s a few more improvements coming for the following weeks and I aim to keep everyone updated as things progress.

Released Platforms

Steam

Desura

IndieCity

IndieGameStand

ShinyLoot

Gameol…

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 4

Space Salvager – 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 4

Last few weeks I’ve been rather busy looking into various things, most interesting of which is continuing my development of moving Windows based .NET code to Linux. This release though incorporates the new control mapping menu and two fixes that have cropped up recently.

Also, Linux.

1.4.3.5

09/01/2015 (Upcoming)

Added controls map menu for keyboard/mouse

Added further support for gamepads

Fixed…

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 3

Space Salvager – 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 3

Some changes have been moved to the next release, slated for next Friday, with a fix for equipment size on looting being added for this release and a tweak to the tractor beams to help cargo ships dock easier.  This patch is currently on the test branch for Steam, so if you can see that in the properties you can preview what’s coming.

1.4.3.4

12/12/2014 (Upcoming)

Added simple settings menu…

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 2

Space Salvager – 1.4.3 Updates Pt. 2

1.4.3.3

03/12/2014

Fixed data not loading correctly for weapons and ships for cultures which use a comma for a decimal point (e.g. Netherlands nl-NL)

1.4.3.4

05/12/2014 (Estimated)

Re-introduce options menus for graphics/sound

Change navigation bars to respond when in sub-menus

Add key map to player menu

Add more effective tutorial

Fix space station background render to show space outside (In…

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3 Updates

Space Salvager – 1.4.3 Updates

1.4.3.1

27/11/2014

Changed the Steam deployment dependencies to use XNA, not OpenAL

Changed the shadow engine to be more efficient

1.4.3.2

30/11/2014

Fixed the co-operative play to correctly modify the existing players’ viewports

Changed the location of the settings file to reside in AppData, not My Documents

1.4.3.3

05/12/2014 (Estimated)

Re-introduce options menus for graphics/sound

Change…

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Space Salvager - 1.4.3 Release Space Salvager is finally on Steam! It's been a long journey through Greenlight, as well as finishing up the…