Piston Framework [codename]

Richard Kain

Level 10

« on: September 29, 2011, 09:28:29 PM »

Over the past few months, I've been working on developing my own little development framework. I'm shooting for some non-interactive machinima-style animations initially, and eventually working up to more complex full interactive games. After cranking away at it in my free time, I finally have a working demo to show off.

After a considerable amount of initial research, I settled on using HaXe as my programming language of choice, and the NME target library for supporting cross-platform development. So far, I've got sprite sheet animation working, basic sound playback, buttons, scene management, and text. Here are some images of how it looks compiled on various systems...


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Richard Kain

Level 10

Re: Piston Framework [codename]

« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2011, 09:30:53 PM »

Progress is slow, but steady. Unfortunately, I have not yet managed to set up an Android testing environment. On the plus side, several of the features I've been wanting to incorporate are coming along well. I've updated the on-line example with these latest developments.

Fullscreen support: I've incorporated the ability to run applications in fullscreen mode, and it is running well on the CPP and Flash targets.

Scene switching: A very basic function for any application. I've finally tested it and incorporated a rudimentary menu into the demo.


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Mikademus

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Re: Piston Framework [codename]

« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2011, 02:46:19 AM »

Is the Zero Punctuation graphics a placeholder?


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Richard Kain

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Re: Piston Framework [codename]

« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2011, 06:31:22 AM »

Quote from: Mikademus on October 04, 2011, 02:46:19 AM

Is the Zero Punctuation graphics a placeholder?

Yeah, it's a sprite from an entry I made for the Zero Punctuation game contest a couple years back. Oddly enough, I never finished the level that particular zombie sprite was supposed to be in, so it didn't make it into the final game. Which is why I'm using it to test out this little framework I'm cooking up. It won't be used in any commercial project, I have no intention of stepping on the Escapist's IP toes.


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Richard Kain

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Re: Piston Framework [codename]

« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2012, 12:51:55 PM »

Man, it's been over 120 days since I last posted any progress. Been a lot going on with me. I actually lost my previous job, and am currently unemployed.

On the up side, I can afford to be out of work for a little while, and now I get to work on projects like this one a lot more.

No picture updates at the moment, but I'm going to be posting some fresh NME and HaXe tutorials soon. Right now I'm working on a bitmap font rendering engine for the Piston Framework.


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