Hello, this started as apc application for some shader code i wanted to test... but now i used the same technology and ported it to the ds.

In the demo you have 100% 3d waves with fluid physics both on the water and on the camera( camera bounces on water using the height of the verties and their normals)

the waves can be of inifinte complexity
the demo shows 25*25 grid (each square has two tris so its pushing 1250 verts leaving about 800 for the rest of the game)

the demo runs at 14 fps, the waves run on fixed point but some uneeded byte shifts can be taken out, the speed decrease is exponential since its a grid so smaller / less dense grids can run at 60fps

skybox looks pretty nice and free from wobbling and alising, seams etc... because its not 3D

its a 2D Exrot BG blended with the 3D layer

the small mesh in the demo show a early version of a blender mesh exporter which exports:

-vertex colours (whoohooo baked radiosity instead of memory eating lightmaps)
-uv coords
-vertex coords
-normals

this is very early and i hope i might get some assembler experts to help


DPAD= move
Touch screen= look
Tap i say tap the start button for waves , long presses make huge waves which can be disorientating
ok teh demo:

This is a little piece I did last semester for a Woodworking elective. The assignment was to build a table or reliquary, and I had had the idea of doing something to hold a Gamecube for a while. The concept is sort of a throwback to the days when consumer electronics, such as turntables and phonographs, were housed in huge chest-like cabinets.
It is made entirely out of ash, using mortise-and-tenon joints. It is fully functional and currently holds my Gamecube, making a nice addition to the other maple furniture in my apartment.

It’s smaller, prettier, has better screens and a nicer stylus so when I got my DS Lite, I was a happy man. Having used it for a couple of months however, I’ve been troubled by the question of whether the DS Lite is actually better than its fatter original when it comes to some games?

My right hand, for one, screams ‘No’.

Maybe like old time Nintenditis, such contact marks are just a consequence of playing too many games. After all, I am the Nintendo section editor on the Pocket Gamer website.

But what I’ve noticed when reviewing recent games such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Stormbreaker on DS Lite - anything that requires heavy use of the shoulder buttons (especially the right one) - has left me in agony. You don’t have to be playing for more than a couple of hours a day either. And once you’ve developed a nasty-looking contact mark, you have to avoid playing for a couple of days to let it heal too.

The problem - unsurprisingly - is the smaller size of the DS Lite, which means instead of being able to support your DS without it digging into your hand, you’re more likely to end up grinding the more tightly curved bottom corner of the DS Lite into your palm where your life and head lines meet, as you frantically try to press the shoulder button and action buttons simultaneously. The problem is especially acute in fast-moving action games which characterise the two particular games I’ve had problems with. (I’m currently playing Monster House, which doesn’t use the shoulder buttons, so no problems there.)

This doesn’t happen on DS Fat however as its bigger dimensions mean the contact area is further down your palm, on the more fleshy part of your inner thumb.

Another contributing factor are the flat sides of the DS Lite. The DS Fat, in contrast, has concave edges which spreads the contact over a wider area of your hand. The DS Lite’s top edge does the opposite.

Of course, such ergonomic problems are nothing new in the games business. Microsoft’s original Xbox controller was a wash out despite undergoing thousands of hours of user testing. The problem was it was only tested on large North American hands, not the more petite Asian versions. The DS Lite seems to be a case of such geographic myopia in reverse.

At least my hinges haven’t cracked yet though!