by Matt | Jun 5, 2021 | 3D Animation, Blender, Game Design
Have you ever finished a project? Well, yeah. Trust me, I was fully anticipating an essentially non-stop flow of updates regarding Light Quest, but unfortunately, that project has slowed down a little bit. Just because we’re so far “ahead” with it,...
by Matt | May 13, 2021 | Blender, Light Quest
by Matt | May 11, 2021 | Light Quest, Linux, Raspberry Pi
The Problem It wasn’t too long ago I uploaded a post on how I built out the Raspberry Pi 4 for the Light Quest arcade project. It was all promising at first, until I did my first test. I figured, before I go down the long, long road of fully developing an entire...
by Matt | May 10, 2021 | 3D Modeling, 3D Printing
The First World Problem When I first got my 3D printer a few weeks ago, my mind was racing and coming up with all sorts of crazy stuff to print. I still constantly think, “Can I print that?”. Learning about the limitations of what a printer can and...
by Matt | May 5, 2021 | Light Quest
First off, can I just take a minute to admire the insane amount of work that was put into this original cabinet? After I got the cabinet inside and to a place where I could begin work on it, it was time to take the back off and take a look inside. The sheer amount of...
by Matt | May 4, 2021 | 3D Modeling, 3D Printing
The Research Last weekend, I started doing research on 3D printers. It’s crazy to think that 3D printing has already been around for 10+ years! So, like with anything in the tech world, the longer it’s available, the better the technology gets and the...
by Matt | Apr 22, 2021 | Game Design, Light Quest
Today was an incredible day. Over the last several weeks, I have been in touch with with a gentleman who owns a company that rents, sells, services, and deals with arcade machines, slot machines, ATMs, coin pushers, pinball machines and more. It’s a very cool...
by Matt | Apr 16, 2021 | Light Quest, Raspberry Pi
Today was a good day! The parts arrived for the arcade cabinet build. I got a Raspberry Pi 4 kit with case, pre-programmed SD card, HDMI to micro cable, power, and a DIY arcade kit that included several different colored buttons, joysticks and parts. Woo! Step 1: Take...
by Matt | Apr 14, 2021 | Game Design, Light Quest
Last weekend, I realized I was spending a lot of time focusing on the artwork and visual design of the game. It had been a while (months) since I’d coded anything and even longer since I’d coded a game in Godot. So in an effort to knock the dust off, I...
by Matt | Apr 1, 2021 | Game Design, Light Quest
Blocking Out The Initial Run/Skate Cycle I have to admit, starting the animation cycle was pretty intimidating. Especially when I’m staring at a nearly finalized version of the main character. Luckily, I came across a tutorial that got me an EXCELLENT head start...
