woah....long time dind't update!

Wow, didn't realized that it been so long tim(10 months) didn't update my blog already.... Nearly forget the existing of my blog here...Seem it was a restful Sunday, just try to put something on here again.

After read back my previous posts, my last programming platform touched was iPhone development. But unfortunately i was stopped to develop the iphone application after release the kawaii snowglobe at Apple Appstore as ours company focus was switch to facebook games which getting hotter around the gaming industry. So, i was starting to learning the flash as3 language for developing another facebook games.My focus was to built out the prototype so can use for showcase during E3 game expo by ours company. After that, i was turn to helping ours current facebook fishing game(fishafish) to port the server side into smartfox server which will able support more concurrent users. After the fishafish was smartfox equiped, the total users was starts grow rapidly and spread widely. The total users tried ours game was surpass 1million players which was huges surpise for us and maintain on hundred thousand monthly users. It was a total new experience for us on the facebook game achievement. I was learn alot during involve on the fishafish developments. The funny thing was maintaining the facebook games. It quite similar to maintaining the MMORPG games.It need to kick users and doing the patching when figure any bugs on that. The game maintenance was become heavy task after the fishafish getting huge attention from gamer and more complaint come from users on everyday. It was quite a heavy job to support the users while try to develop the new content for the games. But it was a good experience to see how the facebook game can grow up so rapidly and the positive feedback of some players and they like to play on this games. I can say that the facebook game open a new area for indie game developer to reach up with gamer compare to the PC/Console games which very hard to target users group.

After learn and making game for several year, i think it time to plan and make something can refresh my vision on the game development life. It was a bad year for some local game company as it was a global recession year. But lucky some was manage to cross on this. There still got alot of space for game developer especially individual developer to try out their game into the market and make a profit on that after several platform like iphone/ovi store/andriod market were intro to the industry. I think it was so easy to market their game to consumer now day compare last time.

I think it time to end here. see you on next update. (haha hope no take too long :P )

New year is here, welcome 2009!

Time was moving fast, another new year was arrival and hello to 2009....

Hope it will be a good start for my life, career and planning. it's time to review thing happen on my passed 2008..

As expected, i am quite lack of motive to update the blog here instead of post the short message on facebook to update recently happen thing.It's a good year for my career on 2008 and my current company is doing well to having multiple projects running along the year.It was giving me alot of chance to involve on the other platform instead the J2me mobile programming which had been using along last 4 year(from CSSB, Unrealmind , ozura until my current company activate). It was challenge to move to a new platform which will take a little time to adapt and master the language and tool set.



Below is the list of project Involved:
-Migocity enhanced version(With minigames).
-Olympic games(mainly on manage the project running and communicate with china team).
-Mobile Racer PRO (Mobile3D games with fake realtime net opponents challenge)
-Kawaii snow globe (internal project,an Iphone apps)
-wrapping the flash lite game into Symbian sis file package.

Quite a nice experience but still need to improve the project management skill and improve development environment.Communication skill also need to improve as it a main key to smooth up the progress and reduce the wastage.From the J2me to the mobile3D(m3g) dan the iphone objective-c, each give me a different experience to develops the workable games.


btw, the iphone apps was launch before Christmas and it was treat as another portfolio for me on the iphone developments.

Hope everything will going well on this year as it no doing good by other game company and the recession is on the way hitting in Singapore and Malaysia ...

The big chance will grow from worst situation.be positive and Good luck !

iPhone development - Objective-C

Recently have started a new project to develop the application for the Apple IPhone. This new project had give me a new chance to explore on other platform instead of J2me development. In order to develop the application for Iphone, you need the Mac os machine and install the IPhone SDK(XCode). The XCODE is the IDE including all the tool you need(the IDE + emulator + debugger + signing tool) to develop the IPhone app. It quite developer friendly and provide all the documentation for new developer to begin their development.There also got the video tutorial for you to start learning this platform. If you have experience on C/C++ programming or cocoa programming,you will be more comfortable to pickup their tool in iphone development.


You can find out most the info to develop the app at:
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/


Along my PC life,this will be my first time to using the Mac OS and had impressed by their straight forward system environment(their icon dashboard) and the smooth navigation,program switching/load and their multi touch techology in their touch pad(I am using the Macbook Pro). I like the fast booting and shutdown speed compare to window OS which take the longer time.

I am still exploring the development tool and get familiar with objective-c programming....hope can pick up more faster and come out the prototype soon..

One week holiday

Recently i had take one week leave after completed a 4 month project in my hand. It was a F1 racing 3D mobile game which using the M3G(JSR 184) for rendering API with the network play(download race reply data to compete each other). The reason we using the JSR 184 is because it supported by most of the handset(Nokia,SE,Moto,Sammsung) compare to Mascot capsule 3D(SE & Nokia with runtime install+license required). It was a first 3D racing game developed and had learn a lot during this project. Although there still got other project run simultaneously and multitasking, but i was manage to make the thing done. Quite a good experience for me on this project and make a good expose on the 3D mobile game development.I think the game was only able download by Singapore user as it was only publish at Singapore by SingTel in one of their F1 competition(http://www.singtelrace.com/MobileRacer.aspx) . I will try post the postmortem on this project if possible.


Back to my one week trip,for the ideal place for relaxing was go to seaside to feel the wind blow and walk along the beach and stand at the sea wave. Quite a long time didn't go for seaside already so was targeted the Cherating beach but unfortunately most of the resort is fully booked causes the peak season(Merdeka day). So i had changed the destination to Port Dickson which also the seaside and quite near too plus got available resort for the room to booking. After research/find/capture/booking/calling, the trip was quick planned and the date was been set.As excepted, it a nice trip and i had a good rest along the trip. It was sea-view room we booking, we was manage to see the sunset during that day too.Although nothing to play there,but sitting in the room and viewing the sea from the window of ours rooms, my spirit was relaxing and my mind was calm. Walk at the beach and swimming in the pool(the sea is too dirty to swim in) was refreshed me and we were having a nice seafood dinner which was surprisingly cheap and delicious (prawn, fried tomato sauce fish, tofu and vege=Rm5x). Overall, i was satisfied for this trip.For the photo, i was posted at :

http://lekboon.multiply.com/photos/album/12/Port_Dickson


Soon the holiday will finish and the new challenge was waiting me on the next.Hope can handle new project in new platform and new technology on next project.

Photo shooting - Fuji s6500fd

Recently i had poisoned in the photo shooting after visiting some of photo sharing forum in Chinese Cari . Before that i had already do the survey at bidding website like lelong.com and lowyat.net for grab the cheap cheap camera~~ . As the result,i had buy a Fuji s6500fd after great review by DPreview (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms6000fd/) It had lowest noise when shooting in the higher ISO compare to same range of camera.



This camera is brought from the one of seller at lowyat.net and costed me Rm850 >_< However this camera is quite solid and look like the pro camera!! Some more the quality of photo didn't disappointed me and the zooming is quite good although only 10x zoom. With this camera, i think will make a series of photo gallery(if i got time lo) ~~
My first trial with this camera is during my company mini trip in Bukit Tinggi. So far I was quite satisfied with the photo and something can play with this camera in my free time~~




So for anyone who looking forward my photo sharing can visiting at :

http://lekboon.multiply.com/

comments is welcomed :D

blogging in my NDS

This is my first time writing my blog using my nds.haha look quite fun to lying at bed and typing the text without stay at desk and look at a LCD screen. Althrought loading in nds is abit slow,but when the page had loaded,i can browse the page very smooth, it just need time to proccess the page to become viewable. The software i am using in my nds is opera web browser for nds by using slot2 expansion card as browser ram memory. It connect though my belkin wifi and it surf faster than hp! It support chinese website too but unfortunity the support to chinese web are very poor.Some website like chinese cari was unable to view text correctly. For summary, it a good and alternative tool for me to access the web instead of pc! (unfortunely i was unable to attach the screenshot of my opera web browser,will upload at pc next time.)

Added chating box

Recently i had saw alot of blogger added in their chatbox so i was take my spare time to add this into my blog too.The installation is very easy(just copy and paste) and the default color is match with my blog theme :)

Ya,the new chatbox in the right hand panel, feel free to post anything there :)

The free chatbox i am using is:
http://www.cbox.ws

Give it a try if your are blogger too.