Category Archives: Games

Godot Engine – Resources

Posted on March 8, 2023 by bat

This blog post is to provide resources and links related to the MIT Licenced open source Godot Game Engine. https://godotengine.org/ https://docs.godotengine.org/ As an initial test I imported a glTF 2.0 mesh file created from my Blender version of Supercar 2023. … Continue reading →

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World of Warcraft – Aithun the Dwarf – A Decade On

Posted on January 10, 2023 by bat

Its been quite some time (2014) since I checked on how Aithun the Dwarf and his companion bear, Morro, were getting on in World of Warcraft. Nearly 9 years! But Aithun and his companion are still staying at their Hearthstone … Continue reading →

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GenCon – Online

Posted on July 24, 2020 by bat

GenCon (https://www.gencon.com/) is a (normally physical) convention for tabletop gamers (like Duungeons & Dragons) with extensions to all sort of other role play games. It has been running since 1968 when it started in Lake Geneva, Winconsin, USA, and is … Continue reading →

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Fortnite – Party Royale – Social Space

Posted on May 2, 2020 by bat

Fortnite normally involves player-versus-player combat modes. But a new “Party Royale” mode provides a social space that is being used for hangouts, parties, concerts and lightweight games. https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/home Beginners Tips Keyboard and Controller Screenshots – To utilize Nvidia ShadowPlay if … Continue reading →

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NoLimits2 – Space Mountain Paris

Posted on April 17, 2020 by bat

Space Mountain – De la Terre à la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1269373814 A wonderful NoLimits2/Steam Workshop build by Giftaddict (overall) and HelloHurricane/Pieter Hutapea (scripting). “Space Mountain, inaugurated at Disneyland Paris on June 1, 1995, is a … Continue reading →

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Supercar in FSX in 2019

Posted on May 20, 2019 by bat

Supercar still works great in Flight Simulator FSX nearly 25 years since the first version of the add-on was created for Flight Simulator 5 using Flightshop Aircraft Factory in 1995… http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/supercar-msfs.html And it can be used in the Oculus Rift … Continue reading →

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Subnautica

Posted on December 14, 2018 by bat

Nautica is an exploration game based released by Epic Games in a watery world where your spaceship has crash landed and you have escaped in an escape pod equipped with a materials and equipment fabricator, materials analyser and limited storage … Continue reading →

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Orcrist

Posted on April 12, 2018 by bat

Orcrist is an elf created sword found during the journey of Thoren Oakenshield, a dwarf, in Middle Earth… and features in the Hobbit movies. I handled the Orcrist prop used for the movie while on a visit to Weta Workshop … Continue reading →

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Sinespace – Delphi Talks – Richard Bartle

Posted on October 26, 2017 by bat

Richard Bartle, virtual world and MUD pioneer, spoke at “The Delphi Talks” in the Sinespace event plaza on 26th October 2017. YouTube – Delphi Talks with Dr. Richard Bartle [1:23:50] You might try the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology to … Continue reading →

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Dueling Dragons Roller Coaster

Posted on September 2, 2017 by bat

Dueling Dragons (US spelling) is a two track “duelling” (UK English) B&M suspended roller coaster at Islands of Adventure in Universal Studios Orlando. The ride is themed as two dragons… Chinese Fireball (Fire) and Hungarian Horntail (Ice). It was opened … Continue reading →

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Drone

Posted on May 26, 2017 by bat

I was very pleased to be given a Hubsan FPV X4 Quadcopter (Model H107D) as a retirement gift from CISA members and other friends at the School of Informatics. This page is to gather resources to support my piloting of … Continue reading →

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Pottermore – Harry Potter Online Experiences

Posted on September 22, 2016 by bat

Back in 2012, J.K.Rowling introduced Pottermore. See this blog post for some information from that time. A new version of the web site became available in 2017, including further experiences and games. It was possible to connect a new login … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Rings Role Play

Posted on May 18, 2016 by bat

Lord of the Rings Online (http://lotro.com) is a MMORPG to allow for quests to be undertaken with the role of Man, Hobbit, Elf or Dwarf. It is free to play for the initial levels, and then is based on subscription. … Continue reading →

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Ocean Rift VR Experience

Posted on May 6, 2016 by bat

Ocean Rift (http://ocean-rift.com) is a virtual reality experience for Oculus Rift and other VR headsets. The controls are as follows:

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Project Cars in VR

Posted on May 6, 2016 by bat

Project Cars (http://www.projectcarsgame.com/) has been available since May 2015 [Wikipedia] along with regular add-ons and downloadable content. Support for VR headsets has been included for a while. Project Cars “Game of the Year” edition was released on 6th May 2016 … Continue reading →

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Made with Unity & Unity Connect

Posted on January 22, 2016 by bat

Made with Unity (replaced in 2017 by Unity Connect) is a site to share developer information, games and stories associated with using the Unity3D development tools. I have created a developer profile, and added some of my recent VR Experiences … Continue reading →

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FSX Supercar at Knight Inlet BC

Posted on January 13, 2016 by bat

The FSX version of Supercar (latest: version 5.0 1-Jan-2013) has been tested to work in FSX Steam Edition and in Virtual Reality using Flyinside FSX. Here she is in flight and landing in the Knight Inlet area in British Columbia… … Continue reading →

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Flight Simulator in Virtual Reality with Flyinside FSX

Posted on November 19, 2015 by bat

Virtual Reality comes to Microsoft Flight Simulator today as Flyinside FSX (https://flyinside-fsx.com/) reached its first full version 1.0 release. It has been created by Daniel Church with Kickstarter backing and is now available for Microsoft Flight Simulator boxed versions and … Continue reading →

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Digital Education Visit to Informatics Virtual Wonderland

Posted on December 8, 2014 by bat

The Digital Education team in the School of Education and the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh have worked together over the last decade on a range of virtual worlds and immersive experience activities relevant to research, learning … Continue reading →

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NoLimits Roller Coasters from the Community

Posted on November 12, 2014 by bat

I thought I would start exploring the Nolimits 2 roller coaster simulator and creator with using some coasters which I have actually ridden and which have been modelled with care by members of the community willing to share their creations … Continue reading →

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Project Spark

Posted on October 9, 2014 by bat

Microsoft’s Project Spark is a game or world creator for Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Xbox One. An Xbox Live account is needed to download and use Project Spark. This can be obtained free and linked to any Microsoft Account. See … Continue reading →

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Gran Turismo 6 – Ayron Senna Tribute

Posted on June 2, 2014 by bat

A tribute to the racing career of Ayrton Senna has been included in Gran Turismo 6 for the Sony PlayStation PS3. Ayrton Senna’s DAP Racing Kart, West Surrey Racing British F3 car and Lotus 97T Formula 1 car are available … Continue reading →

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World of Warcraft – Aithun the Dwarf

Posted on February 6, 2014 by bat

Its been quite some time since I checked on how Aithun the Dwarf and his companion bear, Morro, were getting on in World of Warcraft… They were still staying at their Hearthstone Inn – the Lion’s Pride Inn in Goldshire … Continue reading →

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Gran Turismo 6

Posted on December 16, 2013 by bat

The Gran Turismo series of car simulation and racing games on the Sony PlayStation reaches its 15th anniversary with the release of GT6. I have had each iteration of this game through PS1, PS2 and PS3. My usual approach is … Continue reading →

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