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Category Archives: Games
Godot Engine – Resources
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
World of Warcraft – Aithun the Dwarf – A Decade On
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
GenCon – Online
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
Fortnite – Party Royale – Social Space
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
NoLimits2 – Space Mountain Paris
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
Supercar in FSX in 2019
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
Posted in Games, Gerry Anderson, Supercar
Tagged Flight Simulator, Gerry Anderson, Supercar
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Subnautica
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
Orcrist
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
Dueling Dragons Roller Coaster
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
Posted in Games, VR
Tagged Dueling Dragons, NoLimits, Roller Coaster
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Drone
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
Pottermore – Harry Potter Online Experiences
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
Posted in Games
Tagged Patronus, Pottermore, Wand
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Lord of the Rings Role Play
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
Posted in Games, Second Life, Virtual World, World of Warcraft
Tagged Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth
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Ocean Rift VR Experience
Ocean Rift (http://ocean-rift.com) is a virtual reality experience for Oculus Rift and other VR headsets. The controls are as follows:
Project Cars in VR
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
Posted in Games, Motor Sport, VR
Tagged Motor Racing, Project Cars, VR
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Made with Unity & Unity Connect
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
Posted in Games
Tagged Games, Unity Connect, Unity3D
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FSX Supercar at Knight Inlet BC
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
Posted in Games, Supercar
Tagged Flight Simulator, FSX, Knight Inlet, Supercar
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Flight Simulator in Virtual Reality with Flyinside FSX
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
Posted in Games, Gerry Anderson, Oculus, Supercar
Tagged Flight Simulator, FSX, Gerry Anderson, Leap, Oculus, Supercar, VR, X-15
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Digital Education Visit to Informatics Virtual Wonderland
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
Posted in Distance Education, Games, Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World, VR
Tagged Digital Education, DK2, Oculus Rift, OpenSim, Second Life, VR
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NoLimits Roller Coasters from the Community
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
Posted in Games, Virtual World
Tagged disney, Dueling Dragons, NoLimits, Roller Coaster, Viper
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Project Spark
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
Gran Turismo 6 – Ayron Senna Tribute
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
Posted in Games, Motor Sport
Tagged Games, Gran Turismo, GT6, Motor Racing, Senna
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World of Warcraft – Aithun the Dwarf
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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Tagged Aithun, Games, World of Warcraft
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Gran Turismo 6
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