You need the right tools for job… And my tools were getting pretty rusty. My old computer was a mid range computer from 3 1/2 years ago. It would be fine for someone who just uses the computer for the web and email, but I work on this thing all day long. I probably should have gotten a computer last year sometime, as my old one was giving me problems and slowing me down towards the end of development on our last game.
Here are the specs on the new computer…
Compucase 6C28B Case (cheap case)
Gigabyte P55M-UD2 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 860 Quad Core Processor
8GB G.SKILL Ram
Asus Radeon HD 4650 1GB (Could have gone faster, but I don’t do much high end gaming on PC)
Crucial CT128M225 128GM Sold State Drive (Super fast storage drive for Windows and programs)
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB hard drive (Main storage)
Windows 7 Professional Edition 64BIT (switching from XP… we’ll see how this goes)
LG Lightscribe DVD burner (I use the lightscribe for making evaluation copies of my game)
I cut corners where I thought they wouldn’t make a difference, and went for some beefy parts where I thought that it mattered. The most impressive parts are the processor and the solid state drive. Both are super fast.
I kept my dual 19″ monitors (4:3, not widescreeen) from my old computer. These are nice for now… but I could always use more desktop space .
I’m a bit worried about switching to Windows 7 from XP. So far there haven’t been too many issues. The worst thing so far is that there are no drivers for my scanner.
After working for so long on Musketeers we needed a break. So we took a quick vacation up to Whistler last week (we live in Vancouver so it’s only two hours away). There isn’t much activity up there at this time of the year, but we had a great time
This blog is new, so I thought that I should write a little about Dingo Games.
My name is James Sayer and I started Dingo Games around 2003 while I was still in university studying Computer Science. The first game I made was a space trading game called Jack of All Trades. Later I made the sidescrolling underwater game Laser Dolphin.
I met my future wife Kristin doing varsity fencing. We made the “eat-em-up” game Tasty Planet together (Kris is an artist and was studying graphic design). We got married, moved from Toronto to Vancouver, and made The Three Musketeers: The Game.
I dressed up as the main character d’Artagnan. It took me months to grow that mustache and beard. Kris dressed up as the villainess Milady de Winter. Kris put a lot of work into our costumes and I think that they turned out really well.
We recently released our massive project The Three Musketeers: The Game. It’s a role playing game that’s based on Alexander Dumas’ original novel. And when I say “based on”, I mean it. We went to great lengths to preserve the original story that Dumas wrote. After all, it’s a story that has stood the test of time, so why would we want to ruin it?
The player takes control of d’Artagnan and plays through the classic story. The story is about the young gentleman, d’Artagnan, who travels to Paris in hopes of becoming a Musketeer. He befriends the three Musketeers (Athos, Porthos, and Aramis) and has many adventures with them.
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