Dgtl - a digital production company http://www.dgtl.net Dgtl blog RSS Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:48:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Stencyl – A Next-Gen Game Creator http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2011/06/stencyl-a-next-gen-game-creator/ http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2011/06/stencyl-a-next-gen-game-creator/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:35:00 +0000 JB http://www.dgtl.net/?p=251 http://www.stencyl.com/) is a new game creation platform that uses a java app to publish to Flash and soon iOS and other mobile platforms. Some innovative features such as publishing to Kongregat and a visual code editor borrowed from MIT's Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/) make this one to keep and eye on - with this power in the hands the next Angry Birds is probably being built at this moment by a 10 year old!]]> Game creators have come a long way since the primitive programs that I used to use on the Spectrum and Commodore 64. Stencyl (http://www.stencyl.com/) is a new game creation platform that uses a java app to publish to Flash and soon iOS and other mobile platforms. Some innovative features such as publishing to Kongregat and a visual code editor borrowed from MIT’s Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/) make this one to keep and eye on – with this power in the hands the next Angry Birds is probably being built at this moment by a 10 year old!

]]> 0 50 Interesting and Useful Infographics for Web Designers http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/12/50-interesting-and-useful-infographics-for-web-designers/ http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/12/50-interesting-and-useful-infographics-for-web-designers/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:23:52 +0000 JB http://www.dgtl.net/?p=223 Very interesting set of info graphics… The photoshop one makes me realise quite how old I am. I started out using 1.0 The best upgrade in 20 years still has to be the addition of layers in version 3.0! I still remember how stoked the studio I was working in was to have layers.

Check out the full set here http://www.noupe.com/graphics/50-interesting-and-useful-infographics-for-web-designers.html

]]> 0 World’s first computer ( 100BC ) re-made from lego ( 2010 ) http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/12/worlds-first-computer-100bc-re-made-from-lego-2010/ http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/12/worlds-first-computer-100bc-re-made-from-lego-2010/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:35:25 +0000 JB http://www.dgtl.net/?p=230

Via Engadget

Here’s a more realistic re-make from 2008

Via Wired

]]> 0 The only real designers solution to web fonts has to be… http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/10/the-only-real-designers-solution-to-web-fonts-has-to-be/ http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/10/the-only-real-designers-solution-to-web-fonts-has-to-be/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:28:10 +0000 JB http://www.dgtl.net/?p=226

Lets face it they have more fonts on offer that all the rest put together plus all the old favourites.

http://webfonts.fonts.com/

Interesting comparison chart over at http://fffo.grahambird.co.uk/

]]> 0 QR Code VCard http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/10/qr-code-vcard/ http://www.dgtl.net/blog/2010/10/qr-code-vcard/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:40:35 +0000 JB http://www.dgtl.net/?p=233 Digging my new qr code vcard! Been playing around with dropping logos in. Little known fact that there is 30% redundancy in a QR code. So you can put what you like in 30% of the image and it will still work. Although this took quite a bit of trial and error.

I feel some qr code art coming on…

Great resource for generating QR codes http://goqr.me/ Also have an api if you want to add some qr goodness to a project your working on http://qrserver.com/

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