This is Jashan's developer blog. Obviously, since Jashan has created this project, he is the first one to do anything in this project. There's a few different topics this Blog covers, but in the end, it's all about Raising a Middleworld to its Golden Age. https://www.ramtiga.net/Blogs/tabid/72/BlogId/1/language/de-DE/Default.aspx en-US info@ramtiga.com jashan@ramtiga.com Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:18:19 GMT Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:18:19 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.5.1.19887 <p>This is an announcement of the ProtonMail IndieGoGo-campaign as well as some background information on why the global surveillance state is a real problem in a time where capitalism in its worst form returns ... and some pointers to other ways to secure your online communication and take part in restoring democratic political order (including the MayDayPAC which ends July 4th, 2014, so this is <strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">urgent</span></em></strong>!)</p><a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/144/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/144/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/144/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/144/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:40:07 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=144 Learn about Ego, Mind, Mindfulness - and meditation ... in this article I originally wrote as an answer to a question on Quora and cross-posted on Reddit as answer to a related posting. This is just one approach but it might be a nice starting point for people who like to get into meditation or struggle with their current meditation practice. However, keep in mind that meditation is not something you can learn from "The Internet". Find a trustworthy meditation teacher because the guidance of someone who has actually experienced deeper transcendental states in meditation and can teach meditation techniques that lead there is absolutely invaluable.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/143/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/143/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/143/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/143/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:49:20 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=143 This video is shocking and certainly has the potential to mess up your day. But it could also guide your way. That's why I share this with you. We have to keep both eyes open and see both: light and shadow. We need to see the shadow so we know where to shine our light more brightly. That shadow presents the need we must answer.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/142/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/142/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 06 RaMtiGA info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/142/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/142/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:44:49 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=142 <p>We are so much more powerful than most of us think we are.<br style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;" /> <br style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;" /> In Fort's words: "a performance that may some day be considered understandable, but that, in these primitive times, so transcends what is said to be the known that it is what I mean by magic." … or, more recently by Brackett: "Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned."<br /> <br /> </p><a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/139/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/139/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 06 RaMtiGA info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/139/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/139/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:43:31 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=139 Today, I took a rather major step towards releasing Traces of Illumination: I had an appointment with my notary and registered <a href="http://narayana-games.net/">my game company: narayana games</a>. The full legal name is a bit cumbersome for now, but eventually ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/138/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/138/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/138/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/138/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:50:15 GMT 1 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=138 Whew - time is just passing too fast. So, I was all enthusiastic that Traces of Illumination is working fine on mobile devices from the performance perspective but there was a little caveat: The GUI I had created just doesn't work for mobile devices ... so here's the full story ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/137/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/137/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/137/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/137/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:26:58 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=137 For many games, in particular multiplayer games, one of the most customer-friendly approaches to monetizing those games is by implementing microtransactions. In recent years, free-to-play has become particularly popular: Playing the game is free but you can buy in-game items for a little money ... read more to find out why Bitcoin might be a great alternative to existing payment methods like PayPal or credit cards.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/136/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/136/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/136/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/136/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:32:14 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=136 Yesterday, I saw the iCloud announcement in the Apple WWDC Keynote. At first, I wasn't too interested because IMHO, cloud services are kind of over-hyped. However, iCloud does look really promising. It could be a game changer. The question is only: For better or worse. Personally, I won't use it unless I know for sure that they do their best to protect my privacy ... so ... inspired by the keynote I thought about what would make me feel like my privacy is properly handled by iCloud.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/135/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/135/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/135/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/135/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:06:08 GMT 3 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=135 The mobile versions of Traces of Illumination are coming along quite nicely. Currently, I'm doing some optimizations for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play which has a real game controller perfectly suitable for my game. My iPad 2 testing device should arrive tomorrow - but today, I'd like to talk about the Amazon Appstore for Android and why Traces of Illumination won't go there.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/134/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/134/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/134/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/134/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:36:23 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=134 Smoking sucks. Seriously. If you ever went into a location in which hundreds of people were smoking and the air was soaked with smoke - and you had healthy lungs - … then it won't surprise you that iPad and iPhone are also choking on smoke. It's just way too many ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/133/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/133/language/de-DE/Default.aspx info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/133/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/133/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:42:24 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=133 Now that was a really amazing <em>coincidence</em>: I was playing Traces of Illumination on my iPad while waiting for the very first build for Google Android - and this time, I completed Level 03 in single player mode ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/132/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/132/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/132/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/132/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:53:03 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=132 I thought I'd quickly post some results of tests with my iOS builds that I first created yesterday. I'm pretty amazed how well this is working giving that this is the very first time I put Traces of Illumination on mobile devices, and when I first started developing the game, I hadn't considered ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/131/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/131/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/131/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/131/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:55:45 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=131 Diversity in Creativity - music, audio-design, modelling, texturing, gui-design, story-design ... oh wait ... read for yourself ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/130/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/130/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/130/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/130/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:10:58 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=130 This morning, I showed a friend the new iPad version of Traces of Illumination, and he mentioned that <em>Bullet Time</em> kind of had not so nice associations. Well, it does have pretty nice associations with ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/129/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/129/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/129/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/129/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:39:48 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=129 And, surprisingly, it just runs. It doesn't run particularly great (in the startup screen, I get 3 FPS, haha) - but in the actual game, I'm getting around 20FPS which, given that this hasn't really been optimized, yet is quite amazing IMHO. Funny enough, I'm even getting the water effect ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/128/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/128/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/128/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/128/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:20:44 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=128 I'm still in the process of optimizing the level geometries, in particular apples and power ups. And guess what (revolutionary truth on this channel): Profiling pays really really well. Like, it's common knowledge that in Unity, it's a good idea to cache any of the convenience properties (which misleadingly look like variables) like ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/127/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/127/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/127/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/127/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:16:57 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=127 I already started optimizing the levels in previous releases but V1.1.2 has a main focus on optimizations, so now I'm really doing the best I can (at this moment, this will change as I'm learning). While <em>Level 01 - The Square</em> was really trivial to optimize, and <em>Level 03 - The Cube</em> was pretty easy, <em>Level 02 - Plus Ceiling</em> had a somewhat more complex geometry and took me ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/126/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/126/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/126/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/126/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:43:14 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=126 Optimizations of Traces of Illumination are progressing nicely: I've completely redesigned Level 02 - The Square and took it down from 72 objects, 11354 verts and 21611 polygons to 9 objects, 1830 verts and 1299 polygons ... This posting, however, is on the subject of time and money ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/125/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/125/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/125/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/125/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:06:50 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=125 The networking part in the V1.1.2 release is now pretty much done. I've done a lot of testing and fixed quite a lot of issues, some of which ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/124/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/124/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/124/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/124/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:41:16 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=124 This is to keep you updated on progress on Traces of Illumination V1.1.2. This release is focussed on two major areas: Performance optimization and minor fixes in the area of networking to be able to ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/123/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/123/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/123/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/123/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:21:20 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=123 V1.1.1, while being a "minor release" comes with a pretty long list of changes, some of which are really significant. You can always see the current list of changes in the<a href="https://www.ramtiga.com/Download/tabid/178/language/en/Default.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: #00f0ff;">download page</a> - but here, for the history, the full list ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/122/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/122/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/122/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/122/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:44:54 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=122 I've completed the "tasks" I had planned for V1.1.1 and deployed the version the first time late this evening. Unfortunately, there were quite a few issues that didn't go too well with this release ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/121/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/121/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/121/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/121/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:19:30 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=121 Today, after an incredible New Year's Eve (went to bed at 06:30 after a great party and a very awesome "night", got up at 11:30 and finally got home around 3pm), I'm heading towards releasing V1.1.1 of Traces of Illumination.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/120/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/120/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/120/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/120/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:24:26 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=120 Design of the Awards-System started almost a year ago, Feb 14th 2010 - and now a first version is finally online. While many of the awards cannot really be earned, yet, the list of awards should already give you a pretty good idea of what's to come when Traces of Illumination is finally finished.<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/119/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/119/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/119/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/119/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:40:25 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=119 A couple of days ago a friend shared a book called Erebos with me. I'm currently in the middle of reading it but wanted to share some of the thoughts I'm having on this while reading ... so, here we go ...<a href=https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/118/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/118/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 06 RaMtiGA info@ramtiga.com https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/118/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments https://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/118/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:39:03 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=118 Unity 3 was released 2010-09-27, so I can now finally release new Web players of Traces of Illumination. Unity 3 has quite a few great new ...<a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/117/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/117/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/117/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/117/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:30:49 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=117 <p>Well, the NDA for Unity beta-testing has been lifted as announced in the UT blog ... and ... the temptation to get a Google Nexus One with the Unity Android Pro license was just too great to resist, so ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/116/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/116/language/de-DE/Default.aspx info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/116/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/116/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:23:23 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=116 <p>Today at 8:30pm (local time, where ever you may be), it would be nice to join the world in giving a signal for more awareness of saving energy. This is a yearly event and it is getting bigger every time. What I like most about Earth Hour is that you can really feel the world unite - even if it's just for one single hour.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/114/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/114/language/de-DE/Default.aspx info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/114/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/114/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:12:09 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=114 <p>I've previously mentioned that I'm currently working on an Awards-System for Traces of Illumination. I don't want to go too much into detail, yet, but keep you posted on what's going on in that area. So here we go ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/113/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/113/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/113/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/113/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:25:54 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=113 <p>I've planning to do that right from the start. Now I finally got around to doing it: Get a proper SSL-certificate and install it to the Webserver for www.ramtiga.com.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/112/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/112/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/112/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/112/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:49:08 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=112 <p>In order to make this portal more "connected" I have now enabled OpenID and LiveID. This should allow anyone who wants to use their OpenID or LiveID accounts to directly sign in with <a href="http://www.ramtiga.com">www.ramtiga.com</a>. Unfortunately, this is not working perfectly, yet: ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/111/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/111/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/111/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/111/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:38:45 GMT 1 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=111 <p>Traces of Illumination has a pretty unpleasant bug in multiplayer: When you switch levels, the first time you enter the new level, all players spawn in the middle of nowhere ... so ... the level is unplayable. The good news: Everyone equally crashes after a little moment and you get to try it the next time. And then it should work. The even better news: I found it and fixed it. But if no one minds I'll wait with deploying that fix until I have a few more things fixed/improved.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/110/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/110/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/110/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/110/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:49:23 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=110 <p>As you can see, I've ditched the V1.0alphaX version numbers and moved back to a more conventional version number sequence. That should help keeping things a bit more orderly than they were during the last year ... and a half ... so what's new in this version?</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/109/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/109/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/109/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/109/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:41:01 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=109 <p>This clearly is by far the longest time Traces of Illumination had between two releases - so I thought it might be a good time to dive a little into the history so far: The last release was V1.0alpha9b, released 2008-10-12. That's about 1 1/4 years. Until then, I had pretty short release-cycles ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/108/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/108/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/108/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/108/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:37:32 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=108 <p>More than a year ago I did a series of load-tests to find out how many players my game-server could take. My goal was to be able to host about 150 players per server. Unfortunately, in the last of those load-tests it turned out that around 70 players things got really ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/107/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/107/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/107/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/107/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:50:08 GMT 2 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=107 <p>What's that? Everyone's crazy with christmas and I write about a Unity workshop? Well, it's been a busy week so blogging had to wait until I had time ... which is ... NOW! ... so, anyways, here we go ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/106/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/106/language/de-DE/Default.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/106/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/106/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:58:37 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=106 <p>Not everyone wants to immediately register with every site available. On the other hand, sometimes you come across a site you feel might be interesting ... and you create a bookmark ... and forget about it. That's what happens to me frequently. So I thought I'd add a newsletter subscription to <a href="http://www.ramtiga.com">www.ramtiga.com</a>.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/105/language/en-US/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/105/language/en-US/Default.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/105/language/en-US/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/105/language/en-US/Default.aspx Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:33:12 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=105 <p>The old design of this Website has been more and more of a pain for me to look at and work with - so I'm really glad that today I can introduce: RaMtiGA - Webdesign V 2.0, a much more colorful and intense design with a left-side navigation ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/104/language/de-DE/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/104/language/de-DE/Default.aspx info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/104/language/de-DE/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/104/language/de-DE/Default.aspx Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:32:00 GMT 1 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=104 <p>I just installed the new version of the blog-software for the portal system. And ... it's not quite working. When I currently click on any of the blog entries, I'm getting a Firefox error telling me that there's some unending redirection. So, this is both an announcement and a test-posting ;-)</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/103/language/en-US/Default.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/103/language/en-US/Default.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/103/language/en-US/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/103/language/en-US/Default.aspx Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:24:03 GMT 2 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=103 <p>I'm right now listening to the current state of the soundscape for Level 11 of Traces of Illumination - Everything in Nothing. It's not quite polished, yet ... but I'm happy that aside of some extra-polishing, it's done.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/102/Soundscape-for-Level-11-Everything-in-Nothing.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/102/Soundscape-for-Level-11-Everything-in-Nothing.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/102/Soundscape-for-Level-11-Everything-in-Nothing.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/102/Soundscape-for-Level-11-Everything-in-Nothing.aspx Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:56:38 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=102 <p>Since there was no real activity on the forums, I've temporarily disabled them. They'll return with the next round of beta-testing of Traces of Illumination.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/101/Forums-temporarily-disabled.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/101/Forums-temporarily-disabled.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/101/Forums-temporarily-disabled.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/101/Forums-temporarily-disabled.aspx Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:38:56 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=101 <p>This morning, I wrote down some ideas on the crafting system in RaMtiGA.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/100/Progress-of-RaMtiGA-Design-Crafting.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/100/Progress-of-RaMtiGA-Design-Crafting.aspx 06 RaMtiGA info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/100/Progress-of-RaMtiGA-Design-Crafting.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/100/Progress-of-RaMtiGA-Design-Crafting.aspx Sun, 03 May 2009 09:52:59 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=100 <p>A few days ago, I realized that while my preferred means of communication for <em>www.ramtiga.com</em> is through computer games, I want to broaden the approach by creating a community with a wider perspective. Let me explain ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/99/Opening-the-Scope-of-this-Site.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/99/Opening-the-Scope-of-this-Site.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/99/Opening-the-Scope-of-this-Site.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/99/Opening-the-Scope-of-this-Site.aspx Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:52:42 GMT 4 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=99 <p>That's a very interesting experience I'm going through right now: I'm still somewhere in the middle of creating Level 12 - "Welcome to Paradise". You could say that within a few days I made some very nice progress (I'm not working full days every day ... so after a month, I can still say "within a few days" ;-) ).</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/98/Learning-vs-Making-Progress.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/98/Learning-vs-Making-Progress.aspx info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/98/Learning-vs-Making-Progress.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/98/Learning-vs-Making-Progress.aspx Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:14:10 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=98 <p>Over at the Unity forums, there's currently a thread about "how we got started with programming" and I thought that was a great opportunity to finally finish my "history" section of how I got into game development ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/97/Nostalgia-History-Completed.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/97/Nostalgia-History-Completed.aspx 01 History info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/97/Nostalgia-History-Completed.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/97/Nostalgia-History-Completed.aspx Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:36:16 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=97 <p>No, I've not suddenly become a 13-year-old incapable of proper spelling. But I'm still a bit tortured by the virus that got me down last week. That was not cool news.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/96/Kuul-Nuuus.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/96/Kuul-Nuuus.aspx info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/96/Kuul-Nuuus.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/96/Kuul-Nuuus.aspx Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:18:38 GMT 1 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=96 <p>UT has now officially announced Unity 2.5, which will also be available for Windows.</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/95/Unity-2-5-Coming-to-Windows.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/95/Unity-2-5-Coming-to-Windows.aspx 02 General info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/95/Unity-2-5-Coming-to-Windows.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/95/Unity-2-5-Coming-to-Windows.aspx Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:57:28 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=95 <p>I'm currently considering changing the site layout and have a <a href="http://www.ramtiga.com/Forums/tabid/135/aff/1/aft/4/afv/topic/Default.aspx">little poll in the forums</a>. Please let me know what you think!</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/94/Changing-the-Site-Layout-Navigation.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/94/Changing-the-Site-Layout-Navigation.aspx 03 Site-Blog info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/94/Changing-the-Site-Layout-Navigation.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/94/Changing-the-Site-Layout-Navigation.aspx Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:22:59 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=94 <p>It took its time - but now it's done: Instead of using my homegrown "network filter" that basically sent the message to each player individually and directly (in loops for all kinds of groups), Traces of Illumination is now using Unity's built-in networking-scoping ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/93/Networking-refactored-technical.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/93/Networking-refactored-technical.aspx 04 Traces of Illumination info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/93/Networking-refactored-technical.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/93/Networking-refactored-technical.aspx Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:19:32 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=93 <p>I sometimes like to quote song lyrics, so here you go ... with something that's originally in German ...</p><a href=http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/92/One-Year-Ago-Ein-Jahr-wie-eine-Ewigkeit.aspx>More...</a> http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/92/One-Year-Ago-Ein-Jahr-wie-eine-Ewigkeit.aspx info@ramtiga.com http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/92/One-Year-Ago-Ein-Jahr-wie-eine-Ewigkeit.aspx#Comments http://www.ramtiga.com/Blogs/tabid/72/EntryId/92/One-Year-Ago-Ein-Jahr-wie-eine-Ewigkeit.aspx Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:40:18 GMT 0 https://www.ramtiga.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=92