James Hawk

Engine programmer working on EveOnline at CCPGames 🇮🇸
Working on PS1 era platformer Chaos The Devil (and engine) in spare time.
Father of twins (spare time?)

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Hey #indiedevhour I made a very early trailer for my ps1 style platform game. Love to hear what you think! #indiedev #gamedev #ps1 #CrashBandicoot

[Nikolai Wuttke-Hohendorf @lethal_guitar]

🧵Let's talk about some interesting Duke Nukem II bugs! They are both related to the NUKEM letter bonus items. These are found scattered throughout each level. Collecting them in the right order gives a big 100k points bonus. And in the wrong order? Keep reading 👀

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Created a gizmo to visualize character motion physics. Really useful when creating levels with rhythm and precision, but also great for tweaking player movement variables. #indiedevhour #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #psx #ps1 #crashbandicoot

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

For my current project I set out to emulate PS1 graphics using modern OpenGL techniques. I decided early on to document it all in an article, it took me far longer than I thought to finish, but it's finally here!! https://t.co/q3zJ0lRsZO #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #lowpoly

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Sneak peek at the method I used to fake the painters algorithm used for old PS1 games. To learn more check out my latest article on PS1 rendering emulation. https://t.co/q3zJ0lRsZO #indiedevhour #gamedev #ps1 #lowpoly

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

When I set out to write a little article to document how I emulated the PS1 style, I never thought it would end up taking me months to write. Glad to finally be finished, check it out https://t.co/q3zJ0lRsZO #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #ps1 #gamedev

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Strange effect when trying to emulate #ps1 style textures. If you are interested in why this happens and the way I tackled it, check out the article I have finally finished which talks about all things PS1 rendering! https://t.co/q3zJ0m94oo #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #lowpoy

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Are you interested in #ps1 style rendering?? I've finally finished writing about my recent work recreating the look of the old greats for my game. There were certainly some surprises along the way. https://t.co/q3zJ0lRsZO #indiedevhour #lowpoly #indiedev #gamedev #playstation

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Started work on music score for my PS1 style platformer. Here is a rough cut of one. Music was made in LMMS. #indiedevhour #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly #ps1

[𝐏𝐒𝟏 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 @PS1Aesthetics]

Can I ask you a favour? If you like what you see on this shot drop me a follow at @TobiasM_Dev I'm making a small low poly game and anyone who can give feedback are welcome.

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

@Guilherme_hrc29 Not got the YouTube stuff going yet, planning on it after this year when I have a playable demo. For more info at the moment I have a blog on my website https://t.co/SIIiyMMVE9

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Finished up a rendering push, happy with the results. All decisions made to try and capture that #ps1 style. Now relies much more on vertex colours rather than textures. Renders using painter algorithm and fixed a bug in vertex precision code. #indiedevhour #gamedev #lowpoly #ps1

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

@Guilherme_hrc29 I was not aware of Jersy Devil, looks cool, thanks for the tip off. The game is a love letter to the old platformers like crash, croc and Spyro. Game mechanics match the era.

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Hey #indiedevhour I made a very early trailer for my ps1 style platform game. Love to hear what you think! #indiedev #gamedev #ps1 #CrashBandicoot

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

@Girafastev_VT @missjackieart Thanks! This is Chaos and he loved that comment👍 I am deep in development at the moment and try to share updates as much as I can. Feel free to follow to watch the dev journey unfold.

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

@Plaster_Harris @PS1Aesthetics Thanks, was a real challenge to keep face count down while keeping the face expressive.

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

@spagott @PS1Aesthetics Thanks! Really enjoying trying to keep to ps1 style, but yeah this thing is taking some time 👍

[𝐏𝐒𝟏 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 @PS1Aesthetics]

Any indie game devs here? Show me your work in the comments so I can retweet it! Low poly aesthetic is preferred but not mandatory.

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

So much of gamedev doesn't lend itself to #screenshotsaturday . So here is a screen of me making music using LMMS. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #ps1

[James Hawk @JamesRobertHawk]

Grainy down sampled rendering. Lit using vertex colouring. Simple but effective. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #ps1