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The first post... what should I talk about? I guess a little about me, and a little about what's coming up in the blog.

My name's Reza Nourai, and I'm a developer on the XNA Game Studio Team. I like video games... a lot! I like to play them, and I like to make them. I've grown particularly fond of the interactive part of games. Specifically, the interactions between objects and their environment, the physical simulation of these objects, and collisions and responses when they come into contact.

This blog is going to be a forum for discussing these topics. I'll share what I've learned and my thoughts on these things, with the goal of sparking enough discussion to make the blog interactive. Hopefully everyone feels compelled to comment and openly discuss these topics.

Thoughts for upcoming posts:

  1. Math Primer / Reference - Considering the amount of math that's involved in physics and collision algorithms, I think it's a good idea to refresh on these topics and build a reference for other posts.
  2. Series: Building a 3D Physics Engine - There are a lot of different approaches to building a physics engine. We'll look at one such approach in detail over the coarse of several posts. These will cover the overall software architecture, as well as the algorithms and equations to fill it all in. Throughout, we'll examine common performance pitfalls and approaches to speed these areas up.

I'm sure there'll be many others, and let me know if you have suggestions for other topics you'd like to see.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2011
    First!

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2011
    Hi Reza, it's great to see another developer from the XNA team join the blog world. The subjects you've mentioned for upcoming posts sound very interesting and I'm looking forward to reading them!

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2011
    Wow, very cool to some else decided to start a blog about a new physics engine! I just started my own series on building a 2D physics engine. I think I will definitely be referencing some of your material for my own series.

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2011
    Hi Reza! Your blog is brand new and already has great information. I'm a devry senior and trying to learn as much as I can before I graduate in a year or so. I've recently stumbled accross XNA and absolutely love it. I'm mainly a DirectX c++ programmer, but XNA just makes everything so easy. so I'm definitely going to following your blog and look forward to all the awesome information your putting out there for us to read. So far so good man! :D

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2011
    Thanks, I can't wait to get back from vacation and get the rest of the primer up so we can get started with the physics!

  • Anonymous
    August 05, 2011
    wow! great! goes to my bookmark..

  • Anonymous
    October 02, 2011
    Thanks Reza, Your articles are perfect!