Misc

Spritesheet into Model Part 2

In this tutorial we continue the series on how to create an OpenBOR Model from scratch with a spritesheet. Moreover, this video starts ups off downloading the Soldier spritesheet, prepping it, extracting the frames and building the initial animations for the new model through OpenBORStats. We did because during out development for Ogre’s Mayhem’s latest patch, we learned a lot. For example, we…
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Spritesheet into Model Part 3

Spritesheet into Model Part 1

Misc

Spritesheet into Model Part 1

In this tutorial we start a series on how to create an OpenBOR Model from scratch with a spritesheet. Moreover, this video starts ups off downloading the Soldier spritesheet, prepping it, extracting the frames and building the initial animations for the new model through OpenBORStats. We did because during out development for Ogre’s Mayhem’s latest patch, we learned a lot. For example…
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Spritesheet into Model Part 3

Spritesheet into Model Part 2

NewsRelease

New album and game releases of KickFlip and Ogre's Mayhem update!

Spring 2022 Workshop has been completed with new album and game releases! After 12 weeks, the students who took part in the Spring 2022 Workshop have released the culmination of their hard work by sharing their new album and game releases! They put a lot of work into these projects, added this work experience to their portfolios, and it shows! Their products, “KickFlip LP” and…
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Misc

Displaying Video in OpenBOR

OpenBOR is a very extensive game engine with so much potential. It offers so many features that touch every faucet of learning game and software development, and we at Digital Brilliance Hour use this engine in our Coding Curriculum to teach the fundamentals of Coding and Software Development. Our focus is on build our underprivileged youth with this information to be better prepared in this tech…
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Spritesheet into Model Part 3

Spritesheet into Model Part 2

Career

Software Engineering While Black

Black Software Engineer. What’s it like to be one? Can it be done? Isn’t Software Development only for other cultures? There is supposedly a huge initiative to bring more people of color into these tech companies, especially larger ones. So I wanted to start the conversation about being a black software engineer. Because from the outside looking in, it’s looks a lot different…
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NewsReleaseWorkshop

Fall 2021 Workshop Complete!

After 12 weeks, the students who took part in the Fall 2021 Workshop have released the culmination of their hard work! They put a lot of work into these projects, added this work experience to their portfolios, and it shows! With our largest virtual class and virtual party attendance size to date this is definitely a huge milestone. We had a class size of 16, our usual limit being 10, and release…
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Career

Introducing Sharon Onyinye

I came across this Youtube Channel that is all about UI/UX Design. By trade, I’m a UI Engineer, and our work is dictated by UI/UX Designers. Very similar to the Game Designer/Game Developer relationship. Her name is Sharon Onyinye, and just wanted to put a spotlight on her channel. She is very pleasant and does an excellent job in explaining how to get into this field starting from the bare…
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MiscVideo

OpenBOR Beginner's Tutorial

We decided to take all the OpenBOR related material from our workshops and give it away for free on YouTube. Playlist for the Beginner’s Course is below: OpenBOR Beginner Tutorial Playlist OpenBOR is a very extensive game engine with so much potential. It offers so many features that touch every faucet of learning game and software development, and we at Digital Brilliance Hour use…
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Spritesheet into Model Part 3

Spritesheet into Model Part 2

Career

Biggest Mistakes Beginner Programmers Make

Beginner Programmer’s Biggest Mistakes The world of coding and tech is growing and taking shape even more. The demand for technical talent is at an all time high, and the demand to learn is at an all time high. But being someone that has been in the hiring seat for many years, I can tell you that there are a lot of mistakes that beginner programmers make when they want to pursue a career…
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MiscVideo

Thank you AmitDabydeen!

Youtuber AmitDabydeen dug the game and decided to record his own playthrough for the latest Ogre’s Mayhem 0.9.2 release. He really gave some great feedback along with a lot of other people who want to see the development for this game continue. It’s all thanks to the students who came up with this idea in the first place and it seems to be shaping hold into something they didn’t…
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Spritesheet into Model Part 3

Spritesheet into Model Part 2