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Tangle: Getting Started
Getting Started Tangle lets you write documents that change. Let's say you're writing an article about dieting, and want to discuss the calorie content of various foods.
Chris Hildenbrand's Blog - 2D Game Art For Programmers - Part 2
After the initial playing around with circles and squares, learning a little bit about the fills and combining objects [ part 1 ] , I would like to move on to a basic scene. Having more fun with gradients: Let's take the gradient fill to the next level and work with colour and alpha to create a simple underwater background. Hint: Use the 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' key to adjust the order of objects [e.g. place the sea anemones in the mid ground behind the light rays.] I would like to add more life to the underwater scene and create some fish.{*style:<b>Introduction: </b>*} Creating your own art work is a necessity for most independent developers. Due to the budget restraints or in a lot of cases the complete lack of a budget a lot of young indie game developer can't afford to hire an artist or buy art assets. With the help of free software like gimp, inkscape, truespace, daz studio and vue pioneer (just to mention a few) combined with a basic understanding of art creation pretty much anyone can create impressive and professional looking results.
Chris Hildenbrand's Blog - 2D Game Art For Programmers - Part 1 [updated]