Nicol Bolas

http://alfonse.bitbucket.org/oldtut/

I am a game developer with a fairly broad knowledgebase in the fields of animation and graphics, with a touch of AI.

Projects:

A series of tutorials/eBook on graphics programming
The Unofficial OpenGL Software Development Kit
The OpenGL Loader Generator, a much better alternative to GLEW

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What are the effective communication channels for effecting change to SE?

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Are we creating divisions in our quest to make new users welcome?

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Rendering meshes with multiple indices

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Question Ban: Should it be permanent?

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Tag Wikis should be indexed like Q&A in searches

feature-request status-deferred search tag-wiki asked Feb 21, 2012 at 1:13

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Legal to overwrite std::string's null terminator?

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What is an alternative to scratch damage to solve combat deadlocking?

game-design asked May 4, 2013 at 14:30

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Code of Conduct: enforcement and sanctioning

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