Tag Archives: VKitty

VKitty: A lesson in data caching

Posted on Monday, January 26th, 2009 by Ben L.

If you would prefer the short version of this post, read the next paragraph and stop. VKitty faster.  Me happy.  Your computer do work too. And now for the intelligent version: It had been bothering me that VKitty needed to … Continue reading →

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VKitty: Humane Society and Natures

Posted on Friday, January 23rd, 2009 by Ben L.

Although no adoptions can take place yet — the functions to actually adopt a cat have not yet been put into place — VKitty already has a Humane Society, full of  cats and kittens waiting to be adopted.  They each … Continue reading →

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VKitty Development Diary: Clothing and cats

Posted on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 by Ben L.

A while ago, I posted a picture of Sir Soybean in a red shirt.  Now, I’ve decided that that shirt model was too ugly, and since the cat system is being redone (so all the rendering is client-side), the model … Continue reading →

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VKitty-Part 3: Clothing and Collars

Posted on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 by Ben L.

Ever since the start of VKitty, it has been the plan to make collars, litter boxes and food for VKitties, along with some less-house cat-ish items, like armor, clothing, and potions.  At the beginning of VKitty development, Kat made a … Continue reading →

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VKitty cats vectorized

Posted on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 by Ben L.

VKitty’s architecture was wonderful, with all the security on the server side and the user interface on the client side.  There was only one big problem with the architecture: the cats were static images. Now, I’ve redesigned the entire system, … Continue reading →

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