Just trawling through a few old Flash folders on my mac and found this little fella’ sitting there all unloved. Came up with the 3D engine in 1998 using Director and made a quick hack to get it into Flash. It’s not particularly neat, hence why there’s no source posted, but suffice to say the heart of he 3D bit is that old ‘fake-doodle-dandy’ equation…

var x = (worldLens*pointX)/(pointZ+worldScale)+xOffset;
var y = (worldLens*pointY)/(pointZ+worldScale)+yOffset;

Like so…

Launch it to fill the browser

If you really want the code, let me know, but I’m secretly ashamed of it… :)

It was a proper snowy day in London. Roads were deserted and as usual, the whole of the UK ground to a halt! Looking on the bright side, the kids were off school and loads of memories were made. I cycled across Hampstead Heath and it was fantastic to see so many people out, just messing about.

Here are some snaps from my mobile…

Great view for the kids to wake up to

Taken from the top of Hampstead Heath

It was like this for most of the way

That's Highgate in the distance...

Yes, I did have fun...

Camden Lock

Found a huge group of people just having fun, sledging in the dark!

I love how weird events bring people together. Roll on the next one!

Being specific is pretty important in my game. I was impressed that the Los Angeles authorities take a similar view…

After 7 trips to LA, I have finally managed to see the Hollywood sign. It’s not as easy as you think!