Game dev series Archive 2007
Quake 3 Homing Missile Mod
A beginner-friendly series on compiling Quake 3 source and modifying missile behavior to create a homing rocket.
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Breakout, with my phone as the paddle
May 8, 2026
A breakout game built on godom: laptop renders the game, phone is the paddle controller via gyroscope, both connected to the same Go process.
A 3D solar system in Go, drawn with Canvas 2D
May 5, 2026
I wrote a 3D engine in Go and let the browser draw 2D circles. No three.js, no WebGL, no JS math libraries. Just a list of 2D draw commands per frame.
How to Add Textures to a 3D Game in JavaScript
Sep 18, 2023
Adding textures to a 3D game in JavaScript - load grass, wood, and a sky HDRI with Three.js, handle tiling and sRGB, and cross the 'looks real' line.
How to Build the Foundation of a 3D Game in JavaScript
Sep 10, 2023
How to build the core of a 3D game in the browser: Three.js, cannon-es, keyboard controls, physics - the ~100 lines everything else builds on top of.
Tips on compiling Quake III source code with VC++ 6.0
Apr 12, 2007
In the post "Modifying Quake3", I have explained how to compile the Quake III source code. In case you are not using Visual Studio 2003 but using developer studio for VC++ 6.0, here are some tips to compile using that.
Modifying Quake 3 - The Homing Missile Approach
Apr 11, 2007
How to compile and modify the Quake 3 source code to create a Homing Missile mod.
Modifying Quake 3 - part 2- Gamer inputs
Apr 11, 2007
How Quake 3 works and we will create a mechanism to accept user input.
Modifying Quake 3 - part 3 - Missile behavior
Apr 11, 2007
How to change the behavior of a rocket in Quake 3 and convert it into a homing missile. And few variations for this homing missile.