Vertices Engine Sandbox
The sandbox system has finally gotten working with in the…
3C Version 1.0 Release!
I’m excited to bring out the first app Virtex has…
Virtex Edge: Choosing Which Foot to Put Forward.
I’ve been working on Metric Racer for a while now,…
Porting 2D Game Play to MonoGame
I’m working on two games at the moment, one of…
Vertices Engine Porting : Success
After a weekend of coding, porting, and compiling, I manged…
Virtex Edge Dev Blog: So What Works Out of the Box.
Firing up Xaramin and adding each of my *.cs files…
Setting Up MonoGame
I played around with Monogame for a long time, but had a lot of trouble getting shaders working as well as figuring out all the nuances of content. It’s finally matured enough as a development system that it’s relatively straight forward to get it working now. That said though there are a few steps.
First Look at Metric Racer
So I’ve been hard at work over at Virtex Edge,…
Virtex Edge Dev Blog: Onwards from XNA
A few years ago now Microsoft pulled the plug on…
Gaming on a Chromebook – Just Add Steam
A few years ago I picked up an Acer C710 Chromebook for barely $200. It was great for taking to a cafe and checking email, or going on youtube, without lugging around a 15 inch laptop. But I quickly found out there wasn’t much else to do with it but that.
No one buys a chromebook to game on it, and naturally there are definitely more suited chromebooks then the 1.1Ghz, 2 Gb of Ram C710, but I like a challenge.
First off Disclaimer: This worked for me, but this is using electronic equipment for uses other than it was intended. By following this you agree that if this causes any issues, I can’t be held responsible, go forward at your own risk.
Installing Linux – Let’s Get Happy Feet Dancing
The first step was to get Linux running on it. You need to have your Chromebook in developer mode as well as it’s not a bad idea to backup Chrome OS in case you run into a problem. You’ll need to search online for the instructions for your specific chromebook model.
Once you have that you are ready to install Ubuntu! There are a few ways to do this, through either installing Chrubuntu or downloading and running the Crouton install script. I had gotten Chrubuntu running before, but Crouton is more versatile as it lets you switch between ChromeOS and Linux, and I found you didn’t sacrifice much performance either.