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John Pile Jr is Engineering Director, Principal Engineering Manager at Schell Games.
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May 27, 2014 March 25, 2014
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Game Programming – Recommendations for General Electives at Champlain College

Updated for Fall 2014 Here are some thoughts on choosing electives as a Game Programmer. […]

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November 6, 2019 March 11, 2014
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Cosmos Gets It Wrong: Earth to Moon

While I enjoy the new Cosmos series, I do get frustrated that the computer graphics […]

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November 6, 2019 February 6, 2014
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2014 – Spring Semester Update

5 weeks into the semester and I’m past due for providing an update about what […]

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July 14, 2014 January 28, 2014
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Top 5 Free WordPress Plugins for Coders

WordPress has an amazing community of developers, constantly building additional functionality to ensure you can […]

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July 14, 2014 January 17, 2014
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Algae Officer | Android

The Challenge: In June 2014 I was summoned to the aid of the Emergent Media […]

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May 27, 2014 December 27, 2013
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Self-publishing for the 8th Gen Consoles

Updated March 20, 2014: Updated to reflect announcements made at 2014 GDC With all the […]

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February 16, 2021 November 5, 2013
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Prototype | Exploring Realtime Raytracing (Xbox 360)

Backstory: I was on a motorcycle ride at the end of the week when I […]

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May 27, 2014 November 5, 2013
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XNA – Compile for Pixel Shader 3.0

The default shader model for XNA 4.0 is 2.0. There are a number of limitations […]

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May 27, 2014 October 24, 2013
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Is Teaching Children to Code a stupid idea?

My internet circles are ablaze this morning with William Foxton’s article “The Government wants to […]

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January 25, 2021 October 9, 2013
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Tools | Image Webify – Quickly Resize Images for Social Media

This is a side project I made over a weekend in Fall of 2013. I […]

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February 16, 2021 September 26, 2013
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Monocular Cues in 2D Games | Presentation

In September, 2013 I gave a presentation at the 5th Vermont Code Camp on using […]

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September 20, 2013 September 20, 2013
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Fall 2013 – Events for Game Programmers

September – October Events at Champlain College There are countless opportunities for Game Programming students […]

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July 2, 2013 July 2, 2013
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Posting with Care: Social Media and Your Future Career

Occasionally, I’ll see a student post something extremely negative about a company, product, game, or […]

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February 16, 2021 June 3, 2013
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Project | Particle Art (Android)

Touch-enabled Particle Driven Art Tool for Mobile

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Windows 7 is unhappy?
February 18, 2021 May 28, 2013
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The 24 Best/Worst Programming Jokes

Need a break? I’ve scoured the web (or at least a REDDIT thread or two) […]

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Magnosphere Poster
May 27, 2014 April 28, 2013
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Champlain College Game Studio sweeps GameFest

Champlain College took home a host of awards for student made games at the 2013 […]

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April 19, 2013 April 19, 2013
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Evolve 2013: Xamarin Rises

Last Sunday I joined 600 other participants at the Xamarin’s first training and conference in […]

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April 12, 2013 April 12, 2013
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Quibly Ball: Best Technical Innovation

Last week, Champlain College students went head-to-head against the best schools in North America for […]

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Champlain College Game Studio Events
April 6, 2013 April 6, 2013
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Accepted Student Day Presentation

Today was Accepted Student Day at Champlain College. As we welcome students for the Class […]

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April 3, 2013 April 2, 2013
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Game Competitions

There are a great variety of game competitions these days. Be sure you read the […]

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