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Pokervision3D

I just spent the last three weeks a little bit out of the action, wandering Europe in a motorcoach. On said motorcoach, there were only two things to do: play with my laptop, and play poker with the other passengers. By the end of the trip, I ended up winning about thirty Euros from my playing partners (most of which were 17 and younger). Obviously, I have no ethical qualms about gambling with minors. The only thing that disturbed me about this scenario was the fact that 30 Euros is pocket money in France and practically a mortgage payment in the US. Stupid dollar.

So between games, I started this little project in Papervision. I’m not sure how far I’ll take it, but it might end up being my entry into the PaperKing3D contest. I found some great images of a Victorian-style deck of cards, and painstakingly clone-brushed a full deck out of the few cards I could find. I then put together the actual game– which is obviously not finished. However, it does actually deal out the cards and keep track of players- the next step is to actually make it judge hands (flush vs. full house, etc.).

The best part of this little demo is what happens when you mouse over your cards (the closest hand). That is Bartek Drozdz’s bend modifier in action. I think it’s pretty eye-catching.

Anyway, that’s it on Pokervision for today; hopefully I’ll have the time to finish this (multiplayer 3D poker, anyone?). In the meantime, I’ll be working on another, possibly more awesome project that I’ll be presenting at tomorrow’s Chicago Flash Meetup. I’ll post more details here later this week.

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