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		<title>A Killer Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thrilled to say that I was just hired by Toy Studio, a video game studio based in Schaumberg, Illinois.  They specialize in social and casual gaming, with a current emphasis on Flash games for the Facebook community.  Their first venture is KillerToon, a quirky friend-fighter that went live last month.
 The game [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matanuki.com/2010/02/22/a-killer-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Finite, Sleepy State Machines</title>
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I was asked to create a state machine for an assessment that has a few simple rules, basically creating a self-determined &#8220;creature&#8221; that had a few basic abilities.  Building on the initial ruleset, I decided to develop it into an automata simulation.
Check it out here.
The creatures have four attributes: thirst, hunger, fatigue, and boredom. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matanuki.com/2010/02/18/finite-thirsty-state-machines/</link>
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		<title>Genesound</title>
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This is a compound final project for an Audio Art course and an Advanced Interactivity course in the Time Arts program at Northern Illinois University.  It explores the concept of evolving audio within a 3D interface, which also takes on a biological aesthetic, using the Unity3D development platform coupled with MAX/MSP/Jitter.  The intention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/12/06/genesound/</link>
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		<title>Channeling Miyamoto?</title>
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This project is an experiment in 3D interface and behavior.  When you click on the planet, it will spawn a little mushroom.  As the plant grows, it will drop spores that grow more mushrooms.  Moving the mouse to the edges of the screen will spin the planet, causing the spores to land [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/11/15/tinyworld/</link>
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		<title>Hookah.WS Redesign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
A few years ago I worked with a local hookah bar owner to start selling his hookahs and accessories online.  The site started out pretty simple, but my buddy Colin got on board and the project evolved into a kind of crazy mix of ZenCart and Wordpress.  A redesign was long overdue, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/11/10/hookah-ws-redesign/</link>
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		<title>A Tiny Machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch this one with headphones for the full effect.

This is a two-part project for an Audio Art course in the Time Arts program at Northern Illinois University. The soundtrack is a musique concrète piece with a focus on Foley sound &#8212; except for the samples of spoken word and explosions, everything was originally recorded and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/11/05/a-tiny-machine/</link>
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		<title>Logos Engine Demo (Still Alpha)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My buddy Colin just posted another demo video of the game engine he&#8217;s working on, and it looks amazing!  In addition to dynamic buildings and weather, his engine renders depth of field and simulates HDR lighting.  Pretty amazing for a just-for-fun side project.
Please excuse the melodramatic music.

Read more about it at Colin&#8217;s website.
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		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/10/30/logos-engine-demo-still-alpha/</link>
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		<title>Crabot!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first 3D animation since high school! Very exciting.

Created with 3dsmax, sound coming soon.
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		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/10/01/crab/</link>
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		<title>Helices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;ve been doing some work with Processing, which is a Java-based development platform for artists interested in creating interactive works.  This project draws a self-perpetuating helix wherever you click and drag.  
Click on the image above to see it.
A Java browser plug-in is required to view this work.
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		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/09/18/helices/</link>
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		<title>Pointy Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first 3D project of the semester.  I was going for kind of an ambiguous biological theme, like something that could be the size of a sea urchin or only visible under a microscope.  We&#8217;ll never know.

Click for big version.
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		<link>http://matanuki.com/2009/09/15/pointy-things/</link>
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