Kornhornio's Kreations

The forums are gone due to lack of activity. Well, there was activity. Just not from real people. Only from annoying spammers. Feel free to e-mail me instead.

If you haven't noticed yet from the lack of an update in about 10 months, I'm pretty much out of ideas for new programs. Instead, I'm going to be posting other programs I find over at Kornhornio's Discoveries. I'll still post my new programs here, but that blog will be updated much more often than this website.

Thanks to anyone who's visited this website and actually went anywhere other than the DMV test page . I hope to see your comments at Kornhornio's Discoveries!

I finally got around to updating the questions on my DMV test. No more questions from 1997!

I converted my old DOS program to a web-based test. Now you can take the test in your web browser rather than downloading it.

<begging>I still really need some updated questions. If you have questions you would be willing to send me, I'd really appreciate it. Please e-mail me.</begging>

At the request of several visitors to the website, I've put the lists of questions and answers online. Now you can print the lists out and take the test away from your computer. This will also work for Mac users and others who weren't able to use the test program in the past.

<begging>I plan to make the test into a web-based form and get rid of the old DOS program altogether in the near future, but I really need some updated questions. If you have questions you would be willing to send me, I'd really appreciate it. Please e-mail me.</begging>

I've started working on a clone of the classic game Asteroids. My version has 3D graphics (using OpenGL, hence the current title). Check it out on the AsteroidsGL page.

The high score tracking on Tetris is fixed. Unfortunately the old high scores didn't get carried over to the new system, so it's time to get some competition going again!

The site seems to be running nicely on PHP now. The only thing left to fix is the high score table on Tetris. The game is playable, but it will lock up when you get a "game over". I'm going to spend some time making the scoring a bit better than it used to be, so it might take a few weeks to get it up and running.

The website has been moved to a new web host. As a result, I'm in the middle of converting the site from Java Server Pages to PHP. There will be broken links (and probably other problems) for a few days while I work on the conversion.

More animations added to Tetris. Also, I fixed a bug where a piece could be rotated at the bottom of the playing area and get stuck in the floor. (Thanks to JuddMan at JavaGaming.org for pointing that one out)

The latest update for Tetris is smoothly falling pieces. Rather than skipping a line at a time, the pieces now smoothly glide downward. I also added a key to skip levels (the plus key) so you can jump into the faster, higher-scoring levels without having to spend time on the slower beginning levels.

I'm also continuing to rewrite/rework some pretty big areas of code. Expect to see more graphical goodies appearing over the next few days/weeks... Not that you can tell the difference, but I've been reworking the code a bit.

What do you think of the new features? Let me know.

Still at work on improvements for Tetris... This time I tweaked the speed increases between levels. There was a big speed jump (nearly double) between levels 9 and 10, but now that's been smoothed out so the increase will be more gradual over levels 7-11. There's a nifty title screen now too. I still have a few noticeable changes planned, so stay tuned...

Not that you can tell the difference, but I've been reworking the code a bit. I started programming on this game (in 1998) back when I didn't fully know what I was doing, so lately I've finding plenty of room for improvements. Since I've been rewriting some parts, it's become easier to add new features. If you have any ideas for features you'd like to see in the game, let me know.

Tetris has gotten some nice graphical improvements. I remade the block graphics from scratch so they have a bit smoother 3-D look. Those of you who changed the site colors will notice the game changes to match your selected color scheme. As always, feel free to let me know.

I updated Tetris again to smooth out the animation and get rid of some other minor graphical problems. Can you see a difference? Any new problems? Let me know...

I updated Tetris, so now the high score list should appear correctly at the end of the game. Let me know if you have any problems.

Here it is... the new design for Kornhornio's Kreations. I suggest trying the "Colors" link under "Site Options" on the left...

Enjoy!
- Kornhornio