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ambershee

Luke joined Oct 25, 2003

Veteran game developer, Technical Director at Desk Dragons Interactive, former developer at Pitbull Studio (Epic Games UK) and Lionhead Studios (Microsoft Games). I do games, virtual reality and augmented reality.

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Warfare: Unlimited

Aug 4 2010 Warfare++ 4 comments

Three years after the release of Unreal Tournament 3, the player limit has finally been defeated.

Be the Man: Beginning Games Programming #1 - First Steps

Oct 7 2009 Shee Labs Game Development Client Side Coding 26 comments

The first in a series of programming tutorials aimed at aspiring games programmers, who have never seen code before. This tutorial introduces the programmer...

Never Mind the Polygons #11

Apr 24 2008 Never Mind the Polygons

The 11th incarnation of the increasingly popular UK games industry meet is scheduled for 8th May.

Mutator Week Roundup

Mar 15 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 4 comments

One month and two mutator weeks down the line, we step back and take a look at Shee Labs Mutator Week.

Unreal Learning #7: Game Rules

Feb 28 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 Server Side Coding 16 comments

This tutorial will show you how to write a mutator that uses Game Rules. The code was written by Erwan 'Xiongmao' Allain for Shee Labs Mutator Week.

Unreal Learning #6: Post Processing

Feb 28 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 Client Side Coding 11 comments

This tutorial will show you how to write a mutator that uses post processing. The code was written by Luke 'Ambershee' Parkes-Haskell for Shee Labs Mutator...

Unreal Learning #5: Attachments

Feb 28 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 Server Side Coding 13 comments

This tutorial will show you how to write a mutator that attaches a spotlight to a player. The code was written by Luke 'Ambershee' Parkes-Haskell for...

Unreal Learning #4: Advanced Weapons (part 2) - Material Switching

Feb 28 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 Server Side Coding 18 comments

This tutorial is part of a series of three will show you how to create complex materials, and how to program a weapon which can alter them, and a physics...

Want to learn Unreal? Dive in at the deep end with Shee Labs!

Feb 7 2008 News 21 comments

If you want to mod Unreal but have little expertise, then you may find yourself working alone for a very long time before having a valid skill. Have basic...

Unreal Learning #4: Advanced Weapons (part 1) - Complex Materials

Jan 28 2008 Unreal Tournament 3 Client Side Coding 11 comments

This tutorial is part of a series of three will show you how to create complex materials, and how to program a weapon which can alter them, and a physics...

Unreal Learning #3: Delving Deeper into UnrealScript

Dec 3 2007 Unreal Tournament 3 Server Side Coding 7 comments

After having written our first mutator, and created a mutator with a user configuration menu, we'll now take a closer look at the UnrealScript language.

Unreal Learning #2: UT3 Configurable Mutators

Nov 30 2007 Unreal Tournament 3 Server Side Coding 57 comments

This second tutorial will teach you how to write a mutator with configurable properties, and how to create and set up a user interface scene for it.

Never Mind the Polygons gameshow #9

Nov 21 2007 Never Mind the Polygons 3 comments

University of Derby's new Markeaton Campus will become home to the panel game show and industry discussion that is Never Mind the Polygons on December...

Unreal Learning #1: My First Unreal Tournament 3 Mutator

Nov 20 2007 Unreal Tournament 3 Server Side Coding 116 comments

A brief tutorial outlining how to write a simple mutator for Unreal Tournament 3. This is a relatively in depth and detailed tutorial, ideal for any budding...

Total Kommando is Back!

Nov 16 2006 Total Kommando 6 comments

An intense sci-fi action experience, Total Kommando is not for the faint of heart. Featuring 25 outlandish weapons and powerups, and a host of fantastic...

Tournament Edition Announced!

Aug 31 2006 Epic: Zero Hour

It's been over a year since the final version of 'Epic Generals' was released. However, fans of the mod will be glad to know that a new...

Epic Generals: Tournament Edition Announced

Aug 31 2006 Epic Generals 3 comments

It's been over a year since the final version of 'Epic Generals' was released. However, fans of the mod will be glad to know that a new...

Total Kommando Released!

Aug 20 2006 Total Kommando 3 comments

A mod for Soldat played obsessively by some of the games programming students at the university of derby. We've decided that, as it's now very...

Download Fix!

Nov 17 2005 Epic Generals

In short, Epic Generals is now available to download, and if you've been having problems with it before, then you should now be able to retrieve...

Launch!!!

Nov 14 2005 Death of a Hero

Rawr. It's all in there for the lazy --> Oh, and be warned. The old background story needs a rewrite, it's shite, lol Warning! a few spoily...

Dh3: Death of a Hero Relaunch!

Oct 18 2005 Death of a Hero

Hi all, I'm just popping in quickly to announce that Death of a Hero (the third title in the David Hunter series) is going to attempt to relaunch...

The new UNDH Power Armour unveiled!

Sep 21 2005 David Hunter 2

Two new concepts have finally be unleased- the new design of the fabled UNDH fully enclosed armoured suits employed by the elite shock troops of humanity...

David Hunter to go Standalone!

Sep 6 2005 David Hunter

Something that's been in the concept works for ages, now made possible by the recent release of the Quake 3 Arena full source(Thanks Id!). David Hunter...