It's been a quiet month for ThinkBoxly, but don't let the silence fool you: things are ramping up behind the scenes for some really big projects set to be revealed throughout the rest of the year, not limited to but certainly including Edge Engine. As it stands, most existing modules have matured to a point where all essential features have been added and all known bugs have been corrected. In fact, the month of March marks an important milestone for Edge Engine as the first month since the engine's launch ...

Edge Engine Progress Report - March 2016

It's almost upon us: after decades of efforts and dreams, consumer virtual reality won't be a thing of science fiction much longer. In just over a month both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive will make their debut, and you'll need a pretty decent PC to power them—your graphics card being of particular importance. Both headset manufacturers are recommending an NVIDIA GTX 970 at minimum, and your time to upgrade before the big launch is fading fast. But what exactly will you get for your money if you decide to ...

GPU Wars: GTX 970 vs 2x GTX 960 in SLI

If you hadn't noticed, things have looked a bit different around here at ThinkBoxly for a few weeks now! While the latest version of ThinkBoxly was released to less fanfare than usual, it was for good reason--that reason being, the reasons for the updates had to be kept under wraps! While some of those reasons must remain secrets for a while longer, today the first step of those plans comes to completion: Edge Engine is now fully assimilated into ThinkBoxly, and ALL modules have received updates to help ...

Edge Engine February 2016 Updates - New Look, Same Great Engine!

The 5th-gen Amazon Fire is an interesting little device, simultaneously ambitious and barebones. While the prospect of a $50 tablet is itself nothing new, in the past this price point was exclusively the domain of Chinese knockoffs and barely-functional toys for small children. But when a name like Amazon steps in, things are immediately a bit different. Amazon has already proven itself as a budget hardware manufacturer with its excellent Amazon Basics lineup, and now the Fire brings the same spirit into ...

Amazon Fire 5th-gen Review - The $50 Tablet That Could

The Edge Visual Novel Engine, or Edge VN, is a fully cross-platform text and character engine designed for use in full visual novels and RPG-style dialog scenes. It is highly optimized for maximum performance and ease of use without sacrificing power. All code is fully notated and designed for human readability, and extensive documentation is included. read documentation Features: - FAST. Edge VN's text drawing technique is highly optimized and has almost no performance impact, and other elements have been ...

Edge VN - Advanced Visual Novel Engine for GameMaker Studio

Securely save and load virtually any variable! Edge FS makes it easy to store and retrieve real and string variables, arrays, data structures, surfaces, and screenshots on system storage for a complete save file solution in one small package! Also features whole file encryption and obfuscation to prevent tampering with stored data without inhibiting usability or compromising data integrity. read documentation Features: - FAST! Save and load operations are near-instantaneous even when handling large amounts ...

Edge FS - Save, Load, and Encryption Filesystem