Reword Dawn of Chaos

projects/dawnchaos/index.md

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 title: Dawn of Chaos
 date: 2004
+dev: delphi, directx
 ---
 
-For the first of undergraduate study we have to develop a project in either
-Delphi or OCaml within a team of four during one year. This is the only year
-when we are allowed to make a video game. That the reason why we decided to
+During the first year of undergraduate study at Epita we have to develop a
+project in either Delphi or OCaml within a team of four to validate the year.
+Since this is the only year we are allowed to make a video-game, we chose to
 create a Diablo-like in Delphi as our school project in 2004.
 
-The development has been quite hard, because at the time we had no programming
-skill. Moreover, our team rapidly exploded, with one member quitting the school
-after a few months and another one not willing to work.
+For most of the student, and for my team, this is the first programming project
+we do ourselves. As such, we were lacking best practices and we learned along
+the way. The development was quite hard, because at the time we had no
+programming skill. Moreover, our team quickly fell out, with one member quitting
+the school after a few months and another one struggling with programming. It
+ended up being a two-persons project.
 
 Nevertheless, this was a truly rewarding experience since I learned the basics
 of video game creation and DirectX programming.
@@ -23,20 +27,22 @@ We had the choice between DirectX and OpenGL for developing our graphic engine.
 Most of the students chose OpenGL but we thought DirectX was more suitable for a
 Windows game because we had no intention to port the project to Linux.
 
-We used the Jedi Project headers as a means to use DirectX with Delphi. The
-first contact with DirextX was harsh but after carefully reading the SDK
-documentation I was quick to learn the basics. I would like to thank Buckman for
-helping me figure the logic of DirectX out.
+We used the [Jedi Project](http://www.delphi-jedi.org/) headers as a means to
+use DirectX with Delphi. The first contact with DirectX was harsh but after
+carefully reading the SDK documentation I was able to grasp the basics. I would
+like to thank my fellow student Buckman for helping me figure the logic of
+DirectX out.
 
-The 3D models should have been generated with Maya but our graphic member was
-not able to produce anything. So we search graphism websites for simple models
-and we modified them with Maya. For the texturing part and the conversion of the
-Maya file format to the DirectX one, we used Deep Exploration.
+The 3D models should have been generated with Maya but we were not able to
+produce any good 3D assets by ourselves. So we searched graphism websites for
+simple models and we modified them with Maya. For the texturing part and the
+conversion of the Maya file format to the DirectX one, we used Deep Exploration
+(by Right Hemisphere).
 
 In order to make things dynamic, we just added a game loop with mutable
 variables (by pressing keys for moving the camera for instance). Unfortunately,
 the game loop was not set on the time but on the cpu cycles. As a result, it
-runs as fast as your cpu can, making things lagged.
+runs as fast as your cpu can, making things lagging.
 
 Finally, I added a 2D display for game informations such as health. It was done
 using DirectSprites and DirectFonts. A bug with the proportions forced me to
@@ -54,9 +60,9 @@ not, make a boolean map on which I applied the pathfinding.
 SOUND ENGINE
 ------------
 
-"Sound engine" is a big word for what was done. At first I thought I would use
-the DirectSound library since our graphic engine was done with Direct3D but I
-quickly changed my mind.
+"Sound engine" might sound a bit fancy for what was done. At first I thought I
+would use the DirectSound library since our graphic engine was done with
+Direct3D but I quickly changed my mind.
 
 DirectSound allows you to use incredible 3D sound effects like reverberation but
 it was a nightmare to use it. I spent an entire night just for trying to play a
@@ -81,10 +87,10 @@ hero is getting away (the hero is of course faster than any enemy).
 WHAT WAS DONE BY OTHERS
 -----------------------
 
-My friend who actually worked created a truly rich map editor that was used for
-making the game. He also created the elements of the world. He was then able to
-define position and rounds for the enemies directly from his editor. Our graphc
-engine only had to get his data from the editor in order to generate the levels.
+My friend created a truly rich map editor that was used for making the game. He
+also created the elements of the world. He was then able to define position and
+rounds for the enemies directly from his editor. Our game engine only had to
+get his data from the editor in order to generate the levels.
 
 At last, he was in charge for the management of the hero: life, equipment, etc.
 
@@ -95,9 +101,3 @@ LAST WORDS
 Our game was quite pretty but it was very slow due to the too detailled models
 used for the hero and the enemies. It lacks animation too. I really wanted to
 incorporate animation but I wasn't able to.
-
-
-TECHNOLOGIES
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-
-[DirectX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX): the official multimedia API from Microsoft