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The speaker lineup at POSSCON is world-class.
POSSCON turned out to be a great event. Big thanks to Jeffrey Hammond, Lee Congdon, Mark Anzani and Deb Bryant for a great AM of panel discussion
Thanks to Matt Asay for moderating our panel at POSSCON. Well worth the trip to South Carolina. Great regional event.
The synergy between developers, business people, and teachers makes POSSCON pretty unique, I haven't really seen this anywhere else.
It was very nicely run and I think you did a bang-up job. You should all be proud of what you did.
This is like nothing you've ever seen before. You can look at the pictures, you can watch the videos... but just like a concert, you have to be there.
John Diamond
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John Diamond's details
- Title: CEO & Lead Developer
- Company: COR Entertainment
- John Diamond's presentations
John Diamond is the CEO and lead developer of COR Entertainment LLC, a company that was initially formed in 2006 that developed the popular open source game Alien Arena. John also is a senior developer at Orange Technologies Inc, where he has worked for nearly twenty years developing closed source CAD applications.
His field of expertise is well rounded, as he is responsible for the code as well as the artwork for the games he designs. He believes firmly in the open source model for game engines, as well as the use of open source tools such as Blender, Radiant, and others in order to create commercial quality game art. His notable releases include Alteria (2001), CodeRED (2002, 2003), Alien Arena (2004-2011), as well as the CADPIPE product line (1996-2011). His code work ranged from OpenGL rendering, to GUI, to physics using the Open Dynamic Engine, and everything in between.
John was born in Baltimore in 1966, attended Loyola College (Electrical Engineering) and Towson State University (Computer Science). His fascination with computers and gaming began while in high school in rural Maryland, beginning with writing Apple IIC ports of his favorite arcade games such as Centipede and Donkey Kong, continuing on with the Commodore 64. In the early 90′s he discovered the id Software games and began modifying them. When id Software released their source code to the public, John immediately began tinkering with and expanding on it, using it as a base for his own gaming engine while gaining an acute appreciation for the open source credo.
John is married and currently resides in Manchester, Maryland with two cats and an army of computers.
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