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Sparrowhawk's Profile

A profile... why not.

Some things I enjoy doing: reading, mountain biking, hiking in the mountains, anything with computers, er, most things really. I love to ski, and just wish I could go on a slope longer than 180 metres.
Partly inspired by enjoying DinkC coding, I went to college to learn a bit of Software Development and am now working with some local developers, using VB.NET and C#.

I have many things I should be doing so writing a profile seemed a good way of putting them off.

I live in northwest England (south originally) and, um, that's about it.

I'm making a D-Mod and have some ambitious ideas for future ones but don't expect anything soon!

E-Mail SparrowhawkDN@gmail.com
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2018-04-09 16:09:55
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I vote yes, even if only a few people will read it it's nice for those that do

I always find them an interesting read plus useful tidbits can sometimes be found there which might not be mentioned elsewhere, eg this from Dan's journal in Revolution:

"I fixed the issue where sprites were getting hit, even though the player
wasn't hitting them. Turns out that killing a script associated with a sprite
doesn't necessarily kill the reference to the script, which means that hitting
the sprite can cause the script it is referencing (a completely different
script) to be called."

Sparrowhawk has released 10 files

TitleCategoryAvgUpdated
DinkC Syntax Highlighting for Notepad++Development, MiscellaneousExceptional 9.7April 26th, 2025
Dink Hotel (The)D-Mod, RompGood 7.1April 2nd, 2019
Developer KeysDevelopmentGood 8.9January 30th, 2011
Broken WindowsD-Mod, RompExceptional 9.0January 12th, 2011
Savebot Massacre (The)D-Mod, MiscellaneousGood 7.7September 6th, 2009
Chickens!Development, GraphicsExceptional 9.4July 16th, 2009
Countdown TimerDevelopment, SourceGood 8.3May 8th, 2009
Bug ManiaD-Mod, Miscellaneous, RompGood 7.5May 2nd, 2009
Dink Sound ReferenceDevelopmentGood 8.4September 11th, 2008
One Screen D-Mod CompilationD-Mod, MiscellaneousExceptional 9.5October 18th, 2007

Sparrowhawk has written 5 reviews

TitleFileTypeScoreDate
Amusing Happy Sunshine LandNormalTolerable 4.5October 22nd, 2009
Short and (almost) sweet. TrappedFeaturedFair 5.9November 23rd, 2008
Buggy but worth it Rise of the Goblins (The)FeaturedGood 7.5November 23rd, 2008
Maybe I just have a strange sense of humour... DryNormalExceptional 9.0June 3rd, 2007
The Legend of Smallwood… Friends Beyond 3: Legend of TenjinFeaturedExceptional 9.6June 3rd, 2007

Sparrowhawk has taken 9 screenshots

ScreenshotFileDate
Preview Dink Wallpaper/Fan ArtworkJanuary 3rd, 2021
Preview Christmas 2011 (Wallpaper)December 12th, 2011
Preview Chickens!January 16th, 2011
Preview Chickens!January 16th, 2011
Preview Friends Beyond 3: Legend of TenjinSeptember 20th, 2010
Preview 10 Sword IconsJanuary 3rd, 2010
Preview Bug ManiaOctober 19th, 2009
Preview Bug ManiaOctober 19th, 2009
Preview Bug ManiaOctober 19th, 2009