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Federated Madness

April 1, 2023

You know this Mastodon thing everyone’s going apeshit over? Well it runs on a technology called ActivityPub which is something everything needs to support. It implements social media style following and so on using a protocol that anyone can use. So, as is my way I’ve been playing. I already run a Mastodon instance that you should follow me on, but now I also have a Pixelfed instance running.
Gamedev, music, art and being creative

March 25, 2023

I am not a creative person, and I’d quite like to change this. There’s a bunch of creative skills I’ve never put the effort into improving and I think I might have some ways to overcome this. Let’s have a look… When I say I’m not creative, what I mean is coming up with ideas […]
Chat GPT pretending to be a BBC Micro

February 13, 2023

I have a go at making ChatGPT pretend to be a BBC Micro. It goes … not entirely wrong!

Component Based Game Engine From Scratch Part 2

This time I explain how to mimic Unity’s GetComponent system using C++ templates.
Easier Game Controller Input in SDL with SDL_GameController

SDL_GameController is a better way to manage game controllers, compared to raw SDL_Joystick code, however it’s not well documented. Here is how I use it.
Maths for Programmers 1 Rearranging Equations

Straight forward instructions on how to rearrange algebraic equations, all wrapped up in a nice free PDF to download. Don’t fear maths or algebra again!