Thoughts, tutorials, and project updates
A deep dive into the architecture behind the Chiptune Challenge -- a year-long 8-bit music competition featuring daily song releases, multi-tier voting, Discord authentication, bracket tournaments, and 12 unique monthly themes.
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The 9-Box Grid - Every Leader Needs This Talent Assessment Tool
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Build The Tool You Need. Introducing: lolrus
Read moreIf you're an Inbox Zero fan - have you considered becoming a Browser Tab Zero fan?
Read moreRe-Re Launch of my personal blog
Read moreWe’ll return to the regularly scheduled GameDev programming in January. Most of December was spent on a detour. The detour was to help make my life a bit easier. Actually…a lot easier.
Read moreSprint 4 took a little bit of an unexpected detour. I started working on adding some core features to the room system. Notably, transition effects between rooms. After the room transitions were functioning I took a brief detour to add some 2D lighting to the game.My goal is to start working on The
Read moreThe third sprint of Zixel is in the books and went by quickly!In just one week, I was able to tackle:
Read moreThroughout my career, I’ve held several positions as a software engineer. When developing an in-house solution, the “Build vs. Buy” argument was always a hot topic.Why pay a developer “X” dollars to build a feature that “Y” developers already built? Shell out the cash, and move on, right? Even be
Read moreSprint 2 is in the books! The second sprint of this project was focused on developing a custom tilemap system. Every 2D engine needs a way to render tile-based artwork. For my engine (Zixel) I not only wanted to support tilemaps and tilesets, but also have a custom in-game editor. This post will det
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