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Commentary, HowTo, Software DevelopmentJuly 24, 2025July 24, 2025

Retro Command Line Junkie

I’ve had a long-standing desire to return to my command-line roots. It may be just rose-tinted nostalgia, but it sometimes seems I spend an inordinate amount of time waiting forContinue readingRetro Command Line Junkie

Commentary, GameDevHQ, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingFebruary 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Kibbles, Bits and Pro-Tips

…or, the Importance of Community It’s pretty easy to sing the praises of GameDevHQ content. You don’t even need to take my word for it. Between the courses released onContinue readingKibbles, Bits and Pro-Tips

Commentary, GameDevHQ, HowTo, Software Development, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025

Say it With Data

A good friend and fellow programmer once accused me of trying to replace all my code with just data. He told me it just wasn’t right to use dynamic dataContinue readingSay it With Data

Commentary, GameDevHQ, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingDecember 27, 2024December 27, 2024

Waves, away…

So far, our game has been an endless stream of enemy fighters. Now it’s time to get more sophisticated. We are going to create a “wave system” for our enemyContinue readingWaves, away…

Commentary, TrainingNovember 23, 2024November 23, 2024

2+2=5

Whenever we talk about systems, or processes, things like DevOps, Agile and such, what we are really trying to do is find a way to improve our output in aContinue reading2+2=5

Commentary, HowTo, Software DevelopmentNovember 5, 2024November 5, 2024

GitHub Pages

GitHub is more than just a source code repository and hosting system. It has become an entire ecosystem offering a collection of interconnected services. The source code repository is theContinue readingGitHub Pages

Commentary, GameDevHQ, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024

Starting to Feel Like a Real Video Game!

My project is finally starting to take on the appearance of an actual video game. We can control our player’s movements as well as fire a laser. We have enemyContinue readingStarting to Feel Like a Real Video Game!

Commentary, HowToFebruary 6, 2024February 6, 2024

Marking the Bench

I know it seems like I’m really milking this Bubble Sort thing. But we did just discuss three different implementations of the Bubble Sort (Algorithm and Blues, part 1, partContinue readingMarking the Bench

Commentary, HowToJanuary 27, 2024February 6, 2024

Algorithm and Blues (part 3)

Previously, in our hit series, “Algorithm and Blues” (part 1) and (part 2), our villain, Dr. Evil Bubblesort made his appearance. Not once, but twice. Both times being neatly stuffedContinue readingAlgorithm and Blues (part 3)

Commentary, HowToJanuary 26, 2024February 6, 2024

Algorithm and Blues (part 2)

I mentioned recently I faced the infamous Bubble Sort in an interview and did less than stellar. Excuse mongering aside, I decided I should look into it and discussed itContinue readingAlgorithm and Blues (part 2)