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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, 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

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Software Development, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingFebruary 2, 2025February 2, 2025

The Objects of My Factory

My refactoring continues. My Enemy.cs class hierarchy is not yet complete, but enough for me to dig into refactoring the SpawnManager.cs class. It is implemented like any other game object,Continue readingThe Objects of My Factory

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Software Development, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingJanuary 30, 2025January 30, 2025

Factor and Refactor Went out on a Boat…

…Factor fell off, who was left? Actually, the original joke involved Pete and Re-Pete. You can guess how the punchline went. Sometimes, re-factoring our code can feel like the sameContinue readingFactor and Refactor Went out on a Boat…

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Software Development, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingJanuary 12, 2025January 12, 2025

Sour Power

Yea, I know, that’s not really a thing, but it rhymes. And the next thing we are going to create is basically a “negative” power-up so it’s kinda descriptive. ItContinue readingSour Power

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingDecember 3, 2024December 3, 2024

Enemies all about us…

Things just got tough for our player. We’ve given the enemy something new. The funny thing is, it’s not a new weapon. It’s just the ability to spawn from theContinue readingEnemies all about us…

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingDecember 1, 2024December 27, 2024

Shake well before use…

Today’s activity turned out to be really, really easy which is good because I was kinda dreading it. The feature to add was a subtle camera shake whenever our playerContinue readingShake well before use…

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingDecember 1, 2024December 1, 2024

More UI Flash and Sizzle

At some point I need to think a bit more about the player HUD (Heads Up Display). This would be the little UI widgets on the screen that keep scoreContinue readingMore UI Flash and Sizzle

GameDevHQ, HowTo, Star Shooter Pro, TrainingNovember 30, 2024November 30, 2024

Super Power Up!

We are creating another new power up for our game, but this one is to be a bit different. It needs to be a new kind of weapon, but itContinue readingSuper Power Up!

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