My friend John told me in passing that there is a game which claims to help with ADHD symptoms. My questions were… how? For how…
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Symptoms of Design Rot
Sometimes it’s just a feeling when looking through some code. Perhaps something you’re working on feels ‘hacky’, or has ‘that smell’. Or perhaps things seem…
What’s an OODA LOOP?
An Ooda Loop is a way to make quick decisions personally or in an organization. I apply these when playing strategy games but they seem…
I have learned a LOT about the importance of dependency management since I originally wrote this rant. Really my problem was just with using a…
ECS Journeys – Tiny Unity
Transitioning to ECS seems to be a goal with Unity3D, understandably. So I’ll be transitioning as well. Seems like a big learning curve but I’ll…
The natural world as inspiration for video games
This guy, Joe O’Connell, read my thoughts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fPz7kGduT4 I agree, naturalistic video games and movies are the best, especially those with tropes such as :…
Procedural Environment of Streamfall’s Wildlands
The Crash ( and Streamfall games in general) will be naturalistic and procedural. The version of The Crash posted elsewhere has a tile-based system, which…
Pokemon Go and Education
“Gee offered the observation that, though the USA had long suffered from a stubborn academic achievement gap between poor minority children and white middle-class kids, he…