The lunar eclipse for January 2019 inspired me to try to capture it with a camera. So just for fun, I thought I might talk about my experience with shooting the moon pics so that other’s who might be inspired can learn from my mistakes. Shooting at full auto Before beginning this experiment, I did think it […]
Introduction Anaconda is a free and open-source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing, that aims to simplify package management and deployment. Package versions are managed by the package management system “conda” instead of pip, and the packages include binaries in addition to python source libraries. It’s a great tool if you […]
Overview Building content that will be utilized by a Learning Management System (LMS) requires a development environment that has a running LMS. Preferably if you are going to build content using an open source mechanism, you should have as many LMSs as you can, in order to ensure that your content can play on all of […]
This post is about the design of the Alphabet Tiles game, not the graphics for the game, but the description of it. This is what Game Designers do, they create the definition of the game. A good step in game design is to start with a GDD or Game Design Document. The game design document […]
For the final project of my ai for robotics class I implemented a version of a simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm. SLAM allows you to build a robot that can use its sensors to build a map of its surroundings while it is also simultaneously attempting to perform localization so that it can manage the […]
Building an educational game is more difficult than building a game without a purpose. Because you are attempting to do two things at once, both become more difficult. You might want to start by making a normal game or two, maybe choosing one that has educational benefits but is not designed to teach the user […]
It is critical to set an achievable goal when making your first video game so that you can learn and build better and better games over time. When you complete a game and watch other people play it, that is when you really learn how to make better games. It is true of all games, […]
Have you ever wanted to stream audio while you were on a hangout, but were unable to because of feedback in the Hangout? Well, this is the solution if you are using a mac. Soundflower is a virtual audio device for your Mac that is designed to allow audio to be routed to different applications. […]
Had a great time watching the show and helping people who were learning to juggle! Great day, wonderful weather, so lucky that NYC has Bryant Park Juggling!
Procedural Board Generation There are two main changes I made to convert this from a totally random board. First, the procedure decides ahead of time how many bombs and how many dangers are placed on the board. The second improvement is to make sure there are no islands, that is making sure every goal is […]