Today I completed a review of the Atari 2600 hardware! The Atari 2600 is so simple. It’s weird to see a schematic of all the circuits in a computer fit on one page and it’s weird to think that I could fully understand how it works. I’ve always felt like computers were too complex to…
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Learning Assembly, #2
So I made basically no progress today xD I thought I would have more time, but then I didn’t. It’s okay though, tomorrow is a new day.
Learning Assembly, #1
Today I started Mr. Gustavo’s assembly programming course on Pikuma.com! I’m so hyped! I just completed the intro and I can’t wait to get coding.
Learning Assembly, #0
It’s finally time to learn assembly! I want to make demos for the TI-83 Plus calculator, which uses Z80 assembly. I’ve only done a little ARM assembly on the Raspberry Pi, but nothing noteworthy. Today I’m finding resources and scoping out the assembly landscape. I know that assembly isn’t portable like C or Python. Each…
Mini Programs in ><>, #3
Today I made a program which generates an ascii star field, inspired by a program in “Basic Beginnings”.
Mini Programs in ><>, #2
Today I made something like cellular automata in ><>! It wasn’t working until I figured out that ><> reads characters from the grid as numbers, but stores characters by interpreting the number as an ascii code. So if I try to store 9, it writes a tab character (ascii 9). Adding 48 fixes the problem.…
Bubbles on TI-83 Plus, Pixel Art
Today I made a bubbles screensaver mock up for the TI-83 Plus.I have several TI-83 Plus calculators and I thought it’d be cool to run the bubbles screensaver on them. I would need to program everything from scratch and I don’t have a link cable yet. Additionally, it may look bad due to the display’s…
New Watercolor Supplies
I bought new watercolor supplies! I got a size 22 round brush and let me tell you: the large brush is the power of expression. Picking up the paint is easy, it holds so much water, and I can paint huge bold strokes! I understand now what Mr. Shibasaki means when he talks about using…
Discovering Neocities
Do you remember Geocities? It was a land before my time, but I recently discovered Neocities, a new web hosting service like Geocities. It’s so cool! Browsing websites on Neocities is a refreshing break from modern web design. Try my boring web design test on Neocities; almost none of them pass. I want to make…
Toki Pona, #2
toki! It’s been a while since the last update. I’m still learning Toki Pona, it’s just taken a backseat to my other projects. I’ve memorized nearly all the words and now I’m focusing on getting lots of input. Maybe at some point I’ll write posts in Toki Pona. mi tawa!
NES Controller + retroUSB Review
TL;DR: The NES controller feels like how PICO-8 games were meant to be played and the retroUSB adapter is perfect. I recently played 100 PICO-8 games with my NES controller and I wanted to write a review. So here’s my review of the Nintendo Entertainment System controller (model NES-004E, 1991) and retroUSB adapter. Some background:…
10 Days of 100 Games, Review
I have a new perspective on PICO-8 games. When I think of PICO-8 games, I typically only think of the best designed, most polished games; the featured games. This series has made me realize that there are far more works in progress and beginners’ games than masterpieces. After trying 100 PICO-8 games, I think I…
10 Days of 100 Games, #10
Today I played games from PICO-8’s “Work in Progress” board. See you tomorrow for the review of this series!
10 Days of 100 Games, #9
More games! And demos! And, um, screensavers?
10 Days of 100 Games, #8
Here are the games I played today: (List)
10 Days of 100 Games, #7
Today I continued playing games! Here’s what I played today: (List)
10 Days of 100 Games, #6
Yes, it’s another list of 10 games: (List) Playing with the NES controller feels like how PICO-8 games were meant to be played.
10 Days of 100 Games, #5
The games today: (List) Some of the games I’ve been playing are more demos or proof-of-concepts than finished games, but it’s fun to play them anyway.