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Bellmanstafetten relay race – didn’t die! 23 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Yesterday I took part in Bellmanstafetten – a 5km relay race – with other runners from DICE. We had three teams, one of which was aiming to beat last year’s company record for the race (I wasn’t on th...
How not to run Midnattsloppet 18 Aug 2013 | 02:13 pm
Midnattsloppet is a yearly night-time 10km race in Sweden, taking place in multiple cities including Stockholm. I’ve been signed up for months. It was yesterday. Let me tell you about it. I have only...
Trying out the Rearth Ringke Fusion Nexus 4 case 18 Aug 2013 | 01:43 pm
(Note: this post was going to have pictures. Unfortunately my SD card is MIA. I’ll add them here when I can find it) When I bought my Nexus 4 in SF earlier this year I bought the first cheap case I s...
Porting Interdiction to Android with CocoonJS – overcoming mouse position offset problem 24 Jul 2013 | 07:42 pm
For the month of August I am porting Interdiction to Android using CocoonJS. The AI is far from perfect right now, but it works. I am going to keep improving it. For now, however, Android port it is. ...
Some Toaster AI improvements 15 Jul 2013 | 07:50 pm
I made some more improvements to Toaster yesterday and this morning. Specifically: Have Toaster look for an enemy tile to place Grenades on Before, Toaster looked for an empty space on the grid to p...
Slowly improving Toaster AI for #1GAM 14 Jul 2013 | 10:02 pm
My Interdiction single player AI (named Toaster) has been coming along slowly. It’s still very far from the unbeatable cylon I want it to be, but it at least tries to defend itself by intercepting the...
We’re more than halfway through the #1GAM year! What I’ve made so far. 9 Jul 2013 | 05:42 pm
I looked at my One Game a Month profile just now and realized that we are halfway through the year. That’s six games made so far! I’ve tried to pick projects that will help me learn something new each...
June #1GAM game and board game AI 30 Jun 2013 | 01:11 am
My June One Game a Month project is called Interdiction. It’s a two player board game based on Tic-Tac-Toe, but with a twist. The goal of the game is to get a higher score than your opponent. Placing ...
Game of Snails in all its barely-playable glory 27 May 2013 | 12:48 am
Well, it’s the end of the month and I have to post something for May. Despite Game of Snails being broken and nigh-unplayable, I’m posting it anyway. If you want to check it out, here are some disclai...
A traumatic [read: wimpy] experience 23 May 2013 | 10:50 am
This Monday I went to the doctor about my leg pain. She ruled out a stress fracture and said it was most likely a calf strain, but that the pain I describe could also point to deep vein thrombosis. “I...
