Games
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28 Jun 2021
Developing Minesweeper like it's 1999 (or fun with VB6)
Minesweeper was one of the first games I played on a computer (after Solitaire ). I wouldn’t say that I’m very good at it, but that doesn’t discourage me from wanting to implement it. For some added …27 Jun 2021
Barcode Hunter: gaming on a logistics terminal
I like doing small projects and one-off games for my kids, and I’ve recently acquired a handheld industrial PDA with a barcode scanner that suggested an idea of a barcode-scanning game. It was quite …20 Jun 2021
A physical minimalistic incremental game on micro:bit
I often chat with my son about computer games on the way to the school in the morning. One topic that comes up fairly often are the incremental games, which we both like and enjoy in various forms - I …27 May 2021
Sudoku development diaries - part 2
After developing the basic parts of a Sudoku game in text mode, I was looking for UI toolkit to make it playable with a mouse. After checking various options for a while I ended up using Dear ImGui . …26 Mar 2021
Rolling your own on-screen keyboard
Rolling your own on-screen keyboard I wanted to play the Robotics;Notes visual novel on my Windows touchscreen tablet, but unfortunately the game only supports keyboard controls. While connecting a …06 Mar 2021
Sudoku development diaries - part 1
I’ve been playing Sudoku on my phone for the past few weeks, learning new techniques and generally having fun. I thought it would be interesting to apply the playing skills in implementing a Sudoku …14 Feb 2021
Fixing Saitek Heavy Equipment Wheel
As a fan of simulator games I’ve also tried a couple of steering wheel setups. I’ve been playing truck , bus and farming simulator games recently and wanted a somewhat different wheel. The complete …04 Feb 2021
CHIP-8 on Nokia 3410
Mobile development like it’s 2002 I thought it’d be fun to develop something for a mobile phone. Thus I did a quick port of my previous CHIP-8 emulator from C to Java. Nokia 3410 looked like a fun …29 Jan 2021
4-in-1 game for the taskbar
A collection of minigames under 4 KB As a kid, I had a cheap 8 in 1 Brick Game handheld console, which had LCD display with large dots, 4 directional buttons and a speaker. Along with a couple of …06 Jan 2021
Wiring car instruments for fun
Car accessories as game controllers? I got inspired by the CAN BUS Gaming Simulator post on hackaday, where Leon Bataille connected a VW Polo dashboard and switches to Euro Truck Simulator 2. I’d like …20 Nov 2020
DOOM on a watch
Does it run DOOM? I was trying to find a good use case for my LILIGO TTGO T-Watch . It’s a programmable smart watch featuring the amazing ESP32 chip and a 240x240 color LCD screen. I keep hearing …12 Jul 2020
Implementing Solitaire in C
Solitaire was the first computer game I have played, ages ago, on an ancient Windows 3.1 laptop. I have never actually implemented it. When I say Solitaire, I actually mean the Klondike variant, which …