Rotation-Based Compression

I previously discussed how double-entry accounting works — including how to create the balance sheet — in my article A Basic Introduction to Accounting. Now let's explore some more basic accounting concepts: revenue, expenses, and depreciation. Fixed assets provide a great way to explore these concepts, so let's not waste anytime and get right...

I recently wrapped up a 12-week batch at the Recurse Center (RC) in Brooklyn, NY, and I can safely say that attending RC was one of the best decisions I have ever made. This was the most creative period of my life, and the amount I learned rivaled my time in college with the added bonus that I was able to learn what I wanted to learn. I had a few...

I wrote most of the core code for Plight of the Wizard during a four-day game jam at Recurse Center. The game was perfectly performant at that time given the limited scope. However, I have made a lot of changes to the game since my last blog post, and a lot of my initial code did not scale very well at all. The biggest change I made was...

Media in this article may trigger epileptic seizures. Reader discretion is advised. While watching people play my game, Plight of the Wizard, I observed a clever tactic. Some players learned how enemies spawn and used it to their advantage. The enemy spawner I implemented spawns enemies a certain distance away from the player. This way, if the...

After making an arena shooter for the Playdate titled Plight of the Wizard, there were a few areas that I knew needed some polish. One of those areas was how I handle my character's rotation. Here was my previous implementation: There were two issues with my approach: 1. Rotating a sprite in code is not very performant...