I set up a dedicated page for my roguelike, Witherwyn today. At the moment it’s more a demo than a game. Witherwyn is the only roguelike available on the internet written in C# (as far as I can tell). Source …More
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Line of Sight
“If I have not seen as far as others, it is becausegiants were standing on my shoulders.” – Hal Abelson I implemented a line of sight algorithm for Witherwyn last night. It works like this: 1. Given observer position (x,y) …More
"Are there not other gods for other loves?"
Someone will remember us I say even in another time fr. 147 other gods may serve you
That’s the first ten minutes, then what? I got plane tickets today to go visit Joanna in early August. Isn’t that exciting? Yes, exactly 30 days from now. I’m not normally one for counting days, my preferred unit of time …More
Of Qubits and Cubits
Of Qubits: An article in New Scientist (which sounds like a Christian science magazine but I swear that it’s actually a legitimate publication) today indicates that closing the loop on reality with quantum computing may be prohibited by fundamental limits …More
Xtremely Majestic Language
Tile set editor Today’s addition to Witherwyn is a mostly functional tile set editor. This editor makes it very easy to manage and extend the tiles that the engine will recognize and use to create levels in the game. So …More
We are Pentium of Borg.
We are Pentium of Borg. Division is Futile – You will be approximated That in reference to the infamous Pentium Bug. That’s my non-sequitur segue to discussing Dr. White’s Angband Borg which is really cool. It’s a computer player for …More
Adventures in the Infinite Realm of Witherwyn
One of the cool things about summer is that I have time to work on my own programming projects. I’ve been kicking around the idea of making my own roguelike game all quarter and lurking on rec.games.roguelike.development. Now I’m finally …More
The Worldwide Nexus of Failure
I love motivational posters. Especially the ones at http://www.despair.com. Once I tried my hand at making a couple. My “Failure” poster has become very popular. If you do a Google image search on “failure”, it will be the first hit. …More
The Loss of the Creature
There are only two essays that I read in my entire high school career (I dislike that idiom, as being in high school is more like being unemployed than it is having a career). “The Starfisher” by Loren Eisley (which …More

