All Posts [sean.fun]

Jan 15, 2016 You Are The Cook

What a shame that so many people lead the same basic life.

Dec 13, 2014 Genetic Algorithms

Using computers to simulate breeding to search for optimal fitness.

This article discusses the basic strategy I used to create breeding bunnies, in my Ludum Dare 31 entry, Bunnies!

Dec 5, 2014 Ludum Dare 31 Live-Blog!

Live-blogging my Ludum Dare 31 experience. Most recent entries are on top. I’ll plan to post about once an hour (while working). You’ll have to manually refresh the page to get updates. Follow and comment on twitter @velipso. All timestamps in EST.

Nov 15, 2014 Shunting Yard (Part 3)

Let’s continue adding to our Shunting Yard code base.

In Part 2, we created operator precedence. This allowed us to delay application of operators indefinitely, using a stack. Next, we’ll focus on adding parentheses, so that the end-user can manually override precedence.

Series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, …

Sep 19, 2014 Odyssey (LD30) Postmortem

Results are out for Ludum Dare 30, and my game Odyssey did pretty damn good!

Rank (of 1493)	Category	Rating
#13	Fun	4.11
#24	Theme	4.16
#34	Overall	4.00
#60	Innovation	4.00
#200	Mood	3.45
#269	Audio	3.22
#337	Humor	2.71
#484	Graphics	3.19

The #13 ranking in Fun just blows me away! My aggregate rating is 93.6% (+0.1% from last time).

Sep 15, 2014 Everyone’s Ludum Dare 30 Results

Like last time, I analyzed the Ludum Dare results.

Click here to analyze the LD30 results!

Alternatively, you can download the raw data here:

Sep 4, 2014 Shunting Yard (Part 2)

Let’s continue building a general purpose Shunting Yard algorithm.

We left off with bare-bones skeleton that implements a shunt to delay building of the abstract syntax tree (AST). Our skeleton left a lot to be desired. For this article, we’ll implement operator precedence.

Please read Part 1 first, since the code here builds directly on the source from that article.

Series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3…

Aug 30, 2014 Procedurally Generated Planet Textures

Using Perlin noise to generate planets.

When creating Odyssey, I used this basic technique to generate unique planet textures for every level.

(Much cheaper than hiring an artist 😛)

Aug 22, 2014 Ludum Dare 30 Live-Blog!

Live-blogging my Ludum Dare 30 experience. Most recent entries are on top. I’ll plan to post about once an hour (while working). You’ll have to manually refresh the page to get updates. Follow and comment on twitter @velipso. All timestamps in EST.

May 25, 2014 Everyone’s Ludum Dare 29 Results

I became slightly annoyed at the analysis and accessibility of the Ludum Dare 29 results. So I decided to write a program that would scrape all the pages and extract the necessary data.