Recent Posts

The most recent 5 posts are listed below. To view the complete archive of 8 posts, click here.

Mar 28, 2023 — Word Nerd v1.1.0 Released
Word Nerd! has been updated to reflect the great input that I’ve received from the early adopters.
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Mar 26, 2023 — Word Nerd v1.1.0 Released
I don’t know about you, but I love the game, Wordle, hosted by the NY Times. Maybe “obsessed” is a better word. It’s so dang addicting. And it’s equally as frustrating since you can only play once a day. So, I decided to make a clone of it, with a few new features.
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Dec 26, 2022 — Upcoming Changes for GameDevUtils.com, 2023/Q1
I’ve been working on my 2016 sprite packing tool (again) recently. The current version is web-only, static HTML so that your assets stay on your machine. I don’t need to see them, or pay for the server resources to process them. It’s cross-browser and cross-platform, so you can work on whatever platform suits your project best. To see a list of the current features, click the link to the current version, then click the “Show Features” button, next to the “Sprite Sheets” tool.
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Dec 26, 2022 — TDD and Code Coverage
I’ve always had a bad taste in my mouth for code coverage tools. It just feels like it encourages developers to write tests solely to trigger code paths in an effort to reach 100% coverage. Even if those are low-quality, do nothing tests.
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Oct 31, 2022 — New Logo; New Status Update
I didn’t realize how long it had been since my last post to this site. I’ve had some health issues, but I’ve been plugging away at my hobby code the whole time. I need to get some of that work wrapped up so I can show it off here.
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