JavaScript via Games (part 1)

Most of my experience at this point is with the Udemy JS course How to Program Games: Tile Classics in JS for HTML5 Canvas. I'll mention that even though it was not part of the official course instructions I actually used GitHub to make my progress available as I went. This was to learn git … Continue reading JavaScript via Games (part 1) →

Windows 10: disable Xbox

I actually had to do this for my work computer (Windows 10 pro). I was experiencing a brief non-clickable popup window that closed itself but was still annoying on what is supposed to be a production machine. I set about trying to find how to disable all things XBox on the system. I did a … Continue reading Windows 10: disable Xbox →

Upgrading NodeJS (on Windows)

As briefly mentioned in the prior entry, the NodeJS class instructor revved the version number of his course (resetting my progress but that's more a side note). This new version of the course also switched to the latest version of node for the time: 11.0.0 (in the brief time since, NodeJS has moved to 11.1.0). … Continue reading Upgrading NodeJS (on Windows) →

Game review: Slipstream (Steam)

Title Slipstream Platform: Steam / Windows Available on OS: Windows/Mac/Linux Genre:Racing, retro, arcade Game number: 2 of 1005 steam games (< 1%) Summary review:Graphics: I like the Outrun retro pastiche and performance is excellent: 5/5Music: I really love the sounds track and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it: 5/5Controls: Best with an … Continue reading Game review: Slipstream (Steam) →

My Git Workflow

Note: This applies specifically to my Windows 1o workflow. It will not hold a lot of relevance to any other OS. See the end for links to resources mentioned. The main reason for sharing how I have been working is because of the seemingly long time to come up with a working set up steps. … Continue reading My Git Workflow →

Proto-dev log

I have a long term goal of writing a video game. But as I write this in March of 2019 I would consider my programming knowledge very much "barely existing". I mean by own standards that's what I would consider it. I did go through a Udemy course on JavaScript. It was kind of a … Continue reading Proto-dev log →

The Journey Begins

Welcome to my new blog/web site. Guess it's a little of both. Or neither. An eclectic mix of technology, game reviews and stream of consciousness posts I would hate to inflect on anybody. I decided to go into more detail on the about page.