Amazing to read about the Recurse Center [1]. It seems to be some kind of artist-in-residence, but for programmers.<p>I've spent some time in residencies as an artist, and it's amazing how much it helped me to open up new perspectives. It'd be nice if there were more of these opportunities to do nonsensical (i.e., non-commercial and non-competitive) things in science. I'm sure it's beneficial to society or at least for the lucky individuals who get accepted there.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.recurse.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.recurse.com/</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/QOtuX0jL85Y?si=Kwo8OZSYOVzoI-Uh" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/QOtuX0jL85Y?si=Kwo8OZSYOVzoI-Uh</a><p>Obligatory The Office reference.
dev here, fun surprise to see this on the front page (I'm glad it's resonating! give the pico-8 a try!)<p>happy to answer q's if anyone has one. I haven't built a full pico-8 game since this (my stuff got...weirder...[1]) but I miss it + have been toying around with playdate and picotron ideas.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40800869">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40800869</a>
Stuff like this makes me utterly adore Pico-8. It's one of the most fun coding environments I've used since I first discovered the ActionScript in Macromedia Flash MX.
Worth mentioning this tale of the psychological and social suffering brought about by the DVD logo never quite hitting the corner of the screen: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ws0QtAiiXQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ws0QtAiiXQ</a>
Made this a while ago if you just want to look at the screensaver.<p><a href="https://stanchak.github.io/dvd/" rel="nofollow">https://stanchak.github.io/dvd/</a>
Direct link to play the game: <a href="https://itseieio.itch.io/dvdlogo" rel="nofollow">https://itseieio.itch.io/dvdlogo</a><p>Source code (pico8): <a href="https://github.com/nolenroyalty/put-the-dvd-logo-in-the-corner">https://github.com/nolenroyalty/put-the-dvd-logo-in-the-corn...</a>
I love these little fantasy consoles. I think this is how coding should be taught, with small runtime requirements and simple tools which let people start adding graphics and movement on the screen immediately
I absolutely love PICO-8. Never been a hardcore gamer but started playing PICO-8 games on my commute after buying a Myioo mini. The games are simple but are extremely playable and fun.
<a href="https://dvd.js.org/?names=han,luke,leia,chewy" rel="nofollow">https://dvd.js.org/?names=han,luke,leia,chewy</a><p>Stupid app i made to (colloquially) roll the dice using the dvd screen
Didn't realise how big a cultural phenomenon this was.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ws0QtAiiXQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ws0QtAiiXQ</a>
I made this a while back if you just need your corner bounce fix <a href="https://oopsallcornerbounces.com/" rel="nofollow">https://oopsallcornerbounces.com/</a>
Obligatory post to my DVD screensaver done in all CSS and inline SVG. <a href="https://dvd-player-screensaver.glitch.me/" rel="nofollow">https://dvd-player-screensaver.glitch.me/</a>