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Legend of the Moon Stones - displaying text

27 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Quaro

In my simple pixel art project Legend of the Moon Stones I wanted, of course, pixel-perfect control over the displayed text, and I didn't want to mess with missing fonts, etc. So instead of using standard canvas text functions I decided to import my...

We need to talk about: Nimiq, the browser-first blockchain!

27 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Eroshi

Before talking about Nimiq, I will review about how blockchain works...  Every node(computer) in the blockchain network receives a crypto block with transactions and the node do the proof of work to decrypt the nounce solving the problem then put it...

Indie Game Dev Log: 25/8/2020 (a Cheese without a Cat)

25 Aug 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Timanious

Hya everyone! It has been a while since I last posted but we've had a serious heat wave going on here in the Netherlands. We had the hottest week ever measured in this country and I couldn't sleep for six days because of it. After not really sleeping...

Legend of the Moon Stones - creating a Javascript videogame

25 Aug 2020 2 minute read 3 comments Quaro

Every summer I try to use my spare time for a new project. This year I decided to create a (very!) simple videogame to improve my javascript skills and put in some nice pixel art. The concept I wanted to keep it simple, and since most of the games a...

Fullstack Wizard 4. Know when to call it quits. Angular modules, routes and components.

2 Aug 2020 8 minute read 11 comments ProngsDark

Previous episodes: Episode 1 -- Vue.js project setup Episode 2 -- Design tips for developers Episode 3 -- Hyperledger Iroha and Docker Before word "Wait a minute. This is episode 4 and still no Vue guide. Where is my Vue guide?" I know, I know. I...

4 Books to learn JavaScript

1 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ryosuke

JavaScript (JS) was crafted in 1995 at Netscape as LiveScript. JavaScript is interpreted and run by a JavaScript engine. JavaScript is the programming language of HTML and the Web.JavaScript is easy to learn very expressive and very little setup over...

WebDev Starter Pack - Where lives the data in the World Wide Web - Databases and its concepts SQL and NoSQL!

1 Aug 2020 5 minute read 4 comments Eroshi

Hello guys, that's Eroshi in another round of Web Development starter tips! Today I'm going to overview about how websites store its data around the WWW! Every day in our life we spent a lot of time-consuming data, this is common, you came to Publish...

Game Dev Diary: Witch's Brew 0.1 release!!!!

25 Jul 2020 3 minute read 10 comments X-51

The last few days I have put a decent amount of effort into my little side-project game, and I am super-happy with the progress I've made.   I've added a bunch of screens including a loading screen (blink and you'll miss it since there aren't many as...

Indie Game Dev Log: 21/7/2020 (Unity Shader Graph StarField Tutorial)

21 Jul 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Timanious

Unity Shader Graph StarField Tutorial   Hey everyone!A brand spankin' new Shader Graph StarField Tutorial is now live on my blog! :https://timcoster.com/2020/07/18/unity-shadergraph-starfield-tutorial/   It is a pretty comprehensive tutorial that e...

Fullstack Wizard 3. Hyperledger Iroha.

20 Jul 2020 8 minute read 25 comments ProngsDark

Welcome to the third installment of this journey in which we try to get a grip on what means to be a full-stack developer, what technologies you should use, and how we should go about mixing all the elements of backend and frontend in order to creat...