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Python or GO ? Which is the better machine learning language?

4 May 2020 7 minute read 14 comments ProngsDark $0.54

For those of you that followed me in the past, you probably know that I am Kotlin fanboy and for good reasons. That language is beautiful, expressive, easy to read and understand no matter the technical background. However its nature was not suited f...

Indie Game Dev Log: 04/05/2020 (Procedural Hexagon Grid Game Board Creation II)

4 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Timanious $0.05

Hey all!  Since last post I've been working on the procedural hexagon grid game board generator or 'BattleMapGenerator' is what I named the class..The goal was to use a random grid cell spawning approach similar to how some procedurally generated dun...

How to Use OpenZeppelin’s New AccessControl Contract

2 May 2020 9 minute read 3 comments alexroan $0.67

Version 3 of OpenZeppelin’s Smart Contracts library is out! In the latest release, they introduce a brand new method of controlling access to functions. What We Know Controlling access to certain functions is paramount to ensuring the security of sm...

Game Dev Diary: Searching For Assets

2 May 2020 3 minute read 0 comments X-51 $0.03

In the middle of evaluating the different game engines & frameworks I recently went over, I also went on the hunt for some game assets. Of all the skills necessary or useful to developing a game, digital art is probably my weakest. In the past I have...

Free Codecademy Pro (2020)

1 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments peterinprojects $0.04

Codecademy is known for its free and premium online training for many programming languages. They are widely recognized around the world and a lot of big investors have funded on it. As part of the COVID-19 response of the company, they are hosting s...

How to Import External Smart Contracts and Libraries in Solidity

1 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments alexroan $0.60

A step-by-step guide on how to import external code into your smart contracts Where to Start Getting started in the world of smart contract development can be overwhelming. There is often a lot of assumed knowledge that’s not particularly well explai...

Fallout 4 The Capital Wasteland

1 May 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Ykretz $0.05

Maybe a lot of you did play to Fallout the 3rd, New Vegas, the 4th and maybe the coolest of you to Fallout 76. Personally I have more than 450 hours on Fallout 4 on steam. I know fallout 4 isn't the most loved of the series but I did have really go...

Indie Game Dev Log: 30/04/2020 (Procedural Hexagon Grid Game Board Creation)

30 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Timanious $0.02

Hya folks! Since the last time I wrote I have been really busy with the development of a randomised hexagonal grid based game board generator script for my mobile arcade tank game project.. (See previous posts for more about that)Right now I would lo...

Game Dev Diary: Tech Stack Considerations

29 Apr 2020 4 minute read 7 comments X-51 $0.03

So now I come to what will probably be the hardest decision of this whole project: deciding what framework to use to implement everything!   Right now I am still undecided, and I am hoping in researching and writing this it will help me think through...

Game Dev Diary: Hunting For A Concept

28 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments X-51 $0.07

This was not the post I intended to write today! What I wanted to post today was a mostly fleshed out concept that I had half written up yesterday, but I've changed my mind and decided to go in a different direction 😅   The concept I began writing u...