That Book Idea
August 7, 2017
I tried to write the first few pages of the first chapter. Holy cow, what a pain in the ass. Trying to cover multiple programming languages in a single book will be a seriously difficult task!
Continue readingKayaking Across The Bay
August 3, 2017
Starting at Sand Harbor in the evening. The point, just above the boat being launched, is the destination four miles away. I hope to get there in an hour. The pictures were taken through a phone dry-bag so the quality is not quite great. The destination has been…
Continue readingLinkage Software Review
July 31, 2017
I just got this great review of the Linkage software: “Too cool man, whoo, beautiful….” – Anonymous User
Continue reading7 Wonders Duel – Review
July 3, 2017
My daughter and I have played 7 Wonders Duel twice. That’s enough to give a basic review of the game. It is certainly not enough to describe a good strategy. 7 Wonders Duel is a two player version of the 7 Wonders game. This game seems to have…
Continue readingInteresting Beam Engine
June 29, 2017
Interesting Beam Engine I threw together this beam engine with the Linkage program. It is interesting because the beam moves horizontally instead of having extra links for the steam cylinder connection.
Continue readingLander with HUD and Stuff
June 13, 2017
There have been a few improvements made to the Lunar Lander 3D Unity game since my last post. The previous to-do list looked like this: Add a particle system to draw rocket flames. Add a landing pad and detect a successful landing. Add an explode-able version of the…
Continue readingWriting a Unity Game
May 27, 2017
In the last few years, I would visit the B&N bookstore and look at the game programming books. I once had aspirations to build a highly detailed railroading game with more realistic train and car movements than any retail game of that sort. I even worked out some…
Continue readingLinkage 3.5 With “Servos” and Pinnable Actuators
May 6, 2017
The new Linkage 3.5 is now available. It has connector settings to make a rotating input anchor oscillate between two angles (the first always being zero) with a settable starting position that also gets set automatically when pinning the mechanism. There is also a new start position setting…
Continue readingNew Linkage 3.4.7 With Oscillating Inputs
April 25, 2017
Get it here: https://blog.rectorsquid.com/download-linkage/ I just added an Oscillation Limit Angle to the connector properties. If set to something above zero, the input will oscillate back and forth to that number of degrees and back. This number is always positive so you must use the RPM value sign…
Continue readingWriting Software For A Living And For Fun
April 19, 2017
Last week, I spent an evening fixing some bugs in the Linkage program. It’s a bit buggy since I added a bunch of complicated features like gears and fastening. Writing software is hard to do well but not hard to do badly. I once had to tell someone,…
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