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Simon’s live stream last night was a blast. Simon worked on two games on a grid: 15s Puzzle and Connect Four, both in Processing (Java). He had already made the … Continue reading Live Stream #8: Games on a grid in Processing
Simon built this Snakes and Ladders game on January 27 based on Daniel Shiffman’s live stream (from January 26), adding some extra features of his own. The game is online … Continue reading Snakes and Ladders in p5.js
Programmed a random number generator to hep him with a card trick. Inspired by Numberphile:
Simon built this game inspired by a Numberphile video (he had never seen or played the actual puzzle before, but I have as a kid). The code is Simon’s own, … Continue reading 15s Puzzle in Processing
Simon built this Tetris game in one day on Wednesday. He didn’t use any libraries. The code largely comes from a Meth Meth Method video tutorial, but Simon made it … Continue reading Tetris Game in JavaScript
Simon came up with this Fibonacci function while taking a walk downtown: f(0) = 0 f(1) = 1 f(n) = f(n-1)+f(n-2) When we got home, he used the function to … Continue reading Simon’s Fibonacci function and Fibonacci counter in p5.js
Inspired by a Meth Meth Method Tetris video, Simon has come back to his Tetris project in Processing, something he started a long while ago and never finished. At the … Continue reading Tetris in Processing continued
Simon invented this fun game in Processing after he and his little sister had some proper winter fun outdoors in the fresh December snow (quite rare for the local climate … Continue reading The Snowball Throwing Game in Processing
Simon’s version of the Citius Invaders game in Processing is finally working! The big bug that seemed so unsolvable (enemies endlessly crossing over) has been defeated! Siraj Raval presented this game in … Continue reading The Genetic Algorithm Game Bug Solved!
Below are the archived versions of Simon’s live streams today. The second part (starting with a genetic algorithm game in Processing/ p5.js) was an emotional roller-coaster, with the OBS software … Continue reading Live Stream 30 November. Speechjs and Citius Invaders.
Simon has been working very hard at making his version of the Citius Invaders game that Siraj Raval presented in Python during Week 9 of his “Math of Intelligence” course. … Continue reading Problem with a Genetic Algorithm Game
Simon shows the Cannon game he created in Processing (Java). He says he was inspired by the Stackoverflow forum, where he saw an example of the game and later wrote … Continue reading Cannon Game in Processing
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