Joe Strout

Emberfall: The Hearth of Winter by Dungeon Crawl Software The Hearth of Winter

Sounds like you might appreciate dungeoncrawlsoftware.itch.io/emberfall
(A friend of mine is developing this game; it’s a labor of love, and I think jt will be amazing.)

The online edition of _Introduction to Computer Programming_ is now available in Spanish as well as German!

introtocomputerprogramming.online

The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.

This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.

DEEP DIVE: AI progress continues, as IQ scores rise linearly In spite of reports about a plateau in AI intelligence, advances continue

Just found this interesting analysis of how #AI is continuing to get smarter, at an approximately linear rate:

www.maximumtruth.org/p/deep-dive-...

Ok, I’ll ask… what’s a “journaling game”?

Man that’s got to be frustrating. NZ is at the top of my list of places I would want to live, but I see it has its share of right-wing nut jobs too. (Though not anywhere near as nutty as mine!)

Small pizza with chicken

I’ve recently realized how bad pepperoni is for me. So, I tried freshly grilled chicken (seasoned with garlic powder, black pepper, and red pepper) instead.

Verdict: not too bad!

Light and rain over #Tucson this evening.

Dangit, he needs to live long enough to go to jail.

Oh I see, that makes great sense!

“Blending governance and family business” seems like a needlessly wordy way to say “corruption.”

Yep, this is how I work with Clause Code — with the right supervision, it’s incredibly effective.

Neat! But… are your lenses horizontal? Wouldn’t vertical make more sense for art prints, so the image would change as you walk by?

Hello! Welcome to a slightly less evil social media platform! 😅

Just discovered your account, and I'm proud to be your first follower! I know managing multiple social media accounts is a pain, but I hope you'll keep posting your excellent content here. We need more #tango on bsky.

I took @thecurioustanguero.bsky.social 's "Tango Archetypes Quiz" (thecurioustanguero.com/tangoarchety...). My result:

26% Healer
17% Romantic
13% Builder

Seems about right. (Understanding "Romantic" in a strictly platonic sense, of course!)
#tango

Tried a new dish this week: shrimp and broccoli with a citrus sauce. It was really good. #foodporn #health #cleanfood

Recently discovered #raylib, and it’s amazing. It hits exactly the sweet spot for a cross-platform media layer. Sorry, SDL, but I don’t think we should see each other anymore. #gamedev #miniscript

Had so much fun at the Albuquerque Tango Festival! It’s a very well-run event. I just wish it weren’t over Halloween… I missed being home for that. #tango

Looks cool! If you keep a list of people to notify when this is available, please add me to it.

(And if you don’t… maybe you should!)

…and now they are! bsky.app/profile/viva...

So are you going to start posting content here, or…?

Why Mini Micro My journey to Mini Micro in the search for simple, direct and modern computing experience

Read a great introduction to Mini Micro by developer Sebastian Nozzi.

dev.to/sebnozzi/why...

Photo of Rowan (as a Sims character) looking delighted by the turtleDemo in Mini Micro.

Looks like Rowan's (@vivaladirtleague.bsky.social)'s #simslogic character is enjoying #MiniMicro (miniscript.org/MiniMicro)!

Screen shot of Mini Micro playing the demo at /sys/demo/breakout

Mini Micro has been updated to 1.2.6!

The update brings a new file dialog, and several fixes and new features. These include support for horizontal scrolling in the code editor, a new hasOrInherits method in /sys/lib/mapUtil, and a printJustified method for BMF fonts.

miniscript.org/MiniMicro/

Screen shot of MSRLWeb demo, showing a purple wumpus perched atop a mountain, next to a yellow sun.

Get a sneak peek at MSRLWeb, a new, incredibly simple development environment for making web-based games using MiniScript and Raylib!

github.com/JoeStrout/MS...

Introduction to Computer Programming: Online Edition! A few years ago, I wrote an introductory book about computer programming called Introduction to...

The colorful, beginner-friendly book _Introduction to Computer Programming_ is now available online — free and ad-free, just like Mini Micro itself. Share and enjoy!

Test your MiniScript code! Writing tests early and testing your code helps you catch bugs and ensure your code does what you...

Learn how to do test-driven development in Mini Micro using the QA.Assert module!

dev.to/shellrider/t...

UV Mapping in Mini Micro Mini Micro version 1.2.5 came out this week, a fairly minor update that fixed a couple of obscure...

Learn about a new feature in Mini Micro: customizable UV mapping for sprites! And learn the saga of a scrappy band of rebel programmers fighting the evil emperor on a server far, far away...

dev.to/joestrout/uv...

Screen shot of spriteStretch demo, showing stretched sprite with extended texture mapping (UV coordinates). The fixes include a weird bug that could cause a sprite to appear (at gigantic scale) behind all the other displays, and a frequent warning logged to the console in web builds. The way sounds work on web builds was revamped too, which should fix a problem of sounds (especially background music) sometimes failing to play there. As for the new feature, be sure to check out /sys/demo/spriteStretch, which now demonstrates stretching of the sprite and changing the texture coordinates.

Mini Micro updated to version 1.2.5

Mini Micro's third update for 2025 brings several bug fixes and one big new feature: you can now directly set the texture coordinates for a Sprite!

Find the full release notes and download links at miniscript.org/MiniMicro/ today!