Jonas blog

19 Jul 2023 · 7 min read

Adapting a Ghost Theme

Even a professional web developer can use some help to get things done. Having my hands full with work deadlines and other personal projects, I looked for something I could start using with minimal effort.

4 Jun 2023 · 4 min read

30 years in the Web

After 23 years at the same company, it's time to leave and join a new enterprise.

31 May 2023 · 5 min read

Surviving the Burning Shores

Have you ever seen anyone else even try to do it? I may be the only one who tried to survive the Horizon 2 Forbidden West DLC: Burning Shores.

8 Dec 2022 · 22 min read

Embodied manipulation

Designing a control scheme for interacting with the world in a immersive sim open world adventure game

5 Dec 2022 · 5 min read

Traversal freedom

A systemic game should provide variety that invites use of different tools and tactics without strictly enforcing those.

13 Nov 2022 · 8 min read

Health in games

Replacing health can lead to deeper immersion, clearer understanding an interesting depth.

28 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

Horizon Zero Dawn Deep Dive

Being smart will count for nothing if you don’t make the world better.

21 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Gamified education

Play is the natural way children learn. The passion for play has lead to people developing games in many different forms. We have physical and mental games. Indoor and outdoor

20 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Biomimetic robotics

Evolution has resulted in adaptation in ways that are energy efficient, fault tolerant and having uses in diverse situations. We can learn from the forms, materials and processes found in

19 Jun 2022 · 4 min read

Terraforming

Would it be possible to reconstitute a biosphere from scratch using seeds and eggs? That would be a thorough test of what we actually know about the ecosystems. What do

17 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Holistic ecology

The complex processes in nature has adopted over millions of years. A particular behaviour in a single species can affect other species through 20 intermediate causations. Every aspect can have

15 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Emotional computer Intelligence

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a general purpose system that is smart enough to adapt to new situation by applying previous experience with an performance similar to or exceeding that

14 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

Neurodiversity eccentricity

Social problems will in turn lead to psychological problems

13 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Runaway replication

The horror that grows beyond all bounds of control, swallowing the world. What if the first atomic bomb would start a chain reaction that would just continue, igniting everything around

12 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Climate change

The only thing that works may be unavoidable pain on a global scale.

11 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Automation and Unconditional Basic Income

Depending on the environment, life without tools would keep most of your time on the task of staying alive and provide for your family. Food, water, shelter and protection from

10 Jun 2022 · 1 min read

Religion and Gnosis

That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above.

8 Jun 2022 · 2 min read

Rite of Passage and Hero's Journey

Tribes often has rites for people transition from on group to another. It can make roles and expectations clear, with promises and conditions. It will increase the feeling of belonging