I recently built this inline autocomplete search component from scratch with no dependencies, using several bleeding edge browser APIs.
Everything wrong with hand-written narrative
The limitations of authored narrative as opposed to systemic
The Promise of Adventure
The impossible dream of freedom in story games
Getting started with web development in 2024
The web has evolved tremendously during the last few years. Searching for help on how to get started, what to use and answers to questions will give you tons of answers that might have been relevant last year, but not today.
Semantic databases
Traditional relational databases have well understood properties for performance and locking with indexes and works well for well-defined homogenous data where you usually search for selections from one specific table. I have always been drawn to more flexible data structures. A simple address book would have a name, email, phone
mv-sorter
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.
30 years in the Web
After 23 years at the same company, it's time to leave and join a new enterprise.
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.
Embodied manipulation
Designing a control scheme for interacting with the world in a immersive sim open world adventure game
Traversal freedom
A systemic game should provide variety that invites use of different tools and tactics without strictly enforcing those.
Health in games
Replacing health can lead to deeper immersion, clearer understanding an interesting depth.