Beginner’s Guide to Blender for 3D Printed Props and Tabletop Gaming (Part 1)
Blender is a fully featured 3D design tool with abilities ranging from regular CAD and sculpting all the way through to fully rendered …
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Keyboard Control and Character Movement: Coding a Retro Game with C Part 3
In this tutorial we will write a cross-platform, retro C program that accepts keyboard control of a text-based player character on …
Getting Started Programming in C: Coding a Retro Game with C Part 2
Programming in C traditionally starts with outputting “Hello World” to the text console/terminal command-line. In the …
Coding a Retro Game: Learn to Code in C
Learn to code in C and create your own retro games with this free multi-part C programming tutorial series. But first, why learn to …
History of Retro Games – Retro Computer and Video Games Timeline from the 1970s to 1990s
Retro computing and retro games have had a renaissance. I love it. The community has never been so vibrant. As I write this, my friend …
Quit Zoom Call Macro Key – How to Make a Custom Cherry MX USB Macro Keyboard/Keypad with Arduino
Ever wondered how to create your own custom keyboard or keypad? Do you want a fast way to quit out of Zoom calls? Today we’re …
Automating Twitter Using Python 3 and Tweepy
So far I have covered more Arduino/C and even AMOS Basic than anything else, but my main language on the daily is Python, and my main …
Easiest. Hackintosh. Ever. – How to Install MacOS Virtual Machine on Your PC Using Sosumi & Ubuntu
Today, we’re going to create the world’s easiest Hackintosh using the virtual MacOS package, Sosumi.
Ultrasonic Rangefinding with the Wio Terminal and Grove Ultrasonic Sensor
Seeed sent me a Wio Terminal to play with, and I have to say I am impressed. Rather than do a straight review, I thought I would show …
Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: A Playable “Shoot ’em up” Game
In the final (for now, at least) entry in this series, we are going to pull everything together into a playable “Shoot the …
Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Animation & Scrolling with AMAL
There is one last popular option for scrolling the screen and covering it gives us an opportunity to introduce the special AMOS …
Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Better Tile Scrolling
In the previous article, we created a tile map and did a simple scrolling screen using Screen Copy. While it worked, and demonstrated …
Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Maps & Scrolling
Up until now, our AMOS BASIC programming has relied on loading quite large full-screen images as our backgrounds. That is not memory …
Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Bobs and Sprites
Previously we looked at how AMOS can load images and configure screens, and layered scrolling via a feature called “Dual Playfield”. If …
Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Colours, Palettes, Variables, Arrays and Scrolling
Previously we looked at how AMOS can load images and configure screens, setting up screen resolution and number of colours. I also left …
Programming the Amiga Series Part 1: Installing AMOS Basic the Easy Way!
AMOS BASIC is a fun, powerful, and user-friendly game programming language and environment for the Amiga. In this video we look at …
MiSTer FPGA Amiga Guide: How to Easily Setup MiniMig-AGA with WHDload to play 1000s of Amiga games
MiSTer MiniMig Amiga FPGA implementation sets up your Amiga as a 500/600/1000/1200/2000/4000/CD32/CDTV, and every OCS, ECS and AGA Amiga …
MiSTer FPGA Tutorial: Getting Started with MiSTer
For many, MiSTer, and FPGA projects like it, are the future of retro computing and gaming. Why? What about it has people so excited that …
Raspberry Pi Amiga Emulation Part 2 – How to Setup Your Raspberry Pi 3/4 (and Pi 400!) with PiMiga Amiga Emulator + Games Bundle
Previously we looked at the options available for Amiga emulation on the Raspberry Pi. In this video we look at how to set up your …
Raspberry Pi Amiga Emulation Options
When I bought my Amiga 500 I was excited to be able to test my programming on real hardware, but unfortunately I can’t effectively …
Raspberry Pi with actual Commodore 64 Keyboard – BMC64 Pi, NO Keyrah required!
Building a Raspberry Pi C64 with original Commodore 64 keyboard and BMC64
Resin Versus FDM 3D Printing for TTRPG/Miniature Wargaming
3D Printing in Resin or FDM/Filament - Which is better for D&D/TTRPG/Miniature Wargaming?
Are You Making Soldering More Difficult than Necessary?
Soldering. Love it, hate it, tolerate it, but if you are into electronics, learn to do it. Are you making it more difficult for yourself …
Arduino Stepper with Potentiometer Speed Control
For my 3D printed turntable I obviously need some way to turn the turntable, and preferably for video and scanning, some method to …