Category: Hobby
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Project Backlog 2025
Project Backlog 2025 Most creative people have a backlog of projects at various stages. Mine have gotten to the point where I feel like I’m starting to lose track of them. Every week in 2025, I’ll pick one project from my backlog. I will describe the concept behind the idea, explore the proposed solution and…
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Javascript Button Masher
A few years ago, I embarked on a journey to create a special game for my son, known as the Toddler Button Masher. Initially developed using Unity, it quickly became a source of endless amusement for him. When he hit a key, it changed the background and played a sound. Toddlers are easily amused, as…
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Photo Backup To Network Drive
While cloud photo storage definitely has some advantages for sharing and backups, the cloud is really just someone else’s computer. I wanted an easy way to store backups of family photos from a mobile device to a network drive. I recently found a nice replacement for a custom solution with PhotoPrism, OpenMediaVault and PhotoSync. Home…
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Litterbug Built for Web in Phaser
Welcome to my latest project, Litterbug! In this game, you’ll take on the role of a trash collector in a bustling city, racing against time to pick up as much garbage as possible. But be warned – litterbugs are out in force, trying to snatch up as much trash as they can. This Phaser-based game…
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Fallout Explore for Atari 2600
Fallout Explore is a retro-style adventure game inspired by the iconic Fallout series. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the game challenges the player to explore a dangerous world filled with hostile creatures, limited resources, and hidden treasures. Using classic Atari 2600 graphics and sound effects, Fallout Explore centres on a vault dweller scouring an apocalyptic…
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BASIC Games Reborn
The astounding success of Wordle had me thinking about the BASIC program that it very closely resembles. In my copy of BASIC Computer Games from 1970, it is simply called Word. A player guesses a five-letter word and the computer tells the player which letters are matches and whether they are in the correct position.…
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Game and Toy Closet – Part One
One of the things about older houses is that they often have strange spaces. One of ours is under the stairs, where there is a closet with a low ceiling and not much space. Rather than storing boxes and coats, this space would be better storing our board games and some of the larger toys.…
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