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Apr 15, 2021, 5:12:44 AM4/15/21
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; Goody Two News
#512 - Thursday 15th April, 2021

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Every Thursday, Forgetting to do things..

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; Hello World

So, I'm sat here, and it's about 8 o'clock on a Wednesday night, and I'm coding away at some data compression for JSE's Symbols.
Trying to squeeze the data down to a nice manageable size that can be posted to the forum without every blinking Symbol ending up as a 1Kb monstrocity.
I'm coding this mostly blindly, of course, because I haven't actually coded the art tool that lets you draw the symbols, yet, nor do I have a real-world example of the symbol data, so I'm mostly guessing my way around what I'm roughly expecting to be the output of the functionality.
And then I sit and think...
..hmm.. Am I not supposed to be doing something else on a Wednesday night?!!

OMG, I haven't even started this week's SmileBASIC game, yet.

So, I drop what I'm doing, grab the Switch, boot up SmileBASIC, and start coding a rough engine for a something sort of game that I haven't any idea what it might be yet.
I make a maze generator, throw in a path-checker, ensure there's enough area to wander around in, draw some trees and a generic looking stick figure, and..
Yeah, that's working.
That could be a game..  But what sort of game?

And I think..
I think about how it's 10 o'clock at night, now, and I've not even had my normal daily nap, 'cos I'm a lazy git, but not lazy enough to have napped today.

No matter.  I can finish this game off, tomorrow, then get back to the Compression stuff.
All is good.

.. Oh, shit, I've not written a newsletter yet.
Gah!!

Warning : Writing your own language can be hazardous to your regularly scheduled time-wasting.

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SoCoder
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; Beeing Happy
Rychan's latest NES game is coming along nicely, with multiple Bees and Wasps flying around a garden.

; Hiding the Tiles
Hobo asks for a good technique to hide the grid-ness of a tilemap, using the game Kim as a prime example of a lovely art style that we should aim for.

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JSE
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; RPN Fixings
With some much needed help and advice from Shroom_Monk, (and Dan chipped in, too), Jay's managed to figure out most of his RPN based issues.

There's still more than a few quirks in the JSN language, and he still hasn't bothered to tackle Variables yet, let alone If, For, Repeat/Until, and all the other really really important stuff.
Come on, Jay..  Pull your finger out!

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SoStayingIndoors
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; Back to Work?
TKS is getting a little fed up being stuck in the house, working from home, after such a long time.
How have you been coping with the whole concept of your work, rest and play, all being in the same place?
Do you have any good techniques to relieve the boredom and sheer monotony of it all?
Share your thoughts in the topic below.

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RIP Threads
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RIP threads for the week...

; Prince Philip
One L, not two.

; Nikki Grahame
An unexpected E.

; DMX
Easy to remember.  Only three letters.

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Birthday Threads
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Lots of cake, this week...

; MetalMan
Say hi if you're still lurking, MetalMan.
.. Or you don't get any cake!

; jProfitt
The cake was enough to tempt jProfitt back for a hello.

; Steve Ancell and Blanko1324
These two always seem to share cake..

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SoMuchMore
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; Age of Empires 4
Hobo lets us know that the epic warring franchise has a new sequel.
Will you be attacking, or defending?

; Steamed Hams
Simpsons writers and cast discuss the insanely popular sketch.

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KiloTube
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; Melodysheep
Gorgeous!!!

; What is the Password?

; Is it enough?
Really...?

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MegaTube
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; John Bishop
An interview

; Dominic Diamond
An interview

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GigaTube
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; Bucky O'Hare

; Square Maps
Which country is squarest?

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LinusTube
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; Woe is Automation
Linus has a garage door.
Time to automate it...

; LinusTour
Linus shows off the whole office complex.

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