Dan Herbert
@danherbert.bsky.social
Components are composed of "specs" (eg weapon/thrust/shield) which have a "current power level" and "max power level".
Each player/enemy has a finite amount of power to allocate to different "specs".
The specs use the power level and curves to determine values for behaviour and other systems.
Each player/enemy has a finite amount of power to allocate to different "specs".
The specs use the power level and curves to determine values for behaviour and other systems.
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Components are composed of "specs" (eg weapon/thrust/shield) which have a "current power level" and "max power level".
Each player/enemy has a finite amount of power to allocate to different "specs".
The specs use the power level and curves to determine values for behaviour and other systems.
Each player/enemy has a finite amount of power to allocate to different "specs".
The specs use the power level and curves to determine values for behaviour and other systems.
Extremely rough #gamedev clip.
Doesn't look like much, but it's nice to see systems coming together.
All movement (player+enemy speed/accel/decel), weapon firing+spread+cool down, and enemy sequencing is driven by a "power allocation" system. Most things will be based on this.
Doesn't look like much, but it's nice to see systems coming together.
All movement (player+enemy speed/accel/decel), weapon firing+spread+cool down, and enemy sequencing is driven by a "power allocation" system. Most things will be based on this.
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Extremely rough #gamedev clip.
Doesn't look like much, but it's nice to see systems coming together.
All movement (player+enemy speed/accel/decel), weapon firing+spread+cool down, and enemy sequencing is driven by a "power allocation" system. Most things will be based on this.
Doesn't look like much, but it's nice to see systems coming together.
All movement (player+enemy speed/accel/decel), weapon firing+spread+cool down, and enemy sequencing is driven by a "power allocation" system. Most things will be based on this.
Squeezing in an SSD today. GPU is about as big as everything else combined. A bit tricky for a case this size... 🤦♂️
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Squeezing in an SSD today. GPU is about as big as everything else combined. A bit tricky for a case this size... 🤦♂️
My collection of art/sculpture faces grew a lot.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My collection of art/sculpture faces grew a lot.
MASP (Museum of Art São Paulo) is a very cool building. Lots of great art inside.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
MASP (Museum of Art São Paulo) is a very cool building. Lots of great art inside.
Itaipu hydro dam is ginormous and very very cool.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Itaipu hydro dam is ginormous and very very cool.
Toucans are so bright and vivid they look like they're fake until they move. Awesome bird.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Toucans are so bright and vivid they look like they're fake until they move. Awesome bird.
Foz do Iguaçu (Mouth of Iguaçu) - the falls are insane. Very cool. Loads of wildlife too
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Foz do Iguaçu (Mouth of Iguaçu) - the falls are insane. Very cool. Loads of wildlife too
Our hotel in Iguaçu was surrounded by jungle and nature.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Our hotel in Iguaçu was surrounded by jungle and nature.
Beco do Batman is an area/alley full of street art which regularly changes. Loads of stalls selling little bits and pieces, tasty snacks. Very cool.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Beco do Batman is an area/alley full of street art which regularly changes. Loads of stalls selling little bits and pieces, tasty snacks. Very cool.
There's a type of dog in Brazil called "caramelo" - my partner's family has one and she is the happiest dog I've met.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There's a type of dog in Brazil called "caramelo" - my partner's family has one and she is the happiest dog I've met.
There's a chain in Brazil called Outback, and they serve meat. Everything is sort of Aus branded/worded. They have "Aussie bread", but after seeing/tasting I'm not sure how it's Aussie...
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There's a chain in Brazil called Outback, and they serve meat. Everything is sort of Aus branded/worded. They have "Aussie bread", but after seeing/tasting I'm not sure how it's Aussie...
11 pages of game dev notes/design on this holiday so far.
Avoided this and work thinking at first, until the brain got too itchy (aka bored).
Pretty set to get cracking as soon as I get back home.
Avoided this and work thinking at first, until the brain got too itchy (aka bored).
Pretty set to get cracking as soon as I get back home.
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
11 pages of game dev notes/design on this holiday so far.
Avoided this and work thinking at first, until the brain got too itchy (aka bored).
Pretty set to get cracking as soon as I get back home.
Avoided this and work thinking at first, until the brain got too itchy (aka bored).
Pretty set to get cracking as soon as I get back home.
Game design doc and sketches after a few days stewing on an idea. Gotta have juice!
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Game design doc and sketches after a few days stewing on an idea. Gotta have juice!
On Sundays, Avenida Paulista in São Paulo is closed to traffic - food/craft stalls fill the streets, bands play music, and McDonald's has a street facing DJ booth pumping out the beats while people dance in the street.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
On Sundays, Avenida Paulista in São Paulo is closed to traffic - food/craft stalls fill the streets, bands play music, and McDonald's has a street facing DJ booth pumping out the beats while people dance in the street.
Laravel's LazyCollections + PHP's first class callables and generators is **chefs kiss**
September 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Laravel's LazyCollections + PHP's first class callables and generators is **chefs kiss**
First day back on the bar in 10+ years. Didn't realise how much I missed it...
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
First day back on the bar in 10+ years. Didn't realise how much I missed it...
Why does *everything* have to have AI or AI related stuff bundled in? Where are the opt in/out options so folks can choose?
August 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Why does *everything* have to have AI or AI related stuff bundled in? Where are the opt in/out options so folks can choose?
Media controls with Google Maps Navigation are officially gone now - all I wanted is a "skip track" button.
So in the spirit of "you can just do things", I made a skip track button which can be dragged anywhere on the screen.
Problem solved in about 30 minutes.
So in the spirit of "you can just do things", I made a skip track button which can be dragged anywhere on the screen.
Problem solved in about 30 minutes.
July 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Media controls with Google Maps Navigation are officially gone now - all I wanted is a "skip track" button.
So in the spirit of "you can just do things", I made a skip track button which can be dragged anywhere on the screen.
Problem solved in about 30 minutes.
So in the spirit of "you can just do things", I made a skip track button which can be dragged anywhere on the screen.
Problem solved in about 30 minutes.
Any guesses as to when I started working for myself?
June 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Any guesses as to when I started working for myself?
I understand why this is necessary, though it feels so dirty every time I have to do it... 🫠
June 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I understand why this is necessary, though it feels so dirty every time I have to do it... 🫠
In PHP, `glob(...)` might be one of my favourite functions which I almost always forget about.
Outrageously simple way to find files on the filesystem.
Outrageously simple way to find files on the filesystem.
June 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
In PHP, `glob(...)` might be one of my favourite functions which I almost always forget about.
Outrageously simple way to find files on the filesystem.
Outrageously simple way to find files on the filesystem.
Coming up with an SQL only approach for event recurrences (not materialised!) has been one of the most fun programming tasks I've had in a fair while.
Paired with #Laravel collections/relations it'll be trivial to queue/list actions for schedules.
Paired with #Laravel collections/relations it'll be trivial to queue/list actions for schedules.
April 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Coming up with an SQL only approach for event recurrences (not materialised!) has been one of the most fun programming tasks I've had in a fair while.
Paired with #Laravel collections/relations it'll be trivial to queue/list actions for schedules.
Paired with #Laravel collections/relations it'll be trivial to queue/list actions for schedules.
Refactoring by Martin Fowler was a pivotal book for my programming skills and early learnings - bought this at (I think) Borders in Rundle Mall after perusing an expansive bookshelf full of programming and engineering books.
April 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Refactoring by Martin Fowler was a pivotal book for my programming skills and early learnings - bought this at (I think) Borders in Rundle Mall after perusing an expansive bookshelf full of programming and engineering books.