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Wizard Jam Day 3 – Climb Every Mountain

Joshua Noyes Posted on June 11, 2018December 7, 2018

Well, it took me significantly longer than I expected – most of today – but I can create and… well, I was gonna say reload a character, but now that I think about it, I’ve set it up to reload a character, but not their current state. So that might be an afternoon’s worth of […]

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Thedrelle’s log #1: Dev projects and time management.

Thedrelle Posted on June 10, 2018December 7, 2018

Spitball Sessions has been running for quite a while now, and I have been very remiss in writing a blog post on my current projects. I am very prolific in my projects, usually working on several things at any given time. Excepting work, i fill my time with photography, illustration, programming, design projects, 3d modelling […]

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WizardJam Day 1 – Humanity in a Handful of Words.

Joshua Noyes Posted on June 9, 2018December 7, 2018

So, like a game of Munchkin, my program starts as a level 1 program with no class (heh, heh). Unlike Munchkin, however, this game will be done in under 2 weeks.

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WizardJam Dev Log – Day 0: Moving Mountains

Joshua Noyes Posted on June 7, 2018December 7, 2018

Whelp, looks like dat Spitball boy’s dun gone and got himself into a heap of trouble this time. By which I mean that I joined the Idle Thumbs WizardJam. For those who don’t know, Idle Thumbs was a podcast I used to listen to a lot. I listen to it less now, but that’s fine. […]

Tutorials & Tricks

Tutorial #1 – Using the USZIPCODE Python Library to expand a weather app

Joshua Noyes Posted on June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

As I’ve mentioned a few times on Twitter, recently, I’ve started using Mike Kennedy’s (of TalkPython.fm) Python Jumpstart course. It really is a great course, so check it out. I tried the book “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python” first, but I find Mike does a really good job of making some of the underlying […]

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Spitball Sessions #27 The Big Daddy Problem and Getting Over "Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy"

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In this episode, the guys return to form with a discussion about the unique characteristics of Bioshock’s Big Daddy and designing “passively aggressive” enemies. They discuss how to drive motives for many games. Then they get over Bennett Foddy’s masterful bit of trolling, with another bite at discussing difficulty in games.

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Diary # 5 – Drunk Walks and Battle Royales

Joshua Noyes Posted on May 23, 2018December 7, 2018

The last few days I’ve been toying with various “Drunkard’s Walk” algorithms. Well, technically I spent about an hour toying with various Drunkard’s Walk algorithms, and then about 2 days fighting with the obnoxiously convoluted and irritatingly documented “matplotlib“. I’m probably going to switch to plot.ly, but that’s not really germane to the topic at […]

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Diary 4: Programming is Fractal

Joshua Noyes Posted on May 18, 2018December 7, 2018

It’s been a while since stuff has happened on the site, and for that I do apologize. There was a family tragedy which has taken up a lot of my emotional bandwidth of late, and editing the podcast was something I just wasn’t up for. However, one is finished and will be up soon, and […]

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Spitball Sessions #26: Open World Games, and who put the space in Kerbal Space Program?

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The guys over at Spitball Sessions return after a short intermission to talk turkey. Talking “open world” turkey, and what makes a good or bad open world game. In the process, they talk social politics and similar stuff. A bit later they talk about scope and scale, and how they affect open world gameplay. They […]

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Granite Game Summit – The Spitball Crew go native!

Thedrelle Posted on March 12, 2018March 12, 2018

Yes, you heard right! Josh and Luke attended the Granite Game Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire! Many laughs were had on Saturday as Luke Josh, and Honorary Spitballer Justin played games, talked games and even ate games! (not really, no games were actually eaten.)