Stacking Stones
2015-08-23, post № 58
art, #pile, #rock, #stack
Driven by pure boredom, I started picking up some stones near a lake and tried to stack them on top of each other. [1] I thought, they looked kind of cool — these are my favourite ones.
Random Resource Locator
2015-08-22, post № 57
programming, Python, #address, #com, #domain, #page, #pseudo random, #random, #rrl, #url, #web, #webpage, #webserver, #websize
I once heard that every domain containing three letters of the alphabet and ending with ‘.com’ was assigned to some web server. This would mean, all 𝟣𝟩𝟧𝟩𝟨 [1] domains were used.
To test it, I wrote this little Python program.
Usage
- To use it, simply press enter to open a random page. Because you often will get redirected, the program will print out the url on the screen.
Source code: random-resource-locator.py
Extra assets: random-resource-locator-2.png
Jasteroids
2015-08-16, post № 56
games, programming, Pygame, Python, #asteroid, #asteroids, #black, #black and white, #comet, #missle, #random rocks, #rock, #rocket, #rocks, #space, #space craft, #space game, #space ship, #white
This game is my interpretation of the all-time classic arcade game Asteroids. Although it plays a little differently, it has all the components of the original game. The rocks are stationary, but — if destroyed — split into two smaller pieces. You can either destroy the rocks via missles or by just flying right into them.
Controls
- Left arrow key tilts the space craft to the left,
- Right arrow key tilts the space craft to the right,
- Up arrow key propels the space craft,
- ‘Space’ launches a missle.
Source code: jasteroids.py
Extra assets: jasteroids-2.png
Jonnect Jour
2015-08-15, post № 55
games, programming, Pygame, Python, #4, #connect, #connecting, #detection, #four, #four in a row, #game, #IV, #mouse control, #red, #win, #win detection, #yellow
After having programmed Jic-Jac-Joe — where you need to connect three pieces —, I now programmed Connect Four (four pieces).
This version — although it does not have a computer player — includes win detection.
Controls
- Left-clicking puts your piece where the mouse cursor is positioned,
- ‘Escape’ restarts the game.
Source code: jonnect-jour.py
Extra assets: jonnect-jour-2.png, jonnect-jour-4.png
Caesar Cipher
2015-08-09, post № 54
programming, Pygame, Python, #black, #Caesar cipher, #Caesar's cipher, #cipher, #code, #coding, #crypt, #cypher, #decrypt, #decryption, #encoder, #encoding, #encryption, #hidden, #key, #message, #private, #secret, #secret message, #unbreakable
This program lets you write a short line and encrypt it using Caesar’s Cipher. It shows the two prior and next rotations, as well as the current encryption key.
Usage
- Normal letters let you type text,
- ‘Backspace’ lets you delete the last letter,
- ‘Tab’ sets the encryption key to zero,
- ‘Escape’ toggles if key and other rotations are shown,
- ‘Return’ toggles if special characters (characters that are not contained in the standard alphabet) are displayed,
- Up arrow rotates up (encryption key decreases),
- Down arrow rotates down (encryption key increases).
Source code: caesar-cipher.py
JClock IV
2015-08-08, post № 53
programming, Pygame, Python, #alternative, #arc, #around the center, #background, #clock, #clockface, #displaying time, #draw, #rgb, #rgb clock, #rgbw, #spawn time, #time, #time display, #time reading
Combining the built-in Pygame function pygame.draw.arc() with time, I came up with this alternative clock design.
The red arc represents hours, the green one minutes, the blue seconds and the white arc represents centiseconds (a hundredth of a second).
Although it is a clock, you read it anti-clockwise.
Source code: jclock-iv.py
Extra assets: jclock-iv-1.png
Pattern
2015-08-02, post № 52
programming, Pygame, Python, #art, #backgroud, #color, #colors, #diamond, #entities, #entity, #gradient, #move, #movement, #moving, #pipes, #wallpaper
Using colors and entities, this program can generate some nice-looking pictures. The entities move randomly across the screen, always staying in a grid layout. Their color is defined by an increasing tick variable, which gives them a nice gradient.
Controls
- ‘Space’ spawns in new entities,
- ‘m’ pauses and resumes the movement of entities.
Source code: pattern.py
Jeakout
2015-08-01, post № 51
games, programming, Pygame, Python, #arcade, #arcade game, #Atari, #break, #break blocks, #breaking, #breaking blocks, #com, #computer play, #game, #games
Continuing with my arcade game replicas, I programmed Breakout.
This version is fairly simple. Your lives will be displayed at the lower right corner, your points in the screen’s caption. There also is a computer implementation, which — as in Jong — cannot lose.
Usage
- Left arrow key moves the hitter to the left,
- Right arrow key moves the hitter to the right,
- ‘Space’ toggles computer play.
Source code: jeakout.py
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