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An education platform teaching the fundamentals of #ComputerScience, #RetroProgramming, and #Mathematics.

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Well, it finally happened. An Off-By-Two error...

pikuma, to random
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I just received a message with a couple of demos that some students at CUNY Brooklyn College in New York developed based on our 3D Graphics Programming module. Really nice stuff! ❤️

pikuma, to random
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As always, game programming is just an excuse to revisit basic math stuff.

Even better if it's simple 90's gamedev math! ❤️ 😅

pikuma,
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@jeffkibuule Our PlayStation programming lectures. 🙂

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    pikuma,
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    @pervognsen I'm sorry again. People here are super great and I know they respect my work. And believe me I am not trying to beg for purchases! I just feel powerless seeing everything I worked so hard for crumbling down to almost nothing.

    pikuma,
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    @pervognsen Thank you! Really.

    pikuma,
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    @mvu Thank you for the kind words. It's all too recent, so facing the possibility that I won't be able to continue doing what I love doing is really really scary.

    pikuma, to Playstation
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    We finally have our first #PlayStation Programming review! 🙂

    pikuma, to random
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    Everytime someone calls me pikuma it reminds me of Tim Apple. 😅

    pikuma, to Playstation
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    The Gods of pseudo-random number generation have spoken...

    @Massimo_san was the lucky winner of our miniature giveaway. It even comes with a Dual Shock controller! 🙀🎮

    pikuma, to random
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    That's unfortunate. 😔

    pikuma, to random
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    Mandatory wobbliness ❤️

    PlayStation Wipeout project

    pikuma, to random
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    This is so cool!

    One of our students, Mauro Casu, published a game for the #NES.

    The project was developed for the Metroidvania Month 22 Jam.

    🔗https://kamaleon70.itch.io/cursed-village

    Love the art style. 🤍

    Cursed Village NES game

    pikuma, to random
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    There are so many scary math symbols out there: ∮,∑,∭, ∏, ∯, ∰, ⊆, ⊪, ⋫, ⋵, ⋽, ⨋, ≈, ∪, ∞, א, ∋, ∈, ∆, etc.

    But the one that really gets to me is the symbol $.

    If I see it in front of a number it removes all the thrill of me solving a problem. 😬

    eniko, to random
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    watching @famiconsumer playstation experiment series (https://www.youtube.com/@gretchenleigh) and one thing im struck by is just how few games were available at launch for many consoles in japan back in the day (PSX aside)

    imagine launching a console with only 2 or 3 games nowadays, you'd never get away with it

    pikuma,
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    @eniko @famiconsumer Thanks for the great channel tip. 🙂

    PixelProphecy, to random
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    Extra, Extra! The latest issue of my newsletter is out:
    📰 https://buttondown.email/PixelProphecy/archive/the-pixel-prophet-15

    Featuring:
    @DeveloperDamien
    @tha_rami
    @BreoganHackett
    @pikuma
    @Polyducks
    @yakwaxlips
    @hantani
    @discordpreviews
    @dtinth
    @AlanZucconi
    @DevteamLife
    among others

    pikuma,
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    @PixelProphecy Hi there! Thanks for the mention. :)

    pikuma, to Playstation
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    I am adding Cheat Sheets to all the courses that are based on assembler. That means MIPS for the #PlayStation and 6502 for both #NES & #Atari2600.

    The ISA I'm including is simplified, but it's enough to help with the exercises.

    Fingers crossed that one day we can add the 68000 to this list. 🤞

    pikuma,
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    @pikuseru I would not have it any other way!
    Also, I'm too blind for these new small hipster fonts anyway. 😅

    pikuma,
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    @danielbellido I have some other topics in the queue, but hopefully one day I'll cover the SNES. I can't make any promises though. 😬

    JonathanGerlach, to random
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    @pikuma Thanks for your hard work. I wish your courses had existed when I was a kid.

    pikuma,
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    @JonathanGerlach Well, me too tbh. 😅

    pikuma, to random
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    The NEW COURSE is finally out!!! 🕹️🙀

    This is my love letter to the OG PlayStation!!!

    We'll learn about:

    • PS1 Hardware
    • MIPS assembler
    • C & PsyQ SDK
    • GPU & 3D polygon graphics
    • Fixed-point physics
    • PS1-specific quirks
    • RISC architecture & pipeline
    • BIOS Functions
    • GTE instruction set
    • and much (much!) more...

    At the end, we'll have a full-feature PS1 project and all the skills you need to grow and create your own PS1 games.

    Enroll now:
    🔗https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-language

    See you inside! 🙂

    New PlayStation course is out

    pikuma,
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    @curved_ruler No?

    pikuma,
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    @curved_ruler I recorded this on a PS emulator. The wireframe mode is an option of the emulator itself, but the filled polygons are 100% PS. 😅

    pikuma,
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    @Sharlock93 An emulator is fine for now I guess. :)

    pikuma,
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    @kattrali Thank you. Add to that the arrival of our first kid. The year was a "fun" challenge. 😅

    But I'm proud of it. Both things, of course. 🙂

    pikuma,
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    @planettimmy Yes, but the DualShock2 works on the PSOne. 😬

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