Endeavours on despatcheshttps://icle.es/endeavours/Recent content in Endeavours on despatchesHugoenshri codeshttps://icle.es/endeavours/shri-codes/Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:00:28 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/shri-codes/<p>I&rsquo;ve mulled over doing coding videos for many years now, and with my recent exploration (and love) of zig, now might be a good time to start</p> <h2 id="links">Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/@shriCodesHere">YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://icle.es/tags/shri-codes/">Blog Posts</a></li> </ul>I’ve mulled over doing coding videos for many years now, and with my recent exploration (and love) of zig, now might be a good time to start

]]>trianglehttps://icle.es/endeavours/triangle/Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:07:08 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/triangle/<p>triangle is a minimalist arcade ARPG set in an endless asteroid field. You pilot an indestructible ship, scavenging resources and building every upgrade from scratch - no loot, no grind, just pure progression.</p> <p>Inspired by Asteroids, ARPGs like Last Epoch, and factory games, triangle blends fast-paced combat with deterministic crafting and a focus on flow. There are no tutorials - just intuitive design, thoughtful feedback, and space to explore.</p> <p>At its heart, it’s a quiet metaphor for recovery: from black-and-white beginnings to vibrant growth, you always survive - and you always rebuild.</p>triangle is a minimalist arcade ARPG set in an endless asteroid field. You pilot an indestructible ship, scavenging resources and building every upgrade from scratch - no loot, no grind, just pure progression.

Inspired by Asteroids, ARPGs like Last Epoch, and factory games, triangle blends fast-paced combat with deterministic crafting and a focus on flow. There are no tutorials - just intuitive design, thoughtful feedback, and space to explore.

At its heart, it’s a quiet metaphor for recovery: from black-and-white beginnings to vibrant growth, you always survive - and you always rebuild.

]]>yertoobhttps://icle.es/endeavours/yertoob/Sat, 12 May 2018 15:49:54 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/yertoob/<p>While working on <a href="https://icle.es/drone-ah-adventures.md">drone ah adventures</a>, I got pretty sick of setting up all and uploading all the youtube videos.</p> <p>I spent a few weeks putting together a quick app to do that for me.</p> <p>I build it in <a href="https://icle.es/tags/javafx">javafx</a> and it was far too clunky in the end. I dug it out, but it doesn&rsquo;t compile anymore.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ll fix it and make it available, at some point</p>While working on drone ah adventures, I got pretty sick of setting up all and uploading all the youtube videos.

I spent a few weeks putting together a quick app to do that for me.

I build it in javafx and it was far too clunky in the end. I dug it out, but it doesn’t compile anymore.

I’ll fix it and make it available, at some point

]]>drone ah adventureshttps://icle.es/endeavours/drone-ah-adventures/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:13:18 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/drone-ah-adventures/<p>After watching many a youtube gaming video, I wanted to do a channel of my own, and I did for a while.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@drone.ah-adventures">drone ah adventures</a></p> <h2 id="space-engineers">Space Engineers</h2> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOqmD4lVTGM&amp;list=PLQb-fOWHIdUzyM-bJllq3QpWdVGDBhC98&amp;pp=gAQB">The Pilot Series</a> I still have the last video or two, which I never got around to uploading</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_075xAh0VNM&amp;list=PLQb-fOWHIdUz61gNb9AJQrVfri4qZp0Jd&amp;pp=gAQB">Academy</a></p> <p>Just the one tutorial video</p> <h2 id="subnautica">Subnautica</h2> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZmipiqFrYs&amp;list=PLQb-fOWHIdUy4sWwpo8T68bm_kpiKlm-4&amp;pp=gAQB">Wet Feet</a></p> <p>I got too scared to be able to finish this one</p> <h2 id="while-true-learn">while True; learn()</h2> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PByyKwJ-ouY&amp;list=PLQb-fOWHIdUxe7N6CETzEuUOT7YTljiOS&amp;pp=gAQB">First Run</a></p>After watching many a youtube gaming video, I wanted to do a channel of my own, and I did for a while.

drone ah adventures

Space Engineers

The Pilot Series I still have the last video or two, which I never got around to uploading

Academy

Just the one tutorial video

Subnautica

Wet Feet

I got too scared to be able to finish this one

while True; learn()

First Run

Played when it was still pretty early. Run was terminated by a bug.

A lot of the levels also got changed and I was never quite motivated to go back

Memories of Mars

Beta 1 Gameplay

Cut together videos of the beta gameplay.

Epistory

Unfolding the Story

A beautiful game and a lovely story - one that I finished on here

Playne

Daily Meditation

I think I got 30 consecutive days of meditation with this awesome game

Revisiting Playne

Another couple weeks of meditation

The Azure Isle

Shipwrecked

I loved this little game, but I got stuck!

Slay the Spire

Clambering the Spire

Loved this game - I might not have gotten round to uploading the last video

XCom Chimera Squad

Exploring City 31

A great game, but I got distrated.

Book of Demons

Deck Building Diablo

I enjoyed this one for a little bit

]]>Death of an Immortalhttps://icle.es/endeavours/death-of-an-immortal/Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:30:28 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/death-of-an-immortal/<p>On a few hungover mornings, occasionally heartbroken, other times merely inspired, I wrote <a href="https://icle.es/tags/death-of-an-immortal">a handful of short stories</a></p> <p>Many years later, I sat down and expanded it out into a novel size story. As my first writing venture, it is far from ideal. I clearly loved exposition and I probably go through enough story there to cover a handful of novels rather than one.</p> <p>In my mind, there were at least two more such exposition filled books yet to come. Alas, I ran out of steam and motivation and all that is left is this one book.</p>On a few hungover mornings, occasionally heartbroken, other times merely inspired, I wrote a handful of short stories

Many years later, I sat down and expanded it out into a novel size story. As my first writing venture, it is far from ideal. I clearly loved exposition and I probably go through enough story there to cover a handful of novels rather than one.

In my mind, there were at least two more such exposition filled books yet to come. Alas, I ran out of steam and motivation and all that is left is this one book.

I will find it and include it here

]]>words on sandhttps://icle.es/endeavours/wordsonsand/Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:07:08 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/wordsonsand/<p>This blog site</p><p>This blog site</p> megabus.com ticketing systemhttps://icle.es/endeavours/megabus-ticketing/Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:49:54 +0100https://icle.es/endeavours/megabus-ticketing/<p>This one is a bit of a mixed one in that I didn&rsquo;t do it on my own. However, I was the lead everything for. I ran the company responsible for building and managing the ticketing system for megabus.com from its inception until 2012.</p> <p>I lived, breathed and loved megabus for 9 years. Whenever my girlfriend at the time asked me what I was thinking - the answer was inevitably megabus.</p>This one is a bit of a mixed one in that I didn’t do it on my own. However, I was the lead everything for. I ran the company responsible for building and managing the ticketing system for megabus.com from its inception until 2012.

I lived, breathed and loved megabus for 9 years. Whenever my girlfriend at the time asked me what I was thinking - the answer was inevitably megabus.

It nearly killed me. When I talk about burnout - megabus was the main culprit.

I still have the code for the final iteration of it, which was a Java EE ticketing system.

I don’t think I have the code for the original php based system anymore.

If there is some interest, I’ll consider sharing the code, albeit it was last updated in 2015.

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