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TODEPOND TIMES: Custom

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It's another weekly edition of the...

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What's new this week?

Target

This week, I've been doing the same as usual: I've been building Arroost (for the next video).

Arroost is built on top of another engine — my '2023-08-03 19:19:07 +0000 UTC View Post

TODEPOND TIMES: Just cells

Would you look at that. It's time for another weekly edition of the...

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Just cells

Recap: A nogan is what happens when a fractal, a time machine, and a cellular automata have a baby, and that baby has a baby, and that baby has a baby, and that baby is its own great-great-great gra...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Back and forth

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Back and forth

I don't know how many times I've typed this out by now... but I'm making a new engine. And it's called Arroost.

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TODEPOND TIMES: Arroost

Welcome back to another weekly edition of the

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What's new this week?

Well... nothing. Because I'm on holiday. So instead, Buckle up! Let's learn Arroost.

(diagrams drawn in tldraw.com for illustrative purposes only)

Arroost

I'm making a thing called Arroost.

Nogan

Arroost is a new kind ...

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tsoorrA :SEMIT DNOPEDOT

!olleH

*cough*

I mean... Hello! It's the weekly...

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What's new this week?

Ok, Arroost is starting to take shape. So I can now tell you much more about it. Let's dive in...



Part One: Dawn of Arroost

A couple of...

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TODEPOND TIMES: 9999

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What's new this week?

Advancing

I've been working on an engine called Arroost (for the next video). And this week, I've been making it advance through time.

Ok, recap for ...

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TODEPOND TIMES: No Music

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What's new this week?

No Music

I put out a little teaser trailer for the next video. Go watch it! And then come back here.

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TODEPOND TIMES: Mountain

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What's new this week?

Part One: DreamBerd Uncaged

Last week, I did a little tech-talk about my (joke) language DreamBerd. This week, I uploaded a 2023-06-18 10:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post

TODEPOND TIMES: Future of Co-ding

Hello? Hello! It's time for another weekly edition of the...

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A few months ago, I was asked to appear on the Future of Coding podcast. Ivan Reese sent me a message to that effect. However, there was something unusual about his request.

My appearance on the show would be a secret - a surprise.

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TODEPOND TIMES: That's Why I Like Print

Welcome back... to another weekly edition... of the

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What's new this week?

Future of Code

Hey there's a new Future of Code episode out! Without spoiling anything, I highly recommend listening to the whole thing if you enjoy my videos.

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TODEPOND TIMES: Curvy Stem

Hello hello hello it's time for another weekly edition... of the...

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What's new this week?

Order

Every time I make a video, there are certain building blocks that I need to make - and put together. Like... the script, the music, the voiceover, the code, the effects.

And... Every time I make a video, I end up cons...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Time Loop

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What's new this time?

Time Travel

If you didn't know, I'm making a new engine called Arroost. It's for the next video!

And in the engine, things can ti...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Resolve

Hello! I'm writing to you, which can only mean one thing. It's time for the weekly...

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What's new this week?

Resolve

I've finalised the script for the video! And I'm ready to record my voice-over.

The process of doing this is a little bit different this time... because... I'm trying out some different video-editi...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Nogan

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What's new this week?
(quite a lot this time)

JavaScript

A while ago, I started my youtube channel by making an engine called SandPond. (It's called the SandPond Saga after all!)

<...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Arrow in an Arrow

It's another week. Which means it's another...

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What's new this week?

Yellow

I've been building more of ARROOST for the next video. It's a confusing tool that lets you make music.

This week, I've been making more of the contraptions that you can interact with inside it. And I've been trying to figure out how they...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Performance Performance

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What's new this week?

Performance

I've been making more *stuff* for the Arroost engine. And with each thing that I add, the engine gets a bit slower. So this week... I spent a bit of time speeding it up.

I already did a bunch of 'performance boosting' early on, but now that...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Creating Connection

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What's new this week?

Creating

I've been building an engine called Arroost for the next video. This week, I added the ability to create new shapes, which will serve as the building blocks for how your program runs.

I want them to feel like real tangibl...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Only Three Tools

Welcome back
to another weekly edition
of the

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What's new this week?

Touching

When I made CellPond, I tried to make every interaction possible with just the left-mouse-button. My reasoning was this:

If everything could be done with one ...

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TODEPOND TIMES: This Is An Arrow

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This Is An Arrow

This week, I've been writing the script for the next video, 🎵 Arrows in Arrows in Arrows, and I've now settled on its structure.

Throughout the video, we will discover ma...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Beats

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What's new this week?

State

When you use one of my tools, like CellPond or ScreenPond, you can be in var...

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TODEPOND TIMES: 99

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What's new this week?

99 Froggy Heroes

We hit 99 patrons!

Well... the number fluctuates a little bit as payments sometimes bounce. But there are currenty 99 froggy heroes! This means that nobody else can currently join the patreon! It's full View Post

CHOOSE: Flappy Heroes

To claim your spot in the Pond of Fame, check out the instructions in this post!

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TODEPOND TIMES: Thing Things

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Thing

When I was younger, I used to enjoy coding little game engines and simulations. These often included the concept of a 'thing' that you could place into the game world. You could also call them an entity, an instance, an object, or ...

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TODEPOND TIMES: The State of Signals

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What's new this week?

State

Hey! I've been working hard on coding things for the next video, which will be called 🎵 Arrows in Arrows in Arrows. To prepare for this, I've been making some more tools.

I'm building an engine that will let you make music ...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Naming Layers

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What's new this week?

Layers

No rest for the wicked! I've started working on the next video. As previously voted by patrons (a long time ago), th...

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TODEPOND TIMES: No Silence

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Silence

Woah! I released a new video called ☁️ Define Define

The last few days of working on it were a real battle b...

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TODEPOND TIMES: School

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School

I did a talk! At the Peckham Digital festival!

If you would like to watch it, there's a recording of the livestream! I'm there from 42:59...

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TODEPOND TIMES: Dead Fish

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What's new this week?

Lab Lab

I've been making a new thing for the next video! It's called LabLab, and it's a simple tool for exploring fractals. Specifically, I've been exploring the 2023-01-26 22:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post

TODEPOND TIMES: Noises

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What's new this week?
It's the NOISES SPECIAL!

Voice

When I record my voice for a video, I put a bunch effects on it. And with each video, I learn a few more things. These are all the steps I currently take:

1. Volume
First, we increase the volu...

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TODEPOND TIMES: 30 Seconds

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What's new this week?

Cellular Automata

In preparation for the next video, 📕 Define Define, I've been continuing work on the new SandLab engine.

It's a cellula...

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