Two weeks have flown by and it’s time for a new issue of Ninja Sparks. It feels a bit strange writing this considering everything happening in the world at the moment, but I want to maintain a small sense of... • Read More →
I am writing this whilst watching the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. I’m not into sport, but I found myself watching a surprising amount of it over the last couple of weeks. I think I prefer... • Read More →
Welcome to a new issue of Ninja Sparks. I’ve now been writing this newsletter for over a year, and it’s been a fun way to collect and share the things I’ve found along the way. I hope you’re enjoying it.... • Read More →
A couple of weeks ago I went to a reunion for my former employer Miniclip. It was a party to celebrate their 25th anniversary (and also the original CEO’s 50th birthday). It was great seeing friends and colleagues that I... • Read More →
After a bit of a break over the holidays, I’m pleased to be back writing this newsletter.I had a lovely holiday break with my family. We had two Christmas celebrations with different groups of people, so I’m well and truly... • Read More →
This is the last issue this year! I’m amazed that I’ve managed to consistently publish a newsletter every two weeks all year! Thank you for reading along and sticking with it. I really appreciate it.Rather than sharing apps or tutorials... • Read More →
It’s the 1st of December already! We put up the Christmas tree this weekend and started making things more festive.I’ve been working on BeepMini this last week. I wanted to make a path editor to help with my stealth game.... • Read More →
Last week I joined a game jam for fun and tried to make a small BeepMini game. I got the basic idea working fast, but making lots of levels by hand felt painful. That pushed me to think about a... • Read More →
Welcome to a new issue of Ninja Sparks! It’s been half term here in the UK, so I took a short break with the family. We went away for a couple of nights, did some trick-or-treating, and enjoyed the slower... • Read More →
I’ve been super creative the last couple of weeks, working hard on my new 3D engine and trying to finish off BeepMini so that I can properly launch it. Plus I’ve had an email from someone asking about the Accessibility... • Read More →
Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on quite a few different things. Firstly, I have decided to rename beep8 to beepmini. This is a relatively small-sounding change but it means rebuilding the website and merging it... • Read More →
Last week I had the chance to work during the day instead of evenings and was so much more productive. Less tired, more focus. I’m going to try that a couple of days each week so evenings can be for... • Read More →
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