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 →
I hope this finds you well, it’s time for another Ninja Sparks newsletter!I have spent the last couple of weeks working on my beep8 game making app. It’s a map editor that allows you to create simple little adventure games,... • Read More →
Welcome to issue 17 of the Ninja Sparks newsletter!Over the last few weeks I’ve been stepping away from the computer and doing more analogue things. I just finished the Crookhaven book series, which I picked up at the library with... • Read More →
Welcome to issue 16 of the Ninja Sparks newsletter!I’ve just got back from a couple of weeks away with my family. It was a relaxing holiday and I barely used the computer at all; quite a change for me. I... • Read More →
Hello - welcome to issue 16 of the Ninja Sparks newsletter!It’s been some wild weather here in the UK, rapidly switching between hot and humid, and wet and windy. So a classic British summer then! I hope you’re all doing... • Read More →
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