kieranhj.bsky.social
Software developer & Engineering Manager. Formerly Rare, Xbox, HoloLens. Now helping invent the future of AI at Google DeepMind by day. Developing retro games & demos by night for BBC Micro & Acorn computers as kieran^Bitshifters. #demoscene
👤 Joined on 14 October 2023
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@kieranhj.bsky.socialIf you need a random color (e.g. procedurally coloring objects), you should use Oklab or Oklch color space instead of RGB or HSV. RGB may span the whole spectrum, but it does not pick fairly (leaning dark/muddy). Oklab is designed to more closely map to how we perceive color
Show PostSeeing Oklab enjoyed and used by so many is mind-boggling! I still can’t quite comprehend that I wrote a blog post that ended up as a web standard and in software everywhere. Best part is seeing so many people say they enjoy Oklab and that it is a tool they regularly use.
Show PostBASIC TO 6502 very impressively turns C64 BASIC code into 6502 assembly. In real time! polytricity.itch.io/basic-to-6502
Show PostUnnamed Electrobots game (WIP) for Acorn Electron 🚫AI. Created more varied tiles and tile types. Next up: stats, enemies, moving platforms?
Show PostRandom game of the evening..... 'Zany Kong Junior' - Superior Software 1985 Useless at this game - generally struggle to complete level 1 ! It was re-released on a 'Play it again Sam' collection, strangely retitled as 'Killer Gorilla 2'..... IP issues perhaps ?
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