* Destroy objects Nodon (configure to the object you want to destroy, in this game's particular instance: sphere) * Connect it to the Person nodon (in settings, change the action to "Punch", so your person is facing forward) * Get a Button nodon, and connect it to the Person nodon

Connect a Constant value of 1 to Play BGM

I made a bug when I overlaid the A and B Teleporation Entrances/Exits on top of each other. The bug makes sense. This was my solution, along with erecting a wall serving as a solution that draws the eye away from the teleporation points. I could refine, but this version 1 works. I also made both walls not solid so the moving platformer...

• Counter needs to be adjusted to the dimensions of the game screen • Two boxes needs to be attached to the Free Slide Connector, one has to be switched off for visibility

- Get a *Number object* (Objects/Special objects/Number objects) - Get a *Counter object* (Middle/Flag-Counter-Random) * Change Mode to “Range”, Count range to 0-whatever max number you want, Count timing to “When not 0” [to count down]. * Connect it to the Number object - Get a *Constant object* (Input/Constant) * Change Output value ...

Platformer I've been obsessed with (developing for) Playdate, so much so, I have been looking at GB Studio (since Playdate's SDK isn't out yet). If I were to make a platformer, it would have to do with eggs, or food, and learning more about food (to help people become more educated about how to cook and be self-sustainable). Which remi...

The photos * Go to Photo Album in Nintendo Switch * Click on photo/video (you want to post) * Click "A" button and select "Send to Smartphone" [can do "one" or "batch"] * Scan the QR code 1 to generate QR code 2, which brings you to the local webpage on your phone, to download to your phone's gallery * On your selected photo(s), send t...

Need to figure out how to change the person object view.

• Having to think about how to Blot this post was rough, so I am back on this Hey blog because posting is as simple as writing an email. Also, my Dropbox is out of space too, I may be slowly not being a member of blot anymore. • Noah G ran a wonderful workshop at ACE Makerspace • Cutting the rubber band and tying it to the motor is the...

One of the hardest things to do in grading students is jotting down notes, or observations, about individual students at the end of quarter or semester. Those jotted notes just tend to get lost in the mix of daily life. I’ve been thinking about how to capture these notes fast, particular to the student. I was seriously thinking about g...

One of the reasons I pick up video projects (or any project within my skillsets) is what I could learn from (working on) it. I use Final Cut Pro. - Asset Management: I learned how to organize my video cuts better, which is actually something I learned when I designed a training booklet last year (managing my Pixelmator/Illustrator laye...

Subscribing to the various (digital, usually) services seems like we are saving money, that they are all affordable because “it’s only 10 bucks.” Man, do all these services add up. Best way to keep the budget in check: log every single subscription into a single spreadsheet. After all, “what gets measured, gets managed.” I’ve centraliz...

Took a long time (to download the software update, even with fast internet). Happy I set up the watch, though it took a couple of hours in total. I am excited most about setting up Streaks habits as part of my "Complications." I will do whatever is always staring me in the face (akin to the "Schedule it and it becomes real" adage). Bru...

When war washed over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, our families found themselves like driftwood, fleeing sodden and splintered, to countries whose names they couldn’t pronounce, to camps and trailer parks where the closest place to eat was this place called McDonalds, lost not just for words — simply lost, floating like hunched phantasms...

(from what I learned studying to be a 911 Dispatcher/Police Officer in Oakland/Berkeley): - When you call 911, the first thing you tell the dispatcher is your location, so tell them the cross streets (and where the suspect is headed if possible), then what happened/or is happening, as calm as you can (so you can be heard clearly, so th...

I spent a lot of time (about an hour and a half) trying to buy a new OLD Apple Watch. Not one of the snazzy new ones, but the years old Series 5 Aluminum. It has the always-on display (nice to have when talking to people, without being rude). The Streaks app (sooo good!) I just downloaded has a watch face for it (Series 4 and up). My S...

One of my students who hasn't done any work during the year, who would show up to small group sessions, but still not turn in any work - started engaging with the class, with me, when we started making a video game in Scratch. It started with some comments trickling in from him during Synchronous Zoom meetings. It took me by surprise, ...

That was annoying: Google Chrome wasn't loading any websites. After going down rabbit holes (many of them), I found the article that reset the browser to it's default settings. Persistence pays, but man, an hour of my life I will never get back, and all because I wanted to use Peardeck.

One of my students video projects (their top 5 games) inspired me to play Rocket League this morning. What was supposed to be a quick 15-minute game, turned into an hour. Gosh, I love this game. It’s the speed I’ve always wanted in a Soccer game, because of well, cars. Cars playing Soccer - life is beautiful. I’m also playing it again ...