Introduction I had lots of issues getting setup with Universal Analytics (UA) with a one page app I've had to work on very recently. This tutorial will not explain very much because I believe the issue with UA is not that it's hard, but rather that there's a lack of
AgarIO has been all the rage for the past month now. It's been featured on countless major Youtube channels, has at least 100,000 users playing at any given time and seems to have been acquired or partnered with Miniclip. I had the excellent idea to develop an AgarIO clone,
Tanks is an online multiplayer tanks game based off Wii Tanks and inspired by Agario. This project was started in 2013, it was revamped in early 2015 and has been progressing ever since, but I am taking an indefinite pause from it to work on other more useful ventures. It's
In this post, I will talk about collision detection and handling. There are plenty of useful resources on collision detection: * http://www.dyn4j.org/2010/01/sat/ * http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tutorials/collision-detection-using-the-separating-axis-theorem--gamedev-169 * http://www.metanetsoftware.com/technique/tutorialA.html * https://github.com/rjdlee/Tanks/blob/master/src/common/collision/
"The version I have uploaded to http://tank.rjdlee.com does not currently have server interpolation, but I have implemented it in the current code. When I was programming the initial version of multiplayer Tanks, I forgot about the effects of latency on gameplay and only saw the effects manifest
In the previous tutorial, we set up our WeMos D1 board. Now, we are going to use it to control a stepper motor. Specifically, the L298N Dual H Bridge DC Stepper Motor Controller and the 28BYJ-48 5V DC Stepper Motor. L298N: 28BYJ-48: Here is the reference table from the previous
It took me way too long to get started with the WeMos D1 R2 board, partly because mine is an eBay knockoff. Getting Started 1. Download and install the Arduino IDE (just called Arduino): https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Note: I use version 1.6.8, newer versions
Back in high school, my life revolved around Minecraft. From the time I got back from school to late into the night, my Skype online friends and I were Minecrafting. On weekends, I would record videos for my Youtube channel. As fun as this time was, sleeping 4-5 hours each
If you've ever used Redux for managing state in your web application, you'll know how much boilerplate you have to write before you can mutate its state. Sure, there's plenty of Redux middleware for reducing boilerplate and making asynchronous requests (such as XHR). However, the more middleware you add, the
If you've ever been asked to upload a photo of your government ID to prove your identity, you've gone through an identity verification process. If you haven't, this is a screenshot of what Coinbase's process looks like. About a year ago, I was shocked to learn some companies still use
I love LED lights. Anytime I see an LED light, I give a nod of approval. This is the story of how I became obsessed with LED lights. It all started at the University of Toronto science camp. Along with my brother and cousin, we scavenged any and all the
Despite being allergic to [almost] everything, I love food and I love cooking. Being the competitive person I am, I want to hone my culinary skills to that of a Michelin-starred chef. This is an extremely ambitious goal of course, especially because I have to juggle it with software engineering.