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by apexedison 1y ago
Thanks for the shout-out.
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Show HN: A bidirectional editor for making circuits with code(github.com)
3 points by apexedison 2y ago|0 comments
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by apexedison 2y ago
Thanks for asking I could give a better explanation. We mean the participant ships a project (like shipping code) and we physically ship them materials (like a drawing machine in the mail).
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by apexedison 2y ago
I really like Bart Dring's work but haven't seen this one before. Thanks for sharing!
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by apexedison 2y ago
That's correct! The machine is in exchange for sharing your art program.
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Show HN: Blot – code, art, robots and open source education(github.com)
61 points by apexedison 2y ago|8 comments
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Hack Club Blot: A CNC drawing machine for programmatic art. Built with teenagers(blot.hackclub.com)
35 points by apexedison 2y ago|2 comments
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by apexedison 2y ago
Blot is completely open source (hardware and software). You can find the GitHub here: https://github.com/hackclub/blot I spent the last year building Blot with teenagers in the Hack Club community including but not lim
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by apexedison 3y ago
We built an editor for making simple (but complete and fun) games to help young folks (or anyone) learn to code. It's at sprig.hackclub.com If your son shares the game publicly as a PR we'll send him materials to build a console t
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by apexedison 3y ago
I've built a number of bidirectional editors, often with CodeMirror. You could check out my bidirectional circuit design tool: https://github.com/leomcelroy/svg-pcb Paper on it here: https://dl.acm.org&
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by apexedison 4y ago
It's not, we'll do our best to ship everywhere we can.
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by apexedison 4y ago
Many people who in retrospect are truly innovative almost definitionally spend their time doing things other people don't regard as valuable (at first at least). As an extreme example of someone who prioritized a life of play look at C
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by apexedison 4y ago
As others pointed out when fully assembled most of the board is covered (but visible). We designed the board to function like a devkit for the pico as well so unused pins are broken out on pads.
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by apexedison 4y ago
Amazing! Your son has been such a valuable contributor. I also love the games he made.
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by apexedison 4y ago
Give it a try! I'd love to see the game you make.
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by apexedison 4y ago
Thanks! I've been really strongly influenced by great constructionists like Brian Silverman (who worked on Scratch and early Lego Mindstorms). He also helped consult on Sprig actually. We wanted to have a nice composable construct kit
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by apexedison 4y ago
We chose the aesthetic of the bare PCB to help demystify the technology. The console is also designed to be repurposed as a hardware devkit (there are breakout pads and what not).
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by apexedison 4y ago
This is an interesting point. One of the major things we're trying to demonstrate with Hack Club is we box people in too much based on their age. Especially young people who generally have a well defined set of activities laid out for
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by apexedison 4y ago
If you want to check out some of the games people have made you can find them here: https://sprig.hackclub.com/gallery
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by apexedison 4y ago
I think it's a well executed project and the UI design on the editor is nicely done. We focused a lot on the API of our game engine and honed in on having a small construction kit for Sprig which seems to help people become productive.
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by apexedison 4y ago
Thank you! I found the other fantasy consoles quite inspiring, PuzzleScript too.
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by apexedison 4y ago
There are some backing covers which are laser cut. It's possible to swap with a 3D printed cover and use the same mounting holes.
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by apexedison 4y ago
We debated running JS (Kaluma) or micropython on the Pico. We started with Kaluma because the editor is in the browser. After we got some game submissions though we realized we'd have to do our own wrapper around Jerryscript for perfor
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by apexedison 4y ago
Haha thanks. Hack Club certainly has adults involved (like myself) but we structure projects so teens can be core contributors (the rest of the core engineering staff on Sprig are all less than 20 years old and I'd say 95% of the games
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by apexedison 4y ago
The idea is to help people learn programming by making it easier for them to think of and execute projects which they share with others. In this case those projects are the making of the console/engine itself and for a much wider group
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Show HN: Sprig, open-source game console and engine, by teenagers for teenagers(github.com)
274 points by apexedison 4y ago|79 comments
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Painting a Landscape with Maths, by Inigo Quilez(youtube.com)
1 points by apexedison 4y ago|0 comments
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A rose drawn only with a cube(leomcelroy.com)
1 points by apexedison 5y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Muse, a simple language for making music(github.com)
20 points by apexedison 5y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: What's the most beautiful code you've read?
4 points by apexedison 5y ago|0 comments

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