I startedthischannelinFebruarythisyearwiththeaimofjustcapturingsomesillythoughts I hadabouttechnology.
After a fewprogrammingvideosgotsomehits, I sawtherewasnoopportunitytocreate a smallcommunitysurroundingthechannel, anditturnsout I'm notneededtodoverymuch.
Andhe's alsocreated a demoapplicationoffthecodedyourselfsnakegametoshowitworking.
Andhereitis.
It's a slightlydifferentversionofSnake.
It's gotitsownrules, butitjustgoestoshowit's notthatdifficulttocreate a consolebasedapplicationindifferentlanguagesthathavethefieldonthelookofanarcadegameGoodonEuropewhilewe'reonthetopicofSnake.
Thiswas a submissionfromLeoownerwho's got a greatYouTubechannelfullofJavaandoddly X 86 assemblylanguagebasedvideoslikethisimplementationofsnakeinnothingbut X 86 70 language.
I thinkit's a reallyimpressiveexampleofjusthowlowlevelyoucangetandstillachievereallypleasingresults.
GeneralLee, probablynotinit, tooktheideaofthecouncilgameenginebutdecidedtoimplement a 3 20 by 2 40 V G, a basedsystemstepsoitdoesn't usecharactersattheconsole.
Thisisoneofthecoolestmomentshimcertainlymycodingcareer, because I finallysay, I'vehad a gamereleasedon a commercialplatformsuchasthePlayStationPortableon.
That's theleastinterestingpartonBreckspends a lotofhistime, andifyouhaven't seenit, youmustcheckouthischannel.
Hebuildshisowncomputersfromscratch.
Herewecanseeit's got a giantdotmatrixdisplayconnectedto a wholebunchofcircuitboards, whichissolditofhimselfonhisprogram, Thelittlemicrocontrollerheretorunsomegamesthatmaylookfamiliar, Andofcourse, the 1st 1 isTetrisevenmakesthecontrollerswreck, alwayslikestoplay a littlebitofoneupmanship, bioticsFlorattheendofhisdemonstrationsbackalsotooktimetoimplementsomeofthegameoflifealgorithmsonthisgooddisplayonthecellularortomartyrVideohasbeenquite a popularonethisyear.
I thinkit's introducedpeople's wayofthinkingaboutcomputationbefore.
Well, theyhaveitaftertheother 30 submissionsthathavereceived, I thinktheywerethebestones.
Ifyouhavesubmittedsomething, I'venotshownit.
Pleasedon't beoffended.
Itwasprobablyquitesimilartosomethingthat I'vealreadyshownwhen I startedthischannel.
I neverexpectedtobeinthepositionbytheendoftheyear, where I vegotover 2600 subscribersonpeopledesperatetoshowmeandsentmesomecode.
Thediscordserverisquiteactiveandpeopleshowingtheirexamplesonthere, too, and I'm frequentlysurprisedbythesheerqualityontheeffortthat's goingintoyourprojects.
I thinkit's great, and I thinkthislittlecommunityisonlygoingtogrowstrongerandstrongerinthenewyearwhilstcompilingthisvideoonlookingthroughyourcodeandlookingbackovermyvideosjustmakesmethinkhowfarthischannelhascomeinsuch a shorttime.
Andso I'm goingtoendthisvideowith a clipfrommyveryfirsttrialofbloggingon.
Nomatterhowyoucelebrateyourfestiveseason, makesureyouhave a goodone.