Commander X16

Hello, 20yr Canadian kid here. I've been following 8-bit Guy for a few years now. He's the one that got me interested in old retro tech. The X16 project is awesome and I'm excited for the first gen to come out, but I can be satisfied with the emulator (which I just finished downloading :] ) for now.

A bit about myself, I enjoy programming stuff. I have made some clones of old games (snake, space invader, brick breaker) in python3 with pygame. Currently I'm trying to learn C++, I find it a lot more interesting personally, and I hope to start  making some actually decent projects with it, my current dream is to make a simple, yet most likely super sketch, raycast engine. I'll probably make something like wolfenstein (just bad and spaghetti code). I love games, I'm an avid fan of 4x strategy games, or just strategy in general, Frostpunk, Factorio, civ 4 and stellaris are some I enjoy a lot, but I do play plenty of other genres (Monster hunter world/rise/genu, eve online, Fromsoftware games and plenty more). I also love the shit out of science, I find physics and quantum mechanics the two most interesting things in the universe, I just find them fascinating and beautifully weird. I just think science is beautiful in it's entirety. My username is actually half of Laplace and Maxwell, I find their thought experiments using demons interesting, so much so I took some inspiration from their names. Though, the product is a bit odd, depending how you look at it.

I hope my terrible programming skills can help contribute something that, at least, a couple people may appreciate in some regard.

On 11/3/2022 at 10:28 PM, Lapwell said:

Hello, 20yr Canadian kid here.

Greetings! Welcome to the community.



It sounds like you're quite the gamer/programmer. As for programming skills, you have plenty of time to develop them. Might I suggest some classics such as Writing Solid Code https://writingsolidcode.com and Code Complete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Complete These books (1st edition) were written after the 8 bit era had ended but I consider still relevant and practical for anyone. Consider the newer second editions as invaluable if you pursue programming as a profession. 

I lived through the 80's with a Commodore Vic 20 and used school PETS too. I'm on the island and connected to the small local retro scene here in Victoria. PM me if you want to connect.

 

 



 

 

 

Hello, i will definitely look into the books. I finished reading Code by Charles Petzold a couple weeks ago, absolutely loved that book, I even got the second edition once I saw it. I have been wanting to go to OpenHack for a while now, since I finally have myself a laptop, I was planning on going to one of their meets sometime soon.