Jekyll2023-05-01T04:04:55+00:00https://phrees.com/feed.xmlPhil Rees Personal BlogPersonal blog for Phil Rees - writer of prose, poetry and code.Phil ReesMy First Minetest Crafting Recipe2022-11-16T01:40:23+00:002022-11-16T01:40:23+00:00https://phrees.com/lua/minetest/2022/11/16/my-first-mintest-recipe<p>Successfully put together my first Minetest crafting recipe. Very simple but deeply satisfying.</p> <blockquote> <p>Top Secret Document + Thought -&gt; Declassified Document</p> </blockquote> <p>Not releaseing the code until I’ve figured out how to put this into a game instead of being in its own module. Something for the weekend I think.</p>Phil ReesSuccessfully put together my first Minetest crafting recipe. Very simple but deeply satisfying.I’m Also Going To Be Learning Lua2022-11-11T05:32:00+00:002022-11-11T05:32:00+00:00https://phrees.com/lua/2022/11/11/learning-lua<p>The kids love playing MineTest so we’re going to be learning Lua together to make some mods for the game. DD wants to dragons while DD is all about guns and explosions. We’ll be starting with the basics though and putting together small collections of cutom blocks.</p>Phil ReesThe kids love playing MineTest so we’re going to be learning Lua together to make some mods for the game. DD wants to dragons while DD is all about guns and explosions. We’ll be starting with the basics though and putting together small collections of cutom blocks.Covid2022-11-10T05:12:34+00:002022-11-10T05:12:34+00:00https://phrees.com/covid/2022/11/10/covid<p>Well I started this blog with good intentions and then Covid got me. A week in bed followed by a few weeks of really not having the energy I used to. I’m back up and about now but still get fatigued in the middle of the day. It takes a while. Should start producing next week.</p>Phil ReesWell I started this blog with good intentions and then Covid got me. A week in bed followed by a few weeks of really not having the energy I used to. I’m back up and about now but still get fatigued in the middle of the day. It takes a while. Should start producing next week.I’m Going To Learn Godot2022-09-05T04:36:00+00:002022-09-05T04:36:00+00:00https://phrees.com/godot/2022/09/05/i-am-going-to-learn-godot<p>I’m teaching myself Godot with a view to developing educational applications and games. In this blog I’m going to document my progress, describe the resources I find useful and share some code snippets.</p> <p>My first project is a tool to help teaching and learning of grapheme/phoneme mapping. It’s aimed at older students and will be functional rather than entertaining.</p> <p>The first approach I’m going to try is using Godot’s UI features to represent graphemes and phonemes. I’ll be attempting to populate a grid of buttons programatically.</p> <p>Wish me luck.</p>Phil ReesI’m teaching myself Godot with a view to developing educational applications and games. In this blog I’m going to document my progress, describe the resources I find useful and share some code snippets.