Pong! In WebAssembly. Gotta start somewhere.
I would love it if you shared the sources when you were done. I would like to start somewhere too. ;-)
Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?
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#92Building lo-fi synthesizers with Teensy or Arduino. They are becoming more like interactive sculptures than instruments now. The sound is important, but the visual aesthetic is just as interesting to me.
Love to see pics.
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#93A pair of Visual Pinball cabinets. Even with an initial sloppy mockup I found the wife loved playing pinball. So I went all in and built a new gaming PC, bought a 120 Hz TV just for a stand-alone pinball cab build. (Oh, and found that using the previous gaming PC and a few other things lying around I could also build a mini-pinball-cab — so I have that one coming together as well.)
Hey, I'm building a next gen virtual pinball simulator!
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#94Getting back into the "maker"/"tinker" groove.
Modifying and calibrating my 3d printer(s), chasing speed while maintaining print quality.
Using CAD more seriously, trying to challenge myself with more complex projects and models. Current project is to make a CoreXY Plotter from an old 3d printer I just disassembled.
Wanting to get/make a CNC Mill/Router to finally have the ability to work on some bigger "cooler" projects. ex. I have a custom PC case model that I've been working on, and can't wait to build for the upcoming rig upgrade.
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#95I recently got into DMing a DnD campaign. It‘s so much fun to play my ideas and concepts together with friends.
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#96Board game design, but specifically solo and 2-player co-op games that have a small footprint, small board states, and are easy to play.
I've been looking for offline hobbies and recently got into solo board gaming, on top of playing games with my wife a couple of times a month. I work in gamesdev and I want to retain a creative outlet in the direction of gaming, because I just really enjoy it, but I also want to stop spending my entire life in front of a screen. So far it's been a lot of fun, I'm going to be printing play test cards later this week to start dialing in my first game.
If it goes well I plan to release it as a cheap print and play (PnP), and if it turns out to be boring I'll release it as a free PnP.
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#97Print media -- seriously. There are vanishingly few types of paper-based products left besides mass-market paperbacks and a handful of soulless conglomerate-owned magazines that may disappear tomorrow. Just like there are small farming collectives out there, I'd love for there to be micro-magazines and short stories on paper, made cheaply and distributed to small mailing lists with a single stamp (not an email newsle…
I am also into micro-zines (and larger). There's a great community around Sword and Sorcery style short stories, with a handful of high quality quarterly and monthly publications, with strong authors in the genre.
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#98Started following Rugby during the world cup - got a bit obsessed, went to a couple of matches, joined a club, started following the national championship (Top 14)...
It's been great so far! It has a lot of complexity and physicality, which I enjoy.
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#99Started following Rugby during the world cup - got a bit obsessed, went to a couple of matches, joined a club, started following the national championship (Top 14)... It's been great so far! It has a lot of complexity and physicality, which I enjoy.
Rugby is awesome. RWC is the only time I ever watch rugby and get obsessed with it. Played a bit during school too, went on rugby "camps", etc.
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#100Bicycles. They are so radically inexpensive to acquire & service. Why did I ever stop riding at 18?
I love bikes and was going to comment about them so I'll just tack on to your comment.
Built a single speed out of a cheap, used frame with some spare or cheap parts and it has been going strong with little maintenance for 14 years.
Also have a long-tail cargo ebike that I got this summer and already have over 500 miles on it. It can be faster than driving a lot of times on top of being more fun for me and my kids.
And to top it off a full suspension mountain bike (2018 YT Jeffsy) which I get out on about twice a week and is really great for my physical/mental state, and has a huge skill ceiling so there will always be something to strive to get better at. Just got back from a weekend off riding an area with huge granite boulders and slabs with a few friends. Really fun to attempt features that made us a little uncomfortable and build skills/confidence.