Ben
@binarymoon.bsky.social
UK based Web and Game Dev. I create fun things with a computer (games, apps, websites). Find me online: https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/social/
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WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
@tvaziri.com Hi - I heard on the radio today that some movie companies are using CGI in behind the scenes footage to hide the fact they are using CGI. This sounds like a parody/ satire but I wondered if you'd heard of it or if there was any truth behind it?
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@tvaziri.com Hi - I heard on the radio today that some movie companies are using CGI in behind the scenes footage to hide the fact they are using CGI. This sounds like a parody/ satire but I wondered if you'd heard of it or if there was any truth behind it?
I got the NinjaSparks newsletter ready REALLY early today. Will be nice not to still be writing it at midnight for a change! 😄 I will be publishing it at around 10:30pm UK time. Sign up on the website ninjasparks.com #newsletter #creativity #inspiration
A Free Newsletter to Discover Tools, Tips, and Fun for Creative Play.
Creative tools and resources to inspire you.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I got the NinjaSparks newsletter ready REALLY early today. Will be nice not to still be writing it at midnight for a change! 😄 I will be publishing it at around 10:30pm UK time. Sign up on the website ninjasparks.com #newsletter #creativity #inspiration
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Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase.
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5 million US government grant amid ethical concerns
Principled Python.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase.
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
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Whenever you see hateful posts on social media, please remember that about 50% of internet activity is now AI/bots, so it's likely that it isn't even a real person. Don't fall for the crap that's trying to divide us, just ignore (block) and move on.
October 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Whenever you see hateful posts on social media, please remember that about 50% of internet activity is now AI/bots, so it's likely that it isn't even a real person. Don't fall for the crap that's trying to divide us, just ignore (block) and move on.
So Amazon web services is down, and there's a power cut in the village I live in. Coincidence?
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So Amazon web services is down, and there's a power cut in the village I live in. Coincidence?
I'm on the ball today! Just scheduled the latest issue of NinjaSparks.com newletter. Will go out at 10pm UK time. Now I can get back to finishing off the first version of BeepMini.
A Free Newsletter to Discover Tools, Tips, and Fun for Creative Play.
Creative tools and resources to inspire you.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm on the ball today! Just scheduled the latest issue of NinjaSparks.com newletter. Will go out at 10pm UK time. Now I can get back to finishing off the first version of BeepMini.
Making artwork for my fantasy console. This will be the screen where you load a game cassette. It shows a textmode image of the console with a mini version of the splash screen. #screenshotstaurday #indiegame #gamedev #javascript
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Making artwork for my fantasy console. This will be the screen where you load a game cassette. It shows a textmode image of the console with a mini version of the splash screen. #screenshotstaurday #indiegame #gamedev #javascript
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The Crew 2 is accidentally one of the funniest games ever made because of its procedurally generated storefronts.
"CHICKEN GRILLED COFFEE"
"SHOE"
"BUY ONE GET SECOND ONE"
"CIRCULAR DOTS"
"$3B.9B"
"CHICKEN GRILLED COFFEE"
"SHOE"
"BUY ONE GET SECOND ONE"
"CIRCULAR DOTS"
"$3B.9B"
July 8, 2023 at 9:20 AM
The Crew 2 is accidentally one of the funniest games ever made because of its procedurally generated storefronts.
"CHICKEN GRILLED COFFEE"
"SHOE"
"BUY ONE GET SECOND ONE"
"CIRCULAR DOTS"
"$3B.9B"
"CHICKEN GRILLED COFFEE"
"SHOE"
"BUY ONE GET SECOND ONE"
"CIRCULAR DOTS"
"$3B.9B"
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BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
Managed to publish the Ninja Sparks (ninjasparks.com) newsletter early today! Before midnight for a change 😊
Means I can spend the evening struggling away on my 3D engine for BeepMini.
#javascript #newsletter
Means I can spend the evening struggling away on my 3D engine for BeepMini.
#javascript #newsletter
A Free Newsletter to Discover Tools, Tips, and Fun for Creative Play.
Creative tools and resources to inspire you.
ninjasparks.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Managed to publish the Ninja Sparks (ninjasparks.com) newsletter early today! Before midnight for a change 😊
Means I can spend the evening struggling away on my 3D engine for BeepMini.
#javascript #newsletter
Means I can spend the evening struggling away on my 3D engine for BeepMini.
#javascript #newsletter
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
Last night I published a gallery of flow fields animations people have sent in. I still have a bunch more to add. I also added some additional colour palettes to make them even more beautiful.
You can view the gallery here: brush.ninja/gallery/part...
#javascript #physics #particlesystems
You can view the gallery here: brush.ninja/gallery/part...
#javascript #physics #particlesystems
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Last night I published a gallery of flow fields animations people have sent in. I still have a bunch more to add. I also added some additional colour palettes to make them even more beautiful.
You can view the gallery here: brush.ninja/gallery/part...
#javascript #physics #particlesystems
You can view the gallery here: brush.ninja/gallery/part...
#javascript #physics #particlesystems
Having a little play with procedural generation to try and make a really big map you can walk around in Beep8. This uses algorithms, and repeatable random numbers to create a consistent world from a single seed number.
#javascript #gamedev #indiedev
#javascript #gamedev #indiedev
September 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Having a little play with procedural generation to try and make a really big map you can walk around in Beep8. This uses algorithms, and repeatable random numbers to create a consistent world from a single seed number.
#javascript #gamedev #indiedev
#javascript #gamedev #indiedev
I thought I was going to be early with the NinjaSparks.com newsletter this week then I started playing the new Neal.fun game and now it's been delayed by an hour or so. It's basically done now though so will be published shortly.
#newsletter #creativity
#newsletter #creativity
A Free Newsletter to Discover Tools, Tips, and Fun for Creative Play.
Creative tools and resources to inspire you.
NinjaSparks.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I thought I was going to be early with the NinjaSparks.com newsletter this week then I started playing the new Neal.fun game and now it's been delayed by an hour or so. It's basically done now though so will be published shortly.
#newsletter #creativity
#newsletter #creativity
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Genuinely powerful words to live by.
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Genuinely powerful words to live by.
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Ages ago, when I was still a student, I taught myself Ruby on Rails for my senior thesis and fell in love. Fifteen years later, and I’ve used Rails at every job I’ve ever held in the tech industry. Fifteen years, and I still love Rails! But there’s something rotten at its core, and we share a name.
Rails Needs New Governance
Ages ago, when I was still a student, I taught myself Ruby on Rails for my senior thesis and fell in love. Fifteen years later, and I’ve used Rails at every job I’ve ever held in the tech industry. Fifteen years, and I still love Rails! But there’s something rotten at its core, and we share a name.
davidcel.is
September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ages ago, when I was still a student, I taught myself Ruby on Rails for my senior thesis and fell in love. Fifteen years later, and I’ve used Rails at every job I’ve ever held in the tech industry. Fifteen years, and I still love Rails! But there’s something rotten at its core, and we share a name.
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Saw some particle flow images last night and thought it would be fun to make a quick app for Brush.ninja. I am not very good at the maths but found a bunch of formulae online and am enjoying the results.
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
September 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Saw some particle flow images last night and thought it would be fun to make a quick app for Brush.ninja. I am not very good at the maths but found a bunch of formulae online and am enjoying the results.
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
Saw some particle flow images last night and thought it would be fun to make a quick app for Brush.ninja. I am not very good at the maths but found a bunch of formulae online and am enjoying the results.
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
September 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Saw some particle flow images last night and thought it would be fun to make a quick app for Brush.ninja. I am not very good at the maths but found a bunch of formulae online and am enjoying the results.
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
#javascript #creativecoding #particles
Been tidying up the beep8 github repo (mostly the readme) to try and make it more useful. Is there anything else I should add?
github.com/BinaryMoon/b...
#github #opensource #gamedev #indiedev #javascript
github.com/BinaryMoon/b...
#github #opensource #gamedev #indiedev #javascript
GitHub - BinaryMoon/beep8: A retro javascript game engine
A retro javascript game engine. Contribute to BinaryMoon/beep8 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Been tidying up the beep8 github repo (mostly the readme) to try and make it more useful. Is there anything else I should add?
github.com/BinaryMoon/b...
#github #opensource #gamedev #indiedev #javascript
github.com/BinaryMoon/b...
#github #opensource #gamedev #indiedev #javascript
Some progress on beep8 and the game maker!
The game maker can now make game files that can be loaded. And the game is almost functionally complete. I need to separate a few bits and then I can turn it into a "console" that can load games you or others have made!
#gamedev #javascript #indiedev
The game maker can now make game files that can be loaded. And the game is almost functionally complete. I need to separate a few bits and then I can turn it into a "console" that can load games you or others have made!
#gamedev #javascript #indiedev
September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Some progress on beep8 and the game maker!
The game maker can now make game files that can be loaded. And the game is almost functionally complete. I need to separate a few bits and then I can turn it into a "console" that can load games you or others have made!
#gamedev #javascript #indiedev
The game maker can now make game files that can be loaded. And the game is almost functionally complete. I need to separate a few bits and then I can turn it into a "console" that can load games you or others have made!
#gamedev #javascript #indiedev
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.