A very retro font renderer was absolutely the most useful thing I could write this afternoon.

@phobon.io Here you go. Fewer pixels. Party like it's 1979. #Apple2 #CRT

Sniped by my own physics, I added rotational energy transfer. What's the point of Pong if you can't "Put English" on the balls and have them bounce accordingly?

I did a WASM build of this checkpoint. Run it in your browser: meggsomatic.tv/balls_with_r...

Now I've got an Apple II analog CRT simulator and a modern physics engine. (Ho ho ho?)

Got my analog CRT simulator built into something I can install on my Steam Deck with controller support. The change in form factor sparks joy — it just feels good in a visceral way.

So about doing something more than color bars...

Got textures and uniforms into my Rust/Slang/WASM/WGPU project, with a bonus appearance from @shannonin3d.bsky.social on guitar. See meggsomatic.tv/first_textur... (may not play nice with Safari). Problems so far: 🧵