Did a full implementation of the Web Gamepad API for node.js and added a CLI tester for it. Over 2100 gamepads mapped using the SDL database.

About two orders of magnitude more than chrome :)

npx gamepad-node

Three.js GPU (WebGL) accelerated demo running in Node.js (without a web browser) but rendering to my terminal at GameBoy Color resolution.

Even has real texture mapping and lighting effects :)

Some of my friends at @heatsynclabs.bsky.social didn't care for having live webcams on the space.

So as a compromise we used some AI to keep the feed going while maintaining privacy.

#hackThePlanet

Wrote an MCP module to connect Claude Code to the physical world.

What's the worst that can happen?

#ai #javascript #arduino #nodebots

8 cores on a retroid pocket 5 :)

Box2d Physics engine Version 3
In WebAssembly using threads
In Node.js
On a cheap retro handheld device
60 fps
WITHOUT a web browser :)

#gamedev #javascript #wasm #box2d #retrogaming

might want to wait til later tonight.
Just made a major performance tweak, but away from computer for a few hours.

Getting steady 60 fps on these underpowered devices now.

Will push that change soon.

Something fun for the weekend:

Got Phaser @phaser.io working on a cheap Anberinc retro handheld device. Browser APIs WITHOUT a browser :)

✅ Canvas (2d)
✅ WebAudio
✅ Keyboard events
✅ Gamepad API
✅ localStorage

Other browser-based javascript game engines work too!

#gamedev #WebDev #javascript

Build a DJ bike and ride it around with your friends.
It's the shit.

IoT-based game dev directly on cheap retro handheld using @nodered.org kmamal/sdl , napi-rs/canvas, and some glue :)

@heatsynclabs.bsky.social

#gamedev #WebDev #IoT #javascript #haxmas