Paul Jensen
@paulbjensen.bsky.social
“There is no big lie. There is no system. The universe is indifferent” - Donald Draper
Yep, psycho vibes.
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Yep, psycho vibes.
Duolingo giving off psychopath vibes in their email copy.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Duolingo giving off psychopath vibes in their email copy.
Written by Vince Gilligan, starring the brilliant Rhea Seehorn, and funded by Apple’s giant money cannon.
It’s happening.
It’s happening.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Written by Vince Gilligan, starring the brilliant Rhea Seehorn, and funded by Apple’s giant money cannon.
It’s happening.
It’s happening.
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Even on a cloudy Sunday in Essex, a set of solar panels plus a 5kWh battery and hybrid inverter mean that I’m exporting to the grid right now.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
October 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Even on a cloudy Sunday in Essex, a set of solar panels plus a 5kWh battery and hybrid inverter mean that I’m exporting to the grid right now.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
The daylight is enough to meet the house’s electricity needs and send the excess up.
Good night from Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Good night from Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
💯. Look what they did to the Home Screen - the weather temperature readings are practically hidden.
October 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
💯. Look what they did to the Home Screen - the weather temperature readings are practically hidden.
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Especially zoomed out (the map is 256x256 tiles, same as SimCity 4)
September 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Especially zoomed out (the map is 256x256 tiles, same as SimCity 4)
It is starting to look really nice.
September 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It is starting to look really nice.
Added some pavements, even for the rounded corners. Not perfect but the image assets can be tweaked at any time (they’re just png images).
#gamedev #buildinpublic
#gamedev #buildinpublic
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Added some pavements, even for the rounded corners. Not perfect but the image assets can be tweaked at any time (they’re just png images).
#gamedev #buildinpublic
#gamedev #buildinpublic
A classic photo of Higgs
September 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A classic photo of Higgs
Turns out html5 canvas elements have a hard limit of 268,435,456 pixels to render.
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Turns out html5 canvas elements have a hard limit of 268,435,456 pixels to render.
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
In other news, Babsland will let you make maps that are 256x256 tiles wide, the same number as SimCity 4 had.
#gamedev #buildinpublic
Added some trees to Babsland. Pixel artist I am not, but will hopefully get better with practice.
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Added some trees to Babsland. Pixel artist I am not, but will hopefully get better with practice.
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
Still amazed that the whole website (including assets) is only 110KB. Great job by @vite.dev and @svelte.dev #gamedev #buildinpublic
It’s windy in Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s windy in Babsland #gamedev #buildinpublic
Babsland (which will be changing name - turns out it gets blocked by internet filters) can render different image asset sets.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
September 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Babsland (which will be changing name - turns out it gets blocked by internet filters) can render different image asset sets.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
Will be adding support to swap between image asset sets for maps shortly.
This is not progress
September 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is not progress
When you cut the Avocado at the right time 🥑👌
September 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
When you cut the Avocado at the right time 🥑👌
More performance improvements in Babsland.
The map is redrawn only when tiles in the map change, not when the camera moves about.
Before panning/zooming would eat up ~25-30% CPU, now it’s at 3-4%.
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
The map is redrawn only when tiles in the map change, not when the camera moves about.
Before panning/zooming would eat up ~25-30% CPU, now it’s at 3-4%.
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
September 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
More performance improvements in Babsland.
The map is redrawn only when tiles in the map change, not when the camera moves about.
Before panning/zooming would eat up ~25-30% CPU, now it’s at 3-4%.
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
The map is redrawn only when tiles in the map change, not when the camera moves about.
Before panning/zooming would eat up ~25-30% CPU, now it’s at 3-4%.
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
I can do things like make Kevin Costner’s Waterworld
September 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I can do things like make Kevin Costner’s Waterworld
Managed to nail the biggest performance problem in Babsland - dragging and dropping large areas like water and sand (and buildings). Now it performs snappy (and features a preview of the area too).
Google Chrome DevTools did a great job helping me to debug it.
babsland.com #gamedev #buildinpublic
Google Chrome DevTools did a great job helping me to debug it.
babsland.com #gamedev #buildinpublic
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Managed to nail the biggest performance problem in Babsland - dragging and dropping large areas like water and sand (and buildings). Now it performs snappy (and features a preview of the area too).
Google Chrome DevTools did a great job helping me to debug it.
babsland.com #gamedev #buildinpublic
Google Chrome DevTools did a great job helping me to debug it.
babsland.com #gamedev #buildinpublic
Babsland now lets you load and save multiple maps with what you want to name them.
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
September 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Babsland now lets you load and save multiple maps with what you want to name them.
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
babsland.com
#gamedev #buildinpublic
Loads of new chargers at Baldock services. No more waiting for a free charger (used to be a total of 6, now there are 24).
August 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Loads of new chargers at Baldock services. No more waiting for a free charger (used to be a total of 6, now there are 24).
Babsland now has very basic map saving & loading, thanks to the power of HTML5 LocalStorage.
Expect the feature to evolve a bit in the near future. #buildinpublic #gamedev
Expect the feature to evolve a bit in the near future. #buildinpublic #gamedev
August 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Babsland now has very basic map saving & loading, thanks to the power of HTML5 LocalStorage.
Expect the feature to evolve a bit in the near future. #buildinpublic #gamedev
Expect the feature to evolve a bit in the near future. #buildinpublic #gamedev
Every project needs a logo
August 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Every project needs a logo