I would like to know what your hoppy coding project are. It doesn’t really have to serve a purpose, but what are you coding on in your free time that just is fun to you and you enjoy working on?

As a background: I am an experienced programmer and do earn my money with it. In my free time I always enjoyed trying out new stuff related to technology, learn new things and improve my skills by doing so. But lately I recognise that I just have no clue what I should do or what a fun toy project I could work on. I really have no ideas. My head just feels completely empty whenever I open my IDE.

So please, tell me what you are coding on for fun.

  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I make stuff for the Playdate (in Lua), it’s a tiny cheese-slice-shaped gameboy with a reflective 1-bit screen and a crank!

    So far I’ve Only done smaller projects like an example project and I worked with a friend to make a little face app for pictures, but I’ve got a few games that I’m going to finish up since I got my preorder last week

    • ramirezmike@programming.dev
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      10 months ago

      how has that been? I thought the idea was neat but wondered about how it would be long term. Are you able to publish what you make and get some income?

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It’s a small community, so I wouldn’t expect to be making a living just yet 😅 Squid God was pretty big in the community making tutorials and, he shared his revenue and it looks like a little over $4k for a game he collaborated on that was released on the device’s catalog. A few of his smaller games got a combined $3k, but that’s also with the added YouTube audience helping with popularity.

        The community is good though! Very open-source welcome, at least the parts I’ve interacted with.