All the links rom iamcal.com 2026-04-30T21:58:03Z Flickr tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10262/ 2026-04-30T21:58:03Z 2026-04-30T21:58:03Z <p>There's a <a href="https://lostgamer.io/guessr/world-of-warcraft-classic">GeoGuesser for World of Warcraft</a> (and many other game worlds); it's both fun and very nostalgic.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10248/ 2025-12-09T16:41:22Z 2025-12-09T16:41:22Z <p>An interesting (hour long) <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=YE8MVNMzpbo&amp;feature=youtu.be">video</a> about the walk/pathing system from The Witness (and generally how difficult collision and pathing is in 3D games)</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10217/ 2024-08-12T23:48:14Z 2024-08-12T23:48:14Z <p>I really like <a href="https://cyangmou.itch.io/isometric-games-dont-exist">this guide</a> to 3D pixel-projections for games - true isometric is almost always never used, but there are a quite a few useful variants to mix and match.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10211/ 2024-03-25T22:35:06Z 2024-03-25T22:35:06Z <p>More Minecraft - the article on <a href="https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Quasi-connectivity">Quasi-Connectivity</a> is a great illustration of the knock-on effect that accidental bugs can have on complex interacting gameplay mechanics.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10199/ 2022-05-31T16:34:15Z 2022-05-31T16:34:15Z <p>A convergence of two of my interests: <a href="https://tuble.co.uk/">Tuble</a> is a Worlde-style game where you guess Tube Stations.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="https://tuble.co.uk/"><img src="/images/blog/tuble.png" width="375" height="333" /></a></p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10194/ 2022-02-28T18:47:39Z 2022-02-28T18:47:39Z <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html">Wordle</a> got super popular and was then sold to the NYT. There have been a ton of interesting variations on the core mechanics:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://tiredand.gay/wordle/">Wordle for Netscape</a> - Wordle, but works in Netscape 1.0</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kajott/wordos">WorDOS</a> - Wordle, but for DOS</li> <li><a href="https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/">Worldle</a> - Guess the country, once per day, based on outline</li> <li><a href="https://globle-game.com/">Globle</a> - Guess the country, once per day, with warmer/colder hints</li> <li><a href="https://rsk0315.github.io/playground/passwordle.html">Passwordle</a> - Guess the SHA-256 password hash (parody)</li> <li><a href="https://duomoji.com/">DuoMoji</a> - Emoji matching, once per day</li> <li><a href="https://dndle.app/">DNDle</a> - Guess the D&amp;D monster based on core stats</li> <li><a href="https://www.mathler.com/">Mathler</a> - Guess the math equation (with a known target)</li> <li><a href="https://nerdlegame.com/">Nerdle</a> - Guess the math equation (including the equals)</li> <li><a href="https://numberle.org/">Mumberle</a> - Guess the math equation (including the equals)</li> <li><a href="https://summle.net/">Summle</a> - Guess the (very simple) math equation</li> <li><a href="https://www.quordle.com/#/">Quordle</a> - Guess four words at once</li> <li><a href="https://octordle.com/">Octordle</a> - Guess eight words at once</li> <li><a href="https://semantle.novalis.org/">Semantle</a> - Guess the semantically-similar word</li> <li><a href="https://www.lewdlegame.com/">Lewdle</a> - Guess the offensive word</li> </ul> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10193/ 2022-01-22T01:27:10Z 2022-01-22T01:27:10Z <p>Neat <a href="https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/">little game</a> where you have to place world events on a timeline, along with a Wikipedia card for each one, telling you more. Very addicting</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10188/ 2021-10-04T04:18:30Z 2021-10-04T04:18:30Z <p>I just love this story - <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/meet-the-original-streamer-who-ran-his-own-public-access-gaming-show-in-1993/?utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR3_aNnqQI3BQI8ii8J2c6NwuQKX4nBE5TcnOQt7w08bvBkBllMd8NlI1Pk">The first streamer was a 12 year old on public access TV in 1993</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><div class="videoWrapper"><iframe width="560" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KS5e-RyoJ2k?rel=0" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10187/ 2021-10-01T00:22:12Z 2021-10-01T00:22:12Z <p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/">Black Mesa</a> is a re-write of the original Half-Life game, on a modern engine with updated graphics, puzzles and game play. It's a fan-made conversion, that took years, but it's <em>really good</em>.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10185/ 2021-09-17T17:14:51Z 2021-09-17T17:14:51Z <p>Can you <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExwqNreocpg">fit a whole game into a QR code</a>? Some Windows assembly goodness in this video.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/