Troy Martin
@beeferikson.bsky.social
Senior Project Reviewer at Outlier AI | Owner, CTO at Beef Erikson Studios
Self-taught developer of 10+ years, lost track. Extreme archivist / researcher of all things gaming starting with Atari 2600 on. Living cartoon creating things.
Self-taught developer of 10+ years, lost track. Extreme archivist / researcher of all things gaming starting with Atari 2600 on. Living cartoon creating things.
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Troy Martin
@beeferikson.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Bio time 😀👍
I'm an agoraphobic programmer who loves a good video game and lots of greenery. I've decided to commit to the #100DaysOfCode challenge to hone my skills further.
I'm also a #GameDev who slowly is developing a retail game.
I post daily on my progress and nerdy things that catch my eye!
I'm an agoraphobic programmer who loves a good video game and lots of greenery. I've decided to commit to the #100DaysOfCode challenge to hone my skills further.
I'm also a #GameDev who slowly is developing a retail game.
I post daily on my progress and nerdy things that catch my eye!
_Finally_ have fixed all my (known) combat bugs and have completed "Phase 3". Debug mode on. Vid coming soon!
- Fully fleshed basic combat system
- A* pathfinding
- Character creation with multiple races/classes
- Authentication (OAuth in works)
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #programming #webdev
- Fully fleshed basic combat system
- A* pathfinding
- Character creation with multiple races/classes
- Authentication (OAuth in works)
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #programming #webdev
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
_Finally_ have fixed all my (known) combat bugs and have completed "Phase 3". Debug mode on. Vid coming soon!
- Fully fleshed basic combat system
- A* pathfinding
- Character creation with multiple races/classes
- Authentication (OAuth in works)
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #programming #webdev
- Fully fleshed basic combat system
- A* pathfinding
- Character creation with multiple races/classes
- Authentication (OAuth in works)
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #programming #webdev
Did some refactoring to the combat system today and removed some old code. All tests now passing. There's a couple nagging bugs in the combat system that I'm going to tackle tomorrow but everything else is great!
Progress! \o/
#gamedev #programming #webdev
Progress! \o/
#gamedev #programming #webdev
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Did some refactoring to the combat system today and removed some old code. All tests now passing. There's a couple nagging bugs in the combat system that I'm going to tackle tomorrow but everything else is great!
Progress! \o/
#gamedev #programming #webdev
Progress! \o/
#gamedev #programming #webdev
Well, 9-some hours later and I very nearly fixed everything. Nap time and hopefully will kick the rest of these out.
#programming #gamedev
#programming #gamedev
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Well, 9-some hours later and I very nearly fixed everything. Nap time and hopefully will kick the rest of these out.
#programming #gamedev
#programming #gamedev
December 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Okay, I have pretty much the perfect workflow going on now. I've been a busy, busy boy.
Some sneak peaks at what's happening.
#gamedev #typescript #webdev #unittesting #testing #programming
Some sneak peaks at what's happening.
#gamedev #typescript #webdev #unittesting #testing #programming
December 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Okay, I have pretty much the perfect workflow going on now. I've been a busy, busy boy.
Some sneak peaks at what's happening.
#gamedev #typescript #webdev #unittesting #testing #programming
Some sneak peaks at what's happening.
#gamedev #typescript #webdev #unittesting #testing #programming
Sorry I've been quiet. I got hit stupid hard with illness (finally better now I think) and then a bunch of holiday-related RL stuff (got to see Trans Siberian Orchestra live, that was awesome!)
I've been playing with new tools and decided to start a #gamedev project to test.
#everquest #roguelike
I've been playing with new tools and decided to start a #gamedev project to test.
#everquest #roguelike
December 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sorry I've been quiet. I got hit stupid hard with illness (finally better now I think) and then a bunch of holiday-related RL stuff (got to see Trans Siberian Orchestra live, that was awesome!)
I've been playing with new tools and decided to start a #gamedev project to test.
#everquest #roguelike
I've been playing with new tools and decided to start a #gamedev project to test.
#everquest #roguelike
Well, #Rust is a very interesting language. A lot easier to work with than C/C++, in my opinion. It has a lot of interesting language features I haven't seen elsewhere either.
Here's today's notes and a simple guessing game in Rust. I might continue to look into this now and then!
#programming
Here's today's notes and a simple guessing game in Rust. I might continue to look into this now and then!
#programming
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Well, #Rust is a very interesting language. A lot easier to work with than C/C++, in my opinion. It has a lot of interesting language features I haven't seen elsewhere either.
Here's today's notes and a simple guessing game in Rust. I might continue to look into this now and then!
#programming
Here's today's notes and a simple guessing game in Rust. I might continue to look into this now and then!
#programming
So here's something I REALLY like about Rust. This is how you would compare a variable to another.
It's the small things.
#programming
It's the small things.
#programming
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So here's something I REALLY like about Rust. This is how you would compare a variable to another.
It's the small things.
#programming
It's the small things.
#programming
This stupid flu or whatever it is isn't going away. Been in a brain fog all day and running a fever again I think.
Stupid illness.
Might just watch some videos on #rust or something, a language that's been on my to-learn list for a while and I see it's gaining popularity.
Stupid illness.
Might just watch some videos on #rust or something, a language that's been on my to-learn list for a while and I see it's gaining popularity.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This stupid flu or whatever it is isn't going away. Been in a brain fog all day and running a fever again I think.
Stupid illness.
Might just watch some videos on #rust or something, a language that's been on my to-learn list for a while and I see it's gaining popularity.
Stupid illness.
Might just watch some videos on #rust or something, a language that's been on my to-learn list for a while and I see it's gaining popularity.
Getting ready for programming today. Forgot to make a post yesterday, but I ended up watching a long video on lambda calculus (which I actually understood and it cleared a couple of game dev things up for me. This was a HUGE surprise to me, I thought it'd fly over my head). Cool #maths!
#SQL today.
#SQL today.
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#100DaysOfCode Day 62 - Today was making a Cafe Review website from scratch. I used Flask, WTForms, and Bootstrap.
The site reads and writes the fields from a CSV. I'm also using validators to check that data exists and that the URL is in the correct regex format.
#webdev #python #flask #bootstrap
The site reads and writes the fields from a CSV. I'm also using validators to check that data exists and that the URL is in the correct regex format.
#webdev #python #flask #bootstrap
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#100DaysOfCode Day 62 - Today was making a Cafe Review website from scratch. I used Flask, WTForms, and Bootstrap.
The site reads and writes the fields from a CSV. I'm also using validators to check that data exists and that the URL is in the correct regex format.
#webdev #python #flask #bootstrap
The site reads and writes the fields from a CSV. I'm also using validators to check that data exists and that the URL is in the correct regex format.
#webdev #python #flask #bootstrap
Managed to pick myself up a HORRIBLE cold. I feel like death, so no programming today :( Hopefully tomorrow will be better! 🤞
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Managed to pick myself up a HORRIBLE cold. I feel like death, so no programming today :( Hopefully tomorrow will be better! 🤞
Daily programming notes for the day.
Having a good time messing with electronics. that's been on my to-do list for many years.
#electronics #raspberrypi #arduino #ai #python #C++
Having a good time messing with electronics. that's been on my to-do list for many years.
#electronics #raspberrypi #arduino #ai #python #C++
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Daily programming notes for the day.
Having a good time messing with electronics. that's been on my to-do list for many years.
#electronics #raspberrypi #arduino #ai #python #C++
Having a good time messing with electronics. that's been on my to-do list for many years.
#electronics #raspberrypi #arduino #ai #python #C++
I have a thing I can do now. This made me happier than it had any right to.
#python #raspberrypi #linux #electronics
#python #raspberrypi #linux #electronics
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I have a thing I can do now. This made me happier than it had any right to.
#python #raspberrypi #linux #electronics
#python #raspberrypi #linux #electronics
Got reminded about this. In for a penny, in for a pound I guess. I've been meaning to make use of this #arduino forever. I'll need to brush up on my tensorflow, been a good minute, but this should prove interesting. Notes below for the initial setup.
FML. 😂
FML. 😂
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Got reminded about this. In for a penny, in for a pound I guess. I've been meaning to make use of this #arduino forever. I'll need to brush up on my tensorflow, been a good minute, but this should prove interesting. Notes below for the initial setup.
FML. 😂
FML. 😂
This is a very proud (and terrifying) moment for me. “Hello World!” LED is working.
Further down the rabbit hole we go 🐇
#raspberrypi #electronics #python
Further down the rabbit hole we go 🐇
#raspberrypi #electronics #python
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is a very proud (and terrifying) moment for me. “Hello World!” LED is working.
Further down the rabbit hole we go 🐇
#raspberrypi #electronics #python
Further down the rabbit hole we go 🐇
#raspberrypi #electronics #python
#100DaysOfCode Day 61 - I manage to step away from the Raspberry Pi development for a moment to finish out day 61. We learned how to build forms using WTForms manually, then was shown how to do the same with bootstrap-forms.
Definitely far quicker, though not quite as flexible.
#webdev #bootstrap
Definitely far quicker, though not quite as flexible.
#webdev #bootstrap
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#100DaysOfCode Day 61 - I manage to step away from the Raspberry Pi development for a moment to finish out day 61. We learned how to build forms using WTForms manually, then was shown how to do the same with bootstrap-forms.
Definitely far quicker, though not quite as flexible.
#webdev #bootstrap
Definitely far quicker, though not quite as flexible.
#webdev #bootstrap
I've been half-assed tossing around the idea of streaming my #programming #development streams on #youtube.
Trying to gauge the interest of that. If anyone has comments/suggestions, all ears. Leave a like if you'd consider watching. Programming has been 6-9 hours a day lately
#gamedev #python #ai
Trying to gauge the interest of that. If anyone has comments/suggestions, all ears. Leave a like if you'd consider watching. Programming has been 6-9 hours a day lately
#gamedev #python #ai
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I've been half-assed tossing around the idea of streaming my #programming #development streams on #youtube.
Trying to gauge the interest of that. If anyone has comments/suggestions, all ears. Leave a like if you'd consider watching. Programming has been 6-9 hours a day lately
#gamedev #python #ai
Trying to gauge the interest of that. If anyone has comments/suggestions, all ears. Leave a like if you'd consider watching. Programming has been 6-9 hours a day lately
#gamedev #python #ai
Had a massive screw-up last night and ended up having to reinstall the OS. Oopsie. See the daily notes for details.
I did, however, get a little bit further on my Pixella Tracker. Patch notes are also in the daily notes. Next up is cleaning up the buttons some more.
#timetracker #pixella #python
I did, however, get a little bit further on my Pixella Tracker. Patch notes are also in the daily notes. Next up is cleaning up the buttons some more.
#timetracker #pixella #python
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Had a massive screw-up last night and ended up having to reinstall the OS. Oopsie. See the daily notes for details.
I did, however, get a little bit further on my Pixella Tracker. Patch notes are also in the daily notes. Next up is cleaning up the buttons some more.
#timetracker #pixella #python
I did, however, get a little bit further on my Pixella Tracker. Patch notes are also in the daily notes. Next up is cleaning up the buttons some more.
#timetracker #pixella #python
Busy busy day today, did a lot of things with the Pi. Barring something else I haven't thought of yet, I think it's fully ready to develop on now.
Also, shockingly, the pi 5 runs (admittedly small) local ai's without issue. So that was a nice bonus.
#raspberrypi #python #linux #pi #ai #localai
Also, shockingly, the pi 5 runs (admittedly small) local ai's without issue. So that was a nice bonus.
#raspberrypi #python #linux #pi #ai #localai
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I'm still getting my pi setup uh.... setup. I found some really lightweight software for desktop capture and video editing.
OpenShot Video Editor is actually stunningly good. I have 0 video editing experience, short of using the trim function on the mac.
Game from #pi docs
#gamedev #boing
OpenShot Video Editor is actually stunningly good. I have 0 video editing experience, short of using the trim function on the mac.
Game from #pi docs
#gamedev #boing
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
So about 30 hours worth of regular web use (well, kinda. we're always using the local AI here). Shocked by these numbers but at the same time, not surprised whatsoever.
Top ad service blocked? #Google takes the gold by a LONG shot.
#linux #raspberrypi #pi-hole
Top ad service blocked? #Google takes the gold by a LONG shot.
#linux #raspberrypi #pi-hole
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
So about 30 hours worth of regular web use (well, kinda. we're always using the local AI here). Shocked by these numbers but at the same time, not surprised whatsoever.
Top ad service blocked? #Google takes the gold by a LONG shot.
#linux #raspberrypi #pi-hole
Top ad service blocked? #Google takes the gold by a LONG shot.
#linux #raspberrypi #pi-hole
Deckard got a new look, courtesy of the GF.
I don't know how I've made it this long without getting my hands on one of these. I'm like a kid in a candy store 😅
The #100DaysOfCode might be on hold for the day, I'm plowing through the docs for this and more set up.
#raspberrypi #linux #programming
I don't know how I've made it this long without getting my hands on one of these. I'm like a kid in a candy store 😅
The #100DaysOfCode might be on hold for the day, I'm plowing through the docs for this and more set up.
#raspberrypi #linux #programming
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Deckard got a new look, courtesy of the GF.
I don't know how I've made it this long without getting my hands on one of these. I'm like a kid in a candy store 😅
The #100DaysOfCode might be on hold for the day, I'm plowing through the docs for this and more set up.
#raspberrypi #linux #programming
I don't know how I've made it this long without getting my hands on one of these. I'm like a kid in a candy store 😅
The #100DaysOfCode might be on hold for the day, I'm plowing through the docs for this and more set up.
#raspberrypi #linux #programming
Also, I have forgot about #deckard. He WILL return someday.
In the meantime, I'll do what I can.
#motd #linux #bladerunner #raspberrypi
In the meantime, I'll do what I can.
#motd #linux #bladerunner #raspberrypi
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Also, I have forgot about #deckard. He WILL return someday.
In the meantime, I'll do what I can.
#motd #linux #bladerunner #raspberrypi
In the meantime, I'll do what I can.
#motd #linux #bladerunner #raspberrypi