Melody Ayres-Griffiths (Xennial)
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Melody Ayres-Griffiths (Xennial)
@atari130xe.bsky.social
Composer, generative artist, writer. Retro-technology enthusiast.

#retrogaming, #retrocomputing, #retrocoding. https://paleotronic.com

Co-developer, turtleSpaces Logo. https://turtlespaces.org

Music https://soundcloud.com/xennial

Victoria BC, Canada
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My #genuary art is brought to you in part by turtleSpaces, a modern implementation of the Logo programming language with both web-based and desktop versions. It has hundreds of primitives with a variety of functionality including 2D and 3D shapes and STL export turtlespaces.org x.com/turtlespaces
turtleSpaces - Logo Coding for the 2020s
Learn to code by building 3D games and models using an enhanced version of Logo, a turtle-based programming language. Web or Desktop versions are available.
turtlespaces.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Algae #creativecoding #generativeart #computerart

This was made in turtleSpaces Logo using Perlin noise
May 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Happy Mother's Day! #creativecoding #codeart #codeheart

Code in reply <3
May 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
working on a game in turtleSpaces Logo, it's a single threaded render loop with no agents, just the single turtle drawing everything each frame. Each frame the random number generator resets, and I lean on sin a lot! #gamedev #creativecoding
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Melody Ayres-Griffiths (Xennial)
Music For Programming: Episode 73
Compiled by [in]anace
musicforprogramming.net/seventythree
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
February 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#genuary13 Triangles
January 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
#genuary12 Subdivision
January 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Tau #genuary10 #genuary2025 #codeart
#creativecoding #genuarty #stemeducation

Use only Tau.

I took this literally, forsaking the use of random or even loop counters.
January 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Bus Seat at 3AM #genuary9 #genuary
#genuary2025 #creativecoding #genart

The textile design patterns of public transport seating
January 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One Million Billion Kilograms #genuary8
#genuary #GENUARY2025 #creativecoding
#stemeducation #codenewbies #physics

Draw one million of something
January 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Snow on the Pavement #genuary7 #genuary
#genuary2025 #creativecoding

Use software (medium?) not usually used for art (by me, in this case the Logo text view...)
January 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
so ASCII wow
Day 6: Make a landscape using only primitive shapes.
#genuary2025 #genuary6 #genuary #generative #genartclub
January 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Desert Landscape #genuary6 #genuary
#genuary2025 #creativecoding

Make a landscape using only primitive shapes.

Cacti made out of right angle triangles
January 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Cubert #genuary5 #GENUARY2025
#genuary #creativecoding #genart

Isometric Art (3D looking shapes using 2D primitives)
January 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My #genuary art is brought to you in part by turtleSpaces, a modern implementation of the Logo programming language with both web-based and desktop versions. It has hundreds of primitives with a variety of functionality including 2D and 3D shapes and STL export turtlespaces.org x.com/turtlespaces
turtleSpaces - Logo Coding for the 2020s
Learn to code by building 3D games and models using an enhanced version of Logo, a turtle-based programming language. Web or Desktop versions are available.
turtlespaces.org
January 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Black on Black #genuary4 #genuary
#genuary2025 #creativecoding

Black on Black...

(made with turtleSpaces Logo)
January 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Cheap Snakes (and a cube!) #genuary #genuary3
#GENUARY2025 #creativecoding

Exactly 42 lines of code
January 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Layered Spheres #genuary #genuary2
#genuary2025 #creativecoding

Layers upon layers upon layers...
January 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm doing #genuary with Logo!

Sinus #genuary2025 #creativecoding
#genuary1

Vertical or horizontal lines only.
January 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
April is working on bezier splines in our Logo interpreter turtlespaces.org -- pretty cool! #retrocoding
December 24, 2024 at 8:04 PM
December 24, 2024 at 7:28 PM
My first computer was the Timex Sinclair 1000, a clone of the Sinclair ZX81. It was tiny but I was seven so...
December 22, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Reposted by Melody Ayres-Griffiths (Xennial)
Because it’s the season, let’s go back to the full-size gingerbread Apple ][ I made a few years ago.

#retrocomputing #gingerbread
December 21, 2024 at 6:34 PM