Palo Blanco
@paloblanco.bsky.social
Dad, data scientist and chemical engineer, and developer of small games.
Check out some games!: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?uid=14827
For data science and professional matters: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocco-panella/
Check out some games!: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?uid=14827
For data science and professional matters: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocco-panella/
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Palo Blanco
@paloblanco.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Happy to see familiar faces here again!
My most engaged days are behind me, but I like to hang out to follow data science and game dev.
I make little games with #pico8! This is a small cut of some of my games, you can check them out in my bio for free.
My most engaged days are behind me, but I like to hang out to follow data science and game dev.
I make little games with #pico8! This is a small cut of some of my games, you can check them out in my bio for free.
Just wrapped up day 8 on #AdventOfCode .
Is there any way to avoid computing every inter-box distance, then sorting smallest to largest? Pretty straightforward implementation of sets, but computing every distance between 1000 boxes is slow in vanilla js.
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Is there any way to avoid computing every inter-box distance, then sorting smallest to largest? Pretty straightforward implementation of sets, but computing every distance between 1000 boxes is slow in vanilla js.
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Advent of Code 2025 Solver
A javascript-based static solver for advent of code 2025.
paloblanco.github.io
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Just wrapped up day 8 on #AdventOfCode .
Is there any way to avoid computing every inter-box distance, then sorting smallest to largest? Pretty straightforward implementation of sets, but computing every distance between 1000 boxes is slow in vanilla js.
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Is there any way to avoid computing every inter-box distance, then sorting smallest to largest? Pretty straightforward implementation of sets, but computing every distance between 1000 boxes is slow in vanilla js.
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Continuing to make progress on #AdventOfCode .
I'm REALLY interested in starting to make some games with #LittleJS ... but I want to build up some JS muscle memory to make it a smoother experience. This has been a good way to do so!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
I'm REALLY interested in starting to make some games with #LittleJS ... but I want to build up some JS muscle memory to make it a smoother experience. This has been a good way to do so!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Advent of Code 2025 Solver
A javascript-based static solver for advent of code 2025.
paloblanco.github.io
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Continuing to make progress on #AdventOfCode .
I'm REALLY interested in starting to make some games with #LittleJS ... but I want to build up some JS muscle memory to make it a smoother experience. This has been a good way to do so!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
I'm REALLY interested in starting to make some games with #LittleJS ... but I want to build up some JS muscle memory to make it a smoother experience. This has been a good way to do so!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
So, I'm plugging away on #AdventOfCode. My GH repo has been cloned by 37 unique cloners?? Are these helper bots? Something specific to Advent of code? LLM related scraping?
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So, I'm plugging away on #AdventOfCode. My GH repo has been cloned by 37 unique cloners?? Are these helper bots? Something specific to Advent of code? LLM related scraping?
Reposted by Palo Blanco
Delightful so far - thanks! I am taking baby steps into web dev while I solve the problems.
Today - a smidgen of css and open-graph metadata really class up a static website!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Today - a smidgen of css and open-graph metadata really class up a static website!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Advent of Code 2025 Solver
A javascript-based static solver for advent of code 2025.
paloblanco.github.io
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Delightful so far - thanks! I am taking baby steps into web dev while I solve the problems.
Today - a smidgen of css and open-graph metadata really class up a static website!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Today - a smidgen of css and open-graph metadata really class up a static website!
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
#AdventOfCode has arrived! Glad it is a tad shorter this year.
I really want to get a little better with javascript, so I'm forgoing python and building a janky little solver as I go. Give it a try on your own inputs (once you're finished, of course).
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
I really want to get a little better with javascript, so I'm forgoing python and building a janky little solver as I go. Give it a try on your own inputs (once you're finished, of course).
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
Advent of Code 2025 Solver
paloblanco.github.io
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#AdventOfCode has arrived! Glad it is a tad shorter this year.
I really want to get a little better with javascript, so I'm forgoing python and building a janky little solver as I go. Give it a try on your own inputs (once you're finished, of course).
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
I really want to get a little better with javascript, so I'm forgoing python and building a janky little solver as I go. Give it a try on your own inputs (once you're finished, of course).
paloblanco.github.io/AdventOfCode...
My favourite jam! I'm gonna try to carve out some time.
GAME DEVS! In one month, it's that time again...
TOY BOX JAM 2025! Make a game with the gfx, sfx, and music assets I give you! (And if you solve the little mystery I include, you can earn MORE assets to use!)
WHAT WILL YOU CREATE? #toyboxjam2025 #toyboxjam
JOIN HERE:
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
TOY BOX JAM 2025! Make a game with the gfx, sfx, and music assets I give you! (And if you solve the little mystery I include, you can earn MORE assets to use!)
WHAT WILL YOU CREATE? #toyboxjam2025 #toyboxjam
JOIN HERE:
itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My favourite jam! I'm gonna try to carve out some time.
Being a dad is sitting in agony while your two kids insist on driving around in circles in the new Mario kart to keep picking up food and cycle through Peach's outfits.
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Being a dad is sitting in agony while your two kids insist on driving around in circles in the new Mario kart to keep picking up food and cycle through Peach's outfits.
"I wish there was a single, agreed-upon best practice for installing Python"
Is this...
(gestures at picture)
how you run python on your computer?
(gestures at picture)
how you run python on your computer?
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"I wish there was a single, agreed-upon best practice for installing Python"
This looks great! Cannot wait to fire it up.
Pole Station is released! It's a linear #pico8 #platformer with secrets! www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=147...
March 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This looks great! Cannot wait to fire it up.
If you floss every day, you get really fast at it. Like, 60 seconds from picking up the floss container to throwing away the string. You get so good it doesn't even wake you up. If you are sleepy and just want to go to bed, you can floss and still be sleepy.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you floss every day, you get really fast at it. Like, 60 seconds from picking up the floss container to throwing away the string. You get so good it doesn't even wake you up. If you are sleepy and just want to go to bed, you can floss and still be sleepy.
Stretch. Every day.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Stretch. Every day.
Happy new year! I've made 12 levels out of my goal of 100 for my #pico8 precision platformer. I'm trying not to think too hard about it - this is more of an exercise for me than trying to really polish something up.
January 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy new year! I've made 12 levels out of my goal of 100 for my #pico8 precision platformer. I'm trying not to think too hard about it - this is more of an exercise for me than trying to really polish something up.
Gamedevs rise! #adventofcode day 15 was fairly breezy of you've spent as much time I have worrying about pushing objects around a tile map when they don't line up with the grid.
December 16, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Gamedevs rise! #adventofcode day 15 was fairly breezy of you've spent as much time I have worrying about pushing objects around a tile map when they don't line up with the grid.
#AdventOfCode day 11 dusted. First time that performance was real consideration.
I wasted a lot of time on part 1 since I was focused on preserving order, so I built a linked list. Memoization is what really saved the day on part 2. Very speedy and short.
I wasted a lot of time on part 1 since I was focused on preserving order, so I built a linked list. Memoization is what really saved the day on part 2. Very speedy and short.
![Code for day 11 of advent of code. Can be used for part 1 and 2.
def main_2(text_input: str, loops: int = 25) -> int:
counter = defaultdict(int,{int(e):1 for e in text_input.strip().split()})
for loop in range(loops):
new_counter = defaultdict(int)
for k,v in counter.items():
if k==0:
new_counter[1] += v
elif len(str(k))%2==0:
half = len(str(k))//2
left = int(str(k)[:half])
right = int(str(k)[half:])
new_counter[left] += v
new_counter[right] += v
else:
new_counter[k*2024] += v
counter = new_counter
return sum(counter.values())](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gcrwko56h57s6sywwe4kt44m/bafkreicubmhwy34iuwb65oe37x6tuyjffx6nkz4a3nyyicu62zqwyhcd4q@jpeg)
December 11, 2024 at 3:25 PM
#AdventOfCode day 11 dusted. First time that performance was real consideration.
I wasted a lot of time on part 1 since I was focused on preserving order, so I built a linked list. Memoization is what really saved the day on part 2. Very speedy and short.
I wasted a lot of time on part 1 since I was focused on preserving order, so I built a linked list. Memoization is what really saved the day on part 2. Very speedy and short.
Not super exciting to see, but cool under the hood! My level select is now decompressing px9-compressed strings into the extended map memory, then kicking the game off.
100 so-so levels, here i come!
#pico8
100 so-so levels, here i come!
#pico8
December 8, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Not super exciting to see, but cool under the hood! My level select is now decompressing px9-compressed strings into the extended map memory, then kicking the game off.
100 so-so levels, here i come!
#pico8
100 so-so levels, here i come!
#pico8
Day 6 down. Today had a bit of bite! My performance was super bad lol. #adventofcode
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Day 6 down. Today had a bit of bite! My performance was super bad lol. #adventofcode
Got a tiny bit of gamedev in during the Thanksgiving holiday. Made a level selector for my #pico8 precision platformer, "100 Rooms of Doom".
I want to try and make 100 levels! They won't all be winners.
I want to try and make 100 levels! They won't all be winners.
December 2, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Got a tiny bit of gamedev in during the Thanksgiving holiday. Made a level selector for my #pico8 precision platformer, "100 Rooms of Doom".
I want to try and make 100 levels! They won't all be winners.
I want to try and make 100 levels! They won't all be winners.
Trying the first Xenoblade for some cozy holiday gaming. I'm not big into jrpg's, the last one I finished was pokemon white. Really enjoying this though! You get a lot of freedom to explore where you want. The sprawl of the maps and the world really make it feel adventurous.
November 27, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Trying the first Xenoblade for some cozy holiday gaming. I'm not big into jrpg's, the last one I finished was pokemon white. Really enjoying this though! You get a lot of freedom to explore where you want. The sprawl of the maps and the world really make it feel adventurous.
Extremely busy test room for a precision platformer I am working on for #pico8. Trying not to think too hard about polish here.
Gonna be a simple game, but I want to try and use 1) compression and 2) persistent save data. Would like this game to be simple but sprawling!
Gonna be a simple game, but I want to try and use 1) compression and 2) persistent save data. Would like this game to be simple but sprawling!
November 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Extremely busy test room for a precision platformer I am working on for #pico8. Trying not to think too hard about polish here.
Gonna be a simple game, but I want to try and use 1) compression and 2) persistent save data. Would like this game to be simple but sprawling!
Gonna be a simple game, but I want to try and use 1) compression and 2) persistent save data. Would like this game to be simple but sprawling!
I'm looking for some easy-to-read sci fi for the holidays. Recommendations? I recently read project hail Mary and Artemis and really enjoyed both. Not looking to push myself too hard.
November 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I'm looking for some easy-to-read sci fi for the holidays. Recommendations? I recently read project hail Mary and Artemis and really enjoyed both. Not looking to push myself too hard.
Reposted by Palo Blanco
I frequently find that in frustrated with myself using the #pico8 tracker - I think the abundance of wave forms always makes my stuff sound "watery".
But wow, some people can make it sing. Lovely!
But wow, some people can make it sing. Lovely!
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I frequently find that in frustrated with myself using the #pico8 tracker - I think the abundance of wave forms always makes my stuff sound "watery".
But wow, some people can make it sing. Lovely!
But wow, some people can make it sing. Lovely!
I'm probably best known (if known at all!!!) for Hungry Harry 3D, a simple PSX-style 3d platformer for #pico8.
We are coming up on the 6 year anniversary! I would love to work on a bigger followup, but life is so much busier right now. Would love to have a bigger, livelier world to explore.
We are coming up on the 6 year anniversary! I would love to work on a bigger followup, but life is so much busier right now. Would love to have a bigger, livelier world to explore.
November 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
I'm probably best known (if known at all!!!) for Hungry Harry 3D, a simple PSX-style 3d platformer for #pico8.
We are coming up on the 6 year anniversary! I would love to work on a bigger followup, but life is so much busier right now. Would love to have a bigger, livelier world to explore.
We are coming up on the 6 year anniversary! I would love to work on a bigger followup, but life is so much busier right now. Would love to have a bigger, livelier world to explore.
Friends using #pico8! I have found gif support here to be spotty so far. I use the following python script to translate my gifs to a mp4. See the alt text to copy-paste it.
![Python script to combine multiple gifs into a mp4.
```
import imageio.v3 as iio
import numpy as np
list_gifs = ["cool_game_gif_1.gif", "aweseom_game_gif2.gif"]
frames = np.vstack([iio.imread(e) for e in list_gifs])
iio.imwrite("combined.mp4", frames, fps=30)
```](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gcrwko56h57s6sywwe4kt44m/bafkreidprjlurvhddhauxftpb6wbb7gpeqlvywp52ctbqsfovywlxnevxq@jpeg)
November 12, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Friends using #pico8! I have found gif support here to be spotty so far. I use the following python script to translate my gifs to a mp4. See the alt text to copy-paste it.