@rogerbennett.bsky.social
Software engineer, Games programmer, Developer advocate, toy collector, drinking coffee, Technical Director Elite Dangerous at Frontier.
This week in #elitedangerous.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This week in #elitedangerous.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
I'd only just found enough triangles for my Type-8! now I really have to up my game.
Those of you who already know me as a Lakon pilot will have no surprise at my excitement over the new T11.
Work starts on porting the new ship soooon.
Three different chicken, smoked salmon, bread, babaganoosh.
July 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Three different chicken, smoked salmon, bread, babaganoosh.
Someone stole my seat!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
July 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Someone stole my seat!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
This cutie is enjoying the night air with us.
It's been a hella week. So proud of our little space game, and the rewarding efforts of a dedicated team pulling together. A comfortable seat, a pleasant tipple, and living my best life. Looking forward to brunch and bbq tomorrow!
We adopted lil Xena and her orange brother Gizmo at the end of last year after a litter of seven was found in a shed near here. They still use the original carrier as a bed, although they used to both fit in there with room to spare!
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
June 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We adopted lil Xena and her orange brother Gizmo at the end of last year after a litter of seven was found in a shed near here. They still use the original carrier as a bed, although they used to both fit in there with room to spare!
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
I just need to explain that breakfast isn't served until eight...
May 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
After much experimentation, and in the name of science, I've managed to exactly replicate office coffee using a home setup.
And can use my data to recalibrate the office machine to produce a passable drink.
Grind size was the linchpin, but mass and ratio also have to be exactly wrong.
And can use my data to recalibrate the office machine to produce a passable drink.
Grind size was the linchpin, but mass and ratio also have to be exactly wrong.
May 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
After much experimentation, and in the name of science, I've managed to exactly replicate office coffee using a home setup.
And can use my data to recalibrate the office machine to produce a passable drink.
Grind size was the linchpin, but mass and ratio also have to be exactly wrong.
And can use my data to recalibrate the office machine to produce a passable drink.
Grind size was the linchpin, but mass and ratio also have to be exactly wrong.
The triangle count on this minimal Lakon Forklift is budget breaking and there is so much detail missing. At least the blue-white supergiant looks passable.
#Elite #Retrocomputing #EliteDangerous
This 2Mhz 6502 is backed by an enhanced maths co-processor to calculate filled geometry.
#Elite #Retrocomputing #EliteDangerous
This 2Mhz 6502 is backed by an enhanced maths co-processor to calculate filled geometry.
April 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The triangle count on this minimal Lakon Forklift is budget breaking and there is so much detail missing. At least the blue-white supergiant looks passable.
#Elite #Retrocomputing #EliteDangerous
This 2Mhz 6502 is backed by an enhanced maths co-processor to calculate filled geometry.
#Elite #Retrocomputing #EliteDangerous
This 2Mhz 6502 is backed by an enhanced maths co-processor to calculate filled geometry.
Back in black!
#6502 #retrocomputing #elitedangerous
Yea. I can do binary systems.
Eight colours allows pretty much all main sequence stars.
My circles are bad because the Mode2 pixel aspect and my maths is lazy. And I don't have sunspots and ejections yet.
But this is a good proof of concept.
#6502 #retrocomputing #elitedangerous
Yea. I can do binary systems.
Eight colours allows pretty much all main sequence stars.
My circles are bad because the Mode2 pixel aspect and my maths is lazy. And I don't have sunspots and ejections yet.
But this is a good proof of concept.
April 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Back in black!
#6502 #retrocomputing #elitedangerous
Yea. I can do binary systems.
Eight colours allows pretty much all main sequence stars.
My circles are bad because the Mode2 pixel aspect and my maths is lazy. And I don't have sunspots and ejections yet.
But this is a good proof of concept.
#6502 #retrocomputing #elitedangerous
Yea. I can do binary systems.
Eight colours allows pretty much all main sequence stars.
My circles are bad because the Mode2 pixel aspect and my maths is lazy. And I don't have sunspots and ejections yet.
But this is a good proof of concept.
Caught the calm of the early morning and warmth of the sunrise on this spectacular spring Sunday.
Enjoy the little things.
Enjoy the little things.
April 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Caught the calm of the early morning and warmth of the sunrise on this spectacular spring Sunday.
Enjoy the little things.
Enjoy the little things.
I don't mean to cat shame, but lil gizmo ate all the food. I'm mostly worried and a tiny bit proud.
March 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I don't mean to cat shame, but lil gizmo ate all the food. I'm mostly worried and a tiny bit proud.
Yeap. This happened.
Beeb Master 6502-Emulator, stock instruction set. 2Mhz. Raspberry Pi Tube-Coprocessor.
Full screen Mode-2, no vsync interrupt.
Filled and shaded, around 16fps.
This is the tumbling Cobra title screen, no flight model. You can achieve the impossible if you code hard enough.
Beeb Master 6502-Emulator, stock instruction set. 2Mhz. Raspberry Pi Tube-Coprocessor.
Full screen Mode-2, no vsync interrupt.
Filled and shaded, around 16fps.
This is the tumbling Cobra title screen, no flight model. You can achieve the impossible if you code hard enough.
March 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yeap. This happened.
Beeb Master 6502-Emulator, stock instruction set. 2Mhz. Raspberry Pi Tube-Coprocessor.
Full screen Mode-2, no vsync interrupt.
Filled and shaded, around 16fps.
This is the tumbling Cobra title screen, no flight model. You can achieve the impossible if you code hard enough.
Beeb Master 6502-Emulator, stock instruction set. 2Mhz. Raspberry Pi Tube-Coprocessor.
Full screen Mode-2, no vsync interrupt.
Filled and shaded, around 16fps.
This is the tumbling Cobra title screen, no flight model. You can achieve the impossible if you code hard enough.
Yeah. I can draw meshes with colour lines, all eight colours are available, and enough wiggle room to add a few extra triangles to each ship.
#retrocomputing #elite
A few dead pixels because of a bug in my line removal.
And no backface culling yet, but the game is afoot.
#retrocomputing #elite
A few dead pixels because of a bug in my line removal.
And no backface culling yet, but the game is afoot.
February 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yeah. I can draw meshes with colour lines, all eight colours are available, and enough wiggle room to add a few extra triangles to each ship.
#retrocomputing #elite
A few dead pixels because of a bug in my line removal.
And no backface culling yet, but the game is afoot.
#retrocomputing #elite
A few dead pixels because of a bug in my line removal.
And no backface culling yet, but the game is afoot.
Its #Retrocomputing #Elite time.
I've been quiet on this, trying to maximise pixel throughput but am now rendering lines on the coprocessor and rasterizing on my (emulated) 6502.
Veterans may realise how sneaky this antialiasing is, and I'm hoping it'll look good on a CRT.
I've been quiet on this, trying to maximise pixel throughput but am now rendering lines on the coprocessor and rasterizing on my (emulated) 6502.
Veterans may realise how sneaky this antialiasing is, and I'm hoping it'll look good on a CRT.
February 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Its #Retrocomputing #Elite time.
I've been quiet on this, trying to maximise pixel throughput but am now rendering lines on the coprocessor and rasterizing on my (emulated) 6502.
Veterans may realise how sneaky this antialiasing is, and I'm hoping it'll look good on a CRT.
I've been quiet on this, trying to maximise pixel throughput but am now rendering lines on the coprocessor and rasterizing on my (emulated) 6502.
Veterans may realise how sneaky this antialiasing is, and I'm hoping it'll look good on a CRT.
Heya #dnd #retrotoy people! I completed the set.
While the composition as a whole looks fine, the plastic, joints, articulation, balance... just everything is bad once you have it in hand.
Two stars for quality, but it does make a cracking display if you don't feel like you've sold out.
While the composition as a whole looks fine, the plastic, joints, articulation, balance... just everything is bad once you have it in hand.
Two stars for quality, but it does make a cracking display if you don't feel like you've sold out.
January 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#Caturday rearranges shelves so the terror twins have new cubes to explore each week. At the moment they have just one blank space, that Xena used to pounce on her brother with maximum momentum.
January 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#Caturday rearranges shelves so the terror twins have new cubes to explore each week. At the moment they have just one blank space, that Xena used to pounce on her brother with maximum momentum.
The technique is a kind of block based renderer. A little bit like P-Frames and some memory tricks similar to IEC-11172. Yes I am a graphics programming nerd.
This weird blocky thing is sufficient proof of concept.
A mode 1 screen at &3000 at 2mhz, similar enough to the target platform.
This weird blocky thing is sufficient proof of concept.
A mode 1 screen at &3000 at 2mhz, similar enough to the target platform.
December 28, 2024 at 1:27 PM
The technique is a kind of block based renderer. A little bit like P-Frames and some memory tricks similar to IEC-11172. Yes I am a graphics programming nerd.
This weird blocky thing is sufficient proof of concept.
A mode 1 screen at &3000 at 2mhz, similar enough to the target platform.
This weird blocky thing is sufficient proof of concept.
A mode 1 screen at &3000 at 2mhz, similar enough to the target platform.
I am down a VERY DEEP rabbit hole on my #BBCMicro #RetroComputing adventure. Limited to 160x256 pixels but using all eight colours, the project is starting to take shape.
December 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM
I am down a VERY DEEP rabbit hole on my #BBCMicro #RetroComputing adventure. Limited to 160x256 pixels but using all eight colours, the project is starting to take shape.
Now work has quietened down for a moment, I've made time to play with some #Dinobots in my #Retrotoy collection.
Vintage G1 Snarl looking tiny next to it's chrometastic gigasaur counterpart.
The engineering and transformation of this guy and his iconic silhouette in both forms. Perfection.
Vintage G1 Snarl looking tiny next to it's chrometastic gigasaur counterpart.
The engineering and transformation of this guy and his iconic silhouette in both forms. Perfection.
December 18, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Matters of scale, sculpt, & style are usually the bane of collection and curation but sometimes you have to embrace the chaos.
Generous birthday gifts have Macklin, Scully, and Woo represent FBI with Bravestar centre stage in this enforcement shelf.
Who would you add?
#RetroToy #Toy #Actionfigure
Generous birthday gifts have Macklin, Scully, and Woo represent FBI with Bravestar centre stage in this enforcement shelf.
Who would you add?
#RetroToy #Toy #Actionfigure
December 12, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Matters of scale, sculpt, & style are usually the bane of collection and curation but sometimes you have to embrace the chaos.
Generous birthday gifts have Macklin, Scully, and Woo represent FBI with Bravestar centre stage in this enforcement shelf.
Who would you add?
#RetroToy #Toy #Actionfigure
Generous birthday gifts have Macklin, Scully, and Woo represent FBI with Bravestar centre stage in this enforcement shelf.
Who would you add?
#RetroToy #Toy #Actionfigure