Continuing the geographical game journey with some performance improvements, bug fixes, graphical upgrades, and a variety of experiments.

If you'd like to try running the game in its current state, there's a free download available here:
https://sebastian.itch.io/geographical-adventures

The project source code is available over here: https://github.com/SebLague/Geographical-Adventures

If you'd like to support my work (and get early access to new videos and projects), please consider becoming a patron of the channel over here:
https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

Project playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0dT82XMtKATYPcVIhpu2fh6

Referenced Videos:
Orbits video: https://youtu.be/7axImc1sxa0
Newton's method video (by 3Blue1Brown): https://youtu.be/-RdOwhmqP5s
Atmosphere video: https://youtu.be/DxfEbulyFcY

Music:
Born to Fly - Veaceslav Draganov
Falling Through the Hourglass - Sid Archarya
Horizon - Veaceslav Dragnaov
Living - Borrtex
Another Time Another Place - Sounds Like Sander
All in Good Time - Shimmer
A Tender Heart - The David Roy Collective
In the Kitchen of the Mountain King - Ikoliks
Hourglass - Shimmer
Amber - The Stolen Orchestra
Spread Your Wings - Evgeny Bardyuzha
After the Storm - We Dream of Eden
Gibbous - Michael FK
Orbit - Hans Johnson
Orbital Anomaly - Cody Martin
Falling Stars - Michael FK
Momentum - Borrtex
Gone with the Winds - Veaceslav Draganov

Chapters:
0:00 Hello Everyone
0:20 Please Don't Crash
1:50 Enhance!
8:45 City Lights
12:21 Terrain Mesh Optimization
17:17 Wind Experiment
21:12 Kepler and the Moon
27:32 The Motion of the Sun
28:43 Stars
29:56 Atmospheric Improvements
32:48 Seeing the Sights

Trying to Improve My Geography Game with More Real-World Data

A 90-minute speech about how to improve education using video games -- how to actually do it, in contrast to what is currently being tried. Followed by a Q&A session.

Talk: Video Games and the Future of Education

I know nothing about electronics, but thought it'd be fun to try create a (super simple and extremely terrible) video game console.

I was inspired to start experimenting with this after stumbling across the fascinating videos of  @Ben Eater. If you found this video at all interesting, I'd highly recommend taking a look at his channel for some much more advanced stuff!

If you'd like to help me create more videos, you can support the channel on Patreon over here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

The source code for this project (console/game scripts + Unity music editor) is probably not of much interest to anyone, but you can take a look here if you want: https://github.com/SebLague/Monster-Console

LED control library:
http://www.wayoda.org/arduino/ledcontrol/

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Twisting" and "Perspectives" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:17 Arduino Uno
0:37 Joystick Input
2:53 High Definition Display
3:29 Audio
4:36 Coding Some Games
6:05 Constructing the Console 
7:53 It's Alive!

I Created a (terrible) Video Game Console

In this coding adventure I attempt to simulate a simple ecosystem. Will the foxes and rabbits get along? Probably not...

If you'd like to support the creation of more programming videos like this, please consider becoming a patron here:
https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

This video was inspired by Primer's series on evolution. I highly recommend taking a look!
https://youtu.be/0ZGbIKd0XrM
As many in the comments have said, if you enjoy this, you may want to check out equilinox, which is an entire game based around creating an ecosystem. It’s awesome. https://youtu.be/lHHpMn2UK6s

Source code:
The source for this video is a total mess, which I don't really want to share!
I'm working on a second part though, and you can find the work-in-progress code for that here: https://github.com/SebLague/Ecosystem-2/tree/master

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Inspired", "Deadly Roulette", and "Le Grande Chase" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Coding Adventure: Simulating an Ecosystem

I've recently been on a streak of unfinished projects, so I decided to focus one week on actually completing something -- anything! I thought it would be fun to make a small game, and so I asked an AI for some ideas...

If you'd like to support me in making more of these programming / game dev videos, I have a Patreon page over here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

Project Files:
https://github.com/SebLague/Super-Chore-Man
https://github.com/SebLague/Cloth-and-IK-Test

Music:
Super Chore Man Theme by Ario Bintang. You can find his YouTube and Fiverr page below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEVQPEZcTq58f4vdiAxuu-Q
https://www.fiverr.com/ariobintangn

The Art of Loneliness by Anbr
Into the Deep by Daniele Musto
Toony by Liberty
Bursting Splendor by Cody Martin
Newborn by Roie Shpigler
Falling Through the Hourglass by Sid Acharya
Flight of the Inner Bird by Sivan Talmor

Chapters:
0:00 Long-winded Introduction
1:33 Generating an Idea
2:45 Inverse Kinematics for Vacuuming
4:38 Rope Simulation
7:33 Cloth Simulation
8:59 Dust! (with GPU Instancing)
11:22 Procedurally Generated Floorboards
11:56 Props and Ghosts
13:13 Suction Lines and More
14:28 Playing the Game
15:50 Super Chore Man Goes Shopping
16:58 Outro

I Spent a Week Making an AI's Video Game Idea

My attempt at creating a little chess playing program!
Think you can beat it? Give it a go over here: https://sebastian.itch.io/chess-ai

If you'd like to support the creation of more videos (and get early access to new content), I'd greatly appreciate the support here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

Project Source:
https://github.com/SebLague/Chess-AI

Learning Resources:
https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page
https://web.archive.org/web/20071026090003/http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/index.htm
https://github.com/MartinMSPedersen/Crafty-Chess

If you're interested in a video about some weird and interesting chess strategies, I highly recommend taking a look at this video by suckerpinch (and all other videos on that channel too!)
https://youtu.be/DpXy041BIlA


Chapters:
00:00 The Board and Pieces
03:20 Generating Moves
06:54 A Random Adversary
07:52 Optimization and Testing
12:11 Search and Evaluation
17:43 Easy Endgames
20:00 The Transposition Table
23:03 Openings
25:09 Game One
26:06 Game Two
27:01 Game Three
28:05 Game Four

Music:
Devoted Mind by Wild Colors
Intuition by Lincoln Davis
Wonderland by Shimmer
Selfless by Eleven Tales
Floating Point by Roie Shpigler
Nobility by Wicked Cinema
A Quiet Place by Jordan White
Air by Assaf Ayalon
Heart Wide Open by Sounds Like Sander
Thoughts by Anbr
Deep Blue Sea by Sivan Talmor
Flight of the Inner Bird by Sivan Talmor
Kings and Queens by Wicked Cinema

Coding Adventure: Chess AI

Welcome to the first part in a series teaching pathfinding for video games. In this episode we take a look at the A* algorithm and how it works.

Some great A* learning resources:
http://theory.stanford.edu/~amitp/GameProgramming/
http://www.policyalmanac.org/games/aStarTutorial.htm

Source code: https://github.com/SebLague/Pathfinding

If you'd like to support the creation of more programming videos, I'd greatly appreciate your support on patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

Background music is 32. The Hidden Path by longzijun.

A* Pathfinding (E01: algorithm explanation)

Step by step process of the creation of my Space Invaders clone using raw C++ and SFML.

Steam link https://store.steampowered.com/app/1885460/Invasion_From_Space/

A big thanks to AlexIsLouis for the sprites, musics and sounds :D
His channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWRUMnMP50v4x0CI2WMVHw

The music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD0r-H19h4k