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Niel McLaren
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Creative coder and overall person.


Projects

These projects are often an excuse to learn something new, whether wrapping my head around a scientific concept or testing the limits of a new technology.

Unearthed
·137 words·1 min
A short, psychological horror adventure.
WarpLooper
·155 words·1 min
A twin stick space shooter with a unique time loop mechanic.
Interval Bowl Gong
·482 words·3 mins
Automate mindfulness using an Arduino and servos.

Featured Project: Insect Wings Editor

An editor for creating procedurally generated insect wings.

Insect Wings Editor

From the Devlogs

All the gory details of day-to-day coding. Here you'll find works in progress, missteps, outright failures, notes to self, botched experiments, and excited rambling. It can get a little weird in there.

Just Being Concave Changes Everything
Wherein the protagonist tackles challenge after challenge, all presented by the concave prism.
The First Concave Prisms
Wherein the protagonist’s laser bending schemes fall apart due to the new prism’s very concavity.
Window Management and Loop Clones Safety
Wherein the protagonist resizes a window by dragging the corners for the final time!
Reflecting on Unearthed
Wherein the protagonist relives the two weeks of intense game development that was the Cosmic Horrors Jam.
Hand Drawn Animations Using a Webcam
Wherein the protagonist tests out some very basic animations using his new tool.