Python plays Mario
01/05/2023
Playing around with ChatGPT & Google Co-lab, I have this working script, that trains a model using neural networks, to play Mario. I’m really keen to play with this more, just need more time in my days!
roblox tower defense simulator
16/01/2023
https://tds.fandom.com/wiki/Gamemodes I’ve access to Sony’s Playstation cloud based catalog, Microsoft’s Xbox Gamepass library, Steam, and others I’ve forgotten… but the one game that’s consuming my gaming hours is Roblox’s Tower Defense Simulator, with my BFF / son 🙂 We’ve spent enough time, and a small amount of Robux, to build up our preferred inventory; and this evening I felled my first Fallen King! [ myself, son, and a lvl 0…
Oil painting of Drake riding a dolphin
01/09/2022
According to an article in The Sun, Drake was spotted riding a dolphin while on vacation in Turks and Caicos. The article says that the rapper was “clearly enjoying himself” as he took turns riding the dolphin’s back. This may, or may not, have been generated by OpenAI
A busy techy month
30/04/2022
Haven’t posted in a while… mainly due to Gran Turismo 7! What a awesome way to pass time, I’ve hooked, and it’s taking me back to Y2K… but that will be another post I’ve developed a love for Rogue games… again another post I should wite My OnePlus6T Android mobile stopped charging, so I’ve picked up a OnePlus9… as they say in Thailand; Same, Same, but Better A Python script…
Too many games, not enough time
21/01/2022
Together with Gamer Pass on my PC, and access to a NA PS Now, I’ve been content, and swamped in games! I’ve been enjoying smaller Indie titles, specifically of the rougue genre… I blame Hades for this attraction; maybe the seed was planted originally by Neon Chrome back in 2017? Here’s a snapshot of what I’ve been playing, just on the PS5 Dirt 5 (pumped drifting) F1 2020 (didn’t expect…
Detained in Hades
14/09/2021
I’ve recently discovered that I love rogue like games! Think I may have enjoyed them for a while, just never knew that I was enjoying them 🙂 But Hades is something different… so what works? The progressive epic novel like story It just keeps getting deeper, and richer! The story builds in layers; per play, per encounters, per success. Each increment of exploration expands another aspect of the narrative. The…
gamer-geek-news ssltest
10/08/2021
Tested this site with ssllabs test tool, now that I have the DNS going through Cloudflare, with an existing ssl cert. I’m stoked to have scored an A 🙂
nano keyboard shortcuts
02/08/2020
Reading a Reddit post about new a new version of nano being releases, and between the vi/vim sysadmin comments someone mentioned how nano keyboard shortcuts can be edited 🙂 I’ve tried vim many times, and the commands don’t feel intuitive, nano has been the editor I’ve fallen back on since first using Linux; pico as it was known back when I used it at Uni on Unix. Even though I’ve…
ML does Mario
02/08/2020
I came across a model that intrigued me enough to trial last night, a machine learning model that speed runs through Super Mario Brothers, cool eh? Here’s the git uvipen/Super-mario-bros-PPO-pytorch Introduction Here is my python source code for training an agent to play super mario bros. By using Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm introduced in the paper Proximal Policy Optimization Algorithms paper. Talking about performance, my PPO-trained agent could complete…
Twitter suspended
27/11/2019
5 hours or so ago my Twitter account was suspended 🙁 Usually it gives me a prompt to enter my phone number… but not today! I have been suspended a couple of times lately due to re-tweets of ‘how to stream some sporting event for free’; if this is the case again I’ll have to look into how I can prevent my bot from sharing those in the future. Let’s…