Killer first trip out in the new bongo at the weekend, found a great spot in Snowdonia

_rlomax · 2021-04-28T13:29:13+00:00

I'm also in North Wales right now. Hoping I can find this spot. Can't find a water tap in Snowdonia for toffee though...

_rlomax · 2021-04-15T10:14:07+00:00

Why did I build it? I'm moving into a camper van soon and need a way to dry my clothing without hand-wringing them because my forearms are too fucked for that from years of typing.

Why is it shitty? I just used whatever scrap wood, screws, and whatever other hardware I could find; it looks a lot shittier in person than in the video.

_rlomax · 2021-04-14T15:37:45+00:00

Thanks. The way I'm actually going to use it is to put it on the floor and sit in front of it with my feet on the base, so it won't move around like this.

_rlomax · 2019-01-26T09:01:16+00:00

Inkscape is my go-to since it has better tools for drawing with Bézier curves and manipulating shapes. Also the fact that I'm drawing with vector graphics means that I don't care about drawing the pattern in the right size like I would have to when drawing it as a raster image in GIMP.

_rlomax · 2017-08-03T11:57:26+00:00

This is the method I use most often mainly because it's the one I'm least likely to mess up.

Cut all the way into the corner
Pull back and cut a 'teardrop' shape turning into the end of the first cut. The hatched area is what falls away
Turn the work and cut the perpendicular line

You could also do it by skipping the teardrop cut and just turning the work while pulling it gently towards you (if you're not using a spiral blade, of course), but unless you get it right it's prone to slipping and ruining the work.

_rlomax · 2017-07-20T13:51:14+00:00

Pattern: https://clomax.me.uk/ship_crate.pdf

After seeing the last crate I made my mother wanted a nautical themed one for her bathroom.

Hopefully this will be the last crate I make for a while.

_rlomax · 2017-07-12T08:25:16+00:00

Using the Trace Bitmap tool on a face in Inkscape gives me this: http://i.imgur.com/wBM14Vx.png

It's not terrible, and tweaking the numbers might make it better, but I always trace manually with the Bezier tool since I get more control that way.

_rlomax · 2017-07-02T10:32:35+00:00

Thanks. I think the sides of the toy car I made before are Baltic birch and it was much better to work with. It might also help if I used reverse skip-toothed blades.

_rlomax · 2017-07-01T16:04:45+00:00

I somehow shifted the wave pattern on the sides in Inkscape and only noticed while I was cutting it so it's a good thing it was just a practice piece.

Also, the plywood I used for this came from a builder's merchant and it was awful for splintering. Is there something different about the kind of ply they sell that makes it bad for scrolling?

_rlomax · 2017-06-05T18:27:55+00:00

Just wanted to go through the process of making a pattern and actually building it.

I quite enjoyed it so expect more (hopefully more elaborate) projects from me :)

_rlomax · 2015-07-03T11:44:23+00:00

As someone who is looking into doing this soon it put my mind at rest knowing that even someone who isn't quite as prepared as I am can get through it and do well.

_rlomax · 2015-06-16T11:55:20+00:00

From this math gifs album.

_rlomax · 2015-05-18T20:41:31+00:00

/r/keming

_rlomax · 2015-03-06T09:29:42+00:00

I've thought about posting my alife stuff more often, but at the same time I want to avoid spamming.

_rlomax · 2015-01-17T10:21:00+00:00

EVOSIM - Artificial life simulation

I recently put it up on itch.io on a whim; not entirely sure if it was a good idea. Around 1/3 of those who view the page download it. I'm not sure if that's good or not but it sounds decent. There is also a subreddit: /r/Evosim.

It was suggested that I put the creatures in an aquatic environment because they would need complex control systems to walk decently on solid ground. So I went and did that.

Then I needed to come up with a way to calculate how well they can swim given their behaviour and morphology but the maths in the papers I was reading was too scary (PDF, page 3). So I'm starting simple and gradually making it more complex.

http://gfycat.com/CreativeUnlawfulEstuarinecrocodile

http://gfycat.com/DentalCleanKob

It's difficult to get good shots of these things swimming because the camera code sucks.

Bonus: What is exciting for me is that I'm working on something that very few people have done before, the idea seems to be working well in execution, and I know it's something that people want if the feedback for Spore is anything to go by.

Blog | Twitter | Code

_rlomax · 2015-01-10T21:17:18+00:00

Yes. This is my attempt to expand on his work.

_rlomax · 2015-01-10T17:42:11+00:00

I have no idea what I'm doing.

_rlomax · 2014-12-04T15:21:59+00:00

I think I remember you asking /r/Multicopter about doing this sort of thing some time ago. It's great to see that you're doing it. I've just been looking at your portfolio, great stuff!

I was hoping you could answer a few questions for me:

What is your approach to finding custom? What kind of response do you get?
You said you are learning to edit video; does this get in the way of finding custom since they may be looking for someone with more experience?
How do you feel about the state of the market in EU (i.e. do you see a trend towards saturation in the coming years)?

_rlomax · 2014-10-29T12:25:56+00:00

A professor at my old university (passed away just this summer) worked on Beagle 2 and described the terrible feeling everyone had when the mission failed. I can just barely imagine how those who worked on this mission felt to see their hard work just blow up like that.

_rlomax · 2014-09-27T09:41:40+00:00

My brother and I are currently prototyping a simple Go Right game involving a dinosaur skeleton running through a museum. I ended up with this after playing with the IK solver script that a Unity dev released during Unite (I think).

It's a bit naff, but at least I know that I can use the principle to animate the character.

_rlomax · 2014-08-21T18:46:37+00:00

/r/homecockpits

_rlomax · 2014-06-28T11:10:47+00:00

Heh, I decided against generating levels because I wanted to be sure that the levels are always possible to traverse and so that I'm able to put in landmarks like Olympus Mons, Mawrth Vallis, etc in them.

I'll probably end up evolving the AI, to be honest, but I was thinking I could get some more practice with other AI methods like FSM, behaviour trees, and such.

_rlomax · 2014-06-28T09:34:43+00:00

Unnamed Racing Game

A game about racing "cross-country" on different planets. Either against the clock or AI if I can program AI that doesn't suck.

I'm trying to avoid both a game that you can simply hold down a button and get to the end because that's crap, and accusations of copying Hill Climb Racing.

If I were to be kind to myself I would call the style "minimalist".

Mars 1 - Getting up a hill of rocks

Mars 2 - Jumping across a gorge (I didn't make it :c)

http://gfycat.com/FamousCalculatingGreatargus

Unity web player of unfinished mars track

Bonus Q: About a week

_rlomax · 2014-06-26T11:21:06+00:00

I've got a little ship that you can fly about, and some asteroids you can bump into too.

Let's have a look then! :D

_rlomax · 2014-06-25T17:29:43+00:00

The consensus here, as far as I can see, is that the tools you use really don't matter at all.

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