Projects

Things I’ve made, mostly for fun and mostly in Elm. Some are finished. Some are finished enough. The current obsession is on the home page.

Games#

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  Crunchdown! — a browser-based retro gridiron game written in Elm
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  Peeko Computer — a nostalgic recreation of Acornsoft’s Peeko Computer, the program I used to learn machine code on my BBC Micro in 1985

Interactive fiction#

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  Plane Drift — a modern way to play .z3 Infocom text adventures in the browser
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  Elm Z-Machine — a z3-compatible Z-machine written in Elm, for playing interactive fiction online
  source code
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  if-pal — play classic interactive fiction with an enthusiastic gen alpha AI companion
  source code

Tools#

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  Thirty Teeth — a workshop for composing, auditioning and printing paper tapes for a 30-note hand-cranked music box
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  Guardian Cryptic Crossword — a cleaner, faster page for the Guardian’s daily cryptic, built in Elm, now with an anagram solver
  source code
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  Readable Shakespeare Plays — ad-free, readable Shakespeare just for you
  source code
• STAR Interview Prep — an AI coach that drills you on the STAR method for competency interview questions
  source code

Tabletop#

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  You've been Pawned — make paper standees for your tabletop game
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  It's Your Turn — a prompt deck for new roleplayers
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  Never show me the odds — the numbers behind contested skill checks in D&D
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  Monster of the Week for Owlbear Rodeo — an extension for playing Monster of the Week on Owlbear Rodeo

Writing#

• Welcome to the DON-geon — a series of silly political sketches in which DJT plays Dungeons and Dragons with his friends and foes
• Cambridge Chronicles ep. 2: The Punt Poltergeist — a Monster of the Week mystery
• Cambridge Chronicles ep. 1: The Spectral Bookshop — a Monster of the Week mystery