- Experiments -

This is a large list of the things I've tinkered with or attempted to make in my spare time. Some were meant to be big projects that fizzled for whatever reason. Others are just small experiments to learn the nature of some tool or test an idea. They cover a wide variety of subjects since my favorite things to do are learning and making, I never shy away from trying a new topic despite how little experience I may have with it.


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Spiderman Shadowbox
A shadowbox of Spiderman Into the Spiderverse made for my wife for Christmas based on a print by Matt Ferguson & Florey
Tags: Art, Experiment, Physical, Shadowbox, Spiderman

3D Radar Game
A game in Godot exploring the idea of a 3D multi-band radar
Tags: Experiment, Game, Godot
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Lowres Lighting Material
An attempt at making a stylized, dithered, lowres post-processing material in Unreal
Tags: Experiment, Material, Unreal
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Lasercut Walnut Pin
JustFansOf Commemorative Walnut Pin with Metal Inlay, laser cut with precious metal powder inlay
Tags: Art, Experiment, JustFansOf, Lasercut, Physical, Wood

Pastagram
A hackathon project that turns pictures into pasta using a neural network. We were very tired. repo
Tags: Experiment, Hackathon, NeuralNetworks, Python
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RaspPI PipBoy
An attempt to make a modular Pip-Boy-esque app for a RaspberryPi with TFT screen using python. Worked pretty well, but moved to C++ to do advanced shader-like things with SDL.
Tags: C++, Dropped, Experiment, Graphics, Python, RaspberryPi

RPiTV
A welcoming page to display on my living room TV with weather, time, and news as well as circuitry to detect if people are present
Tags: Experiment, RaspberryPI, Success, WebDevelopment

Cardboard Compass
A Unity3D Android app utilizing Google Cardboard to attempt a HUD-like interface for displaying a compass and other gizmos. Successful, but inaccurate
Tags: Android, Experiment, GoogleCardboard, ModerateSuccess, Unity3D, VR

Boom Bash
A fast-paced, networked, Unity3D fighting game where players' only attack is to kick, sending their opponents flying off the map
Tags: Brawler, Dropped, Experiment, Game, Networking, Unity3D

Beast Rider
A small game engine constructed in Unity3D to accommodate the game idea a friend of mine came up with, which involves riding animals with various abilities to achieve your goals
Tags: Dropped, Experiment, GameEngine, Unity3D

Clay Noise Generator
A script made in Processing to generate a bumpmap that resembles the slip on thrown clay
Tags: Android, Experiment, Graphics, Processing, ReallyMake, Success

Unity3D ReallyMake
A test to see why ReallyMake wasn't being produced with Unity3D. Found out geometry creation was a bit slow and we couldn't use extra Android libraries for augmented reality. I don't think Unity3D is intended for general non-game mobile applications
Tags: Android, Experiment, Failure, ReallyMake, Unity3D

Steam Sorter
A small javascript applet to sort and visualize games on steam by price to help with a secret santa event, because apparently you can't find games by a set price anymore
Tags: Experiment, Javascript, Steam, Success
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Various 3DPrinted Symbols
A bunch of pop-culture symbols printed in white ABS to see if they could be produced at a quality that could be sold at conventions
Tags: 3DModelling, 3DPrinting, ABS, Blender, Experiment
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3DPrinted Homestuck Badges
A series of printed and painted logos from the comic Homestuck
Tags: 3DModelling, 3DPrinting, ABS, Blender, Experiment, Homestuck
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3DPrinted GoI Badges
A set of badges modelled, printed, and painted. Based on symbols from a Guns of Icarus
Tags: 3DModelling, 3DPrinting, ABS, Blender, Experiment
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3DPrinting in Bronze
A series of printing tests with bronzefill plastic and my attempts to force a green patina. Modelled after various pop-culture symbols
Tags: 3DModelling, 3DPrinting, Blender, Bronzefill, Experiment, PLA
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Acetone ABS Tests
3Dprinted pieces exposed to acetone to see how well it smooth out the striations from the FDM printer
Tags: 3DPrinting, ABS, Acetone, Experiment

Tap Time
An Android app to enable tapping your phone while in your pocket to give you info via vibrations
Tags: Android, Experiment, Success

More still Incoming!

I have a long list of experiments, I just need to write them up! Currently 5 in the backlog!