One of the lessons I have learned in my years of programming is that if you get stuck on a coding error, it's likely because of one of two things: a really dumb syntax issue; or you are not following better/best practice, i.e. square peg, round

One might say that my game development journey started back in the 80s on my TI99/4a. Getting the Extended Basic cartridge for the 16k / 16 color machine was a game changer. The best feature of Extended Basic was the ability to use sprites - moving graphics smoothly on the

...then you have to do things that X people do. If you want to be a star athlete, then you have to do what star athletes do. Same thing with being fit and healthy, or doing a particular job, or having good finances. I've struggled with what I