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Posts with tag: Functional

HexagonalHS

I've been playing around with Haskell for quite a while and I wanted to have a play around with a purely-functional graphics pipeline.

Space

While I have some webdev experience from my static blog, I've never ventured further. I made Space so that I could learn more about things such as databases, servers and RESTful APIs to open up more opportunities.

Clojure: Another functional programming language

I've always been aware of the Lisp language, but always been afraid to dive in. However, after reading 'Clojure for the brave and true', I now recognise Clojure as a simple, pleasant and powerful language.

HSRogue: A roguelike in Haskell

My first attempt at game development in the functional language, Haskell, as well as a description of the challenges I had to overcome to get things working.

An Introduction to game development in Haskell using Apecs

There have been so many attempts to pioneer gamedev in Haskell, and yet still no commercial releases. In this post I hope to clear the air a little bit and encourage new developers to try Haskell.

Of Boxes and Threads: Game development in Haskell

My experiences of making a game in Haskell and how I think it's is a pioneering process. Despite a wiki and subreddit dedicated to gamedev in Haskell, not many people have actually succeeded making anything close to current games.

What even is Haskell?

In this post, I'd like to write a beginner-friendly summary in layman's terms with regards to why I have taken such an interest in a language I've only started using. Hopefully this will inspire some people to consider using alternate languages to the ones they're used to.