http://huscorp.nl Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Background A couple of months ago I was introduced to functional programming. At first it sounded bizarre and totally impractical, how could you ever program anything without using variables and state! But the more I read the more intriguing the concept sounded. In a purely functional language there are no side effects. ... http://huscorp.nl/2009/10/sudoku-solver-in-haskell/ My first console was the SNES and my first game ever was Super Mario World. So naturally when I encountered Pygame it sounded interesting to create my own animated Mario. Just as I dreamed of when I was a kid. Getting started First things first I needed a game loop. From the file ... http://huscorp.nl/2009/08/animate-mario-using-pygame/ First post. puts "Hello world!" http://huscorp.nl/2009/08/hello-world/