The personal site of Luis Padron, a software engineer in Brooklyn, NY. Writing and projects.https://thoughtsonthings.io/en-ushttps://thoughtsonthings.io/writing/building-a-retro-handheld/https://thoughtsonthings.io/writing/building-a-retro-handheld/Soldering and assembling a Null 2 — a DIY kit for a retro gaming handheld powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThardwareraspberry-pihttps://thoughtsonthings.io/writing/behavior-trees/https://thoughtsonthings.io/writing/behavior-trees/Notes on behavior trees for game AI — why they beat finite state machines at task switching, how ticks propagate, and the node types.Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTgame-devaihttps://thoughtsonthings.io/writing/isometric-coordinates/https://thoughtsonthings.io/writing/isometric-coordinates/Deriving the math behind a 2:1 isometric projection — converting tile coordinates to screen coordinates and back.Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTgame-devmath