rukai

rukai

@rukai.xyz

Rust developer. Embedded and tooling hobbyist. Fake super smashing fighters reverse engineer. 泥船を作りたいんだ。 he/him

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Bryan Cantrill@bcantrill.bsky.social

Number of days since a new debugger was demo'd at @oxide.computer: Zero. Number of days since a new programming language was demo'd at @oxide.computer: Also zero

rukai
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My new job is entirely in office so I brought my moonlander keyboard into the office which left me without a split ergo keyboard at home. If I can make a foot pedal how hard could a keyboard be? Well there was a few new challenges but after a bunch of time in CAD, parts are starting to arrive.

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rukai
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Finished! Took a little longer than estimated but was a fun build. I'll eventually build another so I can get an identical setup at work. But I'm tempted to first redo the CAD design so that the switch plates are flush with the base.

rukai
@rukai.xyz

My new job is entirely in office so I brought my moonlander keyboard into the office which left me without a split ergo keyboard at home. If I can make a foot pedal how hard could a keyboard be? Well there was a few new challenges but after a bunch of time in CAD, parts are starting to arrive.

rukai
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Messed up the original board and had to order a rev2 😭 New boards came in and I've now got a fully assembled and working left half. Now I'm just waiting on one last print. (And a bit of software work)

rukai
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I had always thought it wasn't possible to print keycaps for choc v1 switches, I thought the pins would always snap off. So I was buying mass produced keycaps for DPedal's side buttons instead.

rukai
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Turns out that with high quality (and dry!) filament you can print keycaps just fine. So i've changed DPedal to use custom printed keycaps. The new design is cheaper, nicer to use (more area to hit with your foot) and just looks really cool!

rukai
@rukai.xyz

My brother just released this game he's been working on for over 2 years, its short and sweet, each level feels unique and makes you go "huh". Its pretty cheap so I'd recommend giving it a go if you like this genre.

Chromatic Conundrum@chromaticconundrum.bsky.social

CHROMATIC CONUNDRUM JUST RELEASED ON STEAM! store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum #gamedev #indiedev

rukai
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I've been working on a redesign of dpedal that is more robust and uses an RP pico instead of a custom PCB to bring down the cost of an individual making their own. I'm happy with the CAD design, time to get printing and see how it handles reality.

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Got it all wired up! Originally I used whatever wire I had lying around, but it was way too thick and I couldn't squeeze in the switches after soldering them. So, after learning that the higher the number, the smaller the wire, I bought some 30 gauge wire instead, and it fits perfectly now.

rukai
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The wire design works but its super fiddly, so I wanted to test out a PCB based design. PCB's arrived today, will have time to test them out tomorrow.

rukai
@rukai.xyz

I've been working on a redesign of dpedal that is more robust and uses an RP pico instead of a custom PCB to bring down the cost of an individual making their own. I'm happy with the CAD design, time to get printing and see how it handles reality.

rukai
@rukai.xyz

For example, while it didn't fail the print, the overhang around the dpad either did not slice well or did not print well. Either way I realized I don't need an overhang there after all, so I'll probably just remove it.

rukai
@rukai.xyz

I thought all Raspberry Pi Pico's had USB C, but it turns out only my slightly bootleg one from Amazon does that. Only realized when I bought a second one lol

rukai
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The video goes into detail about how I designed the 3D printed parts and how the gamecube controller protocol works

rukai
@rukai.xyz

Case in point, I realised after publishing that my expression in the thumbnail was not working, so I replaced it with much a better one, but now the old one is cached everywhere. Now I know for next time. 🥲

rukai
@rukai.xyz

I wanted to improve my video quality a bit. So I researched cameras and it turns out, to start off, you're better off getting a light instead and just using the camera already in your phone. I got one of those soft led panels for photography and tested it out, this is much better!

rukai
@rukai.xyz

My brother has been working on this first person puzzle game for a while and is looking to release it soon. I had a lot of fun playtesting it so wishlist it on steam if it looks like your jam.

Chromatic Conundrum@chromaticconundrum.bsky.social

I'm making a puzzle game where you manipulate light! #gamedev #indiedev Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/...

rukai
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Still figuring out how I will use bluesky vs mastodon. I've been using mastodon for tech stuff for years now and it's been great. On the other hand seems like most of my smash friends have moved over to bsky now. Anyway I recently built a custom controller for smash around the gram slim PCB.

rukai
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I ported the stock gram firmware to rust. Which was partially to satisfy my own silly purism but it is also easier to build and deploy config changes now. And here's the onshape exploded diagram just because it looks so cool.

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