Programming
Rocky, a desk robot
Rocky is a small desk robot with a face, a voice, and a camera. Say "hey Rocky" and he turns his head, looks at you, and answers out loud in character. The body is a $24 microcontroller with an OLED screen on a pan-and-tilt neck. The brain is a Python program running on a nearby computer that handles wake-word detection, speech-to-text, a language model, and text-to-speech, and streams the result back to the robot's speaker over Wi-Fi.
Out of the box he is Rocky, the Eridian engineer from Project Hail Mary: short sentences, "question" and "answer," "amaze," and constant worry about whether you have slept.
- Wakes on his name, listens, and replies in a cloned voice.
- Shows seven expressions, blinks, and dozes off when ignored.
- Turns and nods, follows your face, and looks where you ask.
- Sees through his camera and tells you what is there.
- Decides when you have finished talking the way a person does, instead of waiting for a fixed pause.
Game mods on the Steam Workshop
Playable characters, monsters, and buildings I've written for games I enjoy. Each one is free on the Steam Workshop.
Slay the Spire 2
- The ArtistA painter whose hand position colors her cards.
- The HermitA port of a community favorite, with Russian localization.
- The Red MageBalances black and white magic into conjured cards.
- The Black MageElemental spells that build in a series.
- The White MageHealing and protection, built for co-op.
- The Blue MageLearns attacks from the monsters it fights.
- The MachinistBuilds machines that run hot.
- The SummonerCalls eidolons and spends aether points.
- The Green MageStuns, poisons, and enfeebles.
- The Dark KnightPays in HP for power.
- The ChemistMixes items into new effects.
- FF BestiaryFifty-eight monsters and four boss fiends added to the run.
Whiskerwood
- Long TailsLonger trains for the colony's rail network.
- Airships: Sky LanesAirship routes with their own lane cells and stations.
- FlagshipA larger ship for the colony's fleet.
- Whisker ApartmentsA tier-four apartment building with a hearth and chimney smoke.