A place for the message you don’t want to send. Write it out, hold the button, and watch it shred.
React Native / Expo / Animated API
Samir / Software & small experiments
Games, apps,
and the bits
in between.
I’m Samir. I build games in C++, make apps, and write down what I figure out along the way.
A little pathfinding sketch01 / Build notes
Start Wall Route
A browser sketch of A* pathfinding. Pick a square. Arrow keys move; Enter sets the destination.
The map starts at S. Dark squares are walls.
On my deskGetting RTS units around a wall
01 / Selected work
A couple of things
I’ve shipped.
02 / Still working on it
One more
“what if?”
A small RTS, built in C++.
First I got units moving. Then selecting, attacking, and finding a way around walls. I’m writing about each part as I build it.
The latest: A* pathfindingC++ / raylibShape RTS project page ↗
03 / Notes from the build
Figured something out.
Wrote it down.
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A* Pathfinding in My RTS
My units could move and fight, but obstacles blocked a straight route. I added a navigation grid and A* to find a path around them.
Formations and Attacking in My RTS
After box selection, I worked on moving selected units as a group and getting them to attack. That exposed spacing and collision problems.
My RTS can finally box-select units
Building selection for my minimalist C++ RTS: single-unit selection, multi-selection, drag-box selection, movement, and the bugs I hit along the way.
04 / A little about me
Hey, I’m Samir.
I like knowing how the thing works. So I usually end up building one.
That’s taken me from OpenGL and voxel engines to mobile apps and a game on the App Store. Some projects ship. Others turn into notes for the next one.
I publish my apps and games as Typhoon Labs. This is where I keep the work and the bits I learned making it.
Say helloWhat I work with
- Games & graphics
- C++, OpenGL, raylib, Godot
- Apps
- React Native, Expo, iOS & Android
- Behind the scenes
- Java backends, Python scripts, APIs