commit 27fe3bca39a5410fa9aac8718fb2d97f77780cad
parent 83d8dd71000523dae474d262aeababedd512d91c
Author: Eamon Caddigan <eamon.caddigan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 15:40:40 -0800
Update to mark the end of December Adventure
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diff --git a/content/posts/december-adventure/index.md b/content/posts/december-adventure/index.md
@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
---
-title: "My December Adventure"
+title: "My 2023 December Adventure"
date: 2023-12-14T20:06:00-08:00
+lastmod: 2023-12-31T15:28:54-08:00
draft: false
categories:
- Programming
---
-I'm participating in [December Adventure](https://eli.li/december-adventure)
-this year and posting nearly-daily updates [on this page]({{< ref
+I participated in [December Adventure](https://eli.li/december-adventure)
+this year and posted _nearly_ daily updates [on this page]({{< ref
"/december-adventure/" >}}).
-I'm playing with [uxn](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxn.html), as a
-follow-up to [my recent exploration in PostScript]({{< ref
-"postscript-graph-paper" >}}), and heavily inspired by [this amazing web
-tribute to
+My project was written for [uxn](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxn.html), as
+a follow-up to [my recent exploration in PostScript]({{< ref
+"postscript-graph-paper"
+>}}), and heavily inspired by [this amazing web tribute to
Forth](https://ratfactor.com/forth/the_programming_language_that_writes_itself.html).
-My goal is to build a game to help me learn Morse code. There are already a
-few programs for this---I've used [Just Learn Morse
-Code](http://www.justlearnmorsecode.com/) which runs on my Linux laptop
-fairly well with [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/)---but this seems like a fun
-project whether I ever finish or not.
+My goal is to eventually build a game to help me learn Morse Code[^morse],
+but for now I'm happy to have accomplished simple things like _printing text
+to the screen_ and _playing Morse Code beeps_.
+
+You can learn more about what I managed to do in [my final post]({{< ref
+"/december-adventure/2023-31" >}}), or go [straight to the
+repo](https://git.eamoncaddigan.net/december_adventure_2023/file/README.md.html).
+
+[^morse]: There are already a few programs for this---I've used [Just Learn
+ Morse Code](http://www.justlearnmorsecode.com/) which runs on my Linux
+ laptop fairly well with [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/)---but this seems
+ like a fun project whether I ever finish or not because it utilizes so
+ many of the basic functions of an interactive program (drawing to the
+ screen, playing sounds, responding to input, managing precise timings).
