Purikura Photoland – Part III: Where To Now?
With such a unique place in Sydney gone, where does one go to relive the experience? Some spots come close. Others… you may simply have to wait. Or travel. [⚠ Images ~2.5 MB]
Games
anything regarding playing and/or making them
Purikura Photoland – Part II: Bridging Old Groups With New
Puri wasn’t the first to delve into online arcade rhythm games in Sydney. But they were the ones to make them mainstream, rekindling friends lost to time from past games. [⚠ Images ~3.7 MB]
Purikura Photoland – Part I: The End of (One of Many) Eras
Many places belonged in the hearts and memories of the true CBD Sydneysider. Alas, at the end of 2025, it was unfortunately time for yet another icon to be remembered. [⚠ Images ~4.9 MB]
ScoreMonitoring v2: Going Online for SMASH! 2023
My Upload XML based monitor introduced a simple stack to show scores on a stream layout. Naturally, the next step was to expand on this into a competition. [⚠ Images ~662 kB]
DDR A Score Calculations Explained
An attempt to explain in easy terms how DDR A’s score calculation works, and a comparison with how StepMania does it.
SMASH! 2023 Retrospective
I’m no stranger to the exhibitor experience. Yet, there were plenty of lessons to be found hosting my first ITG tourney and cab at SMASH! 2023. [⚠ Images ~1.5 MB]
Building ITGmania for 505’s Cab
I built a full-stack system for a competition that required a key feature of ITGmania. This was my journey in getting ITGm on the cab.
ScoreMonitoring in StepMania 5.1
This is how my stream’s live score monitoring feature works, in detail. [⚠ Images ~3.0 MB]
Local Connectivity for Sydney’s ITG Builds
Local remote access to an ITG cab greatly improves quality of experience for cab maintenance. Here’s how it works, and what we can do with it.
Crossover ‘Angle’
What’s the angle of a crossover? Apparently it’s not as intuitive as you’d think. [⚠ Images ~284 kB]
FSR Mini v2: Tape Mods
The dynamics of placing tape on the panels of the FSR Mini v2. [⚠ Images ~550 kB]
FSR Mini v2: Unboxing & Setup
Having a look at DDR EXP’s pad released on 23 Dec ‘22, and setting up its software. [⚠ Images ~2.3 MB]