Nick Dev

I made a puzzle game. it's free, it runs in your browser, and people are apparently playing it for 6 minutes at a time. pointypuzzle.com

@uribegosselin Yeah. It’s a weird trap to be caught in. As a developer I need my brain to function optimally. So I go to coffee to get temporary boosts in energy and focus. All the while foregoing potentially greater gains in energy and focus in the long term.

It’s worth the experiment. I used to have sleepless nights too. Coffee became a crutch when I’d be grinding, and I had a high propensity for abusing it. It’s also been nice to feel like I’m not dependent on any substance(s) to function. But the first month or so was extremely hard. So much dopamine came from coffee.

>2 months without coffee Conquered my last addiction outside of twitter W

@uribegosselin I’ve had a suspicion that quitting coffee would reduce brain fog and help me sleep better. You saying this is kind of a confirmation that I should do this.

@_nickdev Unfortunately, way too good to go back My head feels less compressed, and my memory has improved. I remember 2x the number of dreams, as one datapoint

@maryrosecook Any idea who the guest is yet?

The Talk Show Live. No Apple special guests this year. Hoping for Ben Thompson or Siracusa.

@adamlisagor @gruber Who is the guest?

Widgets in visionOS 26: When the poster for the thing becomes the thing. Oh hey speaking of, don’t forget to buy your ticket to the 3D livestream of @gruber’s show tonight! The surprise guests are 🔥. Available only in the Theater app.

@lukeman @adamlisagor @gruber Do you know who the guests are?

@adamlisagor @gruber So wish I could watch tonight. Hope you’ll reconsider a paid 2D experience on iOS or add support for Meta Quest in the future. Even as someone who wants to believe in VR Apple hasn’t yet sold me on their ecosystem with the Vision Pro. … “I love you”

Can’t make it to San Jose this year to see @gruber’s The Talk Show Live with surprise special guests? Yeah you can. Buy your ticket now to be at the show live in immersive 3D on your Vision Pro. 9to5mac.com/2025/06/05/the…

@JerryBeers_ 😂

I was trying to find a particularly difficult bug yesterday and my wife had this helpful advice: 1. Try unplugging the computer and plugging it back in. (I'm working on a MacBook Pro, so I didn't try this one) 2. Just look really hard (I'd been trying this one all day and it was my first choice too, so good call) 3. Ask ChatGPT to find it (Another good option, I'd been using it all day to answer details, but had not just asked it to find the bug in this large complex codebase, someday soon maybe) 4. Highlight the good code in a different color from the bad (I love this option. Why didn't I think of that?) She's so good at this, I think I'll have her find the next one! (I was able to find a fix toward the end of the day)

@tom_krikorian Wow! Lots of AppleOS news lately! First this then iOS 19 rumors of a visionOS-esque redesign

Very good to hear!

@ver1sea Very cool

Field Test: Mesh based relocalization running on device(vision pro) and offline. Blue is the current environment meshes, Red are the prior meshes we are searching for.

Adding Motion to My Goal #realitykit #gamedev #iosdev

Finally made some more progress with collectible coins in the RealityKit maze! Getting so close to getting my maze game out to friends that are wanting to try it! #gamedev #iosdev

@tom_krikorian Maybe Apple is hiring?

Next week I'll be busy the whole week with an entrepreneurship course. I'll need to decide if it's time to try my luck as an entrepreneur in XR or look for a job. I gave myself the year to think things through and explore projects for myself, but 2025 is getting closer and closer.

Been spending some time working on creating a menuing system that sits on top of my RealityKit game! Seems like this handles all the scenarios I need it to: 1. Main Menu to launch the game 2. Pause screen allow resume 3. Game Over - resume / main menu #gamedev

@RomainDerrien lol, I'll get there. I've spent so much time in RealityKit I think I forgot how to use SwiftUI 😅

I have a #RealityKit ARView in non-AR mode in a ZStack with menu buttons in a VStack shown conditionally (isMenuVisible). When I toggle isMenuVisible and hide the menu, ARView animations freeze, though tap/pan events still fire. Any ideas? #SwiftUI #iOSDev

Wow. After hurdling all of these obstacles to get my Cube Maze in place. I never thought I'd get so stumped on this simple game menu that I'm trying to implement. LOL! I'll get there, but I didn't expect this... #iosdev #gamedev

Welp! The core mechanics of the game are done now it's time to add gameplay elements and actually try to make make this thing fun! 😅 1⃣ Need to add a timer to create urgency 2⃣ Various collectibles 3⃣ Polish elements and add game menu Open to suggestions! #gamedev #iosdev

...and I am back to work on the cube maze... tonight I just spent about 10 minutes reviewing where I last left off and am going to continue reading through the code over the next few days to come up with a gameplay to get this thing across the finish line.

@tina__nigro I’m in the same boat. The origin of my game idea was because of the Vision Pro. It’s just easier to validate my idea with hardware that people I know in person actually have, ya know?

Started building a new visionOS app on Monday. Now it’s Saturday, and I’ve got a beta… but for iOS, because I use my iPhone more than Vision Pro. 🤷‍♀️ And now I’m struggling to figure out why I built it in the first place... 😅