March 2018 – Page 2 – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

Great British Castles Tour

On our way to the UK for 9 days for what I have dubbed our “Great British Castles” tour. First stop: London.

Galactic Scout

Galactic Scout, 1992. Cute little flyer with posable wings and control panel. I ❤ these tiny sets.

Space 1991 Roundup

That’s it for the 11 LEGO Space sets from 1991 (9 Blacktron II + 2 M:Tron). That was a lot of transparent neon yellow green! Next up: 1992. Will there be any relief for my bleeding eyes?

Blacktron II pods

There were six interchangeable Blacktron II pods across the largest four sets.

Space bases 1987-91

6972 Polaris I Space Lab
6953 Cosmic Laser Launcher
6987 Message Intercept Base
6988 Alpha Centauri Outpost

Alpha Centauri Oupost

Alpha Centauri Oupost, 1991. Blacktron II base features a mid-sized spaceship, a small rover, a landing pad, a hilltop base with large transparent panels, electric lighting, and five astronauts.

Routes in Progress 2

Although if I do generate the path in forward order, I get an unintentional animated effect from the change in the dash pattern that actually looks kind of cool.

Climbing Path Animated SKShapeNode

I’m experimenting with showing routes in progress for each climber. The CGPath of the SKShapeNode needs to be recalculated with each move so that the path can “disappear” as the climber follows it. The path is generated in reverse order (starting from destination tile node) so that the dash pattern is constant .

Climbing Paths SKShapeNode