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English: A vs. An(redblobgames.com)

336 points by azhenley 1 month ago | 452 comments

Red Blob Games blog post on writing a function that picks 'a' or 'an' for procedurally generated English text, based on the word's spoken vowel sound rather than its spelling.

Differential Heuristics(redblobgames.com)

103 points by ibobev 2 months ago | 7 comments

Improving Heuristics for A* Pathfinding(redblobgames.com)

328 points by bobbiechen 3 months ago | 37 comments

Red Blob Games interactive article on improving A* pathfinding heuristics using landmarks (differential heuristics), with demos on Dragon Age maps.

Writing a Guide to SDF Fonts(redblobgames.com)

93 points by chunkles 8 months ago | 8 comments

Introduction to the A* Algorithm (2014)(redblobgames.com)

256 points by auraham 1 year ago | 98 comments

Making maps with noise functions (2022)(redblobgames.com)

29 points by benbreen 1 year ago | 2 comments

Hexagon Spiral Coordinates(redblobgames.com)

51 points by ibobev 1 year ago | 9 comments

Orbit Spirograph (2019)(redblobgames.com)

68 points by hwayne 1 year ago | 6 comments

Making Of: Line Drawing Tutorial (2017)(redblobgames.com)

40 points by akkartik 2 years ago | 1 comments

Font Distortion(redblobgames.com)

12 points by doppp 2 years ago | 1 comments

Hexagonal Grids (2013)(redblobgames.com)

228 points by novaRom 3 years ago | 53 comments

Draggable objects(redblobgames.com)

935 points by stefankuehnel 3 years ago | 112 comments

A Red Blob Games tutorial by Amit Patel on implementing draggable objects in interactive web diagrams; the screenshot shows the site's homepage.