Art Assets in ChessCraft

Published on 2026-06-09 by Stuart Spence

This post is a chronological tour of all the types of art assets in ChessCraft (images, sounds, music, voice) and how they were made.

A ton of different methods were used. There's 200+ chess pieces made by me in GIMP, the adventure map was hand drawn on paper then scanned …

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My Media Diet in 2026

Published on 2026-06-09 by Stuart Spence

This is how I like to get all my news and information in 2026. Writing it all down should help me sort, cut, and review my media diet. Maybe you'll find this useful too - if you like what I like anyway. This mega list is sorted best to merely good …

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Why I'm declining your AI generated MR

Published on 2025-08-26 by Stuart Spence

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Sometimes a merge request (MR) doesn't merit a code review (CR) because AI was used in a bad way that harms the team or the project. For example:

  1. Code deletion would improve the MR a lot.
  2. You don't know the basics of the language you submitted.
  3. Documentation spam.
  4. Blatantly inconsistent …

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ECCC and ChatGPT

Published on 2022-12-09 by Stuart Spence

The free ChatGPT AI gave excellent or perfect answers to all my real ECCC interview questions: code writing and soft skills.

This post is written for public servants that need to know about the latest AI tool called ChatGPT. We should all understand what kind of text and interview answers …

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The AI of ChessCraft

Published on 2020-03-24 by Stuart Spence

Updated: 2025-01

This page is a description of the artificial intelligence (AI) in ChessCraft. This page assumes you:

  • have seen a gameplay video, or played around a bit with the ChessCraft board editor and piece editor
  • have some introductory chess ability, like how to checkmate a king with just a …

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