In software development we often have a nose for bad code – the word used is a code smell. These can be things like duplicated code (put it in one place so it won’t take twice the effort to change it later – or even worse, only get changed in one place), or code that’s too long to figure out …Continue reading →

One of our most recent changes was revisiting themes. Adventure Cow has support for custom story themes – by writing your own HTML and CSS, you can create a new look for the same story. Since this functionality has been developing since a very early stage with Adventure Cow, it’s had time to accumulate dust. When I lifted the hood …Continue reading →