Along with the sad realisation that an LLM could probably have done this in an hour, I finally got the motivation to finish off a side project of mine. I've released my first game for the nifty Playdate console, which is a port of a very old Python game jam winner that I got addicted to in 2008, Trip on the Funny Boat.

It's mor or less a direct port of the original Python 2 game to Playdate Lua, but I did add additional modes with an aimable cannon (by turning the crank). If you have a Playdate, give it a go by downloading it from my itch page and sideloading. I hope it can be released on the Catalog as well.

Lætétur cor quæréntium Dóminum: quaérite Dóminum, et confirmámini: quaérite fáciem euis semper.

This morning at All Saints Ainslie I sang Ralph Vaughan William's The Call, solo with Jonathan Lee accompanying on organ. The link is to the livestream recording.

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:

Such a Way, as gives us breath,

Such a Truth, as ends all strife,

Such a Life, as killeth death.

Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength:

Such a Light, as knows a feast,

Such a Feast, as mends in length,

such a Strength, as makes his guest.

Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:

Such a Joy, as none can move,

Such a Love, as none can pass,

Such a Heart, as joys in Love.

I also directed our choir for Evensong today. We sang Stainer's Hail, Gladdening Light as usual, as well as Leighton Jones's fauxbourdon service for the canticles. For the preces and responses, we again used Jack Oades' lovely setting. The anthem was Rutter's Gaelic Blessing:

Deep peace of the running wave to you,

Deep peace of the flowing air to you,

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you,

Deep peace of the shining stars to you,

Deep peace of the gentle night to you,

Moon and stars pour their healing light on you,

Deep peace of Christ, the light of the world, to you.