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layout: default
title: The Paper Pilot
nocard: true
featured: [Dice Armor, Babble Buds]
---
<div class="card">
    <div class="card-content">
        <span class="card-title">Hello!</span>
        <p>I'm Anthony Lawn, or "The Paper Pilot", and I develop free, open source programs and games in my spare time, using a variety of languages and engines. I'm currently working towards my B.S. in Computer Science, after which I plan to go on to earning a Masters degree in the same, with a focus on Data Science.</p>
        <span class="card-title">Why are most of your projects free and open source?</span>
        <p >I really liked playing free online games growing up, but most of those sites have died- Armor games peaked in 2010! I do not believe mobile games have the same effect since, as a kid playing a game on a phone, you can't just think "This is fun I want to make one of these" unless you also have a computer. I believe there needs to be a new generation of sites with free online games (like <a href="https://itch.io/">itch.io</a>!) to inspire the next generation of game developers and computer scientists. That's why I want to make free online games anyone can play, and see how they work. No credit cards or even admin privileges required. All free, and open source. Enjoy :)</p>
    </div>
</div>

<h4>Active Projects</h4>

{% for project in page.featured %}
    {% assign post = site.posts | where:"title",project | first %}
    <div class="card" style="padding-bottom: calc(1rem + 40px);">
        <div class="card-image">
            <img src="/assets/banners/{{ post.banner }}.png">
            <span class="card-title" style="font-weight: 500;">{{ project }}</span>
        </div>
        <div class="card-content">
            {{ post.content }}
        </div>
        <div class="card-action" style="position: absolute; bottom: 0; width: 100%;">
            <a href="{{ post.url }}">read more</a>
        </div>
    </div>
{% endfor %}

<h4>Featured Projects</h4>

<div class="card">
    {% assign projects = site.posts | where:"featured","true" %}
    {% for project in projects %}
        <div class="accordion">
            {{ project.title }}

            {% for tag in project.tags %}
                <div class="chip"><a href="/tags/#{{ tag | slugify }}"> {{ tag }} </a></div>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        <div class="panel">
            <div class="card-image">
                <img src="/assets/banners/{{ project.banner }}.png">
            </div>
            <div class="card-content desc" markdown="1">
                {{ project.content }} <a href="{{ project.url }}"> read more</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    {% endfor %}
</div>

<h4>All Projects (by tag)</h4>

<div class="card container">
    <div class="card-content">
        {% assign rawtags = "" %}
        {% for post in site.posts %}
            {% assign ttags = post.tags | join:'|' | append:'|' %}
            {% assign rawtags = rawtags | append:ttags %}
        {% endfor %}
        {% assign rawtags = rawtags | split:'|' | sort %}

        {% assign tags = "" %}
        {% for tag in rawtags %}
            {% if tag != "" %}
                {% if tags == "" %}
                    {% assign tags = tag | split:'|' %}
                {% endif %}
                {% unless tags contains tag %}
                    {% assign tags = tags | join:'|' | append:'|' | append:tag | split:'|' %}
                {% endunless %}
            {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}

        {% for tag in tags %}
            <div class="chip"><a href="/tags/#{{ tag | slugify }}"> {{ tag }} </a></div>
        {% endfor %}
    </div>
</div>