Automating API Documentation for RESTful Backends

To keep up with Odyssey’s evolving landscape I looked up efficient ways of automating API documentation. This blog post delves into various strategies for automating API documentation for RESTful backends. This post explores three solutions for automating API documentation for RESTful backends, all adhering to the single source of truth principle as well as using the OpenAPI specification as a middleware for the documentation of the endpoints. We’ll delve into the specifics of each solution, its advantages and disadvantages, and how it integrates with your development workflow....

Launch Day! - Introducing the Odyssey REST API

Hello, fellow adventurers! I’m thrilled to share a significant milestone in the Odyssey project: the launch of the Odyssey REST API. Recap: What’s Odyssey All About? In case you missed my previous post, Odyssey is where web development meets gaming in a unique blend of MUD, simulator, and RPG elements. It’s my digital playground where every click could lead to an epic adventure or an unexpected encounter with another player or NPC....

Crafting Fantasy Worlds - The Fantasy World Map Generator

Creating the perfect map for a fantasy world can be a challenging endeavor, especially when it’s based on predefined datasets. That’s where the Fantasy World Map Generator comes into play. A Piece of a Bigger Puzzle Before we delve into the details, let me mention that the Fantasy World Map Generator is just a small part of a larger project called Odyssey. Odyssey is my ongoing endeavor to create a living procedurally generated world, backed by an open REST-API....

How to Setup a 11TY Blog on Github Pages

I recently set up this website to write and host resources about my studies, as well as my current gamedev projects. In the past I used overkill solutions like Wordpress to host information about my already abandoned gamedev projects. Later I discovered the static site generator Publii, which I used for quite awhile. And I would still recommend it, especially for non-tech savyy people. But this time I wanted to go for a more minimalistic approach, so I fired up Google and did some research on ‘best static site generator reddit’....

Odyssey - A MUD Simulation Environment

  Start your Odyssey now Ever since I had a course on web development in university I never stopped tinkering around with webdev projects, especially with the MEAN stack. As I am also a game developer, naturally I tried to combine both skills. The result is a web application named Odyssey, a project that falls somewhere in between a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD), a simulator, and an RPG (Role-Playing Game). While it’s far from being a finished product, I’m committed to dedicating my free time to its ongoing development....