Add simple Github Pages hosted homepage

[lhsazevedo]

What do you think of having a homepage hosted on Github Pages?

Some cool examples:

• Moby Project
• tiptap
• cri-o
• Envoy Proxy
• Longhorn

[vhelin]

During the past 20 years I've done four homepages:

• www.villehelin.com
• www.ttursas.com
• www.chillersoft.com
• www.kankibros.com (dead)

Three were done using Emacs and old HTML, one using some homepage creation tool back in 2011?

-> If someone else wants to do it, feel free to give it a shot. :)

[vhelin]

PS. I'll still keep on updating http://www.villehelin.com/wla.html but if someone has the skills to do something fancy, that'd be nice to see!

[lhsazevedo]

Candles of the Dead is really great!

[vhelin]

Thanks :D Currently working on Oculus Quest version. And Candles of the Dead 2 is something I'll work on later this year...

[lhsazevedo]

Wrong button

[lhsazevedo]

So, what does WLA DX mean?
There are any visual references that you think would be a good fit or inspiration?

I think I can suggest something :)

PS: Would be awesome to know the history behind WLA DX!

[vhelin]

WLA DX comes from "Wzonka-Lad Assembler Deluxe"

• Wzonka-Lad - my old Gameboy emulator for Amiga
• Assembler, because it's an assembler, and the first versions supported only Gameboy GB-Z80
• Deluxe, because at the time I started to work on the assembler there were some games and apps that contained DX (Deluxe) in their name - it just was cool. :)

If I remember right, after getting Wzonka-Lad to work properly, I wanted to code games for Gameboy. I tried some assemblers back then, in 1998, but found them lacking. So instead of using assemblers I didn't like to make games for Gameboy my focus shifted to making a better macro assembler... :)

Never made a game for Gameboy, just graphics demos... Perhaps one day when WLA DX is good enough! :D

I have no idea of a visual reference for WLA DX's homepage. If you can suggest something, that'd be nice.

[jeffythedragonslayer]

Well, the name reminds me of both the owner of a certain magical chocolate factory, and a certain early Apple developer, so how about a chocolate apple? 🍫 🍎 😂

[vhelin]

Great idea for a logo, love the WTF factory there for people who don't know what WLA DX stands for (plus the associations)... :)

[jeffythedragonslayer]

I kind of like this one for now (https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/13801094-cartoon-chocolate-apple-candy), maybe stack each word of the project name of top each other all to the right of the icon. What do you think?