: Here’s footage of gamedev and streamer ObsidianBlk playing The Zummoning!. He’s got some …
: Currently reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris 📚 Part 2 comes out next month, and I …
: Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 8: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman 📚
: Zummoning Redux I’ve made many improvements in the new version of “The Zummoning” submitted to …
: More Zummoning I’m cleaning up “The Zummoning” for submission to Godot Wild Jam this weekend (The …
: If this works, then this blog post was published with Godot!
: Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman 📚
: “The Zummoning” (which only occurred to me when I realized I had to name the thing) has …
: I think I’m onto something promising, but I’m not feeling confident that this will …
: 19 or so hours into this 72-hour game jam, and I’m only just starting to code. So far, …
: What privacy laws only apply to ages 13-15?
: Working on a Godot recreation of Pong Wars. I might write this up as a tutorial?
: I struggle to resist: Monte Cristo on a restaurant menu bread pudding on a restaurant menu audio …
: Currently reading: Make Your Own Pixel Art by Jennifer Dawe 📚 I’ve started a few video …
: Currently listening: The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman 📚
: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a new report on banking in video games and …
: I love that electoral-vote.com basically looks the same as it did in 2000.
: It seems like my schedule is clear enough that I’ll be able to participate in Ludum Dare 55, …
: At the kiddo’s taekwondo class, where it’s “blocking week”. Somehow, …
: Achievement unlocked: pirating the Webelos Handbook. (I swear, we have a copy in the house, I just …
: We rejoined Netflix this week, and I’m a little surprised by how big the included library of …
: Spoons, Brakes This feels a bit like cheating: but immediately after my last post on the topic, I built a paper …
: Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman 📚 He’s not “taking …
: The hardest part is starting I still like my spoon-theory game concept (as amended), though there’s a lingering skepticism …
: I assumed that replacing our aged wireless router (whatever Verizon gave us, 12 or more years ago?) …
: A Solution Me, a couple of hours ago: Is it possible to take what I’ve described and actually make it fun and …
: Idea File Found this list of ideas I had posted to Twitter over some number of years. It’s not all gold, …
: Spoon theory game: initial concept and prior art Here’s my initial concept for the spoon theory game: Each level/puzzle is a grid, with a …
: Finished reading: Game Design Deep Dive: Platformers by Joshua Bycer 📚
: Currently listening: The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman 📚 This is my favorite …
: BuJoBook Finished reading: The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll 📚 I skimmed or skipped some of the more …
: Currently reading: The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll 📚 I’ve been using a bullet …
: I was thinking about watching Midsommer, but reading the Wikipedia article was just enough horror …
: Finished Listening: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 📚
: Spending the evening at Fairfax County Government Center, shuttling election materials between the …
: Currently reading: Game Design Deep Dive: Platformers by Joshua Bycer 📚
: Finished Listening: The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman 📚
: A jam of my own One thing I’ve learned about myself after participating in a couple of game jams: I like …
: Brakes Escape update I’ve done a round of post-jam tweaking on Brakes Escape. The game no longer simply stops …
: Currently listening: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 📚
: Surprised that, for a published-this-month technical book, Thrift Books had more inventory on hand …
: Results are in– I was hoping for higher scores generally , but I’m pleased with getting …
: “Flash of light-mode content” is the new flash of unstyled content.
: Godot Wild Jam 66 postmortem Some lessons learned from my recent game jam experience: Don’t wait until the very end of the …
: Brakes Escape, my submission to Godot Wild Jam #66, is live on itch.io. There are a couple of bugs, …
: Escape game Previously, I posted two ideas for Godot Wild Jam 66. I ended up spending a few days on the first …
: I’m the PTA volunteer keeping an eye on our elementary school’s “tech club” …
: I’ve been pretty lazy about static typing in GDScript - but it’s pretty cool to see that …
: Want to read: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris 📚 The first book was great, and …
: GWJ ideas Current thinking for the jam, either: starting over from scratch on the NS-Tower-inspired game …
: Godot Wild Jam #66 I’m signed up for Godot Wild Jam #66, with a theme of “Escape”– which is …
: This post from @manton prompted me to finally try out Bluesky– so far, it feels kind of like …
: Currently listening: The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman 📚 (actually, …
: Finished reading: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short) by Ashley …
: #screenshotsaturday My son and I are still making tweaks to the roguelike that resulted from following …
: The lyrics to “Parents Just Don’t Understand” aren’t as lighthearted as I …
: Currently reading: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short) by …
: One of the more annoying differences between gdscript and Python: that Python capitalizes True and …
: Finished reading: Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith 📚
: Currently reading: Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith 📚 Checked this out for the kid, but I’m a …
: Finished Listening: Story by Robert McKee 📚
: Screen shake makes pretty much anything better.
: Donelike I did the thing! I finished all 13 parts of Selinadev’s Godot 4 Roguelike tutorial. There were …
: I generally don’t care much for professional sports, but I definitely feel some nostalgia for …
: Anti-deliverabity I received a (legit) notice of eligibility for this Verizon settlement in my junk email folder. I …
: Currently reading: The Treasure of the Black Swan by Paco Roca 📚
: Finished reading: Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom 📚 Honestly, I skimmed quite a …
: #screenshotsaturday I’ve finished part 11 of roguelike tutorial. Now, you can delve deeper into the dungeon, and …
: This pepper has a pepper in it!
: This history of gamification within games was more interesting than I expected. These are the game-y …
: Seeing chatter about a new BBEdit release has me a little nostalgic. I used BBEdit Lite while …
: #screenshotsaturday I’m up to Part 10 of @selinadev@indiepocalypse.social’s Godot 4 Roguelike tutorial. …
: … and that is the most words I’ve written for public consumption, in quite a long time.
: Blogging retrospective Via CRASH THE ARCADE, I learned of Matt Mullenweg’s birthday wish: I want you to blog. …
: Finished Listening: The Twilight World by Werner Herzog 📚
: Currently listening: The Twilight World by Werner Herzog 📚 I picked this up after finishing …
: Gamedev Goals for 2024 In the next year, I’d like to: Watch less YouTube, watch more Udemy, more O’Reilly …
: Ending the year by starting a course of paxlovid…
: Finished reading: Every Man for Himself and God Against All by Werner Herzog 📚
: I couldn’t stay away– I once again have an account on the gamedev.place mastodon server. …
: Roguelike, Part 7 I just finished part 7 of the roguelike tutorial. New stuff: Baddies! … that chase you …
: Currently reading: Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design by Scott Rogers 📚 Christmas …
: Currently listening: Every Man for Himself and God Against All by Werner Herzog 📚 Forgot to add …
: CBS is missing an opportunity to point out that that they have Drew Carey followed by Mariah Carey
: fixed it I usually don’t consider myself very “handy”, but I’m proud of the job I did …
: I’ve been working through SelinaDev’s Godot 4 roguelike tutorial and I like it so far. I …
: Finished reading: Petrograd by Philip Gelatt 📚
: Not sure I buy the “dominos falling” theory, but interesting/sad that Firefox might be …
: As of yesterday, Doom is 30 years old
: It’s interesting that Newsblur, Pinboard.in, and micro.blog all make bookmark archiving part …
: I was a happy Newsblur user for a number of years, but decided to give it a break for while, trying …
: My favorite bit in the new Aesop Rock album might be where he spends a bar explaining the previous …
: twenty thousand milliseconds I’ve submitted twenty thousand milliseconds to the 20 Second Game Jam. I’m not even …
: Bonus complaint: mastodon polls don’t translate over, they just disappear– compare this …
: A month on micro About a month ago, I migrated my mastodon account over to this blog (via micro.blog’s built-in …
: What are your favorite websites that aren’t around anymore?
: I’m not sure we’ll watch Merry Little Batman, but it brings me some joy to see Jingle …
: Decker I’ve likened Godot to Hypercard before– they aren’t directly comparable, but my …
: Currently reading: Petrograd by Philip Gelatt 📚
: My excellent co-worker Adam created this online tuner for community radio stations: www.ldial.org …
: Troubleshooting before coffee I spent at least 30 minutes trying to figure out why the score in my game wasn’t updating past …
: This is a good bundle of security books. I can vouch for Threats and Security Culture Playbook being …
: Currently reading: How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk by Douglas W. Hubbard 📚 Two …
: Currently reading: Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom 📚
: I need to study this some more, but there are some good ideas in this cATO playbook, and the …
: Considering learning C#. I don’t even know who I am anymore.
: Deadly Class Finished reading: Deadly Class Vol 12: A Fond Farewell, Part Two by Rick Remender 📚 Some of the …
: Long after I’m dead, there will still be articles using this picture I took in 2004 …
: Personal SEO I’ve been spending some time trying to clean up search results for my name (yeah, kind of …
: Back to making One week turned into three weeks, but I feel like I’ve worked that particular digital …
: Bowling with bumpers is underrated. It’s a little more like billiards.
: DragonRuby, which usually costs $48, is free right now, as part of the 20 Second Game Jam
: 13 years ago we were at the Rally to Restore Sanity. Have we restored the sanity yet?
: I let myself get sucked into Marvel Snap this week, so spent more free time playing games instead …
: Currently reading: Deadly Class Vol. 5: Carousel by Rick Remender 📚 The first four volumes were a …
: On the same day I learn about this gallery of Internet Artifacts, I also come across this bit about …
: As part of Space Day the kiddo and I got to check out the observatory at George Mason University. 📷 …
: Probably my last post about Ludum Dare 54 maybe The results are in, and… it’s nothing to brag about. I do like that innovation is my …
: I took the plunge– this is now my “home” on the fediverse. I think micro.blog has …
: The post-jam, cleaned up version of Don’t Get Crushed is now on itch.io …
: Got a flier in the mail from Chris Decarlo for Sherrif, which reminds me of his history of rapping …
: I’m not lazy, I’m just protecting the ecosystem www.nytimes.com/2023/10/1…
: Currently listening: Story by Robert McKee 📚
: Finished Listening: Think Like a Game Designer by Justin Gary 📚
: I’ve never really worn sunglasses, and now I’ve got my first prescription pair. …
: Even a “bad” Futurama episode is usually pretty good– but the worst are the ones …
: Currently listening: Think Like a Game Designer by Justin Gary 📚
: Currently reading: Deadly Class - Regan Youth Media Tie-In by Rick Remender 📚
: Don't Get Crushed updates 🎮 Here is some weekend progress on Don’t Get Crushed (post-jam version, to be released after the …
: Jumping Game progress 🎮 Not much visible progress since I lasted posted this game, but I have implemented both the spring …
: I temporarily experimented with importing my Mastodon followers to micro.blog. Sorry about the …
: From a recent trip to the new LEGO Discovery Center in Springfield, VA 📷
: After a couple of days on wordpress.com, I decided it wasn’t for me. So, after a journey in …
: Morning progress 🎮 So far, I've addressed a few items from the feedback list: There is now a visible score Players can …
: Ludum Dare 54: Don't Get Crushed Don't Get Crushed was my submission to Ludum Dare 54, my second-ever attempt to enter a game jam. …
: Oh no, not again It's 2023 and I'm starting a blog. Again. Why? I'll write more later, but in the past I've enjoyed …