Nora Reed says you should have a website
If you don’t want to learn to use technology, other people will use it for you, and they will use it to place you under their thumbs in a way that makes it as impossible to switch to something else as they can. Making a website is a great way to experiment with getting agency over your relationship with the internet, your phone, and computers.
I’ve submitted Pinball Putt to the 1-Button Game Jam. A mini-golf/pinball mashup where you need to earn enough points to pass a level, without running out of strokes. Most of the level designs and some of the art were made by my son, Benjamin.
OK, I’m pretty happy that the dethrace project exists so that I can play Carmageddon natively on linux.
My “chill mini golf game” for the 1-Button Jam is coming together– though I don’t think I’ll be done for the 5pm deadline tomorrow. Luckily, the organizer said late submissions aren’t a problem, so I’m going to spend a few more days on it.
I’ve migrated fediverse following/followers over to my profile on mastodon.gamedev.place. ross.karchner.com will now cross-post to that account.
I’ve decided I want the full-fat Mastodon experience again, for now at least.
Finished reading: The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf 📚
The Smithsonian has a model of the ship from Close Encounters of the 3rd kind. If you look closely you can find R2D2 and a couple of other Easter eggs.
Another year in your feed
I was on the fence a bit, but I allowed my yearly micro.blog subscription renew today.
There are a thousand ways to put a site or blog up online, but I like the apps, and how micro bridges to BlueSky and the fediverse. I also enjoy the bookshelf feature, which seems like a quirky one-off (I mean, why not movies, TV, and games?) – which somehow makes it more lovely.
Finished Listening: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 📚
Finished reading: Delights: a Story of Hieronymus Bosch by Guy Colwell 📚
I had a couple of ideas for the Github Game Off, but I’m kind of feeling more motivated to work on SpinDoc– though I think my plan this month is to focus on building a level editor.
But, hmm, the 20 Second Game Jam starts this week as well, and that was really fun last year. We’ll see.
Currently reading: Empire of Normality by Robert Chapman 📚
Not much obvious has changed since my last post about SpinDoc– I did rework a lot of how the wands work behind the scenes. I had been rotating the wand with code, but now it’s a RigidBody2d, with rotation being handled by the physics engine.
Finished reading: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 📚
Finished reading: Little Black Book by Jeff McComsey 📚
Finished reading: Medea by Blandine Le Callet 📚
Currently reading: Medea by Blandine Le Callet 📚