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Arcade Retrospective: August

aka This Whole Site

Aug. 19, 2021 • a weepingman

At this point in my journey last year, it was clear that my method of sharing my work was subpar and detrimental to the work itself. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a GREAT site, but c...


Arcade Retrospective: July

aka GodotCraft

July 9, 2021 • a weepingman

I listened to so much of the Starcraft 1 Terran sound track that month... It didn't help me get to anything close to a completed game, but its kinda impressive I didn't get sick of th...


The little things about gamedev

aka I miss sound

June 18, 2021 • a weepingman

While nothing major to talk about at the moment (still a few weeks away from the month 3 retrospective), I just want to say I REALLY miss listening to random music and sound effects online look...


Arcade Retrospective: June

aka Boundless

June 10, 2021 • a weepingman

Boundless was such a jump up from Nuclear winter giraffe it is astounding. Not just from a gameplay perspective, but also from a design and coding perspective. ALOT of reused code came from Bou...


Arcade Retrospective: May

aka Nuclear Winter: Giraffe

May 16, 2021 • a weepingman

Already a year, and what a year its been in every aspect. I sit here right now with a pulverized kidney stone and gout on my right foot, and all that is just a drop in the ocean compared to wha...


Ludum Dare 48 Completed!

or We Jammin still, we-

April 28, 2021 • A weeping man

We did it! 72 intense hours later our second ever Gamejam project, 'Debts and Pandamonium' is complete! As always alot to say about the jam, process, and resulsts, but for now take a ...


Jam Eve and the end of the year of arcade

Or the start of the end

April 21, 2021 • A weeping man

Here we are at the even of the next gamejam! This time I'll be entering Ludum Dare and I couldn't be more hyped. The themes are voted on and there are alot of good ones in the runni...


Requisite not dead post

Or the difficulties of coding and life

March 27, 2021 • A weeping man

The goal was always to write here weekly at the minimum, but that was always overly optimistic. Two kids and a job an hobbies eat time fast. It sounds obvious but you always think you can juggl...


Financial Voodoo

Or how in the world do stonks work

Feb. 14, 2021 • A weeping man

Little to say here today. My January game project was a bit of a disappointment and overall I'm a bit disinterested in the Ionic framework these days. After the Gamestop fiasco that was ev...


New Year update

or 2021 vision

Jan. 6, 2021 • A weeping man

Holidays make things busy and thus its been a bit since the last update. There is also the little matter of my car being hit by a young driver and having to deal with that. Also on some levels ...