Alan Hazelden @draknek@cybre.space

#intro I'm Alan and I make thinky puzzle games.
Sokobond: http://sokobond.com/
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build: http://agoodsnowman.com/
Cosmic Express: https://cosmicexpressgame.com/
More: http://draknek.org/
I'm working on a new game and sometimes I'll post screenshots of the evolving world map here.

It does not in any way respect your time, but at the same time I can't help but respect it.

Regarding last boost: I have really fond memories of playing Enigma ~15 years ago. What a variety of levels! https://obscuritory.com/puzzle/enigma/

Is "nuanced on alt" the equivalent sin to "horny on main"?

Map of the Lilypad Isles (http://www.draknek.org/games/puzzlescript/skipping-stones.php)

What's the best way to get a bash shell on Windows? I'm trying Windows Subsystem for Linux but it has some annoyances. Before I was using babun, but that was also not perfect.

Spent today playing Obra Dinn. Neat, but anticlimactic ending - I think you won't be missing much if you just stop at whatever point the deductions feel like too much work.

Advice needed: what are some things I might forget to back up/copy to my new computer before I wipe and recycle my old laptop?

This laptop has really bad text ghosting when scrolling - seems like the display isn't great. Not sure if this is something I'll get used to or not.

What's a good laptop with a good balance of specs/price/size? I haven't bought a new computer in a very long time but I definitely need to soon, this one is dying in at least four different ways.

Blergh, my laptop has decided it doesn't have a wifi card 🙃🙃🙃

Anecdote, make of this what you will:

I released an update that removed native Linux support so that people could use Steam Play instead: people replying within hours.

I released an update that crashed and showed an error message on Mac: no one told me for a week.

Unity uses a LOT of disk transfer and freezes up for 1-20 minutes whenever I leave play mode, or try to close Unity. This is on an SSD. Any ideas for what might be causing this?

I'm on the excellent podcast The Dialog Box, talking about nomad game dev life, puzzle games, Steam, itch.io, probably more I wasn't paying attention at the time https://soundcloud.com/user-439235764/ep-70

What I played/watched in November: https://www.patreon.com/posts/23088836 (for Patreon backers)

Announcement: Sokobond and A Good Snowman have been updated with new soundtracks. Thanks to the new musicians for doing a great job.
Sokobond now has a lovely ambient soundtrack from Allison Walker: https://allisonwalker.bandcamp.com/album/sokobond
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build now has a beautiful score from @ghoulnoise: https://ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/album/a-good-snowman-is-hard-to-build-2018