Alex π½ ποΈ @mralex@cybre.space
Adventurer and maker. I tinker with code, art, and electronics.
https://nixiecraft.itch.io
https://mralex.org
https://www.patreon.com/mralex
Joined Apr 2017
Trust Edgar Allen Poe to not only write the first modern murder mystery; but to also write the most absurd conclusion to a murder mystery.
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue," available at your nearest distributor of public domain content.
Hopping on BART to go to a record store is looking more on the cards, however!
π π It's my birthday and I can stay home from work and hack on video games if I want to.
Or go on a motorcycle ride if this rain ever clears up, which is looking increasingly unlikely.
I probably don't need to write my own branching dialogue/quest system. But I probably will anyway.
On screen: Checkout page of various EK water-cooling parts.
This is undoubtedly expensive, and literally no good can come of it. 
Alex π½ ποΈ
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"i use linux as my operating system," i state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. he swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision.
"actually," he says with a grin, "linux is just the kernel. you use GNU+linux."
i don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "i use alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. it's linux, but it's not GNU+linux."
the smile quickly drops from the man's face. his body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth as he drop to the floor with a sickly thud. as he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!"
coolly, i reply "if windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" i interrupt his response with "and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. even if you were correct, you won't be for long."
with a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. he lies on the floor, cold and limp. i've womansplained him to death.
Unlit shader + shadows + ambient occlusion makes for a choice aesthetic.
Personally, family, and friendly that is. π
Merry Christmas, Cybres! It's been a pretty decent year. π¦π
Alas, I'm enjoying myself too much with making this Ludum Dare game that I want to just keep working on it to a nicer state of completion than 2 days of effort.
And that's just what I'll do.
After almost an entire day of working on it, my #ldjam game is starting to come together mechanically.
Sacrificial card game. You are the cards. Give up your stats to beat the monsters.
Also, hai. I haven't been around these parts in a while!
Travel and being busy at work has kept me away somewhat.
Thinking about a potentially interesting deckbuilding card game concept for #ldjam 43's theme of "Sacrifices Must Be Made"...
I'm pretty excited!
Ugh, the jet lag continues to be real.
The greeting message in this Italian high-speed train very thoughtfully translates "conductor" to "train manager."
Alex π½ ποΈ
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The sad truth is that working in tech is actually not very appealing at all. I'd rather just make games all the time, if that were even possible.
Current status: Aboard a TGV, hurtling toward Zurich at 300 kph.
Today's #gamedev timesink: Grass vs Unity.
Using the particle system is pretty neat, but I can't really control where the grass goes. I'm also kind of afraid of figuring out how to do a shader for it.
I'd love to see a graph over time of this week's "mega millions" lottery bets. At what point did it start escalating toward a billion dollars?
Adventurer and maker. I tinker with code, art, and electronics.
https://nixiecraft.itch.io
https://mralex.org
https://www.patreon.com/mralex
Joined Apr 2017
