Alex 💽 🏍️ @mralex@cybre.space

It happened! Explomancer 0.0.1, the first pre-alpha build, has escaped onto Itch.io for Windows, Linux, and MacOS!

https://nixiecraft.itch.io/explomancer

Pre-alpha series will be free until it's good enough to not be free.

#gamedev #indiedev #roguelike

Pittsburgh neon sunset.

#aesthetic

I'm about 33% through Dave Eggers' "The Circle", and it's so far some mighty silicon valley nightmare fuel. I'd call it cybre fiction, but it's not that far off of reality.

The staff ennui at this airport Chili's is palpable.

Success! I've finally made sense of Quaternions and Transforms, and implemented something resembling 6 degrees of freedom (with no inertial damping or drag, making it a bit rigid)

Difficult space shootery thing can now happen!

#gamedev #godotengine

Finally, I can now complain about how tricky the math to do 6-degrees-of-freedom space ships rotation is.

Spoiler: It's real tricky. Especially yaw. Yaw can fuck right off.

Ermergerd, the cybres are back!

Whoa, the new property panels in Godot are going to take a bit of getting used to.

When you're stuck in a rut, it can be good to change your perspective.

Relocated computer and a monitor upstairs to my other desk.

This feels nice.

I wonder what an app to help people who enjoy games deal with their ever increasing Steam shame pile would look like...

#gameing

With my confidence dully boosted, I've now applied to more companies.

The discussions I've had have actually helped me figure out what it is I want to do.

Also trying to come to terms with the fact places I have interviewed at probably aren't actually what I'm looking for. Which is hard when there's a really good chance I'll get an offer next week.

Had a surprisingly good interview experience today.

Whelp. I don't feel super confident about just occurred.

We'll see, I suppose.

Got a coding interview coming up, supposedly not a BS algorithms thing. Still completely, and unreasonably nervous.

I expect it to go OK, but still freaking out. 😬

I accidentally searched for some Python syntax today, and got sucked into Google's "foobar" recruiting text adventure thing (https://thehustle.co/the-secret-google-interview-that-landed-me-a-job).

So far 33% through level 3 out of 5.

It's all fun and games, until your wireless headphones run out of juice.

Tossing around a love letter to Wipeout, and Cannonball Run, and a little Jalopy.

Also aesthetic.

#gamedev

Step 1: Infinite driving engine with Wipeout aesthetic: done
Step 2: Content and game mechanics: uhhhh, who knows. Halp?