Have you ever been on a date and suddenly you choke on your own spit and you're fighting for your life not to cough and you have to gesture silently "no, I'm totally fine!" while tears are welling up in your eyes?
That's what vocal cord surgery recovery is like.
2 more weeks.
so... Vocal Feminization Surgery.
I just had it! I am tired and sore and can't talk or cough, but dang I am happy and hopeful!
For reasons I have not been able to figure out, very occasionally, 100 grapes will appear in my inventory. :|
Idle Game Updates:
🌟 New Upgrades are in! You can increase number of residents and multiply the number of crops grown.
🗺️ Quest System is fleshes out and lots of guidance for the player.
I also updated things to feel a bit less grid-like.
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Tonight I hung out with someone who has worked with ultra famous a-listers and she asked me from who I wanted to know about.
All I could think of was Dropout/Smosh cast. Devastated she's never worked with Vic Michaelis, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Damien Haas, Courtney Miller. 😕
Idle Game Update:
You gotta harvest and collect crops before automating with citizens. Also auto-cam movement and juice!
I'm also leaning away from tension by punishment (pests, food waste) and tension more by high costs and high numbers.
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Cat boy
Cat girl
Good boy
I love pet sitting. ❤️🐱🐶
I am in amazing company. <3
But of course!
My options:
Login or Punch
Rabbit Update:
Added a bunny that will come eat your veggies, as well as an ability in the tech tree that allows you to ward against it. Also, potatoes and cabbages!
Should the dog scare the bunny away?
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Pick, name, and pet your dog!
Update to the idle game:
Redid the UI, added resident menu, residential upkeep, quests, tooltips, sound effects, juice, and most importantly...
A dog. Yes, you will be able to pet the dog.
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Update to the idle game:
Added music, abilities with cooldowns, a market, tech trees, upgrades, and a fast forward feature. Phew!
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Update to the idle game: Updated it to be a bit cozier with flowers and less harsh clouds. Added a production chain. I really need to rework the 'hover to grow' mechanic.
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As a series (IMO) it's only really been successful when leaning into it's destruction technology (floundering when it leans back from that in entry 2 and 4). Today, the story and shooting is pretty outdated but blowing stuff up still holds up.
I really wanna make a spiritual successor someday.
Job Phone Screen:
"We restructured the role since we last talked and we're looking for someone with a few years of Claude dot AI experience."
First off: ...a few Years? lol
Secondly, it's such a rug pull to only mention AI in the phone screen.
#gamedev #gamedevcareer
That's a solid idea too. Actually, I wanna make them more defined as well (I'm just using perlin atm)
Ohh good to know. More trees, flowers, cozy UI might help. Thank you!
Working on a pretty idle / incremental cozy indie game. Thoughts on the visual style?
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So what's weird is: I did pay them for one commission a year ago. They did a poor job, but they did deliver something.
They've been trying to have a return customer and I refuse.
You're probably right. Though one time I got this:
Thank you!
And weirdly, this is the 4th artist that has messaged me like this, like what the heck...
Them: There will be a time for this, too. If you don't mind, could we move forward with the commission? I also promise that this time you'll receive the work on time. Marissa I'm done with commissions. Nothing to do with you, but I'd like to end the business relationship. I'm happy to stay friends, but I can't really comission anything else. Them: Okay, , I under understand your situation, and this will be the last commission. Please also understand my situation and be happy about it. Marissa I hope you get a commission! But yeah, sorry I can't help Them: You can just go for a small commission, like a half-body or a headshot, and I'll draw it for you at a reasonable price. Marissa I'm going to end this conversation for now. Thank you for your interest, but I don't appreciate you're not hearing no Them I'm listening to you, but I'm making one request to you: please make this the last commission. Then later: Hello?
I feel like this goes well beyond "hard sell".
Why is this so common? Does this actually work for anyone?
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UPDATE:
💼I had opportunity to leave my last job to...
🎮Start indie development full time!
🔴Considering streaming it all day, just for fun
If you have advice / warning / wanna wish me good luck, leave me a comment!
#gamedev #indiedev #streaming #lgbtq #sologamedev
I'm visiting my home state.
Me: Merry Christmas!
Cashier: I'm 'bout ready to shoot him in the face! Haha
Me: 😅😳
(I am fairly certain he was talking about Santa, but still...)
Afterwards, she said "I blame my mother!" but didn't go into it. It was weird.
My new friend I made in the TSA line got flagged for having a suitcase full of raw hotdogs. Happy holidays.
In the fight of my life with my ADHD trying to learn a new tech stack.
Tonight's dinner:
Dry mini wheats and glass of pinot.
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