I tried using ChatGPT to edit a Pokemon Gold save file. The results were pretty unexpected:
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I tried using ChatGPT to edit a Pokemon Gold save file. The results were pretty unexpected:
jvarness.blog/nerdery/poke...
Sad to hear this: I haven’t used Notepad++ in years, but I remember a time when this was a staple in my toolbelt.
Screen capture from ChatGPT output stating that the pokemon generated had no moves and 0 EVs/IVs.
I wasn't expecting it to generate pokemon with blank movesets and the worst stats possible the first time I asked 😀
#ChatGPTEggLocke
Interesting little experiment tonight:
I asked ChatGPT to edit a Pokemon save file so that I could do an egglocke in Pokemon Gold.
Using Agent Mode and a set of parameters (no legendaries, first-stage only, etc.), it filled two boxes with random pokemon eggs.
#ChatGPTEggLocke
Some thoughts on agentic coding in 2026 and how it’s continued to shape my career: jvarness.blog/software-eng...
harse
I didn’t read that right before I posted it lol. Oops.
A new Windows 11 laptop that won’t break in a year: $1000
Reviving “old” tech with open source software: priceless
There are some laptops Windows 11 refuses to run on. For everything else, there’s #Linux Mint
I like this! Reminds me of Final Fantasy 1!
That 17 tho
it hurts to know that this will still kick my ass at chess
Excited to see what Apple has planned for the new iPhone lineup: my 14 Pro is worse for wear.
Trying to decide if I should petition King Macar to be errata’d to create Treasure tokens, or if Treasure tokens should be errata’d to Gold tokens…
Anyone on here enjoy using Windsurf or Cursor enough to pay for it out of pocket? What was your experience going from free to paid?
You too! 😁
I’ve got the opposite problem: good programmer but just started drawing 🤣
That’s some really slick animations! Did you create all the art yourself?
Lol the function name 🤣
The web developer in me is screaming at myself too saying "bro you gotta make this responsive, it's not responsive".
I'm certain there is a way to scale the camera zooming, controls, and other stuff relative to the viewport, I just haven't gotten that deep into it yet.
Next thing I think will be saving high scores and stuff like that? There's also some stuff in this book too about adding multiplayer, but I'm not likely going to get too deep into that.
Tonight's episode of the #Godot Files shows our fearless barbarian hero fighting back for once!
The assets included with the book made the missiles look so tiny at first. The editor makes scaling things much easier though, and I think it looks pretty good.
Game over screen is working too!
#Godot has a great debugger too: I didn't realize that I had screwed up my script for the GAME OVER screen, and although I had my signals for the RETRY and MENU buttons setup, they weren't triggering.
I think the script got dereferenced from the root node when I rearranged the nodes on the scene...
Tonight on the Godot files:
No fighting back against zombies yet, but I learned how to get a little game over screen going, so it's almost like it's a full game now.
Onto fighting back 💪
Started using Github Copilot for the first time today: I noticed I was able to do less context-switching between my browser and my editor, but I need to get better at prompts. So far it’s been fun using it.
I just started learning how to make games in Godot and I decided I was just gonna share as I go
What’re you gonna make with Java?
I was gonna say spikes but you said no spikes…
Maybe boulders? Fires? Mammoths? Trees?
In tonight's edition of the #godot files, I now have things chasing me and trying to kill me.
And they're succeeding.
Not to worry, I'm learning how to kill them back soon. Once I'm done making this game from this book, I'm really going to want to start on something homemade.
It's been really great learning #godot and trying to create something that maybe resembles a game! Cannot wait to continue learning. Who knows, maybe one day I'll make something substantial
I'm terrible with CSS, but I discovered today the power of `min`, `max` and `clamp`!
I needed the width of a control to be either 500px OR 100vw in width, whichever was _smaller_. I thought I was going to need a media query, but using `min` saved me from having to create a stylesheet!
