I didn’t announce it, but after the Ludum Dare I went immediately on vacation. Oh, I also quit 4 hours in after completing my prototype because I saw 5 posts by other users who were making the exact same game. I guess we all had about as much creativity as a wet rag when it […]
Category Archives: Real Life
Preparing for LD35
I’m in the process of preparing for the 35th Ludum Dare (LD). I haven’t attempted an LD since my 9th time at LD 29. Six Ludum Dares have passed since then. It’s also been 9 Ludum Dares since a complete game was made. Albeit, LD27 was more complex than any of my other games and […]
New graphics card
In preparation for GTA V, I’ve upgraded my graphics card to the AMD Radeon R9 290X. Only a few days away and I should be able to play it on its highest settings. It sits wonderfully in the system. Edit: Upped the memory clock from 1300 to 1500 (same as my last card) and stress […]
Archer uses real, botched, XML file
On a recent episode of the show Archer, I noticed while they were talking about shrink rays, that in the background, a botched XML file can be seen. To anyone familiar with how XML files are formatted, you should notice a few key things about it. 1) The characters \r (for carriage return or 0x0D) […]
Solve my problems sleep
This is just a short talk about sleeping. A bit over a year ago I realized that when I slept, that any problems I had, especially in my programs that I was having issues solving, would solve themselves by the time I woke up. If I didn’t understand something, I’d just sleep on it. When […]
Pictures from daily life
Morning breakfest: Maruchan Instant “Lunch” *cough*, Instant Coffee, and water Two months ago I was a passenger in a vehicle at night when I spotted this vehicle with the most awesome license plate ever (Aside from my brother’s license plate that has “AMD” in it. :D)