Today's the day that Chaos leaves for a grand adventure in the wilderness. She's been on one before and wanted to be on this one.
I get her back on Friday afternoon.
She's already dressed and ready for her adventures. Eager to get out there and enjoy the scenery.
I... am trying to be calm about it all. Again.
Today's focus will be on my usual content runs and attempting progress on my projects. Learning how to do a thing, perhaps.
But for now I write a story.
They say that if something can go wrong, it WILL go wrong. And today was one of those days. They were making camp, and it began to rain heavily. So they go to a cave, and it ends up almost flooding. They head for high ground, but then the lightning starts up. They find an abandoned cabin, and it's full of bugs and there's no firewood...argh, what next?? -- Anon Guest
There had been skittering and scuttling as Hafl entered the
Read more »Today's itinerary involves going to the outer reaches of Dijabringabeeralong for some unspecified shenanigans and probably shopping.
This means my highly-distractible arse has to focus on at least writing today's Instant. If I can get in the TAZ ficlet, I shall count myself lucky.
Onwards I go, contemplating the mystery of getting a full nights' sleep but still being brain-tired.
Read more »“I hate you.”
“You just saved my life! Plus, we both know you adore me.”
“Well, finding someone else to hate is too much work.”
“And risking your own life to save me wasn’t?”
“See? This is why I hate you. Nitpicking, and ungrateful.” -- Spotted
Everyone has heard of the Fisher King. Very few have heard of the Adventurer King, the one who decided to help his Kingdom by personally fighting the problems that plagued it. Unfortunately for Sir Dravyn,
Read more »We're travelling this weekend, and all my faithful readers here will know that I do not travel well. It's a long way to Bundaberg, and we will be staying overnight.
So therefore, I will be a wreck by Monday.
If I'm driving, we will be listening to MBMBAM, pronounced, M' bimbam. And short for My Brother, My Brother, and Me another brilliantly hilarious podcast by the Brothers McElroy. They take daft questions from the interwebs and turn them into ridiculous answers. It's
Read more »We have PLNs to go get a few things, so that means that we'll probably be out all day. Because we follow the Leyland's Tour philosophy of getting a few things.
It starts with a light cover for our bedroom ceiling, and a bin for Chaos as well as Beloved. Then we'll think of a few more things while we're out. Maybe get lunch. Maybe see a movie. Maybe pick up some vinyl...
And before we know it it's after dark and
Read more »[Name]'s job description is less Indiana Jones and more "disarming multi-millennia old nuclear weapons without an instruction manual". - of an action archaeologist in a fantasy realm -- RecklessPrudence
Elbi was classed as a Rogue. Technically. It was her job to detect and disarm millenia-old deathtraps so that the rest of her team could safely document and investigate archaeological curiosities. And what never ceased to amaze was the fact that, despite eons of neglect, every single one of these traps was
Read more »Yesterday was quite a bit more adventure than I was prepared to deal with. I was following the busses to Brisbane to visit the Kelvin Grove campus of QUT so I could keep an eye out on Miss Chaos whilst she had a fun day of learning.
Which would have been fine except I misplaced the busses at the very last turn and got the first parking space I could achieve.
As I predicted, I got frelling lost. I got absolutely, hopelessly,
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Read more »“Ah,” he said. And, “Hm.” Shuffle shuffle shuffle. “Camouflaged base camp. Camouflaged hide. Camouflaged clothing?”
“All the better to avoid any predators, should they be present,” she sang.
“Mrrmmph…” shuffle shuffle. “Hu'lu'a is sending most of this nonsense anyway. For science,” pronounced, something hated I must tolerate for the greater good. “We will deploy the basics and send clean food by drone. You will record
I wrapped up the adventure map. I put the final punctuation mark in the last in-game text file.
I’ve written the teacher’s supplements.
I’ve transformed the map from Creative to Survival.
I’ve included the map, the texts, the supplements, the specialised texture pack and some bits of trivia, and put it all into a 43MB package on a stick drive that is currently residing with my house keys.
Tomorrow, I deliver the whole benighted
Read more »A few highlights from my completed rooms.
I will share new rooms as they happen.
I had to do an ice-based jumping puzzle because they’re almost obligatory in Minecraft adventure maps.
…of course, if the player melts or breaks the ice, the whole set-up is ruined… And monsters float.
This room's about making bridges
World holes do happen in single player
The bonus room in the chamber of doors.
One Mayhem insisted on...
...turn on the lights, monsters
Read more »Progress at last!
After one computer broke down, got replaced with another [Best. Easter present. EVAR!], had the data transferred, re-set up Minecraft, had that holiday in Thailand, and figured out how to install an old save… I’m back in business.
Hu-freakin’-zah.
I know, last time I posted about this, I swore I’d never talk about the sewer level again, but whilst I was making the area level, some mob tripped the circuitry off and
Read more »Last of the sewer level pix, I swear.
The finishing touch on the third floor is an array of randomly flickering lights in the ceiling.
Three concentric redstone repeater circles make a random signal generator. The rest of it is to take the signal to the lights.
When I finally moved on to build the next chamber, an asshat mob went and stepped on the triggering pressure plate, and damn near killed my computer. I’ve stopped all the circuitry, but
Read more »I’m taking my time with the sewer level.
It’s almost a month later, and I’m still working on this thing. As I write this [24 Mar] I am STILL stuffing dispensers with brownish objects and occasional representative junk.
And by “representative junk”, I mean: leather for dead animals, raw fish for fish, empty bottles, string, lilly pads, grass, iron fences, gravel, slime balls and pieces of paper. Because it’s not just poo
Read more »More progress pix on my adventure map.
Slowly making my way back to the part where I was starting to desperately need math from Mayhem’s teacher. I haven’t taken any of these pix recently, ‘cause I’m still working on the sewer level a week later 9_9
It’s really complicated to make a sewer level! I’m still working out where to put all the dispensers and whether I should make another
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