Dealing with issues does very suck. I got myself some mondo anxiety, I got the persistence of the nasty ankle, I got a firkin Bad Air Day going on...
I'm exhausted without even having started.
And I'm more inclined to call it a day early. It's been a terrible night and I'm looking down the barrel of a terrible day.
Fingers crossed things get better as time progresses.
Onwards to the offerings.
I had to sit out parkrun because my ankle is still playing up. I may not be on my feet next week but I can hope. Thanks to that, I got the idea of gaining a camp stool to hold my bad foot up in relative comfort.
It's working gangbusters, by the way.
That, and some tabletop gaming took up a lot of my day. I don't mind. My social battery got a top-up and I am grateful.
Other business included getting
Read more »I have five chapters to read for posterity, a couple of videos to edit - one for PeerTube, one for YouTube, and now that I've figured out how to keep my foot elevated... I also have Cursor to fight with.
I'll hold out for as long as I can, as my arrangement does things to my hip. Win some, lose some. I might have to sit out parkrun because ankle. Fun times.
...I'm going to catch it from my Physio because of
Read more »My search for instructional videos on my ankle brace was a wash. Fortunately, the interwebs had a clear picture of the thing being worn. Powers know the firkin packet didn't have anything like a clear picture.
(grumbling about the way things are and who sells confounding gear minus a single sheet of paper)
I was so impressed by the ease of improving Beta 1.01 that I got into trying to make the tutorial. Big mistake.
I spent all of my remaining
Read more »The good news is that all I have to do for the videos is edit the subtitles. It's a lighter load this time.
I tried to get Cursor to do things yesterday and all I got was the Cursor answer to the Spinny Wheel of Doom. Looks like I wasn't logged in to the website that makes it go. Grr. I'm still counting it as working on Pseuducku.
And I have a thing to write for the rant today. I don't know
Read more »I have things to share with the nice people funding a fraction of my lifestyle. I have video content to catch up on making.
I have a game to refine, including making sure that the popups stay within the game board space, minimising whitespace, and making certain the highlights are present. Then I push that as Beta 1.01 before wrestling with the tutorial nonsense.
I have an ankle brace that came without instructions, so I'm working out the best way to
Read more »I didn't get to doing art assets yesterday, so I'll be doing those today. As well as the usual output of offerings for the temple of notes.
I'll be running the prototype efforts past the fam first and update when that's both hunky and dory. There's two ideas to do it - one: lighter backing behind the bird, and two, a 'halo' around their outline. And do the problem ducks first, then do something with the numbers as well.
With very good
Read more »So. After the Archive finishes going through the stories, I am offski on a mission. Part 1 - getting my meds restocked. Part 2 - looking for a thing that Costco is aiming towards not stocking any more. If Costco still has it, I'm getting extra. If not... then screw them. I'm looking for alternate supplies on the interwebs.
Costco's giving me fewer and fewer reasons to keep coming back there.
Remember, businesses, enshittification is your enemy.
Further plans for Pseuducku include
Read more »Adorable introduced me to a cute little game called Dragoncraft which definitely gives off Kickstarter game vibes. It's complicated and has a lot of pieces and needs a lot of setup. That's what Kickstarter games look like.
It was fun all the same. I was figuring out how to game the game long about halfway through the play session we had. Chaos joined in just after we started and stayed still for the entire sesh, so win for board games... but not
Read more »Yesterday's diary doodle covers an amazing leap forward for me. I thoroughly anticipated spending another fortnight arguing about Stage 3.
But no.
I got the sounds working in two goes. I refined the details of Stage 3 in a couple of hours.
I'm as shocked as you are.
But I'm not launching Beta until I get feedback from my target audience.
Today, I'm working on the menu system, and getting the popups to stay within the bounds of the game board if
Read more »Today, after I'm done with the daily offerings, I will be investigating building an improved version of Pseuducku while the Alpha version remains untouched on the website.
Fingers crossed, I can do that. Work locally and only push a version when I'm satisfied with how it's working.
I won't hit Beta until I get to Stage 3 working.
My agenda:
Finally got Pseuducku up and onto a host. Now I'm testing to make sure it functions properly. If all continues to be well, there will be a link appearing in this site.
Unriddling little glitches continues to be an issue, I guess.
Today's PLNs include another rant, possibly about the unavoidability of AI.
I just got it working. You can see it here.
My next step is figuring out how to edit locally until I'm satisfied with the next version.
I
Read more »I may have been contacted by another scammer on Bluesky, but I'm recognising the pattern now.
Step 1: Alleged fellow author contacts me
Step 2: We talk shop for a bit
Step 3: They mention their amazing friend who's a marketing expert and will for sure help people notice my books
Step 4: They provide a contact detail for their amazing friend
Step 5: If pushed, they provide some proof of their prowess that might pass cursory inspection by someone who doesn't
The writer's group is meeting again and I'm waiting my turn to read mine. Then when that's done, I get on with commencing the video prep and the rest of my offerings.
Of course I already have a story for the Archive. I'm just Like That(tm).
Nothing too much going on beyond that. I think I shall attempt to do the cutscene art today. I have thought of ways to do some cheaty things and I shall see how that works
Read more »I'm now following through on the instructions Beloved gave me to make Pseuducku live.
It's taking a bit of a while.
So while that's going on, I'm writing. Of course. Working on the entry for this upcoming week in the writer's group contest. Then moving on to the daily tale, and so on.
Today's little victory - I have bread in the freezer! This means I may have bread to last the week. Huzzah. I'll still prepare like I expect Chaos to
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