JHax
@jhax.bsky.social
Indie Game Dev (sort of) | Mathematician (by training) | Software Developer (so I can get myself treats) | he/him | https://jhax.itch.io
More PC upgrades! I've been running for a week on this now and seems stable enough (touch wood!) having swapped from my old NVidia GeForce 1060
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
More PC upgrades! I've been running for a week on this now and seems stable enough (touch wood!) having swapped from my old NVidia GeForce 1060
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I feel a piece of my soul would be healed if I owned this mug.
May 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I feel a piece of my soul would be healed if I owned this mug.
Bashing together a few bits on Spinny Wizard Game ahead of the Playtest Party table at Impact in #Bristol
Every time I see people playing it, this not happening comes up and I'm always like "ahh I need to sort that!"
Every time I see people playing it, this not happening comes up and I'm always like "ahh I need to sort that!"
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Bashing together a few bits on Spinny Wizard Game ahead of the Playtest Party table at Impact in #Bristol
Every time I see people playing it, this not happening comes up and I'm always like "ahh I need to sort that!"
Every time I see people playing it, this not happening comes up and I'm always like "ahh I need to sort that!"
Took a break from opening up my PC and tinkering with its innards yesterday to open up my coffee grinder and tinker with its innards! Looks like a much more consistent grind - hopefully it'll stop jamming so much as well!
May 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Took a break from opening up my PC and tinkering with its innards yesterday to open up my coffee grinder and tinker with its innards! Looks like a much more consistent grind - hopefully it'll stop jamming so much as well!
Lamenting Steam's lack of a "sort wishlist by system requirements" so I can put my upgrades through their paces
May 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Lamenting Steam's lack of a "sort wishlist by system requirements" so I can put my upgrades through their paces
PC upgrade part 2, phase 3- everything was turning on at least! Couldn't find the BIOS upgrade I'd got for my motherboard. Hadn't realised I needed to unzip the download (rookie move!) Raspberry Pi came to the rescue - finally got booted into Windows 11! Almost done, graphics card on the way!
May 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
PC upgrade part 2, phase 3- everything was turning on at least! Couldn't find the BIOS upgrade I'd got for my motherboard. Hadn't realised I needed to unzip the download (rookie move!) Raspberry Pi came to the rescue - finally got booted into Windows 11! Almost done, graphics card on the way!
PC upgrade part 2, phase 2 - got the new bits into the case and plugged in. Disaster struck - didn't get any video signal on my monitor! Took a step back, slept on it, nicked the system speaker off my old motherboard the morning after to troubleshoot and found I'd just seated the RAM badly (phew!)
May 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
PC upgrade part 2, phase 2 - got the new bits into the case and plugged in. Disaster struck - didn't get any video signal on my monitor! Took a step back, slept on it, nicked the system speaker off my old motherboard the morning after to troubleshoot and found I'd just seated the RAM badly (phew!)
Phase 2 of my PC upgrade complete (somewhat pending seeing how it goes under normal use)
New motherboard, CPU and SSD are in, now on Windows 11 as well (less sure about it but don't have a huge amount of choice on that!) Was very nervous about the MoBo / CPU / cooler setup!
New motherboard, CPU and SSD are in, now on Windows 11 as well (less sure about it but don't have a huge amount of choice on that!) Was very nervous about the MoBo / CPU / cooler setup!
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Phase 2 of my PC upgrade complete (somewhat pending seeing how it goes under normal use)
New motherboard, CPU and SSD are in, now on Windows 11 as well (less sure about it but don't have a huge amount of choice on that!) Was very nervous about the MoBo / CPU / cooler setup!
New motherboard, CPU and SSD are in, now on Windows 11 as well (less sure about it but don't have a huge amount of choice on that!) Was very nervous about the MoBo / CPU / cooler setup!
Followed through on some of my post jam plans for Deep Space Delivery Office!
v1.1.0 is live here:
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
With:
-Better controls for transferring cargo
-A more relaxed mode
-More info on high scores
-A couple of bug fixes for Tankers & Shuttles
-Downloadable Windows version
v1.1.0 is live here:
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
With:
-Better controls for transferring cargo
-A more relaxed mode
-More info on high scores
-A couple of bug fixes for Tankers & Shuttles
-Downloadable Windows version
Deep Space Delivery Office by jhax
Play in your browser
jhax.itch.io
April 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Followed through on some of my post jam plans for Deep Space Delivery Office!
v1.1.0 is live here:
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
With:
-Better controls for transferring cargo
-A more relaxed mode
-More info on high scores
-A couple of bug fixes for Tankers & Shuttles
-Downloadable Windows version
v1.1.0 is live here:
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
With:
-Better controls for transferring cargo
-A more relaxed mode
-More info on high scores
-A couple of bug fixes for Tankers & Shuttles
-Downloadable Windows version
My slow picking back up of the guitar is going great, slowly destroying my fingers relearning a solo that ends with a bunch of double stops
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My slow picking back up of the guitar is going great, slowly destroying my fingers relearning a solo that ends with a bunch of double stops
Found a relic in my parents' loft, from the first gig I ever went to
April 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Found a relic in my parents' loft, from the first gig I ever went to
The big "oh wow my PC's too old for Windows 11, maybe this is the push I need to upgrade" process has begun in earnest today! Was going to upgrade to an SSD but I didn't check exactly how adaptable the M.2 to PCI adapter I got was
April 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The big "oh wow my PC's too old for Windows 11, maybe this is the push I need to upgrade" process has begun in earnest today! Was going to upgrade to an SSD but I didn't check exactly how adaptable the M.2 to PCI adapter I got was
Astonishingly, this isn't the game I made when the theme was Delivery, especially as I've been wanting to make a "run a post office" game for a while - here's my #LD57 entry, Deep Space Delivery Office
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
Deep Space Delivery Office by jhax
Play in your browser
jhax.itch.io
April 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Astonishingly, this isn't the game I made when the theme was Delivery, especially as I've been wanting to make a "run a post office" game for a while - here's my #LD57 entry, Deep Space Delivery Office
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
jhax.itch.io/deep-space-d...
Finally started actually getting things rolling on upgrading my PC before Windows 10 support drops! First new bits have arrived and I've just gotten back into Mini Metro, so that'll be a nice way to put the graphics card through its paces when I get to that stage
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Finally started actually getting things rolling on upgrading my PC before Windows 10 support drops! First new bits have arrived and I've just gotten back into Mini Metro, so that'll be a nice way to put the graphics card through its paces when I get to that stage
Finished my first half marathon at the Bath Half yesterday! Prepared to feel worn out all week XD
March 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Finished my first half marathon at the Bath Half yesterday! Prepared to feel worn out all week XD
I've added another one of my early attempts at GameDev to itch - jhax.itch.io/blip-shepherd-directors-cut
It's an attempt at playing around with a herding mechanic based on Conway's Game of Life, I'm pretty happy with how it's held up! #IndieGame
It's an attempt at playing around with a herding mechanic based on Conway's Game of Life, I'm pretty happy with how it's held up! #IndieGame
Blip Shepherd: Director's Cut by jhax
Play in your browser
jhax.itch.io
January 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I've added another one of my early attempts at GameDev to itch - jhax.itch.io/blip-shepherd-directors-cut
It's an attempt at playing around with a herding mechanic based on Conway's Game of Life, I'm pretty happy with how it's held up! #IndieGame
It's an attempt at playing around with a herding mechanic based on Conway's Game of Life, I'm pretty happy with how it's held up! #IndieGame
Spending my GameDev day this week on a bit of preservation work! Not much in the grand scheme of things, but even my clumsier early attempts at games are important to me - so in that light I've just added Rotoshift (my first non text based game) to itch!
jhax.itch.io/rotoshift
jhax.itch.io/rotoshift
Rotoshift by jhax
Play in your browser
jhax.itch.io
December 2, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Spending my GameDev day this week on a bit of preservation work! Not much in the grand scheme of things, but even my clumsier early attempts at games are important to me - so in that light I've just added Rotoshift (my first non text based game) to itch!
jhax.itch.io/rotoshift
jhax.itch.io/rotoshift
My "listen to something at work" has jumped from podcasts to Within Temptation, Ancient Bards, Epica
Must be winter
Must be winter
November 12, 2024 at 4:02 PM
My "listen to something at work" has jumped from podcasts to Within Temptation, Ancient Bards, Epica
Must be winter
Must be winter
Latest iteration on Spinny Wizard Game tutorial stuff - the checkboxes seem like a weirdly "it's becoming a real game now" thing to me XD
#IndieGame
#IndieGame
November 11, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Latest iteration on Spinny Wizard Game tutorial stuff - the checkboxes seem like a weirdly "it's becoming a real game now" thing to me XD
#IndieGame
#IndieGame
Really pushed myself on my run today and it really felt great to be moving! Now I'm resting afterwards it does feel a bit like I was maybe stealing energy from me in the future though 😅
November 6, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Really pushed myself on my run today and it really felt great to be moving! Now I'm resting afterwards it does feel a bit like I was maybe stealing energy from me in the future though 😅
November 4, 2024 at 8:47 PM