the time has come to draw proper player character portraits.. some need more polish than others, but it feels great to add them to the game. the ui feels complete with them in there. they feel right
October 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
the time has come to draw proper player character portraits.. some need more polish than others, but it feels great to add them to the game. the ui feels complete with them in there. they feel right
more enemies for the drpg
September 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
more enemies for the drpg
i've been using mac os 9 in emulator SheepShaver to run some old software and i really like it. it feels like the final iteration of an old style of computing and it has so much charm
July 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
i've been using mac os 9 in emulator SheepShaver to run some old software and i really like it. it feels like the final iteration of an old style of computing and it has so much charm
been up to no good the past few days.. some stg
July 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
been up to no good the past few days.. some stg
i made this enemy sprite today. I’m posting him for posterity because he may not be Allowed in the final game
June 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
i made this enemy sprite today. I’m posting him for posterity because he may not be Allowed in the final game
i participated in a game jam with the theme 'one last piece'
playable in browser here: bearcabin.itch.io/puzzle-plus
jam page: itch.io/jam/goblin-b...
playable in browser here: bearcabin.itch.io/puzzle-plus
jam page: itch.io/jam/goblin-b...
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
i participated in a game jam with the theme 'one last piece'
playable in browser here: bearcabin.itch.io/puzzle-plus
jam page: itch.io/jam/goblin-b...
playable in browser here: bearcabin.itch.io/puzzle-plus
jam page: itch.io/jam/goblin-b...
working on enemy designs
May 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
working on enemy designs
trying to capture an old pc feel with the animation for appearing windows: draw a 'blank' space, draw blue bg, draw frame, draw content.
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
trying to capture an old pc feel with the animation for appearing windows: draw a 'blank' space, draw blue bg, draw frame, draw content.
ui shake + bg flash kaboom effect
April 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
ui shake + bg flash kaboom effect
spent some time today making an action log that behaves like ffxi's log, expanding and contracting up to a max number of lines
April 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
spent some time today making an action log that behaves like ffxi's log, expanding and contracting up to a max number of lines
felt compelled to make a box for the software the game's story hinges on
April 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
felt compelled to make a box for the software the game's story hinges on
saxophone jumpscare
April 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
saxophone jumpscare
i've thought hard about how to adapt the treasure chest to an office setting and settled on a cardboard box
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
i've thought hard about how to adapt the treasure chest to an office setting and settled on a cardboard box
had a bit of an epiphany re: my custom engine's map editor: it doesn't need to do things that are easily typed into a text file. the editor needs to draw tiles and visualize the map, but maybe it doesn't need a UI for events like buttons and chests when i can just type that out
March 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
had a bit of an epiphany re: my custom engine's map editor: it doesn't need to do things that are easily typed into a text file. the editor needs to draw tiles and visualize the map, but maybe it doesn't need a UI for events like buttons and chests when i can just type that out
i've been working on the lobby functionality recently: healing, shop, party management, all the stuff that happens in the town of a drpg. still rocking the placeholder npc and background while i implement all these systems
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
i've been working on the lobby functionality recently: healing, shop, party management, all the stuff that happens in the town of a drpg. still rocking the placeholder npc and background while i implement all these systems
acquaintance: ‘long time no see, how have you been?’
me:
me:
February 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
acquaintance: ‘long time no see, how have you been?’
me:
me:
myself and the family’s been sick as hell for a few days so ive been spending my miniscule amounts of free time playing wizardry gaiden: suffering of the queen
February 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
myself and the family’s been sick as hell for a few days so ive been spending my miniscule amounts of free time playing wizardry gaiden: suffering of the queen
map editor now saves and loads files
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
map editor now saves and loads files
custom engine update:
- os auto-detects game and apps to list in the boot menu
- smooth loading/quitting of applications
- applications can set what dropdowns appear in top bar of os
- map editor development has begun
- os auto-detects game and apps to list in the boot menu
- smooth loading/quitting of applications
- applications can set what dropdowns appear in top bar of os
- map editor development has begun
February 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
custom engine update:
- os auto-detects game and apps to list in the boot menu
- smooth loading/quitting of applications
- applications can set what dropdowns appear in top bar of os
- map editor development has begun
- os auto-detects game and apps to list in the boot menu
- smooth loading/quitting of applications
- applications can set what dropdowns appear in top bar of os
- map editor development has begun
working on the settings menu, i've separated UI from SFX volume because sometimes i would like to adjust those separately. i hope others find this setting useful
February 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
working on the settings menu, i've separated UI from SFX volume because sometimes i would like to adjust those separately. i hope others find this setting useful
testing the formation option of the main menu: reordering party members and placing them in front/back row
January 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
testing the formation option of the main menu: reordering party members and placing them in front/back row
I'm back on the main project, implementing main menu functionality. items, skills, status, equipment are done. time to tackle formation (party order and rows) and system (settings and saving)
January 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I'm back on the main project, implementing main menu functionality. items, skills, status, equipment are done. time to tackle formation (party order and rows) and system (settings and saving)
because this engine is just for me i can add unhinged things like artificial loading times for my dev tools
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
because this engine is just for me i can add unhinged things like artificial loading times for my dev tools
I've spent the past few days tinkering with love2d, exploring a concept for an engine that has 'hardware' limitations. this audio system has 6 channels and playing sfx mutes a channel of music while it's playing
January 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I've spent the past few days tinkering with love2d, exploring a concept for an engine that has 'hardware' limitations. this audio system has 6 channels and playing sfx mutes a channel of music while it's playing
being able to type math into godot's inspector like this is so handy. it constantly irks me when the software i use for my day job does not do this
January 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
being able to type math into godot's inspector like this is so handy. it constantly irks me when the software i use for my day job does not do this