Mercury Wave
@mercurywave.bsky.social
I make games occasionally https://mercurywave.itch.io/ and sometimes other things https://github.com/mercurywave
New type of guy just dropped (sitting next to me on the plane): guy who is rewatching the Char*** Ki** memorial service for the music and is extremely into it
December 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
New type of guy just dropped (sitting next to me on the plane): guy who is rewatching the Char*** Ki** memorial service for the music and is extremely into it
This crossword clue is one hell of an unintentional horror premise
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This crossword clue is one hell of an unintentional horror premise
Oh joy! The Great Hunter has left me a gift! A blessed day!
Pictured: The Great Hunter
Pictured: The Great Hunter
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Oh joy! The Great Hunter has left me a gift! A blessed day!
Pictured: The Great Hunter
Pictured: The Great Hunter
Michael Shannon's Gunpla Closet Picks
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Michael Shannon's Gunpla Closet Picks
Slowly and begrudgingly becoming one of those homelab people
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Slowly and begrudgingly becoming one of those homelab people
If I had a nickel for every time my phone decided not to charge on the wireless charger the night before I travel, I’d have three nickels, which is a statistically unlikely number of nickels compared to the expected baseline
October 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If I had a nickel for every time my phone decided not to charge on the wireless charger the night before I travel, I’d have three nickels, which is a statistically unlikely number of nickels compared to the expected baseline
What? I finished a #LDJam game on time and didn't massively over scope? Will wonders never cease? ldjam.com/events/ludum...
October 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What? I finished a #LDJam game on time and didn't massively over scope? Will wonders never cease? ldjam.com/events/ludum...
Why do I always write my best code after 10pm on Sundays
February 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Why do I always write my best code after 10pm on Sundays
Windows 11 has an emoji picker. This MS keyboard has a button that opens it. Is this picker compatible with MS’s “new” Outlook? No. That has its own custom emoji picker under the right click menu. This worked with outlook before…🤦♂️
January 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Windows 11 has an emoji picker. This MS keyboard has a button that opens it. Is this picker compatible with MS’s “new” Outlook? No. That has its own custom emoji picker under the right click menu. This worked with outlook before…🤦♂️
Pathfinding with directionality and turning constraints is maybe a bit complicated. Also, how did it get to be 4am? Starting the new year off right, I guess. #gamedev
January 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Pathfinding with directionality and turning constraints is maybe a bit complicated. Also, how did it get to be 4am? Starting the new year off right, I guess. #gamedev
Really dislike these new tv ads trying to normalize cr*pto. -- "Don't worry, it's totally normal to send a relative money that way when they call you from a foreign country and need cash suddenly. This is definitely safe. And normal. This happens every day." F. That.
December 31, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Really dislike these new tv ads trying to normalize cr*pto. -- "Don't worry, it's totally normal to send a relative money that way when they call you from a foreign country and need cash suddenly. This is definitely safe. And normal. This happens every day." F. That.
The weird color thing I was seeing was actually Windows turning on an "enhanced" color mode somehow. It does a real nasty job with solid green. I eyeballed the difference here with sRBG mode to show how dramatic this looks. The one on the right is just unpleasant to look at.
December 21, 2024 at 7:29 PM
The weird color thing I was seeing was actually Windows turning on an "enhanced" color mode somehow. It does a real nasty job with solid green. I eyeballed the difference here with sRBG mode to show how dramatic this looks. The one on the right is just unpleasant to look at.
Updated Fourpenny Zoo. Some of the buildings were a bit of a player trap because they didn't do anything unless you also had a way to score cards. Giving them an alternative use makes them wordier but avoids the trap and actually opens up some fun new lines of play. mercurywave.itch.io/fourpenny-zoo
Fourpenny Zoo by Mercury Wave
A solitaire deckbuilding game of balancing animals, guests, and staff
mercurywave.itch.io
December 16, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Updated Fourpenny Zoo. Some of the buildings were a bit of a player trap because they didn't do anything unless you also had a way to score cards. Giving them an alternative use makes them wordier but avoids the trap and actually opens up some fun new lines of play. mercurywave.itch.io/fourpenny-zoo
I've been out of town and haven't opened my zoo game in a week. I opened it up and suddenly the shade of green I used for all the animal cards seems extremely obnoxious. It's impossible to ignore now - how did this never annoy me until now?
December 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I've been out of town and haven't opened my zoo game in a week. I opened it up and suddenly the shade of green I used for all the animal cards seems extremely obnoxious. It's impossible to ignore now - how did this never annoy me until now?
I got inspired last night and tried to revive an old, abandoned project and see if I could salvage it. I am blown away by how much sheer stuff I crammed into this project. I just kept adding features and polish.
December 7, 2024 at 6:48 AM
I got inspired last night and tried to revive an old, abandoned project and see if I could salvage it. I am blown away by how much sheer stuff I crammed into this project. I just kept adding features and polish.
Migrating an old project from Windows UAP to JustANormalExeThankYou and not enjoying the process. Yuck. A bad idea relegated to the dust bin of history.
December 6, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Migrating an old project from Windows UAP to JustANormalExeThankYou and not enjoying the process. Yuck. A bad idea relegated to the dust bin of history.
I’m so close to releasing my next web game. The tutorial is a bit rough, but I don’t have a better idea. Also don’t love the name. Could have more content. Rapidly approaching “whatever just ship it” territory, though.
December 4, 2024 at 6:02 AM
I’m so close to releasing my next web game. The tutorial is a bit rough, but I don’t have a better idea. Also don’t love the name. Could have more content. Rapidly approaching “whatever just ship it” territory, though.
Finished Veilguard. It stuck the landing. The outrage merchants are really grasping at straws. Combat is fun and has a good mechanical arc. It started off overwhelming and stressful, but by the end I felt ready to take on 2-3 gods. Lots of fun build choices, and a decently interesting skill system.
December 1, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Finished Veilguard. It stuck the landing. The outrage merchants are really grasping at straws. Combat is fun and has a good mechanical arc. It started off overwhelming and stressful, but by the end I felt ready to take on 2-3 gods. Lots of fun build choices, and a decently interesting skill system.