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The view from my window at 4 pm
December 12, 2024 at 3:09 PM
The view from my window at 4 pm
This year’s time between the last day in a hammock and the first day of snow: two months and two weeks 🥶
November 21, 2024 at 2:05 PM
This year’s time between the last day in a hammock and the first day of snow: two months and two weeks 🥶
Man, the developer's commentary they added to Half-Life 2 is a lot of fun. They're not just explaining, for example, how the graphics work - they show how they work by casually changing how the game is rendered. In real time!
![A screenshot from Half-Life 2, showing the game rendered only with normal maps. The captions from the developer commentary read: "[Gary McTaggart] Half-Life 2 was developed during an exciting time for graphics, as the first programmable shader-supported graphics cards were hitting the market. Using this technology, we became one of the first games to implement normal maps, a technique that enhanced the lighting on surface geometry. The normal map described the surface's roughness, allowing each pixel of a polygon to be lit in a way that made surfaces appear bumpier and more detailed than was ever possible in Half-Life 1."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vzhiqxnsenpg4wvds2l7wrpe/bafkreidqakltoophfrevloee73bxmn3pjg3kvnhtt7o3ooe5ulptnxifhe@jpeg)
November 17, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Man, the developer's commentary they added to Half-Life 2 is a lot of fun. They're not just explaining, for example, how the graphics work - they show how they work by casually changing how the game is rendered. In real time!
I do enjoy making pixel art, it's very zen to just noodle away at a piece one pixel at a time while watching a stream or w/e on the other monitor.
Here are a couple of old ones that I've made. Crossing my fingers that they don't become too blurry after uploading...
Here are a couple of old ones that I've made. Crossing my fingers that they don't become too blurry after uploading...
November 11, 2024 at 12:52 PM
I do enjoy making pixel art, it's very zen to just noodle away at a piece one pixel at a time while watching a stream or w/e on the other monitor.
Here are a couple of old ones that I've made. Crossing my fingers that they don't become too blurry after uploading...
Here are a couple of old ones that I've made. Crossing my fingers that they don't become too blurry after uploading...
This game is genuinely relaxing to me. Here's a screenshot of my proudest achievement:
November 6, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This game is genuinely relaxing to me. Here's a screenshot of my proudest achievement:
POV: you’re in a hammock
September 7, 2024 at 2:12 PM
POV: you’re in a hammock