William B Hill
@wbhwrites.bsky.social
Freelance Writer - Sci-fi and general nerd noise. I guess I also make games? Sort of?
Currently developing “A Prayer for Reyfia”
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Contact: wbhwrites@proton.me
Currently developing “A Prayer for Reyfia”
https://wbhwords.wordpress.com/
https://wbhwrites.itch.io/
Contact: wbhwrites@proton.me
Did a temporary title screen for the game, just in an effort to mark a line off on he to-do list for the proto.
Still somewhat on track to having this thing playable for a small, select group of people by the end of the year. It's going far better than I expected it would when I started.
Still somewhat on track to having this thing playable for a small, select group of people by the end of the year. It's going far better than I expected it would when I started.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Did a temporary title screen for the game, just in an effort to mark a line off on he to-do list for the proto.
Still somewhat on track to having this thing playable for a small, select group of people by the end of the year. It's going far better than I expected it would when I started.
Still somewhat on track to having this thing playable for a small, select group of people by the end of the year. It's going far better than I expected it would when I started.
Feeling out the ymVST, which is designed to provide the sonic palette of the Yamaha YM2149, a variation of the AY-3-8910 found on the Apple II Mockinboard.
So far, I have made several extremely annoying sounds.
So far, I have made several extremely annoying sounds.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Feeling out the ymVST, which is designed to provide the sonic palette of the Yamaha YM2149, a variation of the AY-3-8910 found on the Apple II Mockinboard.
So far, I have made several extremely annoying sounds.
So far, I have made several extremely annoying sounds.
Back to work on the game.
I have added a healing spell. I have over twenty more spells to code. And resource costs to add for this one. But I have made it where you can heal without spending money now.
I have added a healing spell. I have over twenty more spells to code. And resource costs to add for this one. But I have made it where you can heal without spending money now.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Back to work on the game.
I have added a healing spell. I have over twenty more spells to code. And resource costs to add for this one. But I have made it where you can heal without spending money now.
I have added a healing spell. I have over twenty more spells to code. And resource costs to add for this one. But I have made it where you can heal without spending money now.
Having coffee with my family before work.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Having coffee with my family before work.
So. I guess I liked Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment quite a bit.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
So. I guess I liked Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment quite a bit.
No joke, I have wanted to see this film for years. I can think of no better way to experience it for the first time than in the theater.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
No joke, I have wanted to see this film for years. I can think of no better way to experience it for the first time than in the theater.
There's no way I'll be forgetting to change this into something that isn't awful!
That said, I am genuinely thrilled that I got this much done tonight and that it works. Remember, please, that I barely know what I'm doing, so every little victory still feels huge to me.
That said, I am genuinely thrilled that I got this much done tonight and that it works. Remember, please, that I barely know what I'm doing, so every little victory still feels huge to me.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
There's no way I'll be forgetting to change this into something that isn't awful!
That said, I am genuinely thrilled that I got this much done tonight and that it works. Remember, please, that I barely know what I'm doing, so every little victory still feels huge to me.
That said, I am genuinely thrilled that I got this much done tonight and that it works. Remember, please, that I barely know what I'm doing, so every little victory still feels huge to me.
Again, it's not hard to put a placeholder graphic in your game, Mr. AI Excuse CEO.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Again, it's not hard to put a placeholder graphic in your game, Mr. AI Excuse CEO.
I like this one more.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I like this one more.
Another hour of the good work before the job that pays begins.
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Another hour of the good work before the job that pays begins.
The placeholder excuse just rings odd to me. Admittedly, I’m a solo dev with next to no skill working at projects all by myself, but…a placeholder image in any of my projects took me twenty seconds to throw together, and is obvious that I will be redoing it.
Because it’s a placeholder.
Because it’s a placeholder.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The placeholder excuse just rings odd to me. Admittedly, I’m a solo dev with next to no skill working at projects all by myself, but…a placeholder image in any of my projects took me twenty seconds to throw together, and is obvious that I will be redoing it.
Because it’s a placeholder.
Because it’s a placeholder.
It’s been too long.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s been too long.
Hmmmm. Do tell, mass produced piece of paper inside of a terrible cookie. Do tell.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Hmmmm. Do tell, mass produced piece of paper inside of a terrible cookie. Do tell.
You can play my game and meet lots of little pixel art people suffering in mining colony, dying in their beds at the company dorm, and trying to survive off of tainted water in my grim little game about why billionaires are awful, no AI needed!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
You can play my game and meet lots of little pixel art people suffering in mining colony, dying in their beds at the company dorm, and trying to survive off of tainted water in my grim little game about why billionaires are awful, no AI needed!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Helping my daughter build an entry grade gunpla kit, something she was asking for every time I did one of mine.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Helping my daughter build an entry grade gunpla kit, something she was asking for every time I did one of mine.
Art, drawing specifically, is not my strong suit, so I'm leaning in on what I can do and trying to make something out of what's in my range as an artist. It matches the era of game I'm inspired by too.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Art, drawing specifically, is not my strong suit, so I'm leaning in on what I can do and trying to make something out of what's in my range as an artist. It matches the era of game I'm inspired by too.
I assumed it was from the Budokan show from Petrucci’s hair, but I’ve only seen that one once. Never got a copy of that DVD.
As for my familiarity with SFAM, I spend too much time in this book.
As for my familiarity with SFAM, I spend too much time in this book.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I assumed it was from the Budokan show from Petrucci’s hair, but I’ve only seen that one once. Never got a copy of that DVD.
As for my familiarity with SFAM, I spend too much time in this book.
As for my familiarity with SFAM, I spend too much time in this book.
If you see this, quote with a female anime character you love.
Cheers to the Babbages dvd bin where I found the first volume of Haibane Renmei twenty years ago. Five bucks for anime in 2006 was a fucking steal.
Cheers to the Babbages dvd bin where I found the first volume of Haibane Renmei twenty years ago. Five bucks for anime in 2006 was a fucking steal.
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you see this, quote with a female anime character you love.
Cheers to the Babbages dvd bin where I found the first volume of Haibane Renmei twenty years ago. Five bucks for anime in 2006 was a fucking steal.
Cheers to the Babbages dvd bin where I found the first volume of Haibane Renmei twenty years ago. Five bucks for anime in 2006 was a fucking steal.
Printing costs work?
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Printing costs work?
I mean…okay…but today isn’t the day I’m going to party over.
Either way. Rot in hell, Dick.
Either way. Rot in hell, Dick.
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I mean…okay…but today isn’t the day I’m going to party over.
Either way. Rot in hell, Dick.
Either way. Rot in hell, Dick.
Good News: I have implemented tick mechanics, and they are working as well as I could expect. I even have enemies attacking the player now.
Bad News: Literally everything happening with the player HP value. Seriously, what the fuck, clamp function, are you even awake?
Bad News: Literally everything happening with the player HP value. Seriously, what the fuck, clamp function, are you even awake?
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Good News: I have implemented tick mechanics, and they are working as well as I could expect. I even have enemies attacking the player now.
Bad News: Literally everything happening with the player HP value. Seriously, what the fuck, clamp function, are you even awake?
Bad News: Literally everything happening with the player HP value. Seriously, what the fuck, clamp function, are you even awake?
And finished. Also, I have no idea how to set the more complicated poses. I tried.
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
And finished. Also, I have no idea how to set the more complicated poses. I tried.
Baaaack on my bullshit!
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Baaaack on my bullshit!
