as my children couldn't tell me that pancake day is actually shrove tuesday, I hereby rename christmas as gift day

if god can be defeated with pancakes, im hoping we can defeat fascism with ice cream

every time I've had to spell jeapordy I've found myself in joelpardy

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Reading about the complex scoring system for a new roguelike I just heard about, ice skating

@accidentlyAnton hah if they check my social media account on arrival to America, I'll be deported immediately

@jon_dog one of the things that always upsets me is that once terms take hold they just become placeholders for nuance

AI used to be a good term but now it's been ruined

AI Slop was a nice idea but seeing it used day-in day-out feels like watching an AI at work

Catching intrusive thoughts like "should I add 'developing a game' to my bio"

Slippery slope because after that I'll be one of those ppl with ✈️ GDC and Wishlist Now as their account name

Hey I finally got around to finishing the brilliant Strange Jigsaws last night as I was too dead to work on The Game™️

If you liked 10 Small Mazes, you should really get on this - it's deeper and quite tricky. Wholesome feels.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/Strange_Jigsaws/

It does get me that some ai criticism is by people who are clearly using an AI, at that point it feels like rage grift

Think I need to respond to every image I see going forward with "AI much?"

VN screenshot. AI much?

Photo of crowds at a fascist gathering. AI much?

Whitehouse press release. AI much?

Dad sends dinner picture. AI much?

will ask an AI to write the bot for me

No game update posts recently doesn't mean there haven't been game updates. Progress is asymptotic - the closer I get to finishing, the slower the progress becomes. Because each bit I complete is now meant to be "done" not "ready for revision".

of course "done" is just code for "will revise again"

@ori going to take a look at this - the furthest i ever got was the third stage and that was like once in every ten attempts

(discovers Justice, plays NEVERENDER video)

well that's lovely, got those daft punk vibes
so let's try something else in their repertoire

(clicks on GENERATOR)

omg this video does not have the daft punk vibes 👀

(cinematic strings swell)

okay this slaps but seriously wtf am i watching

As critics' essays (in word or visual form) have occasionally been lauded as a works of art in themselves I was thinking about how a review is a derivative work, founded upon the source material, and is therefore considered fair use

@lritter the comment at the end of "learned helplessness" is exactly what scares me

just as far as I can tell the AI masterplan is to drain the world of hardware so we have no computing choice but to ask AI to do everything

Game Update: Growing concerns that newer additions have panache that make old, near complete sections look dull. So I m--

And there we are, yes, exactly two weeks since the last time, Bishop Brain cranks out another new idea. Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?

@vfig I'm worried that when I eventually post a new video, I'm going to shit my brains out in terror at the experience

Conclusion to my "let's bury the cool idea I had to help players" tale

Positive: I used this to fix a storytelling issue I'd had on my list for awhile but no remedy for - plus it has added another small mystery for players to unravel.

Negative: However, adding this new feature has added two extra weeks to development. High five to our good friend Scope Creep

Recap: I made something to help players then buried it so hard it became coal

wtf am I doing

This game will either be a miserable failure or a miserable success there be nay middle ground

Players will point at my own article on Animal Well and Blue Prince and shout fucking what is this dude
4/4

But this works so fucking sweet I can't just give that to the player as basic, it should be a reward. But for what? Where will I hide this sweet thing? I brainstormed for two days and eventually cracked open the game somewhere to insert it

now it's so well hidden 3/4 players might not find it
3/4