Thoughts and Prayers

Here’s what I’ve been working on since the last post. World Generation I finally got the world generation up and running. I utilized an algorithm I had previously used from GitHub. This algorithm calculates moisture, heat, and elevation to determine the distribution of biomes. It’s not ground-breaking or anything. It just works. Biome Tables To … Continue reading “World Generation, Biomes, and Core Systems”

Here’s what I’ve been up to since last post. Worked more on the Body Part editor. Version 2 of the prototype is about finished, save for some cleanup and testing. I decided to do my best to make it clear what slots represented what by arranging them like a human body. I decided against having … Continue reading “Body Part Editor and Other Odds and Ends”

I spent a couple of weeks kicking around some ideas for my next project. After a lot of research and false starts, I ended up deciding that I should make use of the stuff I worked on since March. Being that it would be silly to make a colony sim at this stage, I decided … Continue reading “Early Progress on New Project”

So the game I’ve been working on did not pan out in its early stages. The short story is that the Biotech DLC pretty much covers what I was going to make. At least to the degree that it doesn’t make sense to continue working on it. But that’s no big deal. I learned a … Continue reading “Next Steps”

I was looking at bright white rooms inside spotless houses on Marie Kondo’s site and thought, “Who lives like that and are they doing okay?” This time of year, self-help rears its head in all directions. But how helpful is it? They all say some variation of “If you live your life in this way, … Continue reading “On Self-Help”