singularity in training

the ongoing adventures of an in-process posthuman

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it's on.

it’s on.

officially – or at least as official as these things get:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/$162005/im-in

using Pico-8. wanted to use TIC-80 but realized that Pico-8 will help rein in my tendencies to perfectionalize, which is absolutely a word. 48 hours ain’t exactly a lot of time to dive into rabbit holes either, so the super limited environment will force a focus on gameplay.

exp…

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ludum psych

there’s a cool post on ‘how to do agile well and simple’ by meheleventyone* that I’m using as a minor inspiration for my first trip through ludum. thanks meh, appreciate the effort. hope ya come back soon.

without stealing all of meh’s content (go ahead, read the piece, it’s pretty good), the basic tenet is a circular cycle of

[ideate] -> [create] -> [evaluate]

this shouldn’t really be…

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book day

for Ludum Dare I’ve decided to use either Pico-8, TIC-80, LÖVE, or Defold. in any of these cases, that means Lua.

so rather than continuing to hack around, I got myself the book.

happy weekend to me ^_^

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somewhere to start.

so I’ve hemmed and hawed a lot about what to do as a first post, and I suppose it’s time to just start writing and get over myself. so in lieu of any actual organization, here’s a bunch of current moods.

current fixation: fantasy consoles. late to the party. love the idea. toying with a bunch of ideas, including remaking a retro shooter game I did ages ago, doing a tribute to Ultima III, or…

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