Legends of Amberland II
Scopique
December 7, 2023
LoA II is a faithful return to the early days of CRPGs like The Bards Tale and Wizardry.
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Scopique
December 7, 2023
Star Citizen EPTU 3.22 – Cargo Boxes
The addition of personal cargo boxes in the…
IAE 2953
As IAE 2953 draws to a close, I…
Grab Bag for November 22, 2023
A bunch of stuff about IAE 2953, games…
Territorial
Seeing some comments on BlueSky about Mastodon has…
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Grab Bag for November 10, 2023
Scopique
November 10, 2023
I have nothing specific to write about, but still felt like writing something. Enjoy this post. Or don't.…
Games That Define Me – Part 2 -Now-ish
Scopique
August 11, 2023
Part 2 of my expose on myself, now in the modern era (roughly) and featuring five all new…
As Expected, I Backtrack
After several TPK, I tried once more with…
Games That Define Me – Part 1 – Then
Here are five games I played when I…
Games! Games! Games!
EP2: Star Trek Infinite – The Series
In Episode 2, the Federation establishes a presence at the Romulan doorstep by building a station…
EP1: Star Trek Infinite – The Series
Rather than focus on the overwhelming amount of buttons and levers involved in the 4x Star…
Wrap Up – The First Descendant
I think I'm more or less done with my time in the latest beta of The…
Pre-Preview: The Last Descendant
Although I shouldn't, here's a quick overview of The Last Descendant, currently hosting an open beta…
Starfield – Deep Cover
I got drafted, but not the way you might think. [Spoilers ahead]
Starfield – Update
After 24 hours of play, here's more of my thoughts and experiences on and in Starfield.…
Development
Godot – Universe Construction Set
Now that I have my basic "Big Bang" translated from legacy code to GDScript, I am…
Godot – The Nested Resource Shuffle
Nested resources are a pain when you don't know how to use nested resources. Thankfully, where…
Godot – Gather ‘Round The Resource Tree
I have a working example of Godot's custom resources, attached to my earlier movement and minimap…
Godot – Questions Answered
I have spent the past three weeks slowly searching for information that goes beyond the glut…
Godot – Stream of Consciousness Plan of Attack
Brain-dump: rather that run the game directly from runtime-created data store, would Godot allow me to…
Godot – This is Where We Die: User Interfaces
Now for the hard part: best practices, specifically concerning user interfaces. With Godot's system of scenes…
Motion Graphics and Video
Meteor Strike
I forget why I wanted to make a meteor strike effect. Maybe because I thought it…
Sci-Fi Walls
Before I throw myself completely off the cliff into bottomless waters, I wanted to segue into…
Cyberdeck In The Home
As I threatened, I took my rendered cyberdeck and threw it into After Effects. Three times.…
Old Faithful: Shirow Networks RX7K Cyberdeck
This was the first design I had come up with a few years ago when I…
All Aboard the Oregon Trail
Here we have it. A fully-from-scratch model. I don’t know why I decided to try my…
Learning Curves: UVs
UV unwrapping is the precipitous drop after having finished my Viper model. In Blender, before preparing…