Category: Thoughts
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MARIO GOLF SUPER RUSH – WORTH IT?
I got super excited for the release of Mario Golf Super Rush. I’ve always enjoyed golfing games. They are relaxing and challenging at the same time. A bunch of online friends hyped it up and we expected to play online games fairly regularly… then the early reviews came out and it got dinged for being…
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IRISH GUAGE // FIRST LOOK REVIEW
Whoa. Two new videos 5 days apart!? I finally got to play Irish Gauge. It’s been on my shelf of shame for a long while. Game night started back up recently, and this was the first thing I grabbed to take. I love train games. I love Capstone Games. I love Ian O’Toole’s artwork. Seems…
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SUMMONER WARS SECOND EDTION MASTER SET
I’ve finally resurrected the gaming channel and for the first video back, I decided to do a sort of unboxing // review hybrid. I’ve been playing the game digitally for months, and am absolutely enamored with it. I loved the original, but couldn’t find people to play. This time, I have partner that loves playing…
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Simple DIY Lighted Headboard
This simple custom, diy headboard was built with a few 1″x10″ pine boards, inexpensive LED lights, and an in-set power strip for extra functionality. You could build this in a weekend with limited tools. It’s a great beginner project that brings life to any bedroom and provides excellent lighting that’s not “in your face” like…
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DIY FLOWER POT DECOR // EASY PALLET WOOD PROJECT
I wanted to add some simple flower decor to my guest bathroom. Using a few $2 plants, some rustic pallet wood, and a coffee/sawdust mixture for the simulated dirt, I put together a few in an afternoon. They add great texture to an otherwise boring room! You can pick these plants up on Amazon or…
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re-Starting Over – Roguelike Design part 10
Yep, I started over again. Almost one month ago, I wrote that I had re-built how everything worked because it was becoming very repetitive. I deleted nearly 95% of the item generation code and replaced it. That re-write meant that I combined all of my item generators… at that time it was weapon, and armor…
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re-Learning Math – Roguelike Design part 9
When I was a child, I started programming on an Atari 400. This was essentially an Atari 2600, but with a keyboard and some additional inputs for accessories. Mine had a tape drive which gave me working storage. It used standard cassette tapes which were abundant at the time. I received the 400 from a…
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Starting Over – Roguelike Design part 8
Yes the title of this article is a bit dramatic… you call it click-bait if you want. The reality however, is that I deleted nearly 95% of the item generation code and replaced it. That’s what I’ve been doing this past week. In the last article, I made some bold statements that led me down…
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Armor and Icons – Roguelike Design part 7
In the last post, I talked about there being some special cases for armor, shield, and trinket generation. I think this only applies to armor and shields, but for this post, I’ve only finished the shield routine. So we’ll talk about that. Oh, and pretty icons. Armor Attributes When I first started on armor, I…