60% drop in reviews if people even smell AI on your game - full supports the investors, developers, and publishers that took a hard "no gen-AI" stance, despite grifters' proclamations that they were "going to be left behind".

Book 2 is currently out to alpha readers. If you are interested in being an alpha reader or an ARC reader please let me know and I’ll see what I am able to do for this current cycle with book 2. Otherwise I’ll for sure get you into the pipeline for book 3. Thanks everyone for reading my works!

3-1 at nexus night tonight on yellow Azir. The loss was because I was unable to get any sort of gear going into rengar dragons so it felt bad but I think had the draw been better I could have put up more of a fight. Using arise just to get 1 sand solider turn 4 feels bad lol.

Book 2, RECURSION comes in at a smooth 170 pages after a full round of edits. off to some alpha readers and an editor for anything I might have missed!

Mark it down. 2:14 am, I managed to finish book 2 of the containment series. Fully written and gone through at least an initial editing pass. Now it is off to alpha readers and a proper editor. Oh this has taken a lot out of me.

The new vampire survivors like game is super interesting. I worked on a similar concept for skull girls, that utilized rollback netcode and a few other systems. Pretty sure I have the Godot project still around. Anyways, super cool way forward for the genre, interested to see who else does it.

Was not expecting kingdom hearts 4 in a Nintendo direct But the game ended with 3. Anyone who says otherwise is a masochist

Xenoblade 4!!!!!! Can’t wait to borrow my wives switch 2 for like 100 hours

I think my goal for tomorrow is to take the time away from my book, do some color tests for bunny… and maybe read a bit. Also a nap would be really powerful.

It is the current place in a project where me and the 3D printer is beefing. Playing ring around the Rosie with placement on the print bed to make sure it doesn’t have any problems

The ending is in sight for book 2. I’m so close. Oh I’m so close.

AND WE GOT IT. Just in time for some Riftbound tonight. yippie! Will be focusing on questing later tonight after I get back from Nexus Night and the movies.

Everyone at the watch party cheered when the ass showed up in stellar blade. Peak gaming experience

super close to getting my first ornithopter in Dune, so that is sweet! Also Book 2 is almost fully done with its first revision pass. Then off to alpha and editor!

You know what, I will take it. Not gonna go and do post credit stuff to fight forte in the first game, but excited to move on to the second! I dont think that I have ever played any past 2 so, that will be a journey, and I plan to also do star force!

@yohosie.bsky.social I am happy for you with the new character launches. But please, my kitchen table can’t take any more cosplay props. @carbunny.bsky.social has been cackling non-stop since the Thresh announcement. Send poros, I need the assistance.

If I can finish the edits on chapter 10, I can go play in the dunes and listen to the sandstorms.

been craving some matcha for a few days now. Just got some, and it tastes so good. What a great Wednesday for a silly little drink really.

Icing on the cake here would be if they also included their pronouns after the signature. Good on you Scryfall. I am going to bookmark the site even harder now.

The CostCo motto; Faith, Forklifts, Free Samples

When you all get your hands on this book. Please know chapters 5, 9 and 10 are the ones that ruined me. I have rewritten 9 and 10 several times now. I would like to be off Mr bones wild ride.

The audacity is me trying to start book 3 in this time. Really though it is me making my own terrariums for my office bookshelf. This cosplay is coming along wonderfully so far! yall are gonna be hype at EVO for it!

ugh chapters 9 and 10 of book 2 are absolutely kicking my ass right now! I am trying to balance it just right and its being a painnnnnnnnnnnnn

Question to the masses: Does staying up late, editing chapters and making revisions make me more of an author? Like my bed is calling to me, but some of these small revisions are whispering to me like the green goblin mask.

Went to my local riftbound event, fully planned to just use a vex starter deck, but someone let me borrow an Azir deck and it went pretty well! (Azir is the deck I bought singles for and have the most time on playing online) Looking at trying to do a RQ

Alright I have like two chapters I need to edit before going to my local riftbound tonight. Wish me luck.

I should be in bed, but I also just hit like a great flow state with book 2. I should for my own sanity pull myself away to actually sleep though as the yawns are coming much more frequent.

Alright another chapter wrapped up on editing, which leaves 5 left for book 2. My hope is to get this out to alpha readers by sometime next week for initial feedback, and also working with a proper editor this time around.

The follow up here is I think it’s either making a custom terrarium for my bookshelf Or I get really into Riftbound and go stomp on some locals

This is super true. I try to dedicate times on the weekend to either writing a review or updating an old one to reflect any new thoughts after playing a game longer (where it makes sense) It’s great, and you know it makes the devs super pumped.

What can I work on in 3 weeks while my wife is locked away and working on cosplay? Last time this happened I became a published Author, and started modernizing StreetPass for iOS and Android.

But what if as a silly little treat, I bought the Lego ornithopter set?

They match

It’s very special that the FGC recognizes competitive cosplayers and includes us in the scene. I’m very proud to have finally taken home first place after 10 years at Combo Breaker!

Omg hey, I know that Caitlyn! Woawwww Huge congrats to everyone and especially proud of Carbon for how much hard work they put into the cosplay this year!

Out at combo breaker, saying hi to folks and all that. If you see me or are looking for me, don’t be afraid to say hi or interrupt me. Very good chance that I am just working on either EmberTag or Book 2.

I feel like I do this monthly, but I appreciate everyone who has purchased my book, and I am extremely touched that it continues to sell copies after the initial burst of the release. Book 2, is currently going through its editing phase and the cover is being worked on so hopefully soon TM.

This is pretty much all engineers right now from the GitHub news. Reach out and hug an engineer today and offer a hug.

Book 2 being edited ✅ Book 2 cover design ✅ EmberTag artist found ✅ We are schmoving, and it’s great to see.

I should absolutely go to bed. but the K-drama I am watching is good and I do not want to go to sleep.

So instead of getting lost in DUNE, and farming my little heart out, I am opting to work more on revisions of my book. But Arrakis...it calls to me...

Wife told me at breakfast the other day that they might try out Warhammer with me. Be still my heart.

Something is…poetic; local GameStop turned into a WingStop.

yeah so I don't know how to not work..so I have been trying to explore ideas of what the app could look like. Been messing around with the brush aspects from Kotlin since this is my first foray back into mobile dev in years Ref docs: developer.android.com/reference/ko...

Told myself that I was going to take a break from things tonight and try and play a game. Instead I redesigned the avatar and main screen for EmberTag and also put like 6k words down for a chapter. I totally promise that I will be taking a break this weekend.

Currently working on the last few chapters of the second book. Writing is such a complex series of emotions from; this is easy, to this is hard, to why on earth would anyone read this!? Anyways that’s currently my brain at the coffee shop right now.

I have had a few people ask this question so I figured I would answer: EmberTag is only targeted for Android + iOS to start. I am looking into Steam for steamdeck, Nintendo Eshop as future releases. The whole app needs an art pass. Otherwise I would release it today, since it is feature complete.

I'm looking for a game dev/mobile art director for EmberTag; a privacy-first BLE encounter app I've been building. Spiritual successor to Nintendo's StreetPass: when two devices come within Bluetooth range, they exchange encrypted profile cards. No accounts, no location data.

I hit the word limit, but this is compensated for work done etc etc. idk how to post it with out getting swarmed by bots

So I have hit my stopping point with EmberTag, which is a StreetPass clone for Android and iOS. I am looking for someone with experience in art direction, to help establish an art style. Bonus if they can also help get some assets in to replace my horrible programmer art. Looking at game devs.