Today I explained how I arrived at the name “Lil’ Ninja, The Board Game” and it is *not* straightforward: 😂😂 AXR Project ➡️ UIScript ➡️ Lil Is a Language (LIL) ➡️ Lil’ Ninja (video game) ➡️ Lil’ Ninja, The Board Game

5 cartoons to get to know me: - Naruto - Futurama - South Park - .Hack - Frieren

I think I’m going to resume my gamedev hobby very soon. Yesterday I read through the tiny bit of documentation of my LIL programming language that I had managed to do before burning out and felt a lot of motivation! No goals, no commitments. Just flowing with the fun and joy of programming!

Selfie snowboarding! 🏂❤️ #andorra

Last day of our skiing/snowboarding vacations! 🏂❤️ Yesterday the weather didn’t allow us to hit the slopes, because of heavy snow fall und up to 80kmh winds. Today seems to be amazing weather! Perfect to enjoy the last day!

My recipe for returning to a functioning society: - Close the loopholes that allow rich people to avoid paying their taxes - Stop subsidizing big business with tax breaks and loans - Force politicians to always tell the truth, under penalty of imprisonment Just a start, but it would move the needle

Snowboarding is AWESOME!!! But it is also exhausting! I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck! 😂😂😂

Fully enjoying our skiing vacations! ❄️🏂❤️

When a snowflake hits your eye, even if it melts immediately, it hurts more than I expected!

We played a match of the new expansion shuffling all the mini-decks together. Each time the dice are rolled, you get two cards from the top of the deck, and if you pay two symbol cards you can search for the next card of that color, so you still get to choose, but now it has a price! 🎲✂️❤️ #boardgames

Since I don’t have a playtesting group around me, I am truly blessed that my two daughters share my passion for board games! They have been helping me so much that they are already co-authors of the game in some sense! 😂😂🎲✂️❤️

This is fucken powerful

“I’m not on vacations. I’m de-stressing!” This should be real. On vacations people often go live adventures. Finally make use of some free time. But our body needs rest, relaxation, and a reset from the stimulus overload that is the normal society. Those are different goals!

De-stressing should be something normal and necessary. Fuck hustle culture!

John Stewart already organized a “Rally for Sanity” that was super successful. He should run for president. After Trump, all bets are off!

Sophie usually prefers my wife to sit on, but today I had the cat-privilege 😻

In my expansion I have 8 decks of cards, 14 cards in each. This allows to use strategy when choosing cards. The downside is having to shuffle 8 decks, which can get annoying if playing multiple times. I want to try having all in one deck, but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. Thoughts? #boardgames 🎲✂️

Pathetic 🤦‍♂️

Why do people say “quote unquote blah blah blah” instead of “quote blah blah blah unquote”? It would make much more sense…?

Quick! Someone is wrong in the comments section of the YT video! I need to WIN that argument! I need to end up on top, by any means necessary! It is *very* important! 🤦‍♂️

Pon un refrán pero MAL... “El árbol no cae lejos de la manzana”

Today my daughters played as a team against me in a match of my board game with the new expansion. I won! Yay! 👑 I’ve played about 15 matches, and I’m STILL making small changes here and there. It’s *really good* already, but it gotta be PERFECT!!! Playtesting FTW! 💙💚💜🎲✂️ #boardgames

Today we went to the beach to check out all the thriftwood that came down with the insane amount of rainwater, eat pizza and ice cream. I’d say a full success!!! 😍💜💚💙

As celebrities from the “when it was easy to get famous” period of history die off, all we are going to be left with is cover bands. We should be creating a new way to find and promote talent, the old ways don’t exist anymore… But the powers on top are holding on to the past!

I’m not usually “old man who yells at clouds” but some days I wish we could have early days internet back again 🥲

He was *not* stronger than the reaper, after all. R.I.P. Chuck Norris 🕊️

Today I feel hella proud of my business. I’m very optimistic for the future! 💜💚💙

As a kid I read a comic where Donald had a flying car. I thought it would be AWESOME to have a flying car! But, if you think of it, that only works in the comic. Because, if flying cars existed, EVERYONE would have one, not just you. It would SUCK!!!

Every coaching video is like “the trick that makes you a PRO in JUST 10 minutes” and then goes on to only explain the basics of the technique

It’s much harder to stop yourself from doing something, than to start doing something new.

I wish I had more IRL board gaming peeps

Yesterday we played on the floor. What at first glance looks like chaos makes perfect sense up close. Ordered chaos! 😂💜💙💚 #boardgames #lilninja

Recently my band did a show at the LunÁtico, in El Paso, La Palma. I edited some phone clips together, sorry for the poor audio quality, I wish I had a better mix, but alas we'll have to do with camera mic. We had some awesome fun and I think the audience did too! 🎸🔥❤️ youtu.be/E2DqkkXpfPI

Volcano rainbow! 🌈🌋

Yesterday I played two rounds of Lil’ Ninja + the new expansion with my guitar student, and we had so much fun! We spent 2 hours playing the game! I won both rounds! Harrr harrr harrrr!!!! 💜💙💚 #boardgames

This is how my last single player match ended! I originally designed it for 2-6 players, but later on I got inspired by a mistake a player did while learning the game, and I came up with a very interesting challenge for one player. So, future editions will def. be 1-6 players! #boardgames

I completely stopped scrolling through Instagram. So glad I did.

The open source project I worked on in the 2010s was nominated for the category “best new technology” at the .NET awards.

We didn’t value the Spanish president too much over here. We were critical of his performance. We wished he did more. But right now, he’s looking a-m-a-z-i-n-g. Standing up to power, speaking out a clear “no to war”. He could mess up 10 times over and still be better than the orange fascist!

I’d like to meet some of my moots IRL. What board game Con are you attending this year?

I’m in the top 10 of the Canary Islands in the men’s +40 category! 🏆🎾❤️

I won my match against the junior champion! 🎾❤️ it was a hard fought battle: 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 He is getting so good, I was almost doubting that could happen anymore! But give him 2 more years, he’s gonna be UN-STOPP-ABLE!

It’s time for a lil’ solo session of lil’ ninja! #boardgames

All buttons, physical or in software, should give feedback about wether it has been successfully activated. Make a sound, show a light, change colors, whatever. Just don’t let me waiting like an idiot if I happen to miss the click or I didn’t push hard enough with my finger.

I am a nice person to be around. I think it’s because I care deeply about the feelings I cause in others. I crave social inclusion. I guess it’s a flaw in my personality, but it has resulted in a way of behaving that makes me feel good when I’m nice to others. Do you care about other ppl’s feelings?

During playtesting of my new expansion I noticed that we were spending all our resources to buy expansion cards, because they have so many advantages. We then played so that each time the dice are thrown, you can choose 2 expansion cards for free. A true feel-good rule. And it works! ✂️🎲 #boardgames

I use one knob on my guitar: the volume. All the others could be fixed, as far as I’m concerned. At least the setting is easy to find: bridge pickup, all knobs turned up to the max. Then roll back volume to about 8 or 8.5. All set 🎸 #guitar #music

Today I met with the guy who runs the local board game club to show him my new board game expansion. He loved it, and asked to play another match. After about 2 hours of intense battling, I won one and he won the other one. He scored it 10/10, and congratulated me multiple times! 🤩 🎲✂️❤️ #boardgames

My board game with the new expansion is so addictive that my daughter asks me to play it almost daily. Which is great because I need to playtest the heck out of it. We played THREE matches today! I won the first two, and she kept on wanting to play until she won one 🥷🤺💙💚💜 #boardgames #lilninja