I Really need to deprecate Super Save Loader and publish this new save data asset I've been making in its place... It hasn't given me any problems in the last few months of personal use so it's *probably* stable, but... Really want to be safe with this one!

I've also decided to put Fleece on sale at 50% off, too! (On itch only) It never gets invited to asset store sales despite good reviews, but I put a lot of work into it this year so I'll do my own sale! Need a dialogue manager that doesn't fray at the edges? Get cozy with: kaiclavier.itch.io/fleece

Super Text Mesh is *also* on sale on itch for their Winter Sale! kaiclavier.itch.io/super-text-m...

The Unity Asset Store's New Year Sale is on!! Super Text Mesh is 50% off for this period, so if you're using Unity... Well, I'd say it's an essential at this point! assetstore.unity.com/packages/too... (Affiliate link btw... It's my asset, may as well!!)

Finally opening up godot for the first time in months and oops I guess I left my game in a state that crashes the editor when it opens lol

Take a look at this amazing plush of my adventurer cat, made by @plushiluv.bsky.social!! They're poseable, have customizable expressions, can hold/wear props, stand on their own, and they're only around 10" tall!! Truly a feat of plush engineering, thank you so much!!

Things have felt a lot better since I quit relying on caffeine lol... Still going to allow myself the occasional energy drink as a headache cure every now and again, but I was becoming pretty dependant on them for a bit there.

Been playing Kirby Air Riders and having a blast! My takeaway is... I remember being scared of the volcano area in Air Ride's City Trial as a kid, but replaying last week, it was just... red. Now, if I played *Air Riders* as a kid, I don't know how I'd react with how actually scary it can get LOL

Oh I forgot I wrote a lit URP shader for Super Text Mesh a few weeks ago... I should Probably include that with the asset.

Juuust published a small Super Text Mesh update and a big Fleece update! Already out on itch, should hit the asset store in a few hours! Thank you very much for your patience..................

one more bump, if you have experience with 3d and have a good eye for cute/appealing characters and a critical eye for details, consider applying! this is a very stable position with a great work-life balance!

more and more thinking that genre names are fully the realm of the critic and are death for creativity

Some additions to the new update! That <<FIRSTTRUE>> tag makes text follow the first link that evaluates to "True" just like empty passages did previously, except now you don't need an empty passage to do it! That teal banner appears on the passage when this is set up. <<RANDOM>> is also an option!

Just about got that Fleece update ready to go!! Just sending out for testing right now. Hopefully sooooon...?????

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That Steam Frame looks so good but where's the headphone port........ I guess that can be done with the expansion port...???

I should probably do a style revisit on Fleece but I think it's really funny I just used a photo of a real-world folder for the folders

ready for winterrr

Can people stop ddosing itch or what

I'll make a game for that character someday...!!! But for now: add to the pile of mascots

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I don't waaaant to, but I guess I should be messaging devs to ask if a) their game uses my assets and b) I can put that in a trailer

Yesterday I said out loud that I needed more breakfast foods in the house, then later I get an ad for cereal... Would it hurt to be a little more subtle?

Take a look at this amazing plush of my adventurer cat, made by @plushiluv.bsky.social!! They're poseable, have customizable expressions, can hold/wear props, stand on their own, and they're only around 10" tall!! Truly a feat of plush engineering, thank you so much!!

Right, I've got some small STM fixes no one has reported to publish... And I really really do need to get around to patching fleece proper. It still works, just a few features to add, clean up, and some UI bugs to patch.

Hmm I think my controller was bringing my steamdeck out of sleep mode... I've been playing a lot of Hades II, but not THAT much (I think it's been idling out of sleep node for 2 days.......?)

I'm a huge fan of implementing accessibility guidelines into games, but I just think it's funny that you're more likely to win an award for accessibility by having a menu in your game that lets players make subtitles 1% bigger rather than making the game's text be readable by default lol

Also did anyone see that thing about Discord updating terms of service to waive the right to take them to court in Canada & the US unless you opt-out in the next 27 days. What did *they* do...? (Are they planning to leak *more* verification data?)

Did anyone else get that email from Unity this morning... Haven't had time to think abt it until now, what the hell did they do...? Every game made in 2017.1 and onwards needs to be patched for security reasons, no exceptions...??

genuinely, who cares? public services aren't businesses. it provides services that should be accessible to the entire population. it should not be expected to make that profitable. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Forgot to share this, I got to do tiles for a friend's Falling Block Jam game! Presenting: City Stacker! It's a casual daily game about building a small city, designed to be played with friends! See who can get a higher score! late-nine.itch.io/city-stacker

Anyway I'm still Making Videogames

I'm a very forgive-and-forget type person maybe even to a fault but, and this isn't aimed at anyone in particular, I don't think I'll ever understand being able to go over a year without checking messages while being Actively Online lol

So does Godot just not let you work with really large tilemaps or did I just spend the last few months trusting that this system would hold up as I add more pixels. Also the terrain painting tool does Not scale lol. Also it crashes as I change values.

wait. WAIT. stop the presses. i forgot i drew food graphics for the chef minigame in deltarune ch3. and one of those foods... yes, that's right... in the middle there... One of those foods is...!! i may not have drawn it in undertale, but... oh... Ahhh!!!!!!!! chess drew dog food-----!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Realized I never finished Hollow Knight so I've been playing it again from the start... I'm finally past where I was before in terms of progression, I think I stopped playing before because of the dark scary area and thinking I was stuck in a certain spot.

made a little animatic. i wanna start writing and making some storyboards so expect a couple more of these gray voiced by @fushark.bsky.social lucky voiced by me

I picked up one of those "Smart Rings" because it was $20 and I wanted something to track steps at the gym without needing my phone in my pocket. Pretty impressed at how much data you can get out of this tiny thing you can wear casually. Sleep quality, heart rate, blood oxygen, temperature... cool

Right I still gotta compile and push updates to my dang dialogue system... oops

Canadians, this is a parliamentary petition, not a random online thing. Takes a minute to sign. An easy good deed for the day.

Aaaaand pushed another STM update... improvements to the multiline best fit algorithm from the last one, and a new best fit method that aims to completely fill the box. I still like the old method better tho, since it always gives you a text size that's divisible into the box's height...

unfortunately have had to downgrade to the temu version of orange juice. it SAYS it still has vitamin C in it, how bad can it really be........

Really can't give enough praise to Dr. Bronner's 18 in 1 soap. Like ok it's a hand soap, body wash, dish soap, sure... But I'm now removing unknown (probably rust?) stains from concrete that even CLR couldn't get out?? And it smells like peppermint?? What is this stuff...

I got myself a Casio AE-1200 watch as a little gift to myself and this thing rules... Like yeah it's all the same features as the clock app on a smartphone but there's just something about it... The LCD screen? The physical buttons? It's just nice having a separate device for a separate function!

A limited run of Cobalt Core OST vinyls will be going on sale September 5th at 9AM PDT at cherof.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-core-original-soundtrack These are extra units from the crowdfunded Bandcamp vinyl campaign, pressed to 2 LPs on 180g heavyweight translucent grape vinyl. Last chance on these!

Ok, the Super Text Mesh update is done! The multiline best fit mode is out of beta and editor performance is really smooth now!

Alllllmost done with this STM update... soon...

Updated the list of helper script for Super Text Mesh: itch.io/t/544590/hel... I made some DOTween extensions over the weekend, they're a good example on how to extend DOTween and STM in general, I think!

Forgot to share this from last month, I finally got around to doing another paw shoe mod! Ok, maybe calling it a "mod" is a stretch, but it's a lot more solid than it looks!

Ah right, figured out a huge editor performance increase for STM....... will publish that... soon