in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Finished is better than terrible #oldknees

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Richard's a great local artist, always happy to support!

A Few Good Men With Big Naturals

I've released Skirmish on #itchio, a #Godot prototype #freegame card game I was working on in the early stages of the business. Skirmish very much informed how I'm approaching the project I'm currently working on. This is my first "official" release!

In this week's update, I wrote about my experience working on a #Godot prototype card game as I was setting up my business.

My GDD for my #godot #roguelike #deckbuilder is complete enough that I can talk about it coherently, leading to great discussions through ROC Game Dev and others. Going to be working on wireframes and physical prototyping this week!

Garlic scallion sesame gochugaru chili oil.

I've entered pre-production on my first commercial #Godot roguelike game, starting with a GDD (Game Design Document). I'm roughly halfway through it, and I'm going to be building out the system mechanics & goals next.

My first "official" post as an indie video game studio. I'm using @godotengine.org #godot as an engine. I humbly request a follow if you're curious about either the business of gaming and updates on the roguelike deckbuilder I'll be working on.

As part of my gaming startup, I'm winding down my other projects and focusing on just the one. Today, I consolidated my music work into a single page. There are redirects from the previous domains, but Gandi doesn't offer SSL redirects without a paid certificate. I may self-host them with nginx.

I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 with #GDscript #Godot and holy crap, that was hard. Part 1 was OK, but the Directed Acyclic Graph part and the caching? Wow. Learned about RefCounted and a lot more.

For the past couple of months, I've been working on formally setting up my business, Null Band Games, an indie game studio. The website's now up, and I've consolidated the previous posts here.

you will be visited by three spirits

I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6 in #Godot #GDScript - nothing like data sets with semantically meaningful spaces and having to compensate for trimmed lines. Not the most efficient, but it works, SHIPIT!

I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 using #GDscript #Godot, and holy heck, was it an exercise in optimization! I failed to brute-force my way to a solution on this one. Passed 1 on the first try, took two tries for the challenge.

I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4 using #Godot #GDScript - a combination of a sparse grid and ordinal computations with Vector2i and (practically) Minesweeper logic. I cleaned up my project file structure a bit as well.

I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3 - continuing my trend of using TDD, resulting in two gold stars with #Godot #GDScript. Had to use some step-through debugging for tuning the range. GDScript array indexes work differently from JS & PHP.

I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2 using @godotengine.org #Godot GDScript - Test-Driven Development (TDD) helped me get both gold stars on the first try! Way better than Day 1. I made a proper repo out of it & linted as well.

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1 with GDscript #Godot. Scratched my head a few times, then pulled out the unit tests.

this is "bullet shark" by hazel, age 8, posted with permission (and by her explicit request) "it took me a little while to work on it" "bullet sharks destroy every kind of sharks and they also also destroy umm orca whales also"

I'm not wasting my time playing video games, it's competitive analysis and preparation for my business plan! With a semi-sweet white locally produced wine.

Time for spruce beer at Three Heads Brewing.

I got quiet on the #100DaysofGodot front, but I've been working on many business-related things. I'll have a more formal write-up in a bit. For now, here's an early POC that I'm using to practice coding. Not commercially viable (and deterministic), but it's a start.

My 10-year-old daughter loved Frankenstein, @realgdt.bsky.social , her first R-rated theatrical experience. "The story was soooo good!" We talked about the ending In great detail. Thank you!

loving the far side heathcliff @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social crossover today

In creative fields, compliment your coworkers’ work when you like it. Many have never had a coworker compliment their work before. A compliment is a show of professional trust and if you never show it then you’re a real crap

women don't like the vehicle

hey all so current events did you hear about anyway here's a wine-puking skull aerator

Tweens aren't just for emotional outbursts, and I learned the joys of TRANS_SINE on Day 5 of #100DaysofGameDev in Godot. nullconfluence.neocities.org/posts/stretc...

Turns out that there's more than one way to implement drag-and-drop systems in Godot. nullconfluence.neocities.org/posts/more-t... Day 4 of #100DaysofGameDev

The first card! Day 3 (ish) of #100DaysofGameDev in Godot; I started experimenting outside of any tutorials, just trying to render what I wanted. nullconfluence.neocities.org/posts/the-fi...

Just look what this #cat Deadite did to the Army of Darkness Screening & Live Podcast Show on Friday Oct 24 @ 7:30pm at @thelittletheatre.bsky.social . Primitive screwhead.

Really enjoying Clover Pit by @panikarcade.bsky.social ! Congratulations on the launch and success! Wish that sitting on the toilet was an option to delay the inevitable (I think it was worth the try)

Making better progress on day 2 of #100DaysOfGameDev in Godot; I've renamed the site to a diary and discussed the act of learning, Pomodoro timers, and setting up my workstation. nullconfluence.neocities.org/posts/gdques...

Starting over now that I am way more distraction/excuse-free, Day 1 of #100DaysofGameDev learning @godotengine.org by going through the @gdquest.bsky.social 2D course. For accountability, I started a @neocities.org blog - nullconfluence.neocities.org/posts/hello-... - to progress!

walk or jog daily; good for your mental and physical health. touching grass is real

made a quick industrial soundtrack to a #wh4k servitor writing video loop by @tortalicious.bsky.social

I was inspired by @hiddenasbestos.bsky.social's #outrun cruising music for your time above the clouds

In transparency, doing the Godot gamedev thing is a challenge with the kids home from school and being the primary caregiver. Will resume in a week.

Day 3 of #100DaysofGameDev learning @godotengine.org , finished module 4. I also experimented with gdlint and the plugin GDLinter (and edited it so it would work with Linux). I then looked at a Godot 4 book I had set aside last year; I understand it more, but the examples are still flawed and buggy.

Day 2 of #100DaysofGameDev learning @godotengine.org , Up to M4.L5 in the "Learn 2D Gamedev" course. I keep wanting to end lines with a semicolon. So far, the API docs and the course are great; a couple moments of "draw the rest of the owl" but nothing blocking, just stuff I'll come back to.

Starting Day 1 of #100DaysofGameDev learning @godotengine.org (technically a few days ago, but I'll start the timer now), starting with the 2D @gdquest.bsky.social course. I've got a couple of decades of experience in programming and enterprise dev in other languages, but Godot is new to me. LFG

There are 69 cousins in the new Katamari Damacy game. "How nice!"

I just backed @nicklutsko.bsky.social 's ENDS: The Vinyl Campaign on @kickstarter.com because art is hard and he and his friends make it look easy www.kickstarter.com/projects/end...

did an alternate soundtrack for a wip by toadburger for fun, kind of a mix of blade runner and the koto synth performance by ludowic on katana zero