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If you asked "me" what I want to be doing right now, I'd say something about game design. If you ask my creative subconscious what it wants to do, it'd say "draw an owl". I don't know why. I've never thought of drawing as a strong skill. But it's fun - so why not? #art #pixelart #aseperite

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My one recent accomplishment of note is some painting I've gotten done. 3/4 of a heavy skirmish lance - here to smash pirates and die to clan snipers. #miniatures #painting #battletech

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The biggest hurdle in my creativity is my depression. I haven't figured out how to keep working on my projects - things I'm excited for and want to show people - in the darkest and coldest times, when my mind is consumed by the idea that "death by couch rot" is a viable life plan.

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Pros/Cons to "Skip it and come back later" Brainstorming: Pros: -Don't get hung up on details -Keeps focus big picture -Quick way to realize what you need to research Cons: -Might forget you glossed over something -Might skip over a detail you REALLY needed to look into sooner #writing #gamedesign

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A while back I wrote out my first state machine. I thought I was detailed. I was proud of it. Today I looked it over again and realized I'd missed, lets round down, about half of it. So now I'm proud for entirely different reasons. #gamedesign

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If you ever find yourself stuck trying something creative, take a little time to learn the same skill from a different POV. I've learned writing both for novels and game design, and my confidence is stronger for it. I can think of no better way to change perspective. #gamedesign #writing #art #music

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I'd like to tell you I missed an appointment because I was in flow state going over design ideas, but the truth is I just forgot.

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After about a week of little progress, today I put my big boy pants on, stepped back, and re-prioritized. I've avoided thinking about potential players, but turns out imagining ways I can get people hyped for a game or story was the exact motivation my depressed soul needed. #gamedesign

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November has been 'A Month', and I'd hoped to return to more creative endeavors by sharing a pixel doodle. I hit save. My computer didn't believe me. So now I have nothing to show. I'm disappointed, but also motivated to create another doodle to show off. Later. #art

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Today my brain decided the word 'unit' looks strange. I don't know what happened. I can't explain why. The aesthetic now displeases me. I don't know what happened five seconds ago but I'd like to undo it. #gamedesign

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Coding after a day of working and being a functional person is fun because I read a line that says "add a semi-colon", don't add the semi-colon, and then scratch my head when I get an error message #coding

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Hit a wall with some of the coding exercises I was doing. After banging my head against them for days, I've decided to move on and circle back later. Don't wanna burn up my motivation on a puzzle there's little value in solving. #coding

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I have many things I want to learn and what feels like not enough time to learn them. I have to remind myself knowledge is gained the hard way, one step at a time. So today will be databases. Tomorrow is F chord. So on and so forth. #coding #music #gamedesign

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Took some time off from self study for a birthday, came back, tried to implement a sorting algorithim, failed. Later at work, realized the sorting was unnecessary and I could have solved the problem with a simple loop. Must rember new toys aren't always better than tried and true methods. #coding

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I may have forgotten I have this account.

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Spent 45 minutes figuring out why a program was returning the correct response only 80% of the time. Found out I needed to add an additional bool to an if statement so the code wouldn't double score past inputs. Anyways my head hurts and I also feel like a genius. #coding

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Using the Shoryuken as intended by Capcom

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RPG Hot(?) Take: The question the game should ask me is "how are you going to win" not "can you win". Leave difficulty for action/strategy - if Im in a RPG, I want varied roles and varied consequences, not to smash my face against the same series of pass/fail challenges. #gamedesign #gaming

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There's no feeling like spending 90 minutes debugging, wondering why a bool isn't working or why your simple addition isn't mathing, and then solving it and screaming profanities at the computer because the silly numbers and sgwiggles didn't beat you. Please let me have this its been a day. #coding

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One day I'll actually start using tags for my posts, I promise.

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Love getting to a video lecture and seeing everyone's comments saying "oh god THIS one" like I wasn't worried before but now I'm convinced this is where I fail.

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I like waking up early and having some time at home before work while the sun is still up. I don't like feeling caught between the pressure to do something with my time and the neurodivergent urge to cover my head with a blanket and recharge. This is why I sleep in.

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I'm listening to an animation explaining a core concept of coding and I can't focus because this...thing...has a voice that wipes knowledge from my mind. I see it talking but nothing it says sticks. I think I lost a part of my soul.

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I've been listening to the audiobook of Three-Body Problem based on a recommendation it's "good sci-fi". I'm a third of the way through. No one warned me about the cosmic horror. #novels

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My first love will always be epic fantasy adventures; but when I've only got an hour and am feeling a little down a funny/comfy slice of life volume is a great pick me up. 2 volumes into My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked. #manga #WhatImReading

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Also, fiction about giants - mecha, kaiju, deities. Especially if they fight each other. It stimulates the child lizard part of my brain.

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Oh yeah, interests and all that: Novels Webcomics Manga Anime TT RPGs Board Games Miniature Games Video Games Adventure Romance Fantasy Drama/Suspense Strategy Simulations Writing Game Design Painting Digital Art Music Philosophy Mythology Psychology

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I haven't looked over these notes and exercises for about a month, so I refreshed my memory on the basics instead of diving into new material. Part of me thinks it's lost progress, but it felt good to go over the fundamentals and shake off the rust. Also, I feel more confident for tomorrow.

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"Aspiring creative" means I want to make art out of all the ideas in my head but don't know exactly how yet. Tonight is learning more about computer science. In the past, it has been novel writing, philosophy, game mechanics, or empathy. In the future it could be art, animation, or music.

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My first time on social media in about ten years, let's see how this goes.

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