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anyway if it helps then it helps, if not then ignore it. It helps me a bit so I'm sharing.

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Did I come up with it because pomodoro doesn't work for me and when I tried it I had a meltdown? Sure, but it's not actually an alternative to that kind of thing. It's a method for getting started and building momentum, it's not for trying to make a routine or regulate focus.

Did I come up with this while procrastinating? Of course I did. :p

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A key part of it is that if it's not working halfway through the time, you can bail to do whatever and try again later. It's not sure-fire for me, but considering I have AuDHD and struggle with demand avoidance - that it helps at all is not nothing!

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 16/07/2026

If you struggle with getting started doing stuff, as I do, this might help. I came up with this "bore/chore" method which is basically "Set aside time, use it to either do the thing or be bored".

A document detailing the "bore/chore" method.

"Start a task by making complete boredom the only alternative!
Put aside a block of time to work on a task, then split it in two:

1st Half: Bore Time
• Begin work
• ...or be bored
• NOTHING else!

2nd Half: Chore Time
• Keep going!
• You can take breaks
• You can quit any time

Tips:
• Bore Time is for creating some momentum, Chore Time is for using it.
• Things that alleviate boredom are forbidden during Bore Time. This might include: messages, videos, music, daydreaming, reading, snacking - anything more appealing than the task is out!
• If it helps, you may allow some things as you work during bore time (eg; podcasts, music) - but you must pause them while not wprking on the task!
• Be more lenient during Chore Time, anything that was forbidden is now allowed (as long as it doesn’t distract you too much)!
• Don't beat yourself up! Sometimes we try and it just doesn't happen. If you make it through Bore Time then you earned a break! You can give it another shot later!
• Don't set an alarm for the end of Bore Time: you won't want the distraction if you’re working, if you're bored then you're probably checking the time already.
• When you finish or quit, you can decide when the next bore/chore time block is (it can be right away if you're in the zone!)
• Too short a block of time and boredom won’t motivate you, too long and you might be wasting time bored when it would be better to quit and try again later.
• Bore time is NOT meant to be a punishment! If it’s stressing you or pushing you toward a meltdown then abort ASAP! For future attempts, try to find a way to be comfortably/safely bored.

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much of it is mid-2000s teenage cringe, but I do not fear anyone knowing that I was a huge dork! 💪 (I meen, I woz preeeeeetty 1337 tbh. yarly. lolzorz!!!!11!1!!!)

A bad drawing shows a ninja with fairy wings kicking a half-cylinder-shaped character, and a text box reads:

"So the evil fairy ninja kung-fu'd Ramuh in the face for his nobby ways, and locked him up in a giant, power generator... place... thingy..."

Screenshot of a pixelated man silhouetted by a sunset, text overlaid reads:

"ONCE THERE WAS A MAN, A BEAUTIFUL HUNK OF A MAN"

"HE HAD A KEYBOARD THAT WAS MAGICAL, AND TRANSFORMED FOR THE MANS NEEDS"

"BUT THE DEMON LORD OF BADASSNESS WANTED THE KEYBOARD TO HIMSELF"

"SO HE SENT MANY MINIONS TO CLAIM IT, AND THE BATTLE COMMENCED!"

Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 16/07/2026

Finally put ruffle on my website so all my old flash games (except one that needs a microphone) are playable again! www.sophiehoulden.com/games/ Now if only someone could do this for the unity web player too...

Screenshot of "The Linear RPG", a pixelated stick figure runs down a 3D path while a narrative block of text scrolls behind.

Screenshot of "Ramuh-Shmoo", a little 2D platformer where a little orange demon has gripped a flailing wire in his teeth

Screenshot of "ULTIMATE VENGANCE POWER 4: THE LEMON OF JUSTICE", showing the level where your keyboard has turned into a UFO and you're flying through a purple sky shooting devils in smaller UFOs.

Screenshot of "Bunnies of Fury", a split-screen deathmatch game where two bunnies shoot at one-another.

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Dice the Demiurge is also on sale, but only the PDFs because I guess I didn't figure out how to do it for the print version itch: sophieh.itch.io/dice-the-dem... DriveThru: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

The cover of "Dice the Demiurge". Above the title is an image of a swordsman facing down a planet, the landmasses of which form the shape of a menacing demon. Text above reads "An incremental dice game for one player"

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Summer Sale 2026 by Sophie Houlden

Oh wow some nerd put all their games and crap on sale! itch.io/s/191307/sum...

itch.io

A bundle by Sophie Houlden, $15.00 for 11 games

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I've also been doing another lemmings port in secret - of the title font! Turns out nobody has ever actually made a font before, even official projects either pick a different cartoony font or just redraw the title themselves. It's still very WIP though, please ignore the "y"!

Letter glyphs in the style of the "Lemmings" title

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too hot to think properly, so I've been working on my Lemmings thing. I added visual sound effects, and "hero" lemmings you can select and assign skills to directly. and of course there are more levels.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 22/06/2026

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I finished recreating & demaking ALL the #lemmings levels for consoles. My port now has 300 playable levels! sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

Screenshot of a level where lemmings are falling from a high balcony and only one can descend safely

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 16/06/2026

I'm almost finished adding the original console-exclusive levels, and since sunsoft were allowed to have a special graphic level in their port, my port has one too now. #lemmings sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

Screenshot of a maze-like lemmings level with curvy grass and floating rocks

Screenshot of a hell-themed lemmings level where a giant rock statue pulls on a great chain

Screenshot of an underground-themed lemmings level with a large chasm between the lemmings entrance area and their exit.

Screenshot of lemmings building bridges in a level made up of 3D renders of dice.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 11/06/2026

The downside to this particular d4 shape is that half of the time the face you want to read will be pointed away from you. But I'm not going to pretend that is somehow more inconvenient than reading a regular d4.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 11/06/2026

It is the same tetrahedron you find in this particular honeycomb tiling: https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragonal_disphenoid_honeycomb To get it, take two opposite edges and just move them until you have a couple of right-angles.

en.wikipedia.org

Tetragonal disphenoid honeycomb - Wikipedia

Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 11/06/2026

FUN FACT! This tetrahedron makes for a d4 where the number you read is always upright. It's fair (face-transitive), and as a bonus - it tiles 3D space! #Dice

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/06/2026

oh also a clarification: I was also wrong when I said I'd remade all the holiday levels. There are A LOT more. I'll probably add them in a couple of years when I get back to work on this :P

Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/06/2026

If you don't have picotron: 1) You should fix that if you can 2) You can still play all the levels in your browser: https:// sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html Also, I added a handful of remixes of classic levels. If you've played a lot of lemmings they should prove to be fun/challenging!

Screenshot of the level "Only floaters can survive this" however the lemmings begin by walking left instead of right.

Screenshot of the level "Now use miners and climbers", but the lower floor has been removed and there is just a large pool of acid there.

Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/06/2026

Okay I'm DONE working on this for now! For real this time! If you have #picotron, search for Lemmings in splore - that cart has my original levels and the ones from the Amiga demo disk (and it can download and play all the other levels I've made from my website)

Screenshot of the picotron desktop with the "Splore" app open. A search bar has "lemmings" typed into it and my app is listed with a cute lemming icon.

Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 08/06/2026

When I said I had every level from the original lemmings, turns out I missed some in the middle! I've added those and also a bunch of console-exclusive levels. There's now 221 levels to play! sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

Screenshot of a lemmings "hell" level where levels are building bridges and falling into lava

Screenshot of an "underground" lemmings level where the exit is close to the entrance but a one-way wall forces a lemming to take a less direct route past a trap.

Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 03/06/2026

My attempt to take a break from this has failed (successfully): - 2 new Sophie levels (the 2nd is impossible unless you know niche mechanics!) - Better builder behaviour + fixed bricks being 5 pixels instead of 6 when going right - Icons in the settings menu sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

Large screenshot of a tall lemmings level set in the clouds, the exit is in the middle and there are areas above and below it, with an entrance in each.

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 01/06/2026

With that done, I'm gonna try and take a break from it again so I can do my own things. I will work more on it though in the future though, it's still lacking the expansion and console-exclusive difficulty levels.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 01/06/2026

My #picotron port of Lemmings now has all the original levels playable (plus the replacement levels, plus all the holiday levels, plus a handful of others) It runs in the browser here: sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

Screenshot of the first lemmings level "Just Dig!", small lemming creatures fall from a trapdoor into a dirt and grass environment and walk toward an exit.

Screenshot of the classic Lemmings level "You need bashers this time" where lemmings tunnel through frozen crystals and jagged netting to reach the exit.

A screenshot of an original level where lemmings are building bridges between pink fluffy clouds.

An original level where lemmings are traversing obstacles in a desert to reach a flying saucer.

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Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I'm delighted to announce the forensic recovery of the original single-stroke font data from Vib-Ribbon (1999) — exhumed from Playstation ROMs — and now part of my archive of procedural skeleton fonts for #p5js: github.com/golanlevin/p... #mediaArchaeology #typography #plotterArt #creativeCoding

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Sophie's Grids is playable now! (for FREE!) Your first solve will maybe take a few minutes, but with practice you'll be doing it in seconds! Play in the browser: sophieh.itch.io/sophies-grids On mobile: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Or Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2310850/...

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Update: My game has been available for 12 hours and you haven’t played it for even one! You can make it up to me though, click one of the links! Tell a nerdy friend! Did you know it runs in your browser? ❤️🎲❤️

IIRC I started work proper in January, it probably shouldn't have taken me as long as it did but considering how much I need to fight the AuDHD lately I'm glad I finished it at all!

nice! AFAIK you're the first person to beat the daily!