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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Neat. I could make out the differences in blues and reds pretty easily, even at the end. I struggled the most with pinks and purples.

A screenshot of the JND website. My score was 0.0054, above average.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I think my next big goal in #GuildWars2 is gonna be getting all the Gen3 legendary weapons. I put together a nice little table of everything I need to get for that. That is, uh, a really big gold number at the bottom. Got my work cut out for me.

A Google Sheets table listing various GW2 materials needed to craft gen3 legendary weapons. Included are how many of each I need, how expensive each material is, and how much gold I'd need to just buy all of them outright.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

An image in the blog also confirms two points of speculation: the new Warrior spec will be the Paragon, and the new Necro spec will be the RItualist—or, at least, the new specs are directly based on those two classes.

Concept art from the blog post. On the left is a warrior with angelic wings and yellow light behind them, wielding what appears to be an Elonian spear. On the right, an Asura is conjuring a Ritualist spirit enveloped in green.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A small, but very important, update is also coming to Homesteads. The decoration area limit is being doubled to 400, which should significantly increase what you can do with homesteads. They go on to describe more examples of core systems they hope to improve—we'll get to those in a bit.

Guild Wars 2 concept art of the inside of a Bearkin homestead.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

First, ANet confirm they've heard our criticisms of the new model's pacing and are making a major change in response. Future expacs will still consist of a launch and three quarterly updates, but the first quarterly update will no longer contain story or map content.

Guild Wars 2 concept art depicting a lone figure with a spear standing in a massive canyon with many waterfalls.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Had to hop on this meme while it was still fresh. #GuildWars2 #Deltarune

A screenshot of Guild Wars 2 showing two players engaging in PvP. Susie and Kris from Deltarune are standing on either side in their Dark World attire with weapons drawn.

A dialogue box shows Susie speaking: "Like, uh, hey, it looks like we got dragged into the Guild Wars, too." Guild Wars too is highlighted in red.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I finally finished Deltarune chapters 3&4. I can now use the internet again.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Omega Flowey: NO! NOOOOOO!! YOURE SUPPOSED TO OBEY ME!! The 7 Days Until Deltarune:

A screenshot of the Deltarune webpage, showing the countdown at 06:23:57:29

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

These are two promotional images of a new backpiece & glider skin coming with the next patch, and they are what many players have been assuming to be the new legendary backpiece, Orrax Manifested. These images were shared on several news sites without context, including MassivelyOP and Bastion.

A GW2 screenshot showing three players using the new backpiece skin. A human and asura stand on the ground, where the backpiece resembles a tail and spines constructed of flowing, multicolored void. The third player is in the air, using the skin as a glider, where it takes the form of an eastern dragon similar to Soo-Won, constructed of the same void.

A GW2 screenshot showing two more players gliding with the new skin. The lower player's glider is dyed so the jet black base of the void is green instead, and its underbelly is white instead of blue.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Finally, GW2 also has a pretty packed schedule for events coming in the next few months. We'll be getting a Return To SotO from July 15-29, WvW Rush from 22-29, and a PvP Push Beta from August 5-12, plus Dragon Bash and Festival of the Four Winds. #GuildWars2 #gw2 #gaming #mmorpg #gamingnews

An image from the Absolution blog post showing the upcoming schedule for Guild Wars 2. It reads as follows:

JUNE
- Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds - Absolution
- Dragon Bash
- Skills and Balance Update
- Fractal Challenge Mode: Kinfall

JULY
- Expansion Announcement
- Return to Secrets of the Obscure Event
- WvW Rush Bonus Event

AUGUST
- PvP Push Beta Event
- Festival of the Four Winds

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Absolution will also improve the homesteading experience. With a new mastery and purchasable upgrade, you'll be able to increase the decoration cap to 2000. The team will also be releasing a BLTC item that lets you change the skybox in your homestead, as well as skins for the conjured doorway.

A screenshot from the Absolution blog post, showing a homestead with a new aurora borealis skybox.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The team states they've stepped back from the "raid-like" design of recent fractals to make Kinfall more streamlined and repeatable; it will be more similar to earlier fractal designs. Kinfall's Challenge mode releases June 24.

A screenshot from the Absolution blog post showing jagged terrain in a cavernous ravine, with two Icebrood/Svanir standing guard on different platforms.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Kinfall will have players take the role of lowland Kodan defending their land from an Icebrood invasion, and may also feature Jormag('s whispers). #GuildWars2 #gw2 #gaming #mmorpg

$A screenshot from the Absolution blog post of the Kinfall fractal, showing a Kodan facing off against a Son of Svanir.$

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Beyond the story and new map, we're getting new instanced content this patch! Ura will join the Mount Balrior Convergence as a 3rd possible boss. The Greer and Decima Convergences combine their raid and open-world mechanics, so it will be interesting how Ura, who only has a raid, works there. #gw2

Ura, the Steamshrieker in her arena in Mount Balrior.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The trailer also shows us this strange, pulsating object. A player can be seen attacking it, implying it is a destroyable objective. It is likely a part of the meta, perhaps filling a similar role to the three chambers at the end of Dragon's Stand.

A screenshot from the Absolution trailer. A stone platform is suspended midair, held up by a strange, stem-like structure attaching it to several platforms above it. On the platform, a cylindrical, pulsating object is seen, with glowing orange egg sacs around its base. It has a mushroom-like top, and it is from this object that the stems extend upward.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The trailer seems to want you to think this is the main boss of the meta, but I believe this is likely a red herring. We already know there's a fourth titan, and it would be odd to not include it. Either the 4th titan is story-only, or not-Gorseval is the penultimate boss, or...

A screenshot of the Absolution trailer, showing another close-up of the monster, this time showing its face from the front in an upright position. We can more clearly see its many rows of teeth and its lack of a lower jaw.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The trailer prominently displays this enemy, which appears to be the same type of creature as the raid boss Gorseval. It was likely formed by the ghosts of those sacrificed in an attempt to seal the Gate of Komalie, and seems to be a major boss in the new meta. #GuildWars2 #gw2 #gaming #mmorpg

A screenshot of the Absolution trailer, showing a close-up of a horrifying monster. It has many tongues, horns, and tentacles and is enveloped in ethereal blue energy.

A screenshot of the Absolution trailer, showing the same monster from behind. It has a large, bulbous blue sac on its back, and two ridiculously large arms each with a spiny tentacle extending from the elbow.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Throughout the meta, we will be supported by factions of the Tyria Alliance. One member confirmed to be present is Councillor Ludo, though the blog also mentions "a spirited guest from Divinity’s Reach’s most elusive social club". This is most likely Mabon. #GuildWars2 #gw2 #gaming #mmorpg

A GW2 screenshot from the blog post. It shows a large, dark, cavernous room within Bava Nisos. Stone structures are adorned with jade gargoyles. A mists portal is open in the background.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The fourth and final map of JW will be Bava Nisos, the Mursaat capital and the site of the Gate of Komalie. This map will contain a map-wide meta-event with three lanes, each fighting their way to the Gate at the city's center. This will likely be similar to the Dragon's Stand meta.

A GW2 screenshot taken from the blog post. A large, colosseum-like room is engulfed in a hazy orange light as chunks of stone float in the air, rings of rectangular stone slabs rotating around them.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Been getting back into Hollow Knight to wrap up the achievements I'm missing. I'm too rusty to go for the pantheons, so instead I tried the speedrunning cheevos. There's one for clearing in 10h, and one for 5h. I managed to get both first try! #gaming #hollowknight

A screenshot of Hollow Knight's "Game Completion" screen. I have 37% game completion and beat the game with a time of 4h 31m 27s.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Daily #GuildWars2 Recap: Did a run of 2-2 trib today to finish off the Woodpecker and Tough Customer achievements. Nice to have most of the big SAB challenges done and dusted. Will probably do one last run of 2-3 this year before SAB ends, get a head start on The Storm Wizard. #gw2 #gaming

A screenshot of the GW2 achievement panel, open to the "Super Adventure Box: Tribulation Mode" tab. All six achievements are completed.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Now for the second new system: fuel remnants! As you use the brick furnace, certain fuels will cause it to slowly fill up with remnants—either piles of ash or charcoal, depending on the fuels you use. You can extract these remnants by interacting with the furnace with a shovel. #mcdev #minecraft

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. Two rows of brick furnaces are stacked atop each other. The player's inventory contains a copper shovel, 10 charcoal, and 2 piles of ash.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

There'll be a few ways to get burnt food, but the only one implemented so far is one of the brick furnace's new mechanics: burning! If you leave certain items cooking for 20 seconds after they're done, they'll burn, becoming a third, different item. That pile of ash used to be a dried kelp...

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. 5 custom brick furnace blocks are lined up and lit, and the player is holding six items retrieved from them: 5 burnt food items and a pile of ash.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The bloomery isn't the only addition I've made recently. I also fitted the brick furnace out with 2 new features. First, here are burnt foods! There'll be a few ways to get these, but the point is you don't want to; they suck. #mcdev #minecraft #gamedev #modding #mods

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. A wall of grey wool with item frames displays two rows of items. The top row is a set of cooked vanilla food items; below it is a row of custom burnt food items. In order, there is a burnt potato, steak, porkchop, mutton, chicken, rabbit, cod, and salmon item displayed.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Daily #GuildWars2 Recap: last night, I finally completed The King Toad! Thus, my goal for this year's SAB is completed. I originally also wanted to get all the Super Adventure skins, but the pace for those fell way behind the toad weapons; maybe next year. #gw2 #mmorpg #gaming

A screenshot of Guild Wars 2. The achievement panel is open, showing a completed "The King Toad" collection with all 16 weapons.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Couldn't say why I haven't posted about the mod recently, as I've been hard at work. For instance, have the bloomery! This is another new block that will be an important part of progression, and it replaces my previous plan for letting you craft the vanilla furnace from carved stone bricks.

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. Three custom bloomery blocks, which each have stone brick textures and consist of sort of chute with an opening at the front, are lined up. The second has cubes of coal inside, and the third is lit.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

So I opened #GuildWars 2 and proceeded to scroll here for 5 minutes instead of starting to play, as you do. Then fuckin Drakkar had to go and jumpscare me with this. Hits different at 1:30 when you forget you were parked in Bjora!

A screenshot of the GW2 text box. It reads as follows:

Unknown: I can protect you.
Unknown: Let me help you...

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

You'll be able to use the brick furnace to smelt up a copper nugget and craft a chisel, which will then allow you to make planks form timber and bricks from stone, allowing you to make a real furnace. Also, I'm really happy with the texture. #mcdev #modding #minecraft #pixelart

A screenshot of modded Minecraft, showing the custom brick furnace block at a 3/4 angle.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

After several days of work, I've completed the brick furnace! This block is functionally a downgrade of the furnace, but will be a mandatory step in progression before you can get a real furnace. It's crafted from bricks, which you'll have to dry in the sun. #mcdev #modding #gamedev #pixelart

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. Three custom "brick furnace" blocks are placed side-by-side. The second one has a pile of wood in the bottom chamber, and the third is set alight.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Clay bricks! Before you can get access to smelting, you'll have to make some of these. While in sunlight, they'll eventually dry into useable bricks, with which you can craft a brick furnace. Careful, though: a mob stepping on them will break them! #mcdev #modding #minecraft

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. Some clay bricks are placed around the ground, one of which is emitting a smoke particle. Beside them are a few individual bricks, dried out.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Here are some examples of what these look like in action and how they can also be used for building. #mcdev #minecraft

A modded Minecraft screenshot. Some of an oak trees logs have been partially chopped, leaving the center chipped and thin.

A modded Minecraft screenshot. A simple archway has been constructed with stripped oak logs as the sides and chipped and thin logs used for the top.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Introducing, chipped and thin logs! These new blocks use the same behavior as the cracked stone and cobbles I added, where chopping a tree with an axe weaker than iron will get you a timber material and replace the block. #mcdev #minecraft #modding #gamedev

A modded Minecraft screenshot. Stripped logs of all nine wood types are lined up, with two progressively thinner variants—the chipped and thin logs—stacked on top of each.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Spent way too long today adding the stairs and slabs for all the cobbles. #mcdev #minecraft #modding

A screenshot of modded Minecraft displaying a wall of various stone blocks and their cobblestone equivalents.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Each type of stone now has its own "cracked" and cobblestone variants—except a few "brittle" stones which only have a new cobble. If you mine with tools weaker than iron, you'll have to mine all 2/3 stages. With iron or better, the blocks mine in one go and drop their cobble as you'd expect.

A wall of Minecraft blocks showing each stone variant alongside its cracked and cobble variants, along with each stone's "rock" item in an item frame and "stone brick" items for stone, deepslate, tuff, netherrack, blackstone, and end stone. The sandstones, calcite, netherrack, and blackstone are marked as "brittle". See the previous video's alt text for the full list of stone types.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

It has been a WHILE since I posted about my Minecraft mod, so let's change that, eh? Development has progressed, and I've completed one of the core mechanics: you now mine stone and its variants in multiple stages! #minecraft #mcdev #programming #gamedev

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Apparently Engi rifle is getting buffed next patch. I spent too much effort making Mr Virtuoso to not share him here as well... #GuildWars2 #gw2

A screenshot of a conversation on Discord. It goes as follows:

Me: Return of rifle mech meta??? :p
Person B: (Posts a gif which reads "GIVE IT TO ME")
Person C: Auto attack alacrity here we come
Me: Heh, remember when mech was the most broken build in the game and they had the audacity to buff it in the next patch? What a time that was. Good thing the devs don't let overpowered classes go unchecked like that anymore...

Attached to my final message is an image, an edit of the smugly reassuring 'Akakichi no Eleven' meme where the large-chinned man is edited to have a hot pink jacket and is surrounded by floating daggers, similar to GW2's Virtuoso spec.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The team announced a number of in-game events in this blog, including a Dungeon Rush, the Super Adventure festival, and a "WvW No Downstate" event in April, followed by Return to Eod, a Roller Beetle Racing event, and a second beta for the Push PvP mode.

A timeline of upcoming events in Guild Wars 2. It reads as follows:

MARCH
- Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds - Repentance
- Raid Update - Ura - Legendary Mode
- WvW Quality of Life Update

APRIL
- Dungeon Rush Event
- Super Adventure Festival
- Skills and Balance Update
- WvW No Downstate Week

MAY
- Return to End of Dragons Event
- Roller Beetle Racing Week
- PvP Rush Beta Event

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

With Repentance comes a change to the Guild panel, adding a new tab that will let you see which of your guildmates have selected the guild as their WvW guild. Additional WvW changes will be coming on March 25th along with the Ura LCM. #guildwars2 #gw2 #mmorpg #gaming

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The Mount Balrior raid CMs will release in Repentance, with the Ura LCM coming later on March 25th. The team states that they will continue to stagger future LCMs form their CM counterparts in the future. Greer will also be added as a possible boss to the JW Convergence. #guildwars2 #mmorpg

A screenshot of Guild Wars 2 taken from the blog post. Several Wizards and Kodan are standing around a simple camp within a large ruin, right in front of a huge archway leading out into the forest. The arch is adorned with a banner of colorful hanging strips, and some parts of the ruin wall appear to be blocked by a darkened, likely deactivated version of the red magic/substance seen in the previous screenshot.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This section contains a gallery of three screenshots with very different vibes, which could very well be taken from the three main areas these chains each take place in. The blog also teases a "buzzing sound" which may be linked to a larger mystery in the map, or even a secret fourth event chain.

A screenshot of Guild Wars 2 taken from the blog post. A player mounted on their Warclaw sits within a large, wide-open ruin hidden amongst cliffs and trees, illuminated green.

A screenshot of Guild Wars 2 taken from the blog post, within a ruin made up of arched doorways, completely overgrown with grass and ivy and partially lit by a yellow tone.

A screenshot of Guild Wars 2 taken from the blog post. A ruin made up of pillars and criss-crossing beams stands in front of a larger castle- or cathedral-like wall, with the windows and cracks filled in with a strange red magic. The area is harshly lit by reddish light.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The new map will have three main event chains which occur in the north, center, and south. They aren't described as meta-events; rather, they seem to be most similar to the Outpost event chains that were found in the first 3 HoT maps. These chains will be the primary source of rewards in the map.

A screenshot of the blog post. It reads as follows:

Mistburned Barrens

As the Tyrian Alliance sets out to explore the ruins of Bava Nisos, they face a uniquely hazardous environment. Even though hundreds of years have passed since the Door of Komalie was opened, the barrens are still fraught with the remains of mursaat experiments in spectral agony and long saturated with bloodstone magic and Mistburn. The ghosts of the mursaat and their victims cling to the land, forever haunting this cursed place.

To safely explore this grim landscape, the Tyrian Alliance has put together survey parties to unravel the mysteries buried within the crumbling corridors. Players will be able to participate in three unique surveys from the base camp at the ruins’ mouth:

- To the north, players will reactivate an enormous, dormant construct and use it to cross a spectral agony-flooded valley.
- In the center, players will utilize asuran golems to delve into an ancient library and investigate the Mistburn that has spread across the isles of Janthir.
- Players in the south will lead a procession of Tyrian Alliance members into a laboratory once utilized for bloodstone sacrifices and experimentation.

From a design perspective, our goal is to ensure that anytime a player enters the map there are rewarding, structured events that you can jump right into. Now, to investigate the buzzing sound that scouts have reported emanating from the woods…

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Ahh, the classic Terraria experience... spending 30 minutes digging around in the jungle looking for that damn temple. Preparations for hardmode are going well. #terraria #calamitymod #gaming

A screenshot of Terraria. The map is open, showing various winding paths around the underground jungle; I have not located the temple yet.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

My next big task for the mod is going to be making a custom mob. I want to add boars, so to start I just took the vanilla Hoglin and made its model smaller lol. Now to actually code its behaviors and such... #minecraft #mcdev

A screenshot of Blockbench, a Minecraft modeling software. The model for the 'Hoglin' mob is displayed, modified to be smaller.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I didn't even realize I'd passed 200 followers! Whether you're here to watch me ramble about GW2, fumble through making my Minecraft mod, or... also ramble about Mythos, I appreciate all of you!

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I also went and added the last of the rock materials that were still missing. Many of the associated blocks also got new slabs to go with them! #minecraft #mcdev

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. The player has a custom creative tab open, displaying various materials form the mod, including a few variants of timber, planks, and bark; clumps of soils, piles of sands, rocks and their associated bricks, vines, flax, and a few variants of flower petals.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Chisels can also be used to carve certain rocks into bricks! These replace the vanilla recipes for each of the brick blocks. You'll also have to use bricks instead of cobblestone to craft a furnace, making them harder to obtain. #minecraft #mcdev #programming #gamedev

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. The player is in their inventory, using an Iron Chisel and two Rocks to craft a custom Stone Brick material.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Now introducing: chisels! These are another new tool type whose primary purpose is crafting. You'll be able to craft them using just a nugget. Chisels can carve timber into planks just like daggers can, but they have an additional use as well... #minecraft #mcdev #programming #gamedev

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. A wall composed of stone, copper. gold, iron, diamond, and netherite blocks is adorned with item frames, displaying custom daggers and chisels for each of the aforementioned material types (except stone, which only has a dagger).

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Finally, my palm trees are fully implemented and functional! ...well, mostly. I'm still working on getting the diagonal leaves to not decay without totally screwing with that whole system. But aside from that, they're done! #minecraft #mcdev #programming #gamedev

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. Several custom palm trees are spread across a small beach.

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SSCaide @sscaide.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I've been a bit quiet on here, but I have been diligently working on my mod in that time. I'm making some good progress on my custom trees. Today I got the trunks working, so now I just need to make my custom foliage placer (and fix the texture so it's green). #minecraft #mcdev #programming

A screenshot of modded Minecraft. Five custom palm trees are scattered around the area, each with spiraling trunks. The leaves are grey and unfinished.

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