torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 13hSounds like the rights to Ultima are moving back where they belong. It's a shame this didn't happen with Alice and American McGee sooner. Publishers like to pretend their IPs accrue value while they languish. I'm not sure I agree. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 22hI can't tell if I'm recovering from burnout after more than a week of doing whatever I want, OR if I'm lazy, OR - if I've suffered because I subscribed to a labour-driven, idealized sense of self that is apparently something a lot of ADHD people do. I am VERY unproductive, but that thinking.... 110
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I may have underestimated Chainsmoker Cat. I think this series deserves more thought than I initially gave it. It's a lot for the "Catgirl farts in man's face" anime. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happiness shouldn't be this much of a struggle. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We are leaning very hard into comprehensibility, on the project code. I can optimize when I have evidence of the slowest, worst offenders. Learning more than I wanted. Move_and_collide() isn't really about collision, so I've had to completely redo collision in the project. Oy. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For over a week, I've been struggling with Godot collisions that should, by all accounts, work. Every layer, every setting says collisions should be detected. Turns out it's intended design to drop one or more overlapping collisions, as an optimization. I want to scream. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't know where this will end, but I intend to show up. 000
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 04/03/2025the tragedy of social media, in two acts 366163515
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So, Godot masks are strictly represented in binary. Makes sense, if I have 8 masks, I can check, say, 5 specific ones with 10010111. So why did they call the 8th bit "layer 9"? Just call the first layer "layer 0" I'm begging you. 020
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I don't remember when I started on escitalopram - 2015-2016, maybe? These symptoms are why I started. So I've been avoiding or medicating burnout for a decade. THAT is why it's so bad. youtu.be/yTr3xQEIfR4youtu.beHow Burnout Changed My Life ForeverYouTube video by Simple Happy Zen 110
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialRhiannon Kagoe @rhiannonkagoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I made a book ✨ 1225647
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Quaternions saving my ass, once again. Had a gun that would rotate to target, aiming as though it was always in the same position, even though it was moving and the position was definitely updating. It's shocking how much linear algebra still helps, even in a modern API. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026OMG... I spent a day trying to debug unresponsive code, couldn't understand why. ... I didn't attach the script for controls, to the control system. I looooooathe this brain fog. I really do. 000
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026They billed it as “The Film Acme Doesn’t Want You to See” and then in the title cards they footnote that Warner Brothers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acme the shade has LEVELS 0306
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I am biased, but Zaheer is my favourite villain in Korra. He's very much, "what if Bruce Lee but he gets powers", and he's really establishing himself through wit and physicality. By the time that book ends, the doors are open for a lot of people like that. Looking forward to the new series. 010
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialMeredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 15/08/2026(Taps the sign) 658794
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I'm not getting anything done, but he's happy and nobody's meowing. My needy boy. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 11/08/2026At this point I've got a pretty solid grasp of using quaternions. Took too long; combination of age, medication, cat distractions? a bunch of common rotations are precomputed on load, and ready to go. Moving enemies in full 3D should be greatly simplified. Easier for my stupefied brain. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 06/08/2026After doing a bunch of calculations manually and finding out that Godot has full functions for interpolating between two transforms, using quaternion math (That is, setting a target orientation in space and transitioning towards it) I am both relieved and a little upset. Guess that's tomorrow. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 03/08/2026youtube.com/shorts/Kgp27...youtube.comHenry Rollins on the time you have left. Dennis Miller, 1992. #ShortsYouTube video by Dead Wrong History 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Trying to convert velocity in a global coordinate system to an object-local velocity (because a ship shouldn't care about its position in space, only where it's headed). And man, I am goo. I'm going to try this again, tomorrow. With pen and paper. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The mnemonic value of writing things down - the association with many senses as you're narrating what you're writing and visualizing how it works - I think is terribly underrated. I have no idea if research really supports that, as a model of memory-making. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The mnemonic value of writing things down - the association with many senses as you're narrating what you're writing and visualizing how it works - I think is terribly underrated. I have no idea if research really supports that, as a model of memory-making. 000
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialAnne @anneb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026And on The Tube in London... the people speak out. 131250408
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 22/07/2026after a series of errors, there were a few problems Figuring out the forward vector (Godot uses camera-forward, which is NEGATIVE z-axis), and the process I used to determine the nearest enemy was error-prone. I basically do vector magnitude without squaring or rooting. I only need a binary answer 020
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Having to re-learn Linear Algebra after 20 years away. I've got a bug that won't be fixed unless I understand aiming in 3D space. I've got data that's updating as the character moves, but the aim is off in a way that seems like a square or root. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Working because I can't sleep. Godot doesn't support multiple inheritance and it doesn't use interfaces, so I've defined types of things as children in each interactive entity. The set of children defines its interactions as traits (eg. Bounceable) 001
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰 ☽|☾ 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰 🎃🧛 @chaospriestess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it. 86173574485
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 28/06/2026My fuzzy son is in the hospital. I'm sure he'll be okay and I know he'll get better, but I feel so bad. He is the very gentlest boy. He was in so much pain. 000
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Slop purveyor: my machine lets me produce 6,000 gallons of hot dogshit per day. How do you think you can possibly compete with that? Literally any creative person: by not producing 6,000 gallons a day of hot dogshit, mostly 3598137
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Godot can handle mouse and touch input with automatic raycasting (check a line in this direction and see if you hit something). TIL. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 20/06/202612 hours today on Godot 4.7. Events and listeners are already easier to bind and more comprehensible in Godot than in Unreal, and they're easier to debug. I'm going to work with Godot until I'm back at the point where I was in Unreal, and then decide which engine I'm keeping. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Unreal Engine is really testing my patience. Block of validation code works fine when expanded. Fails when collapsed into a function, node, or macro. Works when expanded again. Restart editor, collapses and works fine. WTF. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 19/06/2026When I'm selling my games, I want my clients in this order: 1. The people willing to pay in their home region 2. The people using locality bypass to buy somewhere cheaper 3. The people who pirate All three - ALL THREE - are valid. Games exist to be played. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Enumerations and Maps are useful, but the Spawn Actor node can't be Exposed On Spawn unless the exact type is specified in advance. Because of that, I need to run a Switch with different Spawn Actor requests for each possible enemy. This allows me to assemble the enemy in any configuration I want. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The overhead of learning UE5 was significant, but I think I'm over the first big hump. I'll hit new ones with each new subsystem I need to learn about and engage. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Love the rain, out here. Game development moving more quickly, but still slow. For the first time, encountered a problem and immediately knew how to solve it with the UE5 tools on-hand. It's a good sign. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 10/05/2026youtube.com/shorts/MnfK2... Seriously. Just listen. And love your games.youtube.comAAA studios looking at indie gamesYouTube video by Viva La Dirt League 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Been super sleepy all day. Didn't get anything done. Just gonna call it and aim higher tomorrow. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Alright, we have imperfect movement. WASD, Mouse, Touchscreen. Gotta polish up the movement before we go to the next step. Manny the Mannequin is currently face down like a neglected Barbie, instead of using an actual ship. 010
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The world still needs more Cap, but this was the year I started cutting ties, and I'm still doing it. Now? I do measure lives. And I am quick to decide if you are inadequate, because most people are. My time and emotional labour are worth too much to be wasted on patience for stupid shit. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Mortal Kombat has ONE (1) sex symbol, and it's Mileena. I will not be taking questions, at this time. 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 01/05/2026OMG I'm dying. Taking a break from default pawn blueprints in UE5. youtube.com/shorts/R93fG...youtube.comThey Literally Interviewed The GoatYouTube video by NextShark 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Sometimes we can't save everyone. And it's the hardest thing to be witness to their suffering, knowing you can't prevent it. 010
Reposted by @torchpatness.bsky.socialAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I am absolutely shite at recognising when someone is flirting with me. Like, comically bad at it. My mates would mock me about it. But something happened today that made me so happy. 1/? 943553680
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 24/04/2026"Your wings, though ruined, are not without purpose. Take hold of them as you leap, and they shall carry you across great spans." #LegacyOfKain #SoulReaver #Raziel 000
torchpatness.bsky.social @torchpatness.bsky.social · 17/04/2026First time learning a visual language. Brain is mush. Looking at procedural generated content to grow out forests, landscapes, cities and rivers. (Cities, first. It's practically a tradition that you have to fly through "Happy Trails" on your way to adventure) 000
