As I said in the previous post, I’ll be making the game in Twine first, and then porting it to Decker. My original idea, though, was to make an “open-world” exploration RPG, something like SaGa: Scarlet Grace or Emerald Beyond, in RPG Maker. Maybe go even further and do something like Romancing SaGa 3, which is a bit more traditional, …
Month: September 2024
This website now federates with ActivityPub and has webmentions
What the title says. Or, at least, I hope so, as I’m unsure everything is working as it should. The ActivityPub part I tested myself seems to be all fine, so anyone on Mastodon, Friendica, Pleroma, Pixelfed, and so on, can look up for the user blog@www.whateverthewindbrings.com and follow it to see blog updates directly on their timeline. Any comment …
I guess I’m starting a devlog
I’m working on a project, but I’m lacking a bit of motivation lately, so maybe writing about the project’s development here might help. Also, I opened the project for the first time after an almost two-week hiatus — due to the lack of time — and got completely lost about what I was doing. I keep a project journal around …
Using Arturia’s CMI V to create lo-fi samples
Quick tip on how to create lo-fi sounds from hi-fi samples and instruments Some years ago I was looking into some of Arturia’s less talked synth emulations and found a great video about the Farlight CMI V. The video is quite long, but the stuff about sampling and resynthesis caught my eye since I never really thought about it. Basically, …
Cleansing Flames
This story was written years ago for a contest. It got a positive feedback, but wasn’t picked. I found it again a few months ago, adjusted a bit of the flow, and it’s now here. Some people say Hell is a fiery pit of despair, eternally engulfed in flames. Others say it’s a cold and desolated wasteland, where no hope …
Time zones and hemispheres are the bane of my existence
In the localization industry, we not only translate games’ contents, but also their changelogs, patch updates, news, and marketing copies. Usually, it’s all fine, except when there’s an upcoming event and we have to start checking clocks and doing math because it will be a global launch or event and we have to “translate” the time to BRT. But oh, …
Weird off-topic about the stock market
I studied Economics for a time (like, at university) but didn’t graduate. In Economics, we study history, sociology, math, and a lot of stuff in between. I’m saying this because although I was good at math (at the time) and attended a few lectures about the stock market, my interests were elsewhere (and also, the stock market is a rich …
Wildfires in Portugal
It seems most of the fires, at least in this region, started on Sunday, but by Monday things were already out of control. I was able to take two pictures during the day and, man, things were wild. I’ve seen the Sahara dust cover the country once or twice, but I’ve never seen the sun this way. This looks like …
Under the hood: Pet the Cat
In my quest to better understand Decker and how some things work, I made a simple game called Pet the Cat. Pet the Cat by lokeloski It’s not overly complex in any way, shape, or form, but it’s something I did to test some systems that might be useful in the future. Before I get to that, though, I want …
How to save money on localization
If the head of a gaming company came to me and asked how to save money on localization instead of automatically going the “IA”/MT/LLM route, I would recommend to: Doing a bit of this prep work might seem expensive at the start, but it would save so much money in the long run while also making everyone’s life less miserable …