After recruiting Aura with her clockwork squirrel, and Branwen the stone cleric; Aegon returns to the Cloakwood to once again face its dangers. Spiders are less of an obstacle without their leader, but the Troupe now has to go through Shadow Druid territory once again.
A Literal Walk Down a River
After being disappointed by the lack of a good beach walk in Mui Ne, I opted to do a river walk the next day. Resting at the bottom of the Red Canyon is the Fairy Stream.
X-COM: Resist Restartitis
I’m making some progress in my X-COM campaign. I’ve had some great victories, but some things are starting to go south. I really want to start over, but I’m trying to resist that instinct. Because you never know how a campaign will go until the end.
The New Butterfly Pipeline
I use a Python script to help generate code, data, and textures for Bok’s Banging Butterflies. However, this script was starting to get unwieldy. At more than 500 lines it was getting harder to find certain sections when modifications needed to be made.
Extracting Data for my Let’s Play
In my Let’s Play of Baldur’s Gate I use a lot of cropped and edited images, and rely heavily on the in-game dialogue to tell the story. As I am a lazy programmer, you may wonder why I spend so much time editing these images.
Return of the Stone Cleric
Aura has rejoined the Troupe, bringing along her clockwork squirrel Muffy and her skills as a tinkerer. Now their journey takes them back south along the Trade Way. They are to go to Nashkel and recruit another priest before their next expedition into the Cloakwood.
Disappointing Beach in Mui Ne
After spending some time in Ho Chi Minh City, it was time to move onto to somewhere more relaxing. Mui Ne would be the next destination – a small fishing town on the south-east coast with a sizeable beach.
A Month in X-COM: UFO Defense
I’ve been revisiting an old classic. One of, if not the earliest PC game I ever played. As a teenager I would plan out bases and send soldier on missions in an attempt to repel the UFO invasion.
Doing Spawn Eggs Properly
Spawn eggs were almost an afterthought in Bok’s Banging Butterflies. They worked, but the experience was rough. Not all entities had spawn eggs, and most eggs looked identical. With 61 butterfly and moth species, it was almost impossible for players to know what they were spawning.
The Best Anti-Piracy Software
I watched as Windows shut down and the computer restarted. The familiar Windows didn’t appear once it booted up. Instead a black screen with some white text ending with C:>. My fingers tapped on the keyboard. A blue screen appeared asking for sound card settings.