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Playing Mask of the Rose

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Wanting to note narrative structure, Galatea, and a plethora of connections with the larger truth.

First of all I would like to say, KAT DID IT FIRST!!!
*ahem*
Alright, let's dig in.


[A. Conceal something from the player.
 B. When we know there is something concealed, we are motivated to uncover it. (e.g.)

 C. Awareness of concealment itself may be concealed. When unaware of concealment we cannot be directly motivated (as above), but awareness of unknown unknowns may stir the curiousity in a different way. ]

draw a tarot card every day.

my new understanding of art
to be an artist or to appreciate it
     our shared mental mass, a synchronization, a reassociation
to associate

remember each way in which you have been yourself and forgotten
remember each way in which another person is themselves
and forgotten
remember each way in which every person will be every person and forgotten
in time lost

Source https://auntieemily.com/yin-yang-fried-rice/

Ingredients for fried rice:
5 c Cooked rice (currently trying 2 cups rice, 2 cups water)
3 Large eggs
1 tsp Salt
3 tbsp Oil

Ingredients for red sauce (DOUBLE ALL):
250 g Chicken , sliced into shreds
1 tsp Light soy sauce for chicken marinade
½ tsp Sugar for chicken marinade
1 tsp Corn starch for chicken marinade
1 tsp Oil for chicken marinade
½ Onion , thin sliced wedges
1 Medium tomato , wedges
3 tbsp Tomato paste
3 tbsp Ketchup (I would like to replace this part of the recipe since I don't have ketchup but I do have all the other ingredients!)
1 tbsp White vinegar
1 tbsp Light soy sauce
2 tsp Sugar
250 ml Chicken broth
1 tbsp Corn starch for slurry
2 tbsp Water for slurry
2 tbsp Oil

https://www.tumblr.com/variousauthors/761897217326022656/metroidvania

In the comments of his Mental Backlog & Metroidvanias, boghog says something that bugs me. I'd like to get to the bottom of it.

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Re Lajos Egri's
"The Art of Dramatic Writing"

I forgot this feeling.

[ A. What do I want to use Self-Determination theory for -- how can I apply Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness to get my games to encourage the particular form of creativity that I like? What is this form of creativity?

  B. Apply SDT specifically to the player's internal processes -- not how to win, or even to think about and understand things beyond the boundaries of their self. I am interested in the player's Autonomy, as it pertains to their self-image. I am interested in the player's Competence in understanding and choosing themselves, and in their self-development. And, I am interested in the player's Relatedness regarding their self as it exists in the world. (see page 2)]

I am a poor planner.

I like to do things out in the open... for reasons which I won't get into.

But @reasonisfun on twitter wrote this article (many years ago) and happened to send it to me (days ago) and, wow, mind blown.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iSRCrE82G4dindJHZ/criticism-scheduling-and-privacy

In the morning I saw the moon to the west

In the blue sky between tall buildings

In the direction of home

It slipped in an hour beneath the horizon

As in the puddles that fill the unnoticed depressions making them recognizable as traps for water,

So too do these droqevers reveal bright and dark spots in the droqen-made platformer design space.

Between June 24th and today -- two-ish months -- I have posted eleven games to droqever,

Eight of them in the last sixteen days. Wait, really? That's so much. That's probably too frequently.

Don't do it.

(edit: this is my 1st read, my 2nd read is here)

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"LOL, someone in my D&D group last night tried a stunt check on a soul coin powered motorcycle and rolled a nat 1, eating shit and almost killing a new player character that had literally appeared 30 seconds earlier." — https://x.com/thetrin/status/1822298892953596346

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https://x.com/han_tani/status/1821339952237703642

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