first moon's reflections

[droqen]

make a thing every day in the spirit of 31 unmarked games, but not necessarily a game; respect the work you've done; see (the badly named) wholeness of action

when the moon becomes new, stop gathering; start connecting and reflecting

release something on the night of the full moon.

do not make plans.

[droqen]

from yesterday, the monday

notes, thoughts

there is nothing mystical or scientific
about moon watching

it is simply there,
a great circle of white
beyond reproach.

things created
- began an unnamed godot project, recreating for the third time the idea of a platformer where you can type commands anywhere you like to cast spells. stayed up until like 2am, rapt. very little content, but the pure mechanics & presentation are a joy

being social
- meant to meet with felix, but did not due to rain and sick
- tweeted "a day's events do not particularly happen in order"
- many tbt events, among us
- splatoon at 3-4am
- mom texted me a video of a person speaking chinese even though she knows i dont speak chinese. she asked me about which thumb goes on top of which thumb. right brain left brain thing. such superstition... oh and something about china 'admitting' to GMO...

[droqen]

from yesterday, the tired day

- terraforming Pit.
- too late in the day, noticed a creative dissatisfaction. worked on surface level spell demo.
- slept a good 7 1/2 hours btwn yesterday and today.

[droqen]

from yesterday, a day of differentiated processes

- further terraforming Pit, but specifically working on (and finishing!) the swamp zone.
- tbt games.
- a design solution to a design problem in the spellcasting game. player still trapped in this one screen, but things are interactive, and in particular interacted with via text.
    - wrote a small newforum post about it: Solving Problems
    - "Problems must be solved in order."
- "WE ARE THE MEANING MAKERS". something about what gate88 said... making meaning...

[droqen]

from yesterday, a social community minded thursday

- met with the workshop folks at InterAccess, was an interesting experience of being in touch with people again! a lot of talking. people do so love to talk.

- got pulled down a minor rabbithole then thinking about online games and communities

- really really thought about my letter, What Do We Want To Get Points For? or maybe that was today? ah, the risks of waiting too long.

- the moon did so splinter. i am not cut out to be a one project type of droqen. i work on multitudes and the reason to use a forum is to maintain coherent localized trains of thought!

- played Among Us late at night, then slept.

- who am i?

[droqen]

from yesterday, when
Iife slows

- chatted with Kat, reconnected with tigsource and the old indie spirit

- began work on yet another a new project, "still life," under some foolish assumption that i could simply make a game out of a character controller and static objects & obstacles; adding a dynamic pathfinding entity felt sacrilegious.

- late, played some games.

- still worked on Dalyoon's Throne too.

[droqen]

damn, the moon is waning fast

[droqen]

from yesterday, Animal Crossing Day

- what happened yesterday? i think i fell for animal crossing new horizons . . . i mean, i discovered the feeling of enjoying island life. some of the game stuff gets in the way. other game stuff helps. it's a soup.

realization today, now

there are two types of memory streams... i like recording memories, because they feel very slippery. that's a very different thing from giving form and shape to some kind of artifact. a story, or an article, or a game, or something else. that's a particular act. hmm. i mix the two together and i'd like to keep them separate somehow. somehow. different places. the forum isn't so good for that!

[droqen]

yesterday (no header this time), i started to build myself another strange palace, and realized i don't have much need to go into a deeper sort of isolation!! the big forum event that ive been participating in has ended as of today, a few minutes ago, and it all reminded me how nice it is to feel connected.

yesterday i started to tweet and stuff, or started to think about tweeting, and in particular began building a thing to be less like a hole. a little godot web game hosting website without any type of navigational structure... the goal... being to use those other structures, to hook into them, to belong in concert with a pre existing social hub.

i have no desire for it to be twitter or not twitter, i only seek to build as little as possible from scratch... to perform a structure preserving transformation on the world...

[droqen]

specifically noting a difference between a sketch or prototype, which i want more or less immediate feedback on and then no more, and a long term project which has been worked and perfected...