Slow Saturday.

Posted by Astryl on Nov. 22, 2014, 2:57 a.m.

I'm sitting at the PC shop; I usually don't bother opening on Saturday, but I had a minor backlog (Which has been cleared).

I stumbled upon some very amusing and gratifying articles by one David Thorne; I now have the urge to employ weapons-grade sarcasm against some of my more …

A little blog.

Posted by Astryl on Nov. 20, 2014, 3:39 p.m.

It's been over a month since I've written a blog. And I have some excuses for that. Ranging from laziness to business and everything in-between…

So yeah… I regret not being able to finish my game for S4D. I haven't even opened the project since three weeks ago, nor have …

GOG.com giving away a few freebies

Posted by Astryl on Nov. 13, 2014, 5:11 a.m.

Just a heads up. The first is Mount & Blade (The original game).

Scroll somewhat down the page for it.

http://www.gog.com/

And the second? The Witcher 2 + The Gamers: Director's Cut.

For that one you have to check in every day to 'claim a sticker' (Which just involves clicking …

Shop Talk

Posted by Astryl on Oct. 16, 2014, 1:39 p.m.

Caution: This blog contains traces of stupid. Read at own risk

I work at a PC shop. That's a bit of a vague term, and possibly an incorrect one.

To best describe the business, I'd have to call it a "Repair/Retail/Internet Cafè/Scapegoat/Printer/Contractor/Graphic Design/Web Design/Help my internet broke" Shop or Call …

I've now seen everything...

Posted by Astryl on Oct. 9, 2014, 1:53 a.m.

Minecraft 1.8. Have you guys seen what's possible with Armor stands?

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Gotta run to work, but take a look at this :P

Fun with Windows 10 (Technical Preview)

Posted by Astryl on Oct. 2, 2014, 11 a.m.

So Microsoft Announced Windows 10 a couple of days ago.

That's right, not 9. 10.

They released a Technical Preview for "IT Professionals" and suchlike yesterday, and I signed up.

Downloaded the ISO last night, installed it this morning… and voila:

Dunno if that embed is gonna work. I'm …

Mega's sketch collection

Posted by Astryl on Sept. 30, 2014, 1:22 p.m.

Figures I'd start one of these; I have no excuse now that I have a tablet :D

So far, it's proven to be a joy to use. All the benefits of using an actual pencil and paper, but with the undo feature a computer provides.

I'm thinking of sketching something …

S4D Mini Progress Reports

Posted by Astryl on Sept. 20, 2014, 1:28 p.m.

This blog is for posting small bits and pieces of progress you've made; anything that you feel doesn't warrant an entirely new blog.

And try to comment on other people's work a bit too! Feedback is going to be very useful during the course of this competition!

Pre-comp Preparations

Posted by Astryl on Sept. 15, 2014, 4:51 a.m.

There was no work for me today, so I decided to start thinking about what I'll be doing for the comp in a more serious way.

I already have the basic idea. I'm making a platformer by the looks of things… but that's OK. It's been ages since I've made …

Scripting Languages

Posted by Astryl on Sept. 5, 2014, 6:28 a.m.

I decided last night to start writing a few more progress blogs for my more 'mundane' projects.

So here's a blog. It's probably dry, but you can always drink a can of soda while reading it :P

My Engine

Last month marked the 2 year anniversary of Exile, if you …