oh no (in a good way)
@joelaclark
- solo indie @ JCGM ๐ฎ bsky.app/profile/jcgm-games.bsky.social - working on new project ๐ฟ - available freelance ๐ป - Kansas City๐ - Blaseball (2020) โพ๏ธ๐ฉธ - 5 cats ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ - he/him ๐ฝ joelaclark.com
oh no (in a good way)
woof.
as if my anxiety about going wasn't bad enough...
anxious about heading to GDC, honestly. the older I get, the more I want to make games but the less I want to be a part of the industry.
Iโm excited to see many of you, though, thatโs always the saving grace of these things
my archetype is Victim of the Murder Mystery
an except from Ursula K Le Guinโs โAlways Coming Homeโ reading: Even when a corn-borer was squashed, a mosquito swatted, a branch broken, a flower picked, the formula was muttered in its ultimately reduced form: arrariv, โmy word[s].โ Although this one-word formula was spoken as mindlessly as our โbless youโ to a sneeze, it was always spoken. The speaking of it maintained and contained the idea of need and fulfillment, demand and response, of relationship and interdependence; and this idea could be brought fully to mind when it was wanted. The stone, as they said, contains the mountain.
(arra) RIV
you, on video playing Gardens:
โmm. yes. so so good. what a product.โ
god damnit McDonaldโs. now youโve started a whole genre of putrid CEO videos
currently cranking out the most jank character animations known to mankind. these unholy clusters of keyframes only loosely resemble human motion
it did not miss
whatโs the biggest small number
hey i need a 30 second or so clip of someone valiantly playing the trumpet or similar instrument. must be you playing. must be valiant. does not need to be good. will Venmo you $5 if I like your clip. if you send me an AI clip you must Venmo me $5. thanks in advance!
johnny weir, softly into his microphone: this music by Mazer Lazer represents celebration, relief, a willingness to engage in party
me: So stupid how the announcers have to explain what every part of the Olympic ceremony symbolizes
also me: WTF DOES THIS SHIT MEAN
I REALLY enjoyed being offline for a couple years. Iโm already feeling the negative effects of being back online. but alas, itโs sorta necessary for someone trying to find funding & eventually market a game
it always takes me a week or so after traveling to remember how to cook food for myself
POV of a lap cat curled up on a pillow between the camera and a desk setup.
Fudge and I have worked out this daily arrangement. itโs generally good for both of us โ it only comes at the expense of my back
hello hi
i can get invested into any sport
also, itโs diabolical that GDC is so quick after DICE
dice was great, had many great conversations about new project (๐ฟ) and the industry as a whole.
yesss
and thatโs, like, the baseline
casinos are so absurd
I just ate a $30 meatball sub while Pink Pony Club blasted and some guy smoked a cigar a few feet away
hang in there
drake maye, drake maye not
pokemon
luge needs a minimap & ghost racers
for real. very Un-Fresh of them, I would say
we all cheat. that sunfresh parking lot is a shortcut first, parking lot second