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2018 Annual Review
Another year in the books and I'll be using James Clear's review format as inspiration for my own Annual Reviews. This year was a busy one for me, but unfortunately not my best. Wh...
Die2nite Teardown
Estimated reading time: 15 minutes, 3 seconds. Experienced players should skip to the Ethics section. From there, estimated time: 9 minutes, 4 seconds. A teardown is a document th...
2019 Annual Review
Each year, I look back at the previous year's annual review and note that things didn't go as planned. For some reason I am always surprised, but this time it's a little painful, t...
Marosia Design Analysis (2020)
Estimated reading time: 14 minutes. Today I'll be analyzing the game Marosia. I'm developing a game like Marosia. (see here) This is an update on the original "teardown". The game ...
2020 Annual Review
I began writing this late December but opted to wait until our baby was born to finish it. This is being posted on January 15th, 2021. 2019 review here. "2020's here, it's a brand ...
2021 Annual Review
33, you're on your way, every day's a new day. - 100 Years Well, here's how my thirty-third year on Earth went. 2020 annual review here. What went well this year? Violet. Our litt...
Noita Review
Every good game starts the player off with the basics and gradually introduces new systems through gameplay. I liken this to a baby learning how to sit up, then crawl, then stand, ...
2022 Annual Review
(shuffling papers) Pandemic, war, Musk buys Twitter, artificial intelligence... Humanity has certainly had an eventful year. Now age 34, here's how 2022 was for me. What went well ...
Worklust
I like to work. I like to produce results, to progress wherever possible, to optimize and be efficient. If I'm driving solo in the car, I'm listening to web dev podcasts. If I'm wo...
2023 Annual Review
"I might as well copy-paste last year's Annual Review..." Of course, even last year I thought the same thing. "A tiger doesn't change its stripes," and now in my 35th year, it's ap...