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• New Skyclimbers footage 06 April 2021

  New gameplay footage Paratope released new gameplay footage tonight. Rokkuhito exploration… Good ambient sound and wildlife. Usual caveat that these are downsampled screencaps of a 4K video showing unedited exploration and combat (you can even see some of the camera glitches as it dips below the ground). Camera is a little jumpy and jerky for my taste, but we’ve been assured that the stability of the camera will be customizable (and if not, I know...

• More Skyclimbers 05 April 2021

  Recently, Paratope has released some new screenshots from their “sky engine” (thoroughly customized Unity engine), and it’s looking quite good. Aside from the lighting and coloring being really good, it appears that the procedural terrain generation is really spot on, at least for the biomes we’ve seen so far. The images below are downsampled. If you are interested in seeing the full-resolution images, go to the Skyclimbers Discord server, or follow the Skyclimbers Twitter account....

• Looking at Skyclimbers 02 April 2021

  I’ve been keeping an eye on the upcoming game, Skyclimbers, as I backed it during its Kickstarter campaign. Despite the ostensibly foolish decision to back a multiplayer computer game via crowdfunding, I thought they had a solid concept and a significant amount of work already completed. There are a lot of comparisons to be made with existing games, and for good reasons. I’m hoping, well, expecting Skyclimbers to transcend those comparisons when it makes it...

• Yet another reboot... 27 March 2021

  Hello again. It’s been several years since I last posted anything (and who knows, it may be years until I post again). Rebooting into a new format, as the system I was using had become outdated, and was non-standard. So I’ve switched back to a more standard system that I can keep up to date with more ease. I’ll try to bring some of my Gunpla content back up to date (and maybe add some...

• KSP Controller 11 August 2015

  So I decided to start putting my Arduino to good (?) use. I’ve gotten some LEDs, an LCD panel, and a number of switches and buttons. So far, I have KSPSerialIO talking to my Arduino, and lighting up the basic indicators (main alarm, SAS, RCS, brakes, gear, lights, abort, and connection), and I’m trying to get my LCD screen to display the apoapsis and periapsis, but something is amiss in how I’m converting the float...

• Postal Services FTW! 18 April 2015

  Amazon said it was on time to be delivered May 30th. Came today! Thank you, Japan Post, USPS, and even US customs (for not holding it in NY). Going to wait till tonight to start working on it. I think…

• Testing the Waters 08 April 2015

  After seeing posts by several people in my Google+ circles, I finally decided to dip my toes into the potentially devastating hobby subculture of Gunpla. Based on helpful posts and some personal research (and an eye on my wallet), I decided to start with the 1/144 scale HGUC (High Grade Universal Century) models. It seems to bring together many of the recent innovations in design and production, but in a manageable size (and cost). I’d...

• New site building tool 22 March 2015

  Getting the feel for Hexo, the tool I’m now using to build my site. I decided that as easy as using github’s Jekyll was, I like the more substantial control I have using local tools. I even set up a branch just for the source, so I still have everything in github. This doesn’t mean I’m going to suddenly start posting more, just a change.