My train journey last week in Denmark: Copenhagen to Odense 104 miles Max Speed ~200 km/h 1½ hours 488 Danish Kroner/$76.48 round trip Both seat assignments. Very easy, somewhat busier, clean. 10/10 would recommend. My train journey today in Estonia: Tallinn to Tartu 118 miles Max speed approx 129 km/h ~2:25hours €48/$56 round trip No seat assignments So easy, quiet and clean. 10/10 would recommend. I am so happy to have taken two trains....
For off-season, the weather has been a bit of snow and rain. From it being really hot right at the end of ski season, it then turned cold, and now its cooler but going between snow and rain. I have been thinking about a game idea called MTN Town. It will incorporate all what I have learned from GameDev.TV and another platform called Zenva. Even with the one course from GameDev....
After some weeks of above normal temperatures, snowpack melting on all sun exposed areas, and it generally feeling like summer, today’s brisk temperatures were a reminder of early spring. Like most things in early spring, the grantee of warm weather and the hope of wearing swim trucks outside is often forced. The act of coming out of the caves of winter, blinking wearily into the bright whiteness of skin that has not seen sunshine in months, is a ungainly experience....
Creative Writing has something called Scenes, and it helps slow down the story and really describe what is happening. So I like this tool. YouTube channel Writing With Andrew has a video titled “Inviting your Readers into: Scene and Summary” and “A Starting Guide for Writing Nonfiction.” Basically in the videos he highlights that scenes fill out the moment that I am trying to capture with sensory details, dialogues and specific interactions....
The indi game art scene has a particular simplicity and look to it. Often pixel art, but sometimes basic 3d but also looking like hand drawn. I am looking forward to learning how to make more art with some of the online courses I purchased with GameDev.tv which are focused on Blender and Asprite. Digital art luckily can come in many forms. Sometimes art can be had drawn on paper and then scanned and animated....